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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25
rat.sning Lanba for markst.

Prof. J. A. Craig says In preparing
lambs for the early market the best
gain to his knowledge is that made By
three lambs at the New York Cornell
station, which made weekly gain per
head Of 5.36 pounds, extending over a
period Of nine weekg. Another lot Of
three made an average weekly gain Of
f.47 pounds per head, extending over
period Of twelve weeks. In neither
case, however, Is the composition Of
the ration or the amount Of grain re-
ported. The best gain in the writer's
experience at the Wisconsin station
has been made by four lambs that were
fed mixture by weight OF four parts
Of bran, four parts of corn meal and
one part of hnseed meal. When the
experiment started. the lambs were
about three weeks old, and they were
led for ten weeks or this grain ration,
receiving in addition the milk OF their
mothers. The average weight Of each
lamb at the beginning Of the expert
ment was 1876 pounds, and at the end.
62.5 pounds, an average weekly gain
per head Of 4.4S pounds. They each
ate 26.6 pounds Of the grain mixture
during the ten weeks. costing eighteen
cents per head.
The results that come next to these
in profit were obtained from feeding a
grain mixture consisting OF two parts
OF ground wheat and one part Of ground
corn by weight. The lambs were about
Tour and one-half weeks old when the
experiment started, and averaged 26.1
pounds in weight When the expert
ment ended, fourteen weeks later, they
averaged seventy-seyen pounds in
weight, having made an average week
ly gain per head of 1863 pounds. They
each ate 40.5 pounds of the grain mix
ture in the fourteen weeks, costing 1873
cents. Buyers do not always make
one-third difference for unwashed Ner-
mos. One or two parties that had that
grade Of wool received 9k cents per
pound last season. The standard price
for washed fine woods was u cents-a
difference Of only 31z cents.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25
Developing Layers.

The early Matched pullets are now
large enough to permit Of intelligent
selection The culls should be disposed
of, and the best reserved for laying and
breeding, says Farm Journal II the
cockerels have become sufficiently ma
tured to be troublesome, they should be
separated from the pullets and fattened
for market. Although the price may
be low now, it seldom pays to keep
early Matched birds for fall and winter
sales To develop the pullets into good
laying hens, an exclusive diet OF corn
must be avoided. They need bone and
muscle. but 10 get enough Of this out
OF corn they must eat an excessive
quantity OF it and this will produce too
much fat. This caution mast be heed
ed when the pullets have only limited
run and but little pasture. In these cir
cumstances with the corn ration, green
grass, clover, green fodder and soma
vegetables, with milk and cut bone,
or meat meal must be supplied TO Sc
cure healthy development The farm
er's flock that has the range Of the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

the building is used for a storage
room. The rest Of the building is used
for an ice room, which sEerT man
should have.
sir. Thorp then showed his system
OF making artificial ice by natural cold
He had on exhibition model OF a long
box in which the ice is frozen The
box in which he freezes his ice is II
feet long, feet wide and 1 foot deep.
The inside of the box is waxed Wiz
parafine wax, which makes it easy 10
remove the ice when it is frozen The
waxing must be done during q warm
day, and the wax should be used boil
ing hot, so the wax will stick 10 the
box In freezing he puts in only three
inches Of water al time and lets that
freeze before putting in more. He has
been using three Of these boxes for
the last few years. With three Of these
boxes you can ill an ice house very
quickly. When you loosen the ice
from one of these boxes you have q
single cake OF ice 14x2x1. which is saw
ed into cakes the size desired
a feed cutter comes very handy en-
q farm, if il be not in such shape that
it has to be set up every time It is to
be used.
Q.-How do you build an ice hous>
and how do you pack the ice?
Al would build it about as I would
any common building. but I would
make the walls double, with lath and
plaster on the inside. and then
would paint The walls. pack the ice
with dry snow, and the cracks between
the cakes 1 pack with dry snow also.
I DO not put the ice against the out
side wall. but leave a six-ineh space
which | I'LL with saw-dust.
John W. Decker spoke on Oh sese-
The cheese industry is in bet
ter shape than 1t has been before for
many years, due largely TO the PASS
age Of laws against filled cheese. New
York and Wisconsin are the great
states. At the South
and In some parts OF the North dairy
ing is not carried on to any great ex-
tent So the states that make cheese
will have to supply not only them
selves but the others Canada has 4
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25
standard varletle. Of chIekeu..

