The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-07-08

Auc IceUeT Is CcItuiHly uOC llNluS up
to his opportunities in progressive
age who doggedly stuffs high priced
feed into q scrub steer which will
fetch 81 when he could just as well
convert the same feed into grade or
high grade beeves that would fetch
from $S to 50 per hundredweight
A we'll known agricultural paper in
recent issue recommended, unques-
tionably as the result of an error or
oversight on the part of the "devil" or
managing editor, the sowing of from
100 to 200 pounds of clover seed per
acre. In view Of the fact that ten
pounds would be superabundance of
seed, the error will be detected at
sight.
There may be readers of these notes
who would like information relative
to the several irrigation projects
which are being carried to completion
under the supervision of the national
government or about public lands
anywhere which are still subject to
homestead entry. Inquiries addressed
to the office Of public lands, Washing
ton, D. c., stating what is wanted, will
secure the information which is sought.
The fellow who has been duping
folks in some of the eastern states
through the sale of dope which he
claims will render poultry immune
from the worst ailments that aff1ict
them for the rest Of their lives is first
cousin to that other chap who operat-
ed in about the same territory year
or so ago with spray mixture the
application of which he said would
protect trees from their several insect
and fungous pests for a term of sew
eral years.
That the sheep business bids fair to
be paying one for some time to come
Is indicated in figures which have re-
scently been published showing that
since 1873 there has been decrease in
the worlds focks Of sheep of 93,OO0,-
600 head, or more than 100000 head
year. The decrease seems to be in
quite measure due to movements of
population which have discouraged the
keeping of the large f1ocks of the past.
tendency which means that the keep
ing of limited number on the small
farm would be attended with increased
profit.
At Rothamsted England, is located
| famous government experiment sta
tion where exhaustive experiments in
! been conducted during the past fifty
years. On one field to which no ma
nure and no plant food has been CIV
en- the average yield Of wheat per acre
! during this interval has been 1919 BUSH
els. Another field which has been
| heavily fertiliZed with barnyard ma
nure has given an average of 35.5
bushels for the same period. A third
| field which has been REINFORCED with
| commercial fertilizers has produced
| 81 bushels of wheat per acre in the
same period. These English expert
| ments should have suggestion or two
for some American farmers who are
getting perlously near the twelve
| bushel yield as a result of continuous
| cropping to wheat.
The application Of lime to land does
| not add to its store of fertilizing ele-
ments, but merely serves to correct
| an acid condition Of soil. thereby en-
| abling plant life to utilize the ele-
! ments already stored there. Some ey-
| periments lately conducted by the New
Jersey station showed that on sandy
| soils ground unburned limestone gave
better results than burned and slaked
| lime. In similar experiments con-
Quoted by the Florida experiment sta
ton the application Of ground unburn-
| ed limestone doubled the yield Of beg
| garweed, legume which is classed
| as the clover of the state. An inter-
| esting fact which was developed in
| connection with this test was that the
| lining Of the soil resulted also in a
large increase in the number and size
of nitrogen nodules, upon which the
value of the legumes as soil enrichers
| depends. This service rendered by
| lime is one that those who are desir-
GUS Of getting a start in alfalfa and
some other legumes should keep in
mind.
Among the several elements of the
soil that make the growth of plant
life possible is humus. or vegetable
matter in various stages of decomposi-
ton. consisting of the roots, stalks
and leaves of the plants which have
grown thereon in a wild state or the
! straw, litter and manures which have
been mechanically distributed. Not
only does such decaying vegetable mat
ter contain important chemical fertiliz-
ing elements. but it gives the soil that
friability and looseness so essential to
an easy manipulation of it with plow
and cultivator and so favorable to a
ready circulation of the soil air and
moisture, Indispensable factors In