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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
RAILS AND WIRE FENCING.
Old Style Fencing Giving Way Slowly
But Surely to the More Mod
ern Method.

Much of the old rail fence is still
in use in many sections. Though not
SO neat and attractive as the wire or
board fence, 1t has some points of ad-
vantage over other kinds. The rail
fence can be easily opened to pass
through from field to field with binder
or other machinery. Also rails make
handy cross fences or hog lot fences,
being easily taken down and put up
again, SO as to change size of, or
subdiyide lots or fields. About the
first rails made were split out OF
white oak and many of these, after
40 or so years use, are yet sound. The
| same may be said of chestnut rails,
but those made Of black oak are not
| so lasting. Stock, especially horses,
are seldom hurt by rail fences. yet
many are ruined or blemished for life
by barbed wire cuts.
| The barbed or woven wire fence is
necessity in places where little other
material is to be had, and eventually,
when the wooden fances have all rot
ted down, we must use the wire, which
is neat, looks well, takes up little room
and fewer posts than the rail fence. 1t
will stand up longer and better against
wind and proves an effective barrier
to passage of farm stock or some wild
animals.
AS fast as needed supplant rails with
woven wire about 81 inches high OF
nine strands. Two inches above II
stretch a barbed wire. This will turn
horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, but
another wire eight inches higher
makes 1t safer for horses or unruly
stock, says the Farm and Home. Posts
should be placed about eight feet apart
and alternate ones need only reach tc
top of woven wire, and these might be
of old rails cut five feet long. Lonf
posts should be of heavy white oai
and six and one-half to seven fee
, long, inserted two to two and one-hal
! feet in ground. Stretch all wires tight
ly and anchor end or corner posts wei
, with heavy braces. Such fence will
, two barbed wires will be about A
inches high and cost for wire and post
! from 30 to 35 cents per rod.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
THE KICKING COW.
| RI thu Animal Kicks There Is Gem
orally Some Good Reason Tor II
Find Out What It Is.

The best cure for kicking COW is
to try to find out why she KICKS anu
to avoid the cause. Cows don't KICK
for fun or for mastery" They KICK
because they are hurt or startled.
OF course you can break them by
causing them more serious pain ana
terror with the whip than by milking,
but 1t is not right, and your wrong
method of milking may be injuring
your COW. The kick comes almost un-
consciously, If the udder of the cow y
hurt. and the better the COW the more
sensitive the. udder.
My best COW was a "conhrineo
kicker" says a correspondent OF the
Country Gentleman, and gave nttls
milk in the winter, until MIXED
her myself and found that cold hanas
against her udder made her shuddeL-
all over, contract her udder and kick.
Probably whip would have caused
her to stop kicking. but 1t would not
bring the milk, nor have been any
thing less than cruel.
Again, last ST. mer the man said
big, stolid COW that always stood like
q post. kicked. tried her, and
found the remnants of the pail and
stool, convinced myself that barring
bruises I was uninjured, and that
there was no hole in the roof. I tried
to find out why. Apparently she was
we'll and her udder normal Three
| days I MIXED her that way. only
lodged the kick. I learned she kicked
| only when one teat was touched. The
other three were all right The third
day could feel a little grain in the
milk duct, and characterized 1t as a
boil from a bruise. Until that boil
broke, milking was function"
could have omitted. But I can truth.
fully say never struck her, and the
day 1t broke she was as quiet as ever.
with no memory Of blows or harsh
treatment to alarm her or the herd.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
CURING HORSE OF BAD HABIT
What Is Better Than a Muzzle In
Keeping Animal from Gnsw-
ing Wood or Halter.

l notice that your veterinary advised
placing a muzzle on horse or mule to
keep him from gnawing the woodwork
of his stall, writes a correspondent OF
Rural New Yorker, This would be a
troublesome remedy. as 1t would have
to be removed every time the animal
was fed. I have found that by paint
ing the woodwork with coal tar the
worst wood-gnawing horses would
never bite it afterward. The tar should
be put on while hot. An old broom or
whisk brush may serve as paint
brush. I have also found way to
cure a horse biting his halter strap or
rope by boiling the rope in water in
which a bar of cheap washing soap
has been dissolved. This remedy tried
never failed. One horse, when l first
on several horses which have owned
got him, would bite a heavy rope in
two almost as soon as tie6- A small
soaped rope cured him completely.
That was nearly ten years ago and 1t
has not been necessary to tie him
with a chain since.
1
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18

partment of agriculture. Dissolve
pne ounce of strychnine sulphate
In on9r pint of boiling water,
add. a pint of thick sugar syrup
and stir. Preserv in a close vessel.
This quantity is sufficient to poison
pne-haif bushel of she,led corn or
pther grain. Steep the corn in hot
water and allow it to soak over night.
Then drain and allow it to soak for
several hours in the poison syrup.
Corn may be rubbed in meal to remove
he excess of moisture.
This poisoned corn may be intro
iuced into the runways by the use of
. dipple and spoon. This dipple,
shown in the sketch, may be made
rom a spade handle with a metal
soint and strong bar upon which
70 place the foot in forcing 1t into the
ground. The bar should be about IL
inches from the point. A hole is made
I spoonful of poisoned corn dropped
INTO 1t and the hole left open. The
.orn, of course, must be put in or neal
lhe main runways.
Trapping is a good method IL fol
owed persistently. 1t is adapted tt
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
THE LAMB CREEP.