The Golden Wyandotte IS marked
Ike the Silver, excepting that the col
or Is gclden-bay and black instead Of
white and black. The White variety
is. perhaps, the favorite OF the Wyan-
dotte classes. from the fact that it ia
not so difficult to breed to feather. the
plumage being pure white through
out. They are for this reason the
more practical fowl for the farmer, or
those who keep poultry for market
The Buff Wyandotte Is In color rich.
deep, clear buf, uniform IL shade
throughout. except the tail. which il
OF a deeper buff or copperish-bronzc
color. The Blacks are Of rich, CLOS
sy black, with greenish sheen, except
ing breast primaries, secondaries. tan
and fu1, which are pure black The
standard weight Of cocks is 81z
pounds; hens. 61z pounds; cockerelz,
III pounds; and pullets. 81 pounds
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25
Ohio Township Fruit Commissioners.

Ohio Station Bulletin: Black-knot
of plum and cherry is found wherever
these trees are grown. Peach yell
lows appears to occur in all portions
of Ohio where peaches are CONNER
cially grown. The San Jose scale has
been introduced probably within seven
or eight years at great many points
In the state, exclusively in nursery
stock infested with this insect. with
Ohio's orchard interests the need for
great care in preventing the spread OF
these enemies of fruit trees is readily
apparent to every one. Black-knot may
be prevented by the removal and burn
ing of all knots each year. before
March. If possible. Peach yellows is
Aheld in check by the removal and burn
Sng OF all infected trees each season.
The San Jose scale requires vigorous
measures, likewise. Badly infested
trees should be taken out and burned
while insects and trees are dormant.
Trees less infested may be pruned and
treated with whale oil soap solution
nans By dissolying " pounds OF soap
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

The third thing TO be taken into con-
sideration is the dairyman. Then 1t Is
necessary that there be the ability to
apply modern dairy methods. If he be
not dairyman he will never succeed.
Q--Should dairyman raise his own
cows?
Ayes. sir; If he can. and as much
as possible.
Q--Can you increase the percentage
Of fat in the milk of COWS?
A-That can be done only by good
breeding.
Charles Thorp spoke on handy things
on the dairy farm. He said that every
man should have a dairy house on his
farm. His dairy house is located near
the well, where every dairy mouse
should be located for the purpose OF
having the water handy. The house is
80 by IA, the first twelve feet being
used for the dairy room proper. Then
there Is the cream vat, which is q
great saving of labor, and should be q
part Of every outfit. BY its use we
have to churn only once a week It
used to be necessary to churn every
day or every other day. Now the crsam
can be held sweet by the means OF ic.
for long time. The next six feet Of
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25
Blight In AnnIes.

The rule is that aged trees which
have gone through the period OF &C
tive growth are not SO vitality affect
ed with blight as they are when young
er, and there is more sap wood, says
Homestead The sap wood is most
subject to blight. although no part Of
tSe trees that are subject to it is ex-
empt. The Tallnan, Willow and Wag-
oner are very susceptible TO blight, and
their presence on some soils during
the period of growth aud establish
ment is a distress and a WEAKNESS of
the flesh of any lover of trees. Never
theless. the merits of these and other
sorts that blight are such when they
get old and fruitful that they are
PLANTED every year and they stay with
ms When trees that blight readily are
nlauted they should not be grown too
rapidly. and after they start they
should be seeded down so as to make
the growth slower. This may not work
ON all soils, but it has been our obse-y-
alton and is worth trying. They need
north hillside planting, with thin soil
and only a moderate annual growth.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

c. TAYLOR spoke
On how to get good
COWS. There are
three things that
enter into success
full dairying: First,
the dairy tendency
Of the COWS; sec
ond, the fertility Of
the farm and its
ability 10 provide
food for the COWS.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

