Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-08-31
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST To
AoRIcuLTuRIsTs.
Some rp-to-Dsts Hints About cuitiv..
lion OF the Soil aud Yield. Thereof
Hortieuiture. Nitinuiturs aud Fioricai-
tura
More on Observation-Disclosures a, K,.n.,.

More ON cross-Fsriiiization Of Kiefrer.
from Farmers Review: / have been
reading In the FarEers' Review the
many opinions on the cross-fertiliza-
uon OF kieffer. Now II does seem to
me that II ross-fertilizing is so nee
essary and useful among our large
Iuits should have trees loaded TO the |
ground with apples and pears nearly
every year. II 500 varieties OF bear
ing trees In forty-acre orchard is not |
enough 10 insure Decentralization, for |
goodness sake how many are neces-
saryg Again wouldn't you suppose that |
where hundred varieties are grated
on one tree. and the tree filled with
such gratis had reached spread OF
thirty feet. there is a good chance for
fertilization without adding any more
graftsG This tree should be pretty full
OF fruit. shouldn't II. ye scientific men?
Well, It did bear three or four bush
els OF fruit one year. but IL never so
oysr-did itself before. nor has II since.
! have several such trees and they do
not bear bit better than the other
trees Of my orchard. How much does
the orchard bear7 Well, will tell you.
From thousand and more OF bearing
trees we have not had enough apples
for family use nine months In the year
Tor several years. and | am not ex-
pecting enough this year. The family
is quite large II Is true. but do think,
that, counting In this great benefit OF
Decentralization, we should have
enough 20 eat for ten months in the
year. ! am striking for an extra
month at same wages.
A part OF the orchard is In weeds
I and grass. which are mown and the
| crop left on the ground. moweu twice a
/ year. A part is Ia a strawberry bed
and is partially cultivated and muiched.
/ Another part is well-eultiyated and yet
I another part is IN hog pasture or lot.
/ Another part OF Il is calf and horse
pasture. A part OF the orchard is
usually sprayed mot this year) with
Bordeaux mixture and London purple.
Another part is not sprayed at all.
Some OF the trees are in rich soil and
some In thin soil. all, however. are In
the black soil common 10 Central I'LL
nolR. have tried considerable guam
titles OF ashes, bone meal and stable
manure. separately and toe ther with
no apparent result
will add that keep bees, Mt that
want to-thcy are my neighbor'i bees
and in grape time | have frequently
wished that lightning or something
would strike one or two OF them-ol
more.
Pears with tall hedge on the ives
have lived longer and borne bette
with me than anywhere else. A hedg'
on the south has not been OF any bene
nt. SO have concluded that pears d.
bes, when fortified with an osege or
ange hedge on the west
There is at least one pear tina. bear
earlier than the Kietfer-the sha Lea
Among those that bloom at prssticall,
the same time are CARRIER, Duchess
pszI de Ia Motto and Cocklip- II
; my belief, however. that rather tina
, pin our faith to Decentralization G
any kind we had better look more {
the weather at blooming time,
blight, cureulios. and the differer
! nphids and fungi for the cause OF fai
ure.
or course there is great difference
the producing power OF different VI
: rietIes, but heavy continued rsips dui
ing infiorescence get away with mo-
e of our apples. rainy summer an
!. fall bring out the fungi, which ca
i only be controlled by spraying, and h
weather and daily thunder storm
often bring aggravated cases of bligh
which cannot be eradicated by an.
J thing that humans can do. that ] a
: aware of. To be sure, the departmel
q Al washington says. "Cut out and bun
/ ali biighted twigs as soon as they a
: pear" but suppose IT would take ],
men a full year to cut out the big
tthe. new cases) that appeared In n
- orchard last night-B. Buckma
1. sanRamon county, Illinois.