when one end rests on top of a fence
and the other on the ground. This in
clination to climb prompts them to
run up the plank. and the platform
seems to be an attractive place for
them to play; finding little bran and
oats or cracked corn in the troughs.
they soon learn what 1t is for, and 1t
is amusing to see them chase each
other up the plank, and crowd upon
the platform as soon as let in at feed.
ing time.
This idea was originated by N. r.
Vanderyoort, of Clinton county, Ohio.
says the Ohio Farmer, and the cut
shows few of his ewes with the
lambs feeding on the platform.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
NOVEL LAMB CREEP.
Device by Which a Considerable
Economy Of Shed Space May
Be Secured.

The cut shows an effective and prac.
teal lamb creep. The idea is valuable
on account of the economy of shed
space secured. A plank ON which
cleats are nailed leads from the ground
up on a platform about az feet high.
On one side of this platform are ar.
ranged the troughs for the lambs to
feed from, and it is remarkable how
soon the lambs learn to make use OF
the whole continuance. Lambs natur.
ally take to climbing. They can often
be seen to run to the top of a board
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
A FERTILIZER TEST.
Way Farmer May Experiment and
Ascertain the Elements Need
ed in Soil.

The writer was recently talking with
Prof C. G. Hopkins of the University
of Illinois on the use of PHOSPHORUS
on the clover being grown at the uni
versity farm. The professor gave the
following figures on the test on sew
eral experimental plots last year. Ten
plots were used, two Of which were
check plots and received no treatment.
The yield of dried clover hay in tons
on the ten plots was as follows:
No treatment, 1.26.
Legumes, III.
No treatment, LIS.
Legumes, lime. 1872.
Legumes, III.
BY comparing the above 1t will be
seen that this land did not lack nitro
gen, as the blowing under of tho le-
gumes did not increase the yield. The
lined plot gave a slightly Increased
yield. The next five plots yielded az
follows:
Legumes. lime, phosphorus, 2.9L.
Legumes, phosphorus, 2.91.
| This seemed to indicate that the
lime was not needed, and without
doubt this was the case.
Legumes, lime, phosphorus, pOtAs.
SUM, 3.19.
Lime, phosphorus, potassium, S.1s.
| Lime, phosphorus, potassium, . A.
The above three plots also indicated
/ that nitrogen was not needed, as th'
plots yielded about the some with ant
without the legumes. The story eha
this set of experiments tells is tina
the land needs phosphorus and 1otas
SUM, but does not need nitrogen O
lime.
What is to hinder our farmers from
carrying on experiments like this o.
their farms and finding out just wha
elements are needed in their soils?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
STOCK NOTES.

Pigs from young and immature
sows are likely to be weak. Do not
be afraid to use an old boar or an old
sow.
Before the well-known hame-staple
breaks, you had better replace it with
a new one, or 1t may cause you to
lose q half day In q busy time.
Unless q man has some love for
cows. and some idea Of what to do for
their comfort, he will never make q
success of dairying.-Farm Journal.
Il you would get the best returns
from your investment In your horse,
treat him right. and be sure to clip
him In the early spring.-Horse Re-
view.
Ground oats are much more val
liable as food for stock, fowls, ETC..
than is wheat bran. Equal parts OF
ground oats. bran and Indian meal
make an ideal ration.-Farm Journal
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
EXPRESSING CATTLE.
uow It Should Be Done to Insure the
Greatest Comfort for the
Animals.

Express is always preferable to
freight where the expense is not too
great. Express companies require ami
mails to be Grated, and generally use
q short, light slat crate for little
calves. with head protruding from the
crate; that Is, the body alone is cased.
With older and larger animals ! use
large, strong and heavier crate, full
length Of the animal, with the animals
neck placed in a sort of stanchion
made of two hardwood sticks that run
from floor to top, and are secured at
each end. Feed can then be placed be-
fore the animal, and water will be
given by the express company's people
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18

Put on the cover, carry to the porch.
and adjust the hive In position.
Some Of the old bees will leave,
but those that are Matching will
make 10 their new home. It Ia
necessary to hang this hive In the
shade out Of direct rays of the sun.
which would kill the larvae and drive
the bees from the hive. BY observing
this hive regularly, says Farm and
Home, yau will learn of the workings
Of bees IN way which Ia otherwise
impossible
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
THE AMERICAN SHEEP.
Animal Which Is Coming More and
More to Be Matter of Inter
est to Farmer.