Gingering Horses.-Gingering horses
at the horse shows. especially the sad
die horse to make them carry their tail
high up and to present an unusual
amount of animation and appear smart.
is a disgusting and deceptive jockey
trick that should be prohibited by the
rules OF horse shows in this country
as It doubtless will in England, since
the Humane society prosecuted and
fined a number Of the grooms at the
London shows The veterinarians con-
demned the practice as painful 20 the
animal and fraud upon the judge.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25
FARM AMI GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS
some Up-to-date Hints About CultIva-
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture, viticuiture and f1ori-
culture

n the soil are found
the decaying rem
nants of plants and
animals, which con-
tain considerable
quantities of nitro
gen; the rocks from
which the soil has
been made usually
contain an appreci-
able amount of nj
trOgen. and every
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

been supplying the English trade. That
IL the trade that we are trying to Cup
ply with our product, and that trade.
requires a very firm article in the way
Of cheese.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

celds, and access to q great variety CT
food, may thrive on a ration OF corn
because it is not their EXCLUSIVES
diet We have. however, often seen
farmers premises where for two or
three hundred yards from the Buildings
the poultry had eaten every green
thing except weeds that was not en-
closed by chicken proof fences Such
runs become polluted and the fowls
suffer for the lack OF insects and green
food The owner feeds the custom
airy corn ration and wonders why his
flock do not thrive and the pullets do
not lay. The development CT bullets
for laying is very much like that Of
heifers for giving milk Concentrated
grain diet overtaxes the digestive or
gans and produces fat. Bulky succu-
lent food. that which contains the
bone and muscle making material is
necessary to secure the healthy digss-
ton and thrifty growth
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

II Is a good thing to have two pouk
Try yards. 50 that in one either oats or
some other grain can be sown that win
get start and furnish the hens 3 good
supply of green food
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Departments of the Parma Few
Hints as to the Caro- of Live stock
and Poultry.

CONDENSED from Farmers Review
stenographic report OF Wisconsin
Roundup Institute1
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

Intelligent Dairying.-Dairying -
quires constant study and intelligent
thought, it requires years in which to
build up z profitable herd OF COWS and
to learn how 10 feed and care for
them an TO handle the product.
The man who can successfully breed
and feed dairy COW has a mind above
the average He is q student, a keen.
bright business man. and you will not
find this class OF men dissatisfied with
their business Il is the class Of men
who are constantly changing from one
branch 10 another-men who do not do
much figuring and cannot tell how
much their COWS earned individually or
cOllectiVely-who have intense hatred
for the Babeock test and for all cream
cry men.-kansas Farmer.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

When butter is worked very dry tia
grains OF salt left in it are not dis
solved and remain in a gritty condi-
ton
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

Green Manuring.-Grow clover, COW
pease and other crops on the land to
he turned under in some shape, make
all the coarse manure possible on the
farm. then supplement these with lib
eral supplies of potash in the form OF
,uriate or sulphate OF potash. or in
sainit; and with phosphoric acid in
dissolved bone or phosphate rock; and
!, the nitrogen is not secured from the
air as it should be. buy nitrate OF soda.
H E. YanDeman.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25
Poultry Notes.

