The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-03-14
ORCHARD And FARM
The American Farmer Must
Look to His Laurels.
DANGER 10 QUIZ FOREIGN TRADE


AHoo0 - AD0&0-1OID0s
The prestige d Amsgican msats IN
fogstsn countries, notably Ensland.
can only b maintainsd throuGA ksep-
Ing up ths quality 70 tie highose sand.
ard d exoelle0oo. Cable and nail "a.
vicss, month in and month oat. team
with nsws Of tie most stzsnuous s3oets
On ths part q oehse meat psodueins
countries 70 WEsst from - this txade.
Nor can he Importance Of the inroads
made within the past year OF two b
ignored Ths Unitsd Seates ouutinueG
ths chtsf source Of supply Of Wesessn
karope, % far - meat produces ars
oooossDsd, but LAT years. business Wa
IN some diversions very disappodnting.
Uufatr resRictions governing AmsEi.
can meats. The rssnls Of jealoosy On ths
part Of foreign agEicultuKists, have Of
oourse done much 10 hamper tie busi.
naA But in addition, countries in
he Southern hemisphese arc making
themselves felt In The worlds market1
In no unosEtain mannse.
Argsatina II annaaily sxpsndins
hundreds Of thousands a dollars foQ
choice breeding animals. for ths dirsps
purpose At improving tie quality Of in
herds and Jocks. which In turn ssek
an outlet in the maEksts Of Westsen
Europe. Shipments Of live cattle from
Argentina 10 England have increased
moro than i've fold in tie last two
yssEs. and Of shesp nearly fifteen fold,
o. from -. 900 bad in 1898, 70 sos. !.
900 In 1895. Argentina now ranks
second ~ an exporter Of ahssp 70 the
United Kingdom and 10 diseanosd In
the cattle trade only By tho United
States and Canada. England. The
greatest Of all consuming markets., II
closest 70 this country. and while her
purchases Of dressed meats continue
gratifyingly large. our breeders and
feeders must not forget that quality 10
IN essential TO retain the meats trade.
The Rest NstAsd - UsiaG Rersilissrs,
Extensive tests 10 answer this ques.
ton have been conducted BY the New
jersey experiment station for several
yearA On com, superphosphate and
potash. singly or in combination, were
most effective in increasing yield, the
benefit Of potaah being particularly
noticeable. Barnyard manure In six
tests gave largest yield. bat its cost. il
based On market prices, rendered il Les
profitable than any Of the fertilissrs
used. On light. sandy loan. nitrogen
proved 10 be necessary. Oan On soil
OF medium fertility were benefited BY
Q top dressing Of phosphogic acid and
nitrogen. the former increasing the
weight Per buahel wherever used. Both
these elements proved 70 b. the most
ussful On wheat and rye. these three
grains appearing 10 - luire little pot.
ash upon these sofia
The results with potatoes throughout
the state confirm Numerous teses in
other sectionA The complies chemical
fertilisers, containing nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash. are more pko6s-
able than either minerals alone or
stable manure Auriase Of potash gave
the largest yield. but sulphase improv.
cd the quality. while nitrogen was e.
pecially useful only On soils Of medium
fertility, or where earlina0 Of crop
was important With sweet potatoes,
the best and cheapest crops are raised
with chemicals alone, and the use Of
chemicals with manure 10 more salts.
factory than stable manure alone, the
latter having an unfavorable effect ON
shape and edible quality Of tubera
In growing tomatoes for the early
market, nitrate Of soda was superior 70
either barnyard manure or mineral
fersilisers alone. and WAS but slightly
les effective than complete fertilizers,
while much cheaper. The best plan ID
10 apply about eighty pounds of nitrate
at time Of setting the plants, and
eighty pounds more three or four weeks
later. strawberries on soils we'll sup
lied with the mineral elements showed
q large profit from q spring top dress.
ing Of nitrate Of soda.
Pruning ta winter.
II an orchard has been left unpruned
for a series Of years it is not generally
best to cut away all Of the superiuous
growth At once. but only the larges
limbs. leaving some Of the smallsu
young shoots 10 be removed later.
when the wounds made in the winter
pruning have grown over. The prics
Of apples this year has been high, and
many orchards long ne9lecfad will