Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-07-09
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.
(rrom Field and Farm.)

I
Ing machines and pulverizers and pull
verixer attachments for cultivation in
the growing of small fruits and come
TO the full knowledge of the fact that
whatever may be said Of extensive VS..
intensive farming, 1t Is only the latter
that will pay in fruit growing. The
man who commands the markets and
! dictates prices of his productions must
have superior article to offer.
Winter wheat culture is gradually
coming into favor in Colorado and
certain sections of the state will in
time adopt ii for the principal grain
crops. Near la Junta. Otero county,
John Il. Gauger, one of the splendid
| farmers of the Arkansas valley. has
| fifteen acres of Turkey Red, which Is
now fifteen inches high and looks
very fine. He thinks it will run at
least 500 bushels. There certainly
must be profit in such crops as these.
How many flockmasters ON the open
range ever thought of. using sheep
bells in their flock TO protect their an
imals from the attacks of coyotes?
I We know a man out ON the eastern
plains who bells every twentieth sheep
with No. sheep bell. This scares
away animals which might do them
/ injury, and protects them by the tink-
| ling sounds when in motion. Five per
cent of this mans sheep are black.
] This enables the shepherd to keep
/ track of the herd by counting the
black ones daily. He can generally
| tell by the shepherd instinct whether
any have strayed away. The bells
also assist in finulng them il lost If
/ the full number of black sheep, with
others known by special marks. are
not In the main herd. he counts and
/ then sets ont TO hunt them up. He
/ does not herd very closely.
! In an article in January we said
that there We're no horses except the
I thoroughbreds, bred in the United
States. suitable for cavalry purposes.
Ii Colorado was called upon for one
regiment of cavalry there would not
be enough horses in the state TO mount
/ the men under strict examination. The
| broncho has not the strength, the
draft horse lacks activity, and the
American trotter has not the activity.
courage or constitution required for
hard marches with heavy weight A
cavalry horse should be one-half or
] lubiOuEHDEttl. the more
( of this blood the better Then Ii would
I be a good cavalry horse in any part
of the world. Ii Is also the best all
/ around farm horse that can be bred.
and II the farmers would only breed
their mares to large thoroughbred stall
lions they could always find ready
market for their surplus stock.
a reader in San Juan county, New
/ Mexico, believes that blight has struck
his orchard and asks for a description
of the disease. Ii Is not difficult to
distinguish ii from other diseases.
Limbs affected become dead and black
ened. as do also the leaves, flowers or
fruit which they bear The injury
may be confined to one or few limbs
or 1t may appear in blotches on the
trunks and gradually extend to the
/ whole tree. This Is known as twig
/ blight or fire blight. The germs of the
blight are so minute that they are cas-
| lily carried in the air by light winds.
| A method by which they gain access
! most frequently Is through the bios
SONS. They light upon the somewhat
| yiscid interior of the Towering cup
/ and there begin to develop. passing
| down through the stem into the twiy
below. They are also supposed to gain
| access to the tree through the tips of
| growing branches, where the growth
/ is soft and succulent, and they also
! doubtless occasionally enter through
I cracks in the bark. The damage may
be greatly reduced by watching the
| trees from now on through the grow
ing season and cutting off any affected
twigs that may appear, at least foot
below the lower point of injury. The
| cuttings should be burned.