The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-01-14

Deen Cdlleu 10 THESE experiments, anu
he proposes to ask congress for an ap-
preparation at the coming session
which shall be used in the erection of
cornstalk paper plant that the mat
ter may be given a thorough and Off
cial testing.
Every humun being so blessed should
be thankful for the physical strength
wherewith to earn his daily bread and
an appetite and stomach which will
enable him to enjoy and digest it prop
erly. These are common blessings. yet
good many people are denied them.
In making preparation for the win
ter food supply for the poultry it is
we'll to keep in mind that both clover
and alfalfa are excellent rations in the
supplying of needed protein. The hens
will devour all leafy parts of the
legumes as eagerly as they will wheat
or corn.
Limberneck is an ailment which now
and then appears in flocks Of poultry
and seems to be due to a diseased con-
dition of the neck. induced by poisons
contained in partly decayed meat. The
cure is to remove diseased fowls from
those that are well and the feeding of
ground bone and meat scraps that are
fresh and untainted.
Carrots. beets and turnips which it
may be desired to carry through the
winter should be packed in barrels or
bins with clean sand or dry earth.
enough filler being used to keep the
roots separated bit. The place where
such crops are stored should be both
cool and dry so as to retard as far as
possible the tendency to decay or
sprout.
There is no profit and mighty little
trees of unknown descent and dubious
vitality of foreign house at long
prices when the same varieties guar
anteed true to name and vigorous can
be bought from the nearby nursery
man at more reasonable prices. Be-
fore placing orders for future deliv-
cries with the foreign house it would
be good idea to write the nearby
house and get prices.
Experiments which have lately been
conducted in the meteorological de-
partment of the University of Wiscon-
sin seem to point quite conclusively to
the fact that good many cases Of
poisoning from the eating of ice cream
are traceable to the keeping of the
cream from which it is made for some
length in cold storage, during which
interval poisons are developed by
harmful bacteria, whose work is not
diScernible from either texture or taste
The apple crop Of America-United
States and Canada-is placed at 35,-
100000 barrels, which is 100000
barrels more than that of 1908. 1t is
generally conceded that the crop pro-
duced east Of the Mississippi river is
larger and poorer than last season,
while that west is lighter. but Of su-
perior quality. Some forecast of ap-
pie prices is inferable from the fact
that fellow is paying $4 or better
per barrel for runty Ben Davis in No
vember.
The covering Of the stra wberry bed,
if it needs covering. should be de-
ferred until the ground has frozen
solid. Then enough clean straw or
cornstalks should be scattered over
the bed to shield it from the alternate
thawing and freezing of the bright
days and cold nights of the winter
months. If the ground is frozen, as
suggested, before the covering is ap-
piled this frozen body holds the plants
in complete cold storage. it being easy
to retard the growth and blossoming
of the plants in the spring by simply
leaving the covering on.
A rather unusual suit has been
brought by an Iowa farmer against
the tenant who has been working his
farm the past year or two. The dam
ages asked are $500, and the grounds
of the suit are that the renter allowed
cockleburs to grow on the place. 1t is
possible that the tenant may bring
countersuit for damages against the
landlord for having allowed cockle-
burs to go to seed the year prior to
his occupancy of the place. In any
event the decision in the case will be
viewed with interest, as it opens a
very wide field for speculation and ac-
ton.
In some sections of the west the
wayfarer notes an interesting bird
habit-a sort of joint food storage ar
rangement practiced by the yellow
hammers and bluejays. AS related by
a resident of one of these localities, the
flicker pecks holes in the bark Of the
yellow pine large enough to accommo-
date the acorns which fall from near
by oaks. one in a place. Worms pass