Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-12-19

the snort white held carrot pro- |
duces enormously on well ma
nured ground and is easily pulled
for storing but again the high price !
OF labor is prohibitive OF cultivated
crops. Calves wintered on timo-
thy hay with a few carrots are fat
in the spring and in fine condition
to turn out to grass. Dairy cows
SO far get little root food in winter
as ban is plentiful and cheap and
is made to take the place Of more
succulent food.
With the advent of large dair
les the silo will be a necessity
and what so cheap and
profitable to fill it as green corn?
Dwarf Essex rape. ruta bagas, tur-
nips ell do wholesome attention is
being paid to rape for hog feed.
Potatoes on Camas prairie, for
quality and quantity, can hold their
own with any district; for some un-
explained reason the crop this year
is only sufficient Tor home consump-
ton, but the quality is fine. All
the varieties tried succeed admira-
bly, here, and the list is too long for
mention. The exhibit of potatoes
at Grangeville street fair on Octo-
Der LIST was credit to any coun-
TRY, especially for their good quail
ty.
The fruits grown on Salmon riv-
err and Clearwater are equal to the
best; the only drawback is--nOt
sufficient has been planted and
grown to anything like equal the
demand. Salmon river apples are
thing of beauty and joy forever
when you can get them. Grapes,
peaches, nectarines, apricots are
all produced and shipped on to the
prairie. No insect pest has yet
bothered the fruit on the rivers.
The apple, plum, prune and cherry
do we'll on the higher ground; in a
district southwest from Grangeville
are some fine orchards now bearing
very satisfactorily proving conclu-
sively that the orchard taken care
| of, will be a very profitable part of
the farm. Small fruits and berries
only need planting and keeping
clear of weeds to return large prof
it's: at present the home market is
almost unlimited. With the in
crease of population unless more at
tentioh is paid to fruits on the farm
the towns on the prairie must do
without this necessity Of life, ex-
cept by importing from Lewiston
and other points on Snake river.
CATTLE.
| The raising and fattening cattle
is one of the two most important
sources of revenue. This industry
is carried on by every conceivable
method. From raising the calf on
the range, selling him at three years
to the butcher in the fall, or selling
from the range at two years to feed
on the prairie and outside points,
and they to the coast butchers in
the spring at high prices; to- rails
ing the calves on farms, running
the cattle ON open land and school
sections on the prairie, on the foot
hills, and open timbered mountains
and valleys, on rough broken
ground, gathering them in the fall
for sale or wintering again, or fat
tening for the spring markets be
fore beef from the ranges is ready.
Each man who owns cattle practis-
es method adapted to his sur.
roundings and circumstances. The
class of cattle has very materially
improved. especially in quality. the
last two or three years. Now we
have well graded Shorthorns ant
Herefords, and several cattle mer
are importing pure bred bulls a
high prices, realizing at last that {
well bred steer can weigh as muci
II two years as IA common one a
three, and so save a years feed.
Herefords are said to he the hes
for the range, but this year abou
1000 high grade Shorthorns hav
been sold on the prairie by one firm
: at prices which prove the Hereford
|. men must look to their laurels.
e few Polled Angus, Galloways an
>, Holsteins were imported years ag
r they did not find much favor
e But it is not important which c
the beef breeds the steer belong
n to, provided he has the FRAMEWORK
10 and capacity, with early maturity
= for putting his beef on the bes
ps parts of the carcass, and SO being
good quality, commands the bes
price from the butcher, and til
best cattle from this district fc
n; several years have never had
j. take back seat in the market.
n steady stream of shipments al
re made to the coast towns, Tacom
rs and Seattle, and to Spokane. Their
ne is an excellent demand for two-yes
90 olds each fall for feeding, as we
Is as from Nez Perez county and tt
o. Palouse country.
IT. The home feeders on the prair
IN commence with cattle in the ia
p and sell in March and April, for g
n. advance of about one cent p
40 pound, go that in addition to &c
&c ting q home market on the farm +
as produce, gain in price per pour