The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-09-24


Oyster shells, Stacked lime or old plas-
ter will furnish them this element in
needed quantities.
A beauty of solid cement floors for
corncribs and granaries lies in the
fact that they do not provide con-
venient runway and means of access
for rats and mice. When these TO.
dents come to these cement founda-
tons they are up against a stone wall.
regulation lately adopted by the
District of Columbia prevents the
keeping of roosters within this pre-
cinct. This was doubtless out of con-
sideration for the morning slumbers of
the members of congress who worked
overtime nights on tariff revision on
behalf of the dear people.
Very rarely does titled soil have an
excess of humus or decayed vegetable
matter which gives looseness and some
fertility to the soil and makes it work
nicely. 1t is for this reason that the
small grain stubble should, as rule,
be ploWed under and not burned, as
some are in the habit of doing. This
may save some work, but it is really
handicap to the soil.
Figures on the number Of mules in
the country Jan. /, 1909. are placed at
4,0J3,000, with value of &43T ,0S2, 900,
or an average of $107,S5. This makes
the average mule worth just about $12
more than the average horse, indicat-
ing that as a phase of animal hus-
bandry it is long way from being
overdone and will give handsome re-
turns to the fellow who will go into it.
! Wisconsin fruit growers in the vicin-
ity of Sturgeon Bay are much con-
cerned over the appearance of the San
Jose scale in that vicinity, and those
about Milwaukee over the European
scale on shrubs in the cemeteries and
parks of that place, the infected stock
being portion of an importation from
France. The state inspector has the
cases under consideration and is doing
all he can to prevent spread of the
pests.
During the year 1907 3,5O7, 99S poles
were required to meet the demands of
steam and electric roads and electric
lighting and power companies. These
cost at the point of purchase $10,229.-
642, or an average of $500. Cedar
poles constituted CO per cent of the
total number and chestnut Is per cent
the remaining 90 per cent being di
vided among several varieties. The
price paid for cypress was $5.11, while
tamarack was the cheapest, costing "a
cents a pole.
A careful inspection should be give1
mer months in order to locate an!
little borers which have Matched from
eggs during the month of June as tn,
sooner they are put out of commission
after they have started their dirt.
work the better. Then, too. there ma.
be some of last years hatch whicl
We're not discovered when the round
early June. Big or little, they shoul
be eXterminated
The residents of Zoar, O., have dc
cided on novel method Of supply
ing the people Of the community wit
,, cider next fall. \ 100 barrel cemen
cistern, built years ago by the Zoa
", ,icti Nv iS. RI hn
; out and when apples are ripe will b
filed with fresh cider. A pump is
be installed, and any one who has tn
will to work the handle may have
swig. If this fact is generally advc
! tised it is safe to assume that til
l thirsty tourists from the four winds {
: heaven will light down on Zoar ne1
. October when the frost is on IL
! punkin'."
n A German corporation which ha
S been exploring Mesopotamia. the "mit
e river country between the Tigris an
t Euphrates rivers in southwestern ASH
: believes that the country can be r
l. iuvenated agriculturally by restor'
S ton of the irrigation systems who's
e waters used to quench the thirsty an
n marvelously productive valley in tt
Il olden days when Nebuchadnezzar We
: Inundated and turned out to gras
l. While desert sands have drifted in an
81 red the fertile soil, it is though
.sss can be stripped off and the Sc
) ton in large measure restored to i
1t former productiveness. 1t is sa
7. that some of the canals will need bl
little repairing to make them disable
+. The rat poison which is most high
IS recommended by the agricultural q
l. partment after making trial of Sc
t eral is barytes OF barium sulpha1
The poison may be mixed with COZ
meal in the proportion of one to TO,
or it may be mixed with eight tim
re its bulk of oatmeal. enough water
e. ing added to make stiff dough. or
I'd little of the powdered barytes may
Is sprinkled on buttered bread or mo
10 toast. Small quantities of the b
Id should be placed in the runways l
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