The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-11-19

that is given everyday proof.
1t is the right time now before the
leaves in the orchard have all fallen
to so through and mark the trees
which arc dead or so far gone that
they cannot be pruned back and given
new start The health Of the tree
can easily be noted from the condi-
ton of the leaves and the presence
of scrawny, undersized fruit, and If
marked now the trees may be removed
any time before spring.
An advantage of the cement floor in
the stable is that it makes possible
saving of the liquid manures, which
contain valuable fertiliZing elements.
These may be absorbed by abundant
bedding of straw, or, in the case of
| cows. earth, leaves or sawdust may be
scattered in the gutter at the rear of
the animals. The important thing is
the saving of these liquids, the method
being Of minor Importance.
A couple of Chicago men are said to
have discovered a method of manufac-
turing alcohol from sawdust whereby
1t may be produced at a cost Of cents
per gallon as against IS cents or more
for the distillation of grain alcohol.
Considering the prospective scarcity Of
corn and also Of sawdust, the new
process would seem to have little to
commend it from the commercial stand
point for the future, whatever may be
done with it in the present
We saw tobacco catalogue the
other day in which pretty good look
ing saddle was offered as premium
for 5000 tobacco tags. Since the tags
run about five to the pound this offer
means that fellow would have to
chew up 600 pounds, four times his
own weight, to get the saddle and
this would cost him, at so cents a
pound. $500. Considering the fact that
the tobacco works physical and mental
harm rather than good, it makes the
cost of the saddle bit high.
Bulletin No $50. issued a short time
ago by the Wisconsin experiment sta
ton. places the annual loss to the
farmers of the Badger State through
the careless handling of manures at
S2OOOO,0OO. This estimate is based on
a careful chemical analysis of farm
manures and the loss in fertilizing
value incident to prevalent methods Of
handling. 1t would seem in the face of
such figures as these as though it were
about time for the stock farmer to
take measures to stop big leak.
walk through field of standing
corn and careful inspection of the ears
will bring out the fact that the ears
which are high up on the stalk are not
so far along and well matured as those
which are waist or chest high. This
should serve to give point to the sug-
gestion that If early maturing seed is
desired the low growing ears should be
selected. Another point in favor of
the low ear is that it's early maturity
makes possible thorough drying of it
before the freezing weather comes on.
enactment Of the Payne tariff bill that
the eight cent duty which was placed
on imported lemons would add that
much to the returns of the lemon
growers Of the country, which. If the
reports are true, have not been -four
ishing in an entirely satisfactory way.
But this consummation is not to be,
as the transcontinental roads have
within few weeks raised the rate on
lemons, which will just about con-
sumo the 8 cents in question, leav-
ing the grower where he was before,
with the public mulcted what, 1t is al
legged, will be $10,OO0,O0O a year and
this snug sum stuck into the Golfers
of the transportation companies. Thus
the lemon duty bids fair in very ear
nest to be another "lemon" which was
handed the dear people in the recently
enacted and much cussed and discuss
ed tariff bill. The lemon growers will
undoubtedly contest the prospective
rate increase, but it is hardly likely
that their protest will avail them any
thing.
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