Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-12

potatoes by tubers instead OF from
the seed, we unsex the plants and
trees. which will sooner or later de-
stroy them by disease, that is, finally
impair their vigor and vitality to
such an extent as to finally fail to
I produce fruit
There are three tests OF the vital
/ ity OF tree, the roots. the wood and
the seed All are shown in the
/ peach, apple and pear; viz, borers,
yellows and blight and other tree
I diseases
/ Oar whole system OF fertilization
/ OF land is erroneous. So long as
land is covered, shaded by plants
! and trees, it grows richer and moro
/ productive. On the other hand il is
( impoverished By exposure 70 sun, to
wind and to washing. Productive
land grows, has organs like plants
and trees, absorbs, grows by layer
/ upon layer just as a tree lays on
1 layers of wood All the growth and
( productiyeness comes from the air
True. the rocks disintegrate by tho
action of air and water and adds TO
: the power OF the soil 20 absorb and
retain moisture, and ia both hot and
severe cold TO hold an equal temper
ature thus preventing sudden chan
ges like the clothes on our bodies
Plants aud trees get all from the
atmosphere. nothing from the earth,
Leaves are full OF pores, roots and
ha,.l- al "a
anything il must be gas, not water
or vapor. The test OF productive
land is physical not chemical Land
that absorhs most water and holds
it longest is best sap does not cir
culate, 1t flows down not up. There
is no digestion or assimilation
John g. Bender in Colmans Rural
World
Farm Notes.
Eight pounds OF brar day fed TO
tho cows. even when they are ON
good pasture. will pay
Sweet cream butter does not please
me average consumer as well as bat
ter from ripensd cream
A spring, or weight aad pulley, on
the COW stable door is good invest
ment, as it insurcs against accident
ally leaving 10 open some cold night
There are still some people who
think that in days gone by when there
were none Of the modern methods Of
butter making, the butter was just
as good as now. Not a. rule.
friends. II ever.
Putting a horse upon the market
unbroken and trying 70 get good
price for it, SAYS writer. Il like
putting green lumber on sale aud ex-
pecting the value 81 the seasoned
and finished product
An average yield 81 black raspber-
ries is about seventy.dgc 10 eighty
bushels red raspberries, seventy
blackberrie-, 100 bushels per acre,
according TO the estimates OF Profes
sor Bailey Of the Cornell experiment
station.
Beans after thrashing should not
be stored in large quantities, rs they
are liable 70 sweat and mold, Il Is
we'll to spread them ia dry room
for time. and tneu put them ia
sacks to prevent the generation Of
moisture
A very handy truck for moving
barrels OF grain, vegetables, cite.
may be made by framing together
two pieces OF 3X3 scantliug and
three strips Of planks, SO as 70 form
a platform three feet long aud two
feet wide, and resting the same upon
four piano casters
a Kansas fruit grower says that
corn is undoubtedly oy far tho bost
crop for an orchard that can be
grown as il breaks the Wind and the
trees grow up straight Insects. as
a rule. will not trouble tree when
there is plenty Of green fodder and
corn for them 10 work on
home Hints.
a teaspOouful OF ammonia TO one
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