The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-03-03
AGRICULTURAL.
Domestic Animals Often Suf
fer From Bad Teeth.
WHY WHEAT YIELD Is POOR

A Lesser Quantity Of Seed Sown On
. Properly Prepared Seed Bed
Gives Better Returns.
Long experience in some places has
Impressed upon certain Of the most In
teabgent wheat farmers the fact that =
lesser quantity Of seed sown upon .
properly prepared seed bed will Tiye
better returns than . much larger GUAM
tify OF seed sown upon land not scientif-
icaily fitted for its reception. In . word.
most American wheat growers plant too
much seed, and do not properly prepare
the ground. A very common practice
throughout . large part Of the cereal
areas Of the United States Is to GOV 4
buehel and half Of seed per acre. In
1t least 80 per cent of cases this Il en-
tirely too much. In some large sections
five pecks IL the standard amount for
sowing an acre Of land. This also IL too
great quantity II the conditions lead
ing to the best success in wheat-groving
are nearly fulfilled. Careful and pro-
loneed experiment bas shoHn that under
easily secured conditions wheat plante
will stool into ten OF twelve culms, each
Of which will carry twenty to sixty
grains. This would indicate Weld nv
erai times ~ great - that ordinarily OBJ
tanned and even greater than that ever
reached on large scale. From this We
must infer that great part Of the seed
usually. planted does not eerminate at
AL, or fa,le to mature . grain-beaxinR
plant. With . possible yield Of several
hundred fold. it is scarcely crediiable to
American farmers that they 60 along
year after year contentedly reaping Z
tenfold or twelvefold crop of s5-cent
wheat. In some sections OF the North.
west certain advanced wheat proverr
have reduced the amount of seed sovn.
and have been surprised 1t the result'
In TACT, it has been shown that on prop
erly prepared ground q half bushel Of
the best seed wheat brings Q better aver
age yield than two or three times n
much seed sown in the ordinary manner.
The writer once knew Q progressive
farmer in Michigan who made expert
ments and profited BY them. From the
usual six pecks of seed wheat per acre
he gradually cut down the amount each
year. noting carefully the effects of his
slight reduction. He found that by put
ting his ground in condition to receive
and bring forth . large proportion Of the
seed planted three pecks would uniformly
bring larger harvest than double the
quantity sown.
AN IMAGINARY DISEASE.
A correspondent of the Texas Farm
and Ranch writes: THE so-called lam.
pas is an imaginary trouble, and only
exists in the fertile brain OF the owner.
and is q relic of barbarism handed down
from the dark ages. to which mans most
faithful servant lie forced to submit, be-
cause he is in mans power and cannot
help himself. If You compare the mouths
OF colts or horses Of similar age, you will
hnd that their general appearance agrees
almost exactly, and that in all young an
finals the gums are down on the teeth.
and as age advances the gums recede BY
. natural shrinkaSe and absorption.
This change takes place in the mouths
oil All animals that are supplied with
teeth-man as well as the rest, vet the
horse alone is singled out from all the
rest OF the animal kingdom that nature
in her wisdom has supplied with teeth.
to reduce food to q fit state for assimila-
ton to nourish the system, and implant-
ed them in the gums, . suitable soil TO
grow and nourish them, that man in his
ignorance will cruelty lance, or take his
best friend to the nearest blacksmith
shop and ruthlessly with q red-hot iron
destroy for all time to come the bars and
gums which nature has placed there for
. special purpose. II your horse is of
his appetite, it is due to some other cause
than what lie commonly called lampas.
w hen the colt is changing its temporary
teeth for the permanent ones there is in
some cases a slight Inflammation sur
rounds the roots OF the teeth undergoing
replacement This naturally passes Oh
In a lew days without any attention. the
same As in the child. Our advice is TO
let lampas alone in all cases." 1t is
sometimes advisable to lance the gum,
As with children in teething. Feed soft
Iced. Washing the mouth with alum
Tour drains, water one pint, three or four
times day is beneficial.
TEETH OF DOMESTIC ANrNAlA
The American Farmer says: Not every
one remembers that domestic animals
often suffer from bad teeth. 1t is prob
able that the unthrifty condition of many
animals that are pretty well fed is due
10 some trouble with their teeth, which
makes it impossible for them to prop
erly masticate their food. Sometimes
the real cause OF the trouble is not eus-
pected. Changes are made in the diet.
md perhaps medicines are given: but,
d course, no improvement results. Ma
lure may effect q cure Of diseased or
injured tooth, but it is likely to take q
ong time and keep the animal for months
n poor condition. Then there are
,ases, rs those Of very old horses, in
which the difficulty is principally me-
'hanical. Here nature instead Of giving
'elief constantly tends TO make matters
worse. As the age of the horse advances
he crowns OF the front teeth increase in
ength and prevent the hack teeth or
grinders from closing upon each
'ther. Where this trouble appears
hortenine OF the front teeth is the only
adequate remedy. The more promptly
his work is done the less will be the in
ury TO the horse, and the greater will be
he saving effected by the owner. When
nimais do not eat well. or do not thrive
pom the food which they use, IL v i'll be
'ell to see whether they have any teeth
hat need attention. II any defect In
ound, a veterinarian should be employed
0 apply the proper remedy. A little ex-
ense in this direction may be the means
I preventing . good deal Of suffering 70
he animals and . considerable loss 70
heir owner.
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he true worth Of the sunfiower. Il IN
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