Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-06-04


road part of the day.
While the puttering and painstakins
and the swift and slapdab hired man
are both trife wearing on ones
nerves, fellow sleeps better nights II
he has the former rather than the lat
ter on the place
The uncovering of the Towering
shrubs and fruits should not be done
until warm weather has set In for good
and other vegetation has made a de-
cided start. Then If Il frost comes the
chance for damage viii be much less.
In nine cases out of ten the worst
enemy that the farmer or gardener
has is the imam with the gun" who
periodically raids his premises. The
only kind of dope that will reach this
pest is a legal warning to keep off the
premises.
About the time the yard is raked is
a pretty good time to inspect the cell
lar and see that decayed or decaying
vegetables of all kinds are removed.
1t is very natural to overlook the
truck in the cellar because it is large
ly out of sight.
If the cornfield is infested with milk
weeds and morning glories it is about
time to turn it into pasture for three or
four years. The presence of these
weeds may be taken as sign that the
soil needs Il rest from the system Of
cropping which has been followed with
1t in preceding years.
The common black crow is q much
worse enemy to the poultryman than
the skunk or much maligned chicken
hawk, which in spite of its name sell
dom raids the poultry yard Where
chickens or turkeys nest in wood lots
adjoining the premises. crows will
rife the nests every chance they get.
For the gardener on a small scale In
the northern states 1t is questionable
if there is a black raspberry which ex-
GELS the Older. 1t is perfectly hardy
and does not require covering of any
kind, but propagates from the tip
while the fruit 1t bears is of large size
and fine quality. OF those which re-
quire covering during the winter the
Nemaha is one of the best
While rotation of only corn and
oats may result in more desira BILE
condition of soil than were corn to fol-
low corn and may perhaps keep in
check some pests that work injury to
the latter cereal. the fact remains that
with both crops there is a constant
pull from the soil and no contribution
to it or reinforcing of ii. as is the case
when the clovers enter into the rota-
ton. r~-5-F -s-r--r-
Because the expense of hauling
crop to market is seldom counted In
the expense of producing il there does
not seem to be an adequate realization
or the enormous annual cost of haul
ing the various crops produced in this
country to market While the cost to
any individual producer may not be
considerable amount. the aggregate
for all producers amounts TO hundreds
of millions of dollars every year
The experience which some corn
growers living in the northern part of
the corn belt have had the past two
or three years points quite conclusive
ly to the fact that the rather small
and early maturing variety of corn is
a better agricultural asset than the
whopping ear with shoe peg kernels
that gets rinched with the frost at
both ends of the season and sours on
the cob after it is put into the crib.
While crops of almost all kinds make
more vigorous growth in seasons that
are too wet rather than those that are
too dry. it is noticeable in a period of
years that small grain is OF better
quality when the rather dry conditions
prevail. while the root crops do better
In the more moist seasons. Semtrop-
zeal plants lie the lima bean. eggplant.
pepper aud tomato are partial to both
heat and moisture and flourish best
when these conditions exist.
Reports originating in portions of
North Carolina are to the effect that
not only has the tanbark industry had
a direct and disastrous effect upon the
forest reserves of the state. but that
the people engaged in it grow poorer
from year to year. Il Is pointed out
by observers that the work of secur-
ing the bark gives return of barely
a days wages. which is not nearly so
profitable as the same effort would be
directed along agricultural lines