The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-02-04

the seed has developed 1t should not
be fed to them at all.
The rapid increase in land values
must inevitably compel the adoption
of type Of agriculture which will
yield a corresponding interest return
on the increased valuation. He is a
level headed tiller Of the soil who, re-
tensive methods and secures the in
creased returns on a relatively low
land valuation.
While some tobacco Is produced in |
almost all the states, less than ! per |
cent is grown west Of the Mississippi, |
Texas being the only state in which |
the industry has gained any impor-
tance. Kentucky leads all other states !
in tobacco production, growing about |
one-third of that produced in the
United States and one-ninth Of the |
crop Of the world.
If the products raised on the farm
for feeding purposes consist only of
corn, corn fodder, timothy or wild
hay, the ration is not we'll balanced
and should be REINFORCED with oil
meal or bran to furnish the protein
lacking and give the best results. The
most satisfactory feed containing pro-
tein in considerable quantities is clo-
yer or alfalfa, and when these are
available the bought stuffs will be
needed little, II any.
A danger that the dairyman should
be on the lookout for In securing new
individuals for his herd-and this
holds whether the purchase be bulls
or cows-is contagious abortion, dis
ease that may cause COW to lose her
calf before time year after year. 1t
is estimated that the loss in year
due to decrease in milk yield is from
SIS to $25 per head. A fact that
makes the disease especially danger
| Gus is that the germs may be trans
mitted to a calf at birth from its dam
| and lie dormant until it is Of breeding
age, when it may be the means Of in
fecting a whole herd.
| A scientific analysis. Of soil which
has been cropped continuously for
long period of years and several of its
important elements depleted would in
many cases greatly aid the owner in
determining what fertilizers it were
best to apply to raise its productive
capacity to maximum. Often soil
analyses will show an element In suf-
ficient quantity which had been sup
posed to be depleted, while another
supposed to be abundant is shown to
be quite deficient. The above holds
especially in the case of land devoted
to orchards and to intensive crops,
such as beets, onions and cabbages.
It's lots of bother-will be viewed SO
by the corn grower who wants to save
time or is lazy-but in view of the
heavy October freeze the past fall,
which killed the germ in the seed
corn, the only absolutely sure method
of securing supply that will germi-
nate is to go into the field as soon as
, the husks turn yellow and select the
, seeders and get them thoroughly aired
out before frost time. Many make 9
regular practice of this and are hence
on the safe side this season, but those
/ who usually wait till husking time tt
make the selection are In a pretty tigh
place or will be before they get goot
seed corn in the ground next spring.
Ar AI~~k h. = Hkpn
} farmer should realize fully when h'
: leaves a section Of abundant rainfall
t for the semiarid sections Of the ives
is that there must be q radical chang
in depth Of blowing. methods of cult
! walton, etc. Instead of three or four
: he should plow the land in the nev
country to a depth Of six or sever
I inches, while his aim in the surfac
q cultivation of the soil must not be, a
:. in the humid section, to accelerate tn
I evaporation of the moisture from tn
: soil, but by the creation Of a fine dus
E mulch to reduce this evaporation t
the minimum. The application Of tn
old and familiar methods to. the ney
conditions can only result in grievou
disappointment.
4 The department of agriculture a
Washington has issued bulletin t
: the farmers of the middle west, espe
cially to those in Minnesota. Iowa
Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas, O
chinch bugs, warning them that al
i other outbreak of this bug pest
, likely to occur during 1910 and ais
| suggesting that they make applicatio
for the bulletin. which will be ser
: free from Washington on application
> During the past half century the dan
y age done by this insect has been est
Il mated at S60,000.OO0. In 1871 ii
north central states suffered loss {
u over $30.000.00O. There was anotht
. serious outbreak in 1892, but in tt
= interval following there has been lit
- or no damage from them. Chine
D bugs hibernate in old corn shocks, Ii
i1 A, ter and dead leaves. and the burnir
u of this stuff at once is urged. I'll