The American sheep Is coming to
be more and more a matter of interest
to the American farmer. 1t Is doubt
full IL in this generation we shall
again see the small interest in sheep
that has been shown during the past
15 years. This lack of interest was
due to the fact that the sheep with
which the farmer found himself is
years ago was largely wool-pro-
ducing sheep, and wool was then de-
Ginning at a rapid rate. The demand
for mutton was much less then than
now. In the Is years there has been Q
great change in the character OF Amer
lean sheep. They are more largely
suited for the production of mutton
than they were then, and, moreover,
the price of wool is again high enough
to encourage the sheep owner to pro-
duce 1t.
The city people are demanding q
sheep of higher quality than formerly,
declares the Farmers, Review. and can
hardly be satisfied with sheep that
has been brought up on weeds and
brush. The sheep that is well fed
from birth to the block Is the only
one LQdL pTOuuCcS LuCdt IudI DTlHSS
good price in the city markets. The
sheep that have been grown on pool
feed and then fattened quickly sell fol
q smaller price on the city market, al
their meat Is known to be not of tht
best quality. The American sheet
may be a pasture cleaner, but 1t mus
have good grass also If 1t IL to b.
! profitable.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
LOCUST STUMPS.
How They May Be Removed by the
Use Of Home Made Device and
Without Digging.

The best way to remove locust
stumps without digging is to use a
stump puller and pull them ONT. II
they are not large, one can rig up a
homemade lever puller or tvister.
The accompanying cut shows a home
made device which will answer the
purpose If the stumps are not too
large. The upright. explains tbs Ohio
Farmer, should be of good material,
eight feet long, seven inches thick at
the butt and tapering to four inches
at the top. At the butt mortise In a
piece of plank, three feet long and
seven inches wide. At az to TIRES
feet from the butt bore holes through
the upright and insert heavy bolts
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
POCKET GOPHER AND IT'S BuRRow

small fields. where only few gophors
are present. A small steel trap may
be employed, but there are number
of special gopher traps on the mar
ket. These traps must be set In the
main gopher tunnel.
Carbon bisulphide has been used
extensively for killing gophers. II the
burrows are large in dry soil, however.
the gas evaporates SO rapidly that
much of the liquid is required to kill
the animals and the methods is expen-
sive. II the burrows are small in
moist soil, an ounce of the liquid to
each burrow is sufficient. Pour the
carbon bisulphide over bunch of cot
ton rags or other waste material and
push this quickly into the burrow and
close the opening. All the farmers In
q community. says the Orange JUDD
Farmer, must cooperate in order tc
exterminate the pocket gopher I'm.
less they are eradicated from the
neighborhood they will soon come II
and restock the territory.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
TIMELY BEE TALK.
Various Helpful Sugc ,stions for the
Man Who Has Bees for Pleas
ure or Profit.

When nectar is abundant in the !
fields, and your bees hesitate about
starting work in the sections but crowd
the brood nest with it, try the follow
ing plan:
top in the brood chambers, mash these
cells at the top of the brood frames
with a table fork; shut up the hive.
put the sections on, and then rap on
the hive. Do this just before dusk, and
you will find the bees nicely at work
there the next morning
1t ia not difficult to persuade any col
ony of bees. Of proper strength, to
work in the section; but do it by rap
ping on the hive and driving them up,
! They fill themselves with honey and
! 30 up there and work. You have per-
haps scarified enough cells SO thu they
| will have no cells except those to put
the honey in. The honey will have to
be taken out by the bees. 1t is forcing
| process, as you might say, but 1t Sc
cures the result.
| A colony with abundant entrance for
air is less inclined to swarm than 1t
otherwise would be. Raising the hive
/
corner, and leaving the hive open all
around, is an excellent method for CIV
ing plenty of air. But do not expect
that the plan of giving plenty of air
will entirely suffice to keep bees from
swarming.
have used various methods OF
transferring, but have given the fol-
lowing the preference. These direc-
lions will be applicable only to those
who have bees in frame hives.
If the bees to be transferred are in
a common box, and the combs have not
been built down to the bottom, cur
down the box to the depth of the
comb, turn the bottom side up, and
put spacing sticks between the combs
|, to prevent contact with each other
, Then place one of the standard hive
, bodies on top, closing up ali surplus
openings on the sides or ends. Now
, go to a colony of bees and remove 8
} frame of honey, and containing eggs
, and larvae; place this in the vacant
, | body over the box, and fill up with
r drawn comb or foundation. In a few
3 days, If you keep watch, you will fint
9 the queen in the upper story; thel
: you quietly slip a queen excluder be
n tween this part and the old box. Ii
n 81 days you can remove the lower par
g and dispose of the comb as you see fl
e Probably nothing is better than
n solar wax extractor, and for SINAI
e quantity very cheap affair can b
y gotten up, says Farm Journal. A DO
q covered with a pane of glass, inside G
9. this an old dripping pan to catch tn
| hot off
a a solar wax extractor. OF course tn
ID dripping pan must be placed in col
% ner. 1t may be used as a wax extrac
e. or at any time when the sun is NJ
TO shining. Place it in the oven OF
u cook stove, leaving the oven door ope
In with the split corner projecting on
vi and dish set on the kitchen floor
re catch the melted wax.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18

