Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13

around perfection In an Individual Tor
which the owner asks but "a or IS.
The sheep killing dog Is not unlike
some men you now and then run
across. seemingly pious and well he
haved by daylight. but raisin' the devil
o. nights. Both need claiming up
twenty-four hours Of the day.
Now that the leaves are off 1t will
be a good idea to cut the grape or 9th.
er vine from the apple or shade tree
unless 1t is the intention to sacrifice
tree to vine. II the tree Is already
done for 1t may well be left as trellis
for the vine.
Figures recently compiled show that
in some way or another. by hook or
crook, and many are disposed to think
by the latter method chiefly. the cor
porations OF the country have ac-
quired possession of 164.O0OOO0 acres
Of land in the United States. while
small holders own but 105,000,0O0
acres.
In attitudes where the strawberry
bed requires a covering for winter pro-
lection this should not be put on until
the ground is thoroughly frozen. When
the covering is applied, and this may
be straw, cornstalks or coarse hay, II
should be only thick enough to effec-
lively prevent the alternate thawine
and freezing during the winter an.
early spring months.
In view of the number of sheep
which have been killed In different
parts Of the country the past few
whose only other activity seems to be
chasing teams on the public highway.
1t would seem a very appropriate time
to dig canine graves behind many a
barn with shingle markers bearing the
emblem, "In Memory of Our Towser."
The COW that just barely pays her
way may be carried through the sum
mer on pasture without the owner be-
ing the loser thereby, but when the
winter season comes on and high
priced hay and grain must be fed to
secure results at the pail 1t Is time to
sell such loafers to the butcher for
whatever they win bring. It's dead
sure thing that a dairyman who Ia
well to do won't want to keep this
type Of cows. while the man who Is
poor can't afford to.
PoultryInen have been a good deal
concerned the past few months over
the rather widespread appearance Of a
| disease among poultry which has thus
far 'defied successful diagnosis, includ-
| ing cause and cure. 1t seems to take
both young and old and works with
suddenness. Instances have been
noted where hens have been taken
with the disease and died within a
| few minutes after laying. An exami-
| nation of dead fowls seems to show
diseased condition of the liver. but
what is responsible for this Is not
| known.
A newspaper clipping which came
under our notice the other day told of
tight listed old codger who gave as
an excuse for not taking the home
| paper that he was too poor. but who
few days later read an ad. in some
| other paper telling of recipe for
making horse stop sabbering. sent
on receipt Of $1.50. He bit on this
bait. and when the recipe came 1t con,
tanned the laconic direction. Teach
your horse to Spit The account
doesn't state what this fellow did
next.
Data which have been collected by
the Minnesota experiment station rela
tive to the cost Of keeping farm work
horses show that this averages about
800 per head per year, including feed
care. shoelng, veterinary attendance
and depreciation. OF this amount about
500 Is for the feed bill. The informa
ton collected shows further that but
three hours work per day through the
year Is had from the average work
horse. Two methods are suggested
whereby this situation may be improv
ed-feeding cheaper winter ration
when the horses are idle and so .arrang
ing their work through the year as t.
get more work out of them.
Many q man has solved the problem
Of keeping the boy on the farm by tax
ing him into partnership. as it were
at least In some department of thu
farming operations. This is frequentl.
shown on barns In which pure bret
stock is kept In the inscription "Mr
Blank & Son." Briefly stated, the rea
son why SO many boys leave the farm
is because they have little or no inter
est in financial way in its opera
tons. which expressed in another wa.
means that they have nothing TO lool
forward to or work for. This partner
ship idea ought not only to bring ia
Their and son nearer together, but +
simplify and increase the profits iron
all of the farming operations.
An interesting fact has been mad
very clear this season in connection
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