Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-04-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRIcuLTuRISTs.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Cal-
tisation of the Soil and Yieids
Observation-Disclosures yiticultars and
Horticulture.



Last harvest, owing to the wet wealth
err, certain fiat In one of my fields
was SO wet as to measurably drown the
oats which were sown upon Ii. There
( were more or less oats. however. all
through 1t. and huge crop of sour
grass and various sorts OF weeds.
cut and stacked it. Today the stock
prefer 1t to bright. threshed timothy.
had sown the fiat TO timothy and elo-
yer and wanted the land clean, which
was the chief reason for moving the
mixed oats, weeds and sour grass. !
snail never despair again Of getting
some good out Of even first-class
stand OF weeds.
The blanket OF snow has prevented
the ground from freezing to any ex-
tent. Hence fence posts can be driven
with less labor than in the fall. The
cracks through the fields made by the
drouth see are closed, and the ground
Is damp foot down or more. This Is
cheering, for the cracks prevented the
now OF water to the reservoirs.
In my opinion the wide-awake farm
er VIII keep over a few hundred bush
els OF corn. at least until he is reason
ably sure of another sufficient crop.
Also. he will save a few tons OF hay.
There has been a slaughter OF rab-
DTS this winter beyond any other sea-
son within my knowledge The taste
for fried bunny Is on the increase
among the people. am glad Of 1t. 1t
viii save blackberry gardens and young
fruit trees. for. singular as it seems,
many farmers neglect the ounce of pre-
yentive so long in such matters that
they are compelled to use the pound OF
cure. The only objection any farmer
can have to gunners hunting rabbits in
his fields Is, he don't want them 10 kill
his quails. and he wants them to be
careful about shooting towards stock.
A neighbor had two valuable AngoTa
goats killed this winter by careless
gunners
In an adjacent neighborhood | am
credibiy informed that some sort OF a
pest is killing of the rabbits; that
many dead ones are daily found. II
may be they are mistaken. The dead
rabbits are perhaps those which have
been wounded and escaped, and after
| wards died. The neighborhood. how
! ever, says no to this suggestion.
| Renters seem determined not to pay
cash for land. They are willing TO
! give a larger share Of grain than hith-
/ erto. Some are now willing to give
half the crop. The rule hitherto for
some years has been two-fifths in the
/ bushel and crib and half the hay. That
Is what ! have rented for number Vi
| years past. / have made careful esti-
mates and find that, one year with an
other, / have done as well. and some
times better, than those who have
rented their land for cash. have had
one renter seven years, and he has done
as well by his portion OF. the farm al
myself would have done. The great
trouble with many renters Is they hog
the land over. II runs down under their
hands The fences. the house. the
barn and the door-yard and orchard
look as If very poor widow lived there
and had no help whatever. This kind
OF farming makes the owner harder In
his demands than he would be II the
renter took little pride in keeping
the place in good condition. have nc
use for sloven1y renter.
EDWARD 3. HEAToN.