porch or at any other point which is
convenient. Make frame of lumber
as shown in Fig. 1, about five inches
wide. IL inches high, and 18 inches
long. Prepare tube b 21a inches
wide, one-half inch high inside and
about 20 inches long, through which
the bees may enter through the door
c into the hive.
Make a top for this hive with a
round opening covered with screen.
This opening serves to ventilate the
hive and also is useful wiien the bees
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
FARM NOTES.

A mulch works well around the
gooseberry bushes.
Save your own seed, or buy thu best
seed at four times the cost, IL neces-
sary.
Get all the wood ashes you can and
apply them to the garden and truck
patch.
Don't buy lot Of things you do not
need, f-1herely because the agents
tongue is hung in the middle ami loose
at both ends.
Now, give the boy few acres to
farm with team. and seeds, and see
what he will make OF 1t. 1t will make
him feel like man and bind him to
the farm.---Farm Journal.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18

tested with the
pocket gopher, so
very. destructive
to crops. Go
piers may be de-
stroyed by poi
son, by traps
and by the usa
of carbon bisul-
phide. Poisoning
with strychnine
is the most eff
fective means, as
1t may be done
at the lowest
cost. AS recon-
mended by the
United States de.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
Make Plan of Garden,

Make a careful plan beforehand of
the garden, dividing 1t into plots, then
decide what is to be planted or sown
in each plot, and when planting time
comes begin at one side of the plot.
leaving space for successive sowings or
paintings. This method will not only
save time but 1t will also make the
garden look more ship-shape, l should
perhaps say garden-shape.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18

THE HIVE IN PLACE ON PORCH.
some vines on the porch, allowing the
inlet tube to extend outside, as shown
in Fig 2. The bees will enter through
this tube and will seldom be found
within the hive.
To prepare for operation go to an
old hive about six days after you
have seen a swarm, and you will find
a number of live queen cells from
which the queens will emerge in a
day or two, which looks somewhat as
shown in Fig 8. Take three frames
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18

way which is bet
ter than to OBJ
serve them in
such an arrange
ment as is de.
scribed herewith.
This may be To-
Gated ON the front
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
Time to Do wife a Favor.

Don't get too busy to make your wife
a flower bed, or a half-dozen, IL she
wants them. Remember, she has to
live with you 365 days in the year, and
she needs Something to brighten her
up.-Tarm Journal.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18

with hooks or eyes at one end. On this
opposite side put thin iron plate aa
shown in A and screw the bolts ur
tight. Attach a hook as shown. Of
11s-inch iron, two feet long. When
ready to use fasten the hook over the
top of the post, cant-hook style and
hitch team to the top of lever.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18

of Matching brood
with one or more
queen cells and
place In the OBJ
servation b w e.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
HOW TO DESTROY ooPHERs
Methods Recommended by the Agri-
cultural Department at
Washington.

Nearly every district west of the
Mississippi river is more or less in
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18

fully 60 over 1t and tighten up all
bolts, etc., and
MT - your pillow will
run almost like
new. II the pillow
has become badly rusted from stand
ing out in weather. apply kerosene oil
and rub briskly for few minutes
with brick. A simple device for
transferring the pillow from one part Of
the farm to another, as suggested by
the Farm and Home, is made of a
block of wood 2x4 or Ave inches wide
akd IS to "a inches long. Iron pins, a.
Tween which land slide sets, and
u loop to receive pillow point. Where
q loop or clamp is not at hand, use
BINS as shown by dotted lines.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
AN OBSERVATION HIVE.
Arrangement by Which Study May
Be Made of the Bees When
at Work.

If you wish to become familiar
with the workings of bees there is no
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-05-18
Anew PLoW POINTS.
The Proper Care of the Tool and an
Easy Method of Drawing It
to the Field.

Before taking plow to the field. care
fully 60 over 1t and tighten up all