The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-26
FARM TOPICS.
VALUE OF WOOD ASHES.

III pure, Qnleached WOOD hshes
could he obtained plentifnlly, aud at
a moderate cost, they would give
perhaps more satisfactory results, Is
the ashes are rich in potash and con
tain lime In its best forms also serv
ing we'll as a protection against the
attacks Of some kinds of insects.
Ashes can be used without liability 4
of injury ON all kinds of crops If
brualcasted over the soil, AS many as
| so bushels per acre not being con
sidsred excessive on certain soils,
and they make u better fertilizer for /
clover than barnyard manure. For 4
fruit trees ashes can not be excelled. /
COWS AND FOWLS.
Dairy cows of the best class pay
better than any other stock which
demands no more capital, and fowls
pay better than any small or minor
industry Of the farm. Taken in com
bination, they are just the thing for
an industrious man OF small means
Who had ten acres Of good groahd.
Upon this much ground, with this
combination, such man would be
sure not only Of "A good living, but
OF saving a snug sum every year
FARMING OF THE FUTURE
1t is assumed by those who have
given the subject close attention that
the worlds supply of wheat, will ia
, few years be below the demand,
although more land will be brought
into cultivation for wheat, yet there
will arrive "A time when the yield of
wheat must be increased or the
suppIy will be Inadequate. The aver
: age yield Of wheat per acre in this
7, country is thirteen bushels, while In
Europe the average is thirty bushels.
In some sections of the United States
forty bushels per acre of wheat Is not
unusual for large farm, but the use
= of the same land for wheat year after
n year will result in diminishing yield
10 in the future unless some change
,e occurs in the cultivation Of that
is cereal. The, fact that the average
30 yield in Europe Is two and hall
ID times a. much as in this country
u demonstrates that our farmers can ri
re insures twice as much wheat a. is now
be grown. The fact is that in Europ'
~ the farms are small and highly cult
50 waited, while in this country land Ii
he cheap and many sections not thickly
c. populated. but the systems Of Europ'
~ are worthy Of consideration, am'
r. should encourage our far mers To OK
of pect better results.
81 EXPERIMENTING THISrLES.
Knowing it to be a popular opinion
that the determination Of the Canad
thistle Is practically impossible; an
- recently noting articles in agriculture
and other Journals, even givin
:. eredence to such opinion, | herewit
- give you for publication a method b
which have exterminated III
', Canada thistle, when farmer /
Canada.
/ have by repeated trials ia variou
fields proved it /" be an absolute an
certain success.
IL is The field in which III
= thistles have become obnoxious
- plowed deep in the fall of the yeai
az Ii Is then let stand keeping all stoc
from it, until the following June {
July, when the thistles are in fuI
:, bloom, or about to bloom, but mus
not be let ripen. Then pillow al
thistlos and we,ds deep under with
chain. think 1t would BE- we'll the
to roll down with a land roller
though | did not take the pair
IN myself. In course OF a month OF =
OF the land may be narrowed, and the
he plowed up again and sowed wit
're winter wheat, the great body I
ses thistIes and weeds having served II
lie. purpoes Of a valuable fertilizer.
The principle involved in tn
is effective method OF destroying ii
we thistles Is this, that when 1t Is tht
tn plowed under 1t has taken the whol
to strength and vitality from the root
no the top, and when cut off deep und'
ground will not sprOut again.
I'D believe any obnoxious weed ma
'pt be destroyed by the same method.
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