The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-02-03
AGRICULTURAL.

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Practice Rotation In the Pro.
duction Of Crops.
MANURE THE RHuBARB BEDS.
Crude Petroleum Excellent 6or on.
ing Harnsss-Cultivatioa q
willows-Notss
Feeding apples in small quantities
stimulates the sppetites Of most COWS.
Now that the weather b cold put
plenty Of straw On the 6oor. and odd .
little meal 70 cows rations.
It ID best to have cows 20 dry not Over
i've OF nix weeks. About ten months II
the year ought to represent the time .
COW can b MIXED.
Corn kernels having . finty, Rlassd
surface contain IN excessive amount a
starch. while the duli-oolorsd, shrivsasd
grains have IN excess Of sugar.
When baling hay don't employ .
man With . poor old press; ct . good
machine. Il doesn't cost any more 70
send your hay to market in IN attractive
manner.
One million acres Of oats were sown in
Scotland last spring. and the value Of
the crop il estimated ct 81, O0O, 900. Only
~, 900 acres were devoted to the prodnc-
ton Of other cereals.
Keep the COWS indoors during the vim
ter il you are aiming for butter and milk
| only. Except that short time ont Of
doors ought TO be the cows right when
the weather il warm.
Pncticing rotation in the productioa
Of crops 10 not only . most excellent
course for preventing soil exhaustion,
but the best means for preventing tho
multiplication Of weeds and insects.
II 10 estimated that under the most
unfavoeable circumstances IN acre of
! properly cultivated willows during the
| first three yeAn will produce from 5000
to 5000 peeled willows ready for market.
The average price Of Irish butter in
the home market has advanced during
the past three years, and may Be partly
attributed to the introduction Of sepaF.
atom and the creamery system 81 butter
making.
The recent introduction of eo-called
self bleaching varieties Of celery has also
very much reduced the work and cost Of
bleaching, high banking With the spade
and shovel nov being unnecessary with
these varieties.
An easy and it is claimed successful
way to oil harness Is to use crude petro-
leum. Add little lampblack and apply
without washing the leather. The oil
will not only take Oh the dirt, but will
soak into the leather, softening it and
making it waterproof.
The rhubarb and asparagus beds shoald
be well MANFRED now. 20 that the fertil-
ity can be sinking down to the roots -
the shows Of winter melt into the soil.
The more generous you are with the
manure the more profitable will you find
these items Of your garden.
Ice can be kept in the simplest kind a
. structure. The essential conditions.
are that it shall be packed in . mas;
that there ehal be no air spaces ct the
bottom; that it shall be surrounded BY
. non-conducting material, and that It
shall have ventilation and be secure from
wet.
II the cattle are sanctioned all day,
do not neglect 70 give them . brushing
or carding. When loose they can attend
to it themselves either with their tongue
or by rubbing, Or BY both. When you
change their Surroundings do not de-
prive them Of this health-giving privi-
leee.
Fertility tends to make fertility. Good
crops grown from the land, fed to good
stock upon the land, and the by-prod-
ucts returned to the land with due care
will make better land, bigger crops, and
enable the feeding Of mere stock. Then
you have more manure again, and the
same round goes on and grows more
money - it does %.
1t is foolish business to plant seeds
without testing their terminating power.
II lie 20 easily done that there is no ex-
cuse for emitting it. Place them between
two cloths, and keep them damp and in
warm room for . few days. Probably
more will terminate thus than in the
earth; but, if 80 per cent prove good.
you may safely plant them.
Decaying matter Of any sort, even
piles Of rotten wood about the premises,
/ y
breeding place for insects that will dc
that because the snow covers them up il
prevents them from doing harm. &c,
all such things cleared up before you
consider yourself ready for winter.
i There is one thing that must be avoid.
ed in buying rundown farm. That is
the effort to make it yield good crops ii
once and to improve in condition while
J doing it. Such . course will only make
the land poorer. Be content to do one
n .thing at . time, and let the first be the
building up Of the soil. Then the good
crops will come in their own good time
Roots draw enormous quantities oil
moisture from the soil, and BY this means
il is discharged into the atmosphere.
!; For example, the common sundower va
found to exhale twelve ounces Of water
/, in twelve hours. and an oak tree with IN
! estimated number Of 100000 leaves
would in the same way give something
like 200 tons Of water during the Eve
. months il carries foliage.
SEED POTATOES.
II is Of prime importance in successful
potato culture TO secure ~ nearly perfect
/ seed a. possible. A very good plan 10 q
select seed - you take the potatoes from
the hills in the fall. But, II il 10 not
done then. the seed supply should be -.
cured before storing the crop away fol
the winter. Select well developed pota.
! toes with smooth surface and free from
scab. Medium sizes are best, - thess
. are moro apt to be we'll ripencd and
more nearly perfect. II, however. th&
vines have been kept growing until IL
the tubers were fully ripe, the smaller