The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1912-08-16

of pennyroyal on the floors Of house
and barn and in the sheds.
What has become. of the box elder
bug that was so much Of nuisance
ten or q dozen years ago? Somehow
It has not seemed much In evidence
lately.
Often the tender spots or punches on
the horses shoulder made by Ill fitting
collars may be reduced or entirely re-
moved by painting them daily with
tincture of iodine.
The food chemists of the Oregon Ag-
ricultural college have figured 1t out
that a slice of ordinary plain cake con-
tains as much in way of food elements
as a pint and half Of milk.
The word alfalfa comes from the
Arabs and means ''the best fodder"
This designation seems to be borne
out today by practically all farm AMI
mails and poultry that have access to It
Draft horses are in greater demand
than light weights; but, for all that,
most men prefer the roadsters In the
hope. doubtless, that they may happy
find a jewel of a trotter among their
colts.
There is near Hampstead. suburb
of Houston, watermelon patch SAID
to contain 5000 acres, and it is nothing
uncommon for the patches to produce
melons weighing from forty to sixty
pounds.
The largest and finest strawberries
the writer saw this season were from
q four-year-old bed, from which all
weeds were carefully pulled last sum-
mer and good many OF the old roots
removed.
A new record for size Of egg is said
to have been made by White Leg
horn hen in New Jersey, its respective
circumference being 9.5 and 10
inches. The egg was soft shelled and
has been put in alcohol for exhibition.
Farmers blame the predatory dogs
for the decline of the sheep industry
in many sections. A single nights
raid may destroy the profits Of an en-
tire season. And Of what use are the
predatory dogs that they should be
spared?
The favorite as we'll as the most
common breeding place for flies Is the
pile of horse manure out back of the
9 barn. If it is not possible to screen
4 this, simple method of preventing
), the hies from getting to it Is by cover
y ing it with straw or old hay.
An interesting fact in connection
with turkeys is that the hen. when
: ranging with her poults. seldom roosts
: In the same place twice. A distinc,
e advantage of this is that her flock II
e not subject to the ills likely to result
It from occupying foul quarters.
Land in some sections Of New Yorl
state is said to have doubled in value
le since the Introduction Of alfalfa grow
>. ing. This Is simply a working out o
II the law of cause and effect. Any crol
v that will double or treble the crol
,e value of land is bound to make 1t ad
X vance in price.
Experiments in the feeding Of bee
~ tops, as conducted by California dairy
men, indicate that when used fresh
g a part Of the ration they tend to pre-
duce butter that is firm and of exec
III lent market quality. The tops form
succulent ration and one that Is muc
relished by the cows.
- A lady friend in picking some Colun
ne bian raspberries the other day broE
off one of the large and quite britt
stems which contained several doze
, immature berries. She took this al
:, set II in vessel of water. and II
40 berries are growing and ripening as
or under normal conditions.
~ Fire killed timber. large quantitl
L. Of which have been available In ives
-. ern states in recent years as resu
~ Of disastrous forest fires. has BET
Cd found especially suited to the makiI
80 of apple boxes. for the reason that
:. is practically odorless. and ii is usef
also for telephone poles and railw'
ties.