We have noticed that no business il
without its troubles, and that the poul-
try business is no exception to the rule.
Disease and disaster hover around this
as well as other occupations. It is
therefore best for the poultry raiser
to take everything philosophically.
However, it is just a little hard for
him to look with equanimity on the
taking of of bird after bird that has
cost him either much work or much
money.
The time Of the year has come when
both road-dust and lice are near to lis.
The dust may be good thing to bring
into close contact with the lice. and
may result in their determination. II
is easy now to get the road-dust and
hard 10 exterminate the lice if you at
tempt to do it otherwise than by use
of dust Using the dust makes the
hen do the work She will be only too
glad to take a dust bath, which is her
way of getting clean.
Immense quantities Of eggs and poul,
er has been trying TO find out how
many eggs the large hotels of Boston
use, and he puts the number at lao
per day for an average of the three
largest hotels. the largest user taking
It's dozen per day. Thus each of these
hotels uses more than half a million
the vast number Of hotelE in the coua-
try il is not hard to realize that the
number Of eggs used in these places is
enormous.
There are many connections urged 1
for the various poultry troubles. Ii !
is doubtful if any Of them are cure-alls.
and it is more than probable that some /
Of them are Of no value IN reality. Good 4
care is of more value than anything 4
else. But diseases will sometimes 4
creep in despite the best of care.
Relative Proits.-There have been
many ways TO estimate profits in farm
ing. So long as the soil retained its
original fertility, the number OF acres
that could be planted or sown was the
test OF success. 1t is common even VET
in the south TO estimate by the team
help that the planter can command.
which ranges from one mule upward.
But in the northern, and especially in
the eastern states, success in farming
depends not on number Of acres. or the
team help, but on how much manure
can be had 10 use. Many a market
gardener on less than ten acres makes
greater profits than the farmer OF
hundred acres who has not manure TO
grow anything except the standard
farm crops. But the market gardener
must be near a good market, or the
cost of marketing will destroy its pro-
tts.-EX.
Gingering Horses.-Gingering horses
at the horse shows. especially the sad
die horse to make them carry their tail
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-25

overvrork is a thief OF time.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-24
HORSES.

IL you have common mares and think
they must be bred to pay their way. it
will be better to rear mules. If sound
and strong, these will sell we'll. even if
of no particular type, and at prices
which will pay better for care and feed
than will cheap horse.
Be careful to avoid musty feed of
whatever kind with horses, whether
hay. straw. corn or smaller grain. 1t is
dear at any price. Give only good,
sweet hay or fodder. and clean, sifted
grain. Every wise farmer has studied
the problem of feeding for himself. but
there are some who yet need just such
caution as this.
If those who feed dry hay universally
will cut it and mix it with bran or
chopped corn. they will find it not only
a cheaper procedure. but that their
horses will look better in every respect.
Give little salt daily, and let there be
constant provision made for a supply of
the purest water.
ROAD Ded well Quit ls cheaper in
stitution than an extra horse, and a
mile of such road is more easily sup
ported than the horse which bad road
wears down. We support scores of
horses to drag loads through holes
which should not exist. and through
mud which should be deeply covered.
We pay premium for having the mis-
cry of bad roads.
Even on the wild lands of the Great
West, where thousands of horses roam
in herds, and where almost any sort can
be raised without actual loss. progress
sive ranchmen are annually buying
hundreds of stations to improve their
herds. Even they deem it wise to have
some definite type and plan for some
purpose.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-24
MUNICIPALITIES.

Weeds often get up before the onions,
because onion seed is slow to terminate.
Soak the seed in water which is luke
warm twelve hours before planting and
it will do much to help the crop get the
start of the weeds and the grasses.
Ounces and dwarf pears are of COM
pact habit, and one of the most pleasant
branches of agriculture is that of grow
ing such fruits. An acre can thus be
made to produce more money than by
growing larger trees, the income will be-
gin sooner, and the labor of harvesting
is reduced to minimum.
Arbor day is not the only one for
planting trees. any more than is the
Fourth of July the only day upon which
we are privileged to show our patriot
ism. As we should be patriotic every
day in the year, so should we know that
there are but few days. if any, in which
we cannot do something to further the
tree growing interest on our farms.
Manure pays better with fruit bearing
trees than in any other place. The size
and quality of the fruit is increased, and
the manure acts in two fold way in
retaining moisture. Before the spring
work begins haul it out and spread
under the bearing trees, fourth of a
large load to each tree.
Those who eat raw apples know that
much of the favor is lost in peeling
them. This flavor lies in the skin or 80.
near it that it can not be removed with
out loosing this flavor. There is much
richer flavor even in sauce when apples
are cooked without being peeled.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-24
AT A HOTEL IN SPARTA.

