Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-07-01

II any are about. The getting In IS an
easy matter when the rodents are
hungry or thirsty, but once in they are
seldom able to escape.
The quality of the honey product OF
any season Is quite directly proper
tional to the abundance Of the com.
mon white clover. on which the bees
SO much like to feed. The past year
has been one in which this food sup
ply was exceptionally good, and as a
consequence the honey is very white
and of delicious flavor.
Now comes New York scientist
who says that Strawberries produce
moroseness and disease. While this
claim may be true, we have never
known person disposing of the last
dish OF Strawberries and cream who
was noticeably afflicted with any kind
OF dumps save that induced by the
thought that these were the last Of the
season.
A truck farmer living near Weather
ford, Tex, reports a yield Of yams, or
sweet potatoes. at the rate OF 2o5
bushels to the acre. The variety grown
was the Bunch Yam. From one hill
were dug sixteen potatoes that aver
aged trifie better than half pound
apiece, while from another seven Dota.
toes were taken that had a combined
weight OF fifteen and One-thlrd pounds.
ANY who may be interested In the
raising Of golden pheasants may se-
cure bulletin giving their history and
telling about the care OF them by writ
ing to the department at Washington.
1t Is said that where one has an acre
or two Of rough land and will inclose
1t with six foot wire fence he can
make more money with golden pleas.
ants than with any other kind of poul-
try.
1t has been estimated by those who
have made a study of the problem that
1t costs as much to haul busheI of
wheat over five miles Of country road
In Illinois as 1t does to carry It 100
miles to the elevator at Buffalo. On
the basis Of this high cost of wagon
transportation 1t Is held that in many
rural districts Of the country one-half
the profit obtainable in the growing
OF crops is squandered in hauling
them to market over poor roads.
Four cent hogs and steers and sixty
Ing situation that can have only one
economic result. 1t means. In the first
place, that there can only be loss In
FEEDING; In the second, that enormous
numbers Of hogs are going to be mar
keted on a slump market, the rapid de-
crease OF animals In the feed lot, a de-
crease In the consumption of corn and
later on a considerable drop in the
price Of corn and other substitute ce-
reals.
A late bulletin issued by the good
roads office at Washington states that
there were. In the year 1904, 2,157,57O
miles of public highway in the United
States. OF this mileage los, ,232 miles
were surfaced with gravel, 36,621 miles
with stone and COST miles finished
with special materials, such as shells
sand, clay and brick. On this basis
1t appears that TIA per cent of the
country roads were improved, while
there was .73 Of a mile Of improved
road for every square mile Of terri
tory.
Consul John Z. Hamilton of Corn
wall, Ont, reports that the Increase
in the production of tobacco in Canada
Is extraordinary. The production In
the counties Of Essex and Kent. In
Ontario. has risen from 100000 pounds
in 1897 to 100000 pounds In 1906.
This tobacco has been recognized as
especially suitable for conversion into
plug for chewing and smoking. The
production Is all being consumed In
Canada and has materially Iessened the
demand for foreign tobacco. Parlia-
ment, as claimed, has made some i'm
pOrtant changes in the tariff that will
operate In extending and enlargIng the
production of tobacco not only for
home consumption. but for export.
The simplest way to do the Job Of
dehorning without shedding any blood
or leaving an ugly stub of a horn is to
take caustic potash and apply 1t to the
little horn germ or button, rubbing Il
on till the skin is reddened and the
hair removed. II properly applied the
horn simply does not grow, and a
mulley Is the result. CaustIc potash
being very strong. 1t should be kept
on the hands. Horns. which were
provided the ancestors Of present day
breeds Of cattle as a means of defense.
are viewed as an excrescence and su-
perfuity by the modern. stock raiser.
A number Of pOlled or hOrnIess breeds
OF cattle have been developed as a re-
suit Of breeding and the process of
natural selection, and It is an interest
Ing speculation whether the continual
warfare which is being waged against
horns Will ultimately produce a race
Of cattle which viii be entirely with
out them.
Cottonwood Patent not merely
good, bat really better,
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