Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-10-28

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NOT infrequently the man who COM
claims that those who live near him
,re not neighborly will be found, if his
oose is looked into closely, to be him
Golf lacking in some of the essential
oualities which characterize good
neighbor
The sheep, hog and dairy COW fit
anely into q system Of agriculture
which ought more and more to be fol-
lowed in all sections where the rain
all and winter supply are sufficient to
make the raising Of stock and keeping
Of cows possible.
The protracted drought through the
INNER Mississippi valley country is
we'll shown in the unusually low stage
If water in the Father of Waters, the
stage being the lowest of which there
il any record a half inch lower than
the lowest previous record of 1864.
The Shropshire sheep is moderate In
size, hardy and is probably more raised
for general purposes than any other
single variety. Like Poland China or
Duroc Jersey hogs, they are first class
debt payers and mortgage filters, and
every farm should have a few of them.
The King road drag holds about the
same place with reference to the high
ways that the primary election system
does to political affairs-makes the
crooked places smooth and fills up the
us and pot holes. Both instruments
have vital connection with good cit
lzenship.
1t is interesting to note that, while
many a tabby cat may keep pretty
we'll away from the house in her
state of single blessedness, she seems
to understand human nature enough
to know that when her little ones are
peSentable she will be accorded a
friendly reception.
A lot of farmers will fill silos this
fall for the first time. A good many
more will have to have a year or two
more of slOvenly and wasteful han
ding of the corn crop to persuade
them of the value of this best of all
aids to successful stock raising and
dairy management.
Soil is very much like human nature
that when it has become depleted
and degraded it seems to lose it's ca
Acity for producing good and whole
ome crops, but can still furnish har-
Dor for sand burs, ragweed and fen
pei, troublesome and worthless weeds
nat do nobody any good.
The chief advantage of fall blowing,
lSde from the fact that the work is
lone in good season. is due to the eX-
Osure of the soil to air and moisture
"a the disintegrating effect Of frost.
Tue beneticence of the service render
Is immense, yet often disregarded
Pad too seldom taken advantage of.
as has been the case for some time
ast good mule is still worth from
w to $15 per head more than a horse
equal grade and quality. In view
uS fact and the further fact that
aae is less risk in bringing them to a
IKetable age, the mule business
qid seem to be on a pretty sound
lds.
'% heavy winter coat or a hand
ue robe to lay before the fireplace
even the bison hide of bygone days
passes in either texture or beauty
sIcely tanned skin of 1900 pound
uOway steer And it resembles
Skin Of the wild animal in this
y II takes a good wad of money to
v one of them.
que Idea of renting trees is rather
uanulsh, but there is a dealer in
" York who is said to make a bust
Or renting out bay laurels, which
aoOut ten feet high, rooted in large
'aole boxes and exhale a pleasant
s,ance In the rooms where they are
p@yed' The fee paid for the loan
'ueSe trees is 500 for each occa-
uam was the first tiller of the soil
remained for an .Englishman OF
uahe of Jethro Tull to demon
e the simple fact that deep and
Ough tillage of the soil increases
AVAILABLE plant food which it con.
dis aphorism, "Tillage is ma
aas since been proved faulty in
~ though its practical aspect is
universally accepted.
readers who may have set ou
orchards the past spring will dC
I'M Keep an eyea.on jack rabbits
aSS may have breeding places in thu
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