In Greece the hotels Of the interior
follow one general type,-the Italian.
There is no common sitting room. Why
should there be? There is no Office, but
that does not seen to interfere with the
presentation of bills. The ground floor
is given up to cafe or restaurant, if the
innkeeper goes into that line of business.
Very often, however, the master of the
Apollo has only rooms to let. The Sleep
ing apartment on the floor above are
often approached by an outside stair
way and, as is to be expected in south.
ern climate, they are scantily furnished.
Over furnishing is vice anywhere.
Under southern sky it is crime, of
which the Greeks are not guilty. There
is usually mirror, though that tribute
to human vanity is sometimes lacking,
and, like the Turk, the solitary Turkish
towel bears no brother near his throne.
The bedstead is invariably of iron, and
does not offer the same vantage ground
to the assailants of sleep as a wooden
framework would do; but the cushions
are three and the walls are there, 80 that
small comfort is to be derived from that
slight reduction Of possibilities. AS in
primitive United States within my mem.
DRY, single rooms are rare. Two, three,
four. five beds are put in one room, or
strung along the corridors. A fastidious
person who desires to occupy room
alone has to pay for all the beds therein.
In some places special charges are made
for sleeping in the daytime, and there is
a fixed rate for sleeping on the floor.
That man should wish to be private
when he is asleep seems absurd to race
that sleeps at any time and in any place,
irrespective of onlookers. But in this
whole domain we Americans, who SUBJ
NIT to the abomination of the Pullman
sleepers, have no right to find fault with
any other nationality,-w have no right
to be fastidious about undressing in the
eyes of the world and a large charity
ought to cover the Emergencies of differ
ent regions and different periods in this
respect. In the good old times people
used to go to bed utterly devoid of raj.
ment, and the bed. clothes, as we call
them still, we're the only clothes.-PrOf.
B. L. Gildersleeve, in the Atlantic.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-24
FOOTWEAR.

l. Never wear shoe that will not
allow the great toe to lie in straight
line.
2. Never wear shoe with a sole mar
rover than the outline of the foot traced
with pencil close under the rounding
edge.
3. Never wear shoe that pinches the
heel.
4. Never wear shoe 80 large in the
heel that the foot is not kept in place.
8. Never wear shoe tight anywhere.
g. Never wear a shoe that has de-
pressions in any part of the sole to drop
any joint or bearing below the level
plane.
7. Never wear a shoe with a sole
turning up very much at the toes, as
this causes the cords on the upper part
of the foot to contract.
s. Never wear a shoe that presses up
into the hollow of the foot.
8. Never have the top of the boots
tight, as it interferes with the action of
calf muscles, makes one walk badly and
spoils the shape of the ankle.
10. Never come from high heels to
low ones at one jump.
IL. Never wear one pair of shoes all
the time, unless obliged to do so. Two
pairs of boots worn a day at time al
ternately give more service and are
much more healthful.
u. Never wear leather sole Innings to
stand upon; white cotton drilling or
linen is much better and more health
full.
13. Never think that the feet will
grow large from wearing proper shoes;
pinching and distorting makes them
grow not only large but unsightly. A
proper natural use Of all the muscles
makes them compact and attractive
DR.. Samuel appleton, in Health CuI-
tIre.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-04-24
few days to rest before he goes to
work again."

few days to rest before he goes to
work again"
"Oh," gasped Barbay-"oh, how
beautiful! Then l don't mind-no,
l don't mind all that dreadful part
| don't mind anything"-and putting
her head on the Mayors shoulder,
she burst into tears.
TIE next day the story was told all
over the city of how the tall tower
had been struck by lightning and
the Town Clock had been stunned
and uncons cious for hours; and of
how Barclay, who had been stunned
too for few moments, had tried to
be the Town Clock herself, so that
father, dear father, might not be dis
charged.-The Independent.