The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-08-01

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If milk cans and utensils are washed
and scalded last without
subsequent wiping they will be much
'reer from contamination by bacteria
han IL scalded and wiped dry with a
rag.
The 1900 pound draft horse at three
years old can always be counted on by
the horse raiser as safe and profitable
proposition. During the past few years
such an animal has been worth from
10 to II cents per pound.
The heifer calf that is intended for
dairy use should not be given too fat
tening a ration. Oats, grass and milk.
with a scant ration of shelled corn,
will furnish about what she needs for
her proper development.
Some one who has tried 1t says that
IL -four of sulphur is mixed Literally
with the seed corn in the planter box
the cutworms will not touch the corn
SO treated 1t Is certainly an easy and
inexpensive recipe and at least worth
trying.
The colt that Is halter broken at the
start and trained and handled as he
grows not only makes a much more
tractable horse at three years old. but
also one that will fetch considerably
higher price on the market because OF
this very fact.
When the flock of hens is confined
at close range and no green food ID
available, cut green stuff, preferably
lawn cuttings, should be given to them
In generous allowance every day or
two. The greediness with which they
devour it not only shows that they
relish 1t, but that their systems need It.
A proper combination of spade and
elbow grease will make the worms
working in the earth in the hen yard
available for consumption as animal
food. The hens will not only be better
off for the food which they get thus,
but the chap who works the SPADE
handle will get exercise that will DO
him good.
Where a decent amount Of prelimi.
nary road work and grading has been
done roads can be kept In fair shape
IL no other implement Is used than
fnr ho nr0dnCe
to market. These tend to mash Jumps
of dirt, fill up the ruts and pack the
earth down so that 1t will shed watel
In first class shape when 1t rains.
A good many municipalities place
minimum butter fat limit Of per cen
for all peddled milk. If the dignitarie
who framed these ordinances had q
put up with milk that tested less thai
the above per cent in their coffee AM
on their oatmeal, good deal NOR
vigor would be manifested in the prose
! cution of violators of the regulation.
A New York farmer reports success
In the use of common stovepipe SOC
! as a cure for scours in calves. An oil
y method Of preparing the dose was
J. take a tablespoonful Of SCOT, mix
with the white and yolk Of an egg, pr
e It back In the shell and place the file
q shell far back In the mouth OF the q
y ficted calf. Another cure for th
scours is to put small amount
% formalin In the milk ration.
If the slugs start to work on Il
), currant and gooseberry bushes, thu
may be busted with powdered Will
y hellebore, or the same may be apple
y :. as a spray, made by mixing one oun
:, Of the chemical in two gallons Of W
~ :, ter. Paris green Is also effective al
= may be applied In the form of du'
using one pound Of the poison to TIVE
n ty pounds of -four. If the dust spr
" Is used, 1t is best to apply 1t when t
" dew is ON the leaves.
One Of the thoughts that come to
:. visitor to the Grand Canyon of the G
- orado is of the enormous length
- time that must have been consum
% In the geological formation Of the
gantic shapes and depth Of rock fou
in places there and the cons Of yes
M following that were required In
ra- transformation Of what is supposed
ol- have been the bed Of an immense la
70, into a river valley in which fowl
Of water has cut a channel in places &C
cir feet deep.
=. While European and Asiatic col
. . tries have forms Of animal and b
80 life to be found nowhere else,
- American continent seems to poss
an exclusive monopoly Of hummi
birds, OF the four hundred odd VI
cites nearly all are to be found In
tropical regions. Only eighteen CT
the borders of the United States fr
ess Mexico and all but one or two v,
ing cites spend their summers In the sou
ern states. While this tiny bird d
eA- secure some honey from flowers,
food consists chiefly of small inse