The Placer herald., 1870-02-05
house AND FARM.

Of blues,ons al their last meeting, Mr..
pmphery, asseported by the Sentinel, said
by experience he. had found that wheat
sowo frum The sack without blus.stons pro
cess, not one grain in Avs ger,nina'e1 and
produced true wheat free from smut; that
BY blus-s,ouing aud not .acking ous.hsll
grew, and The wheat which he soaked j" \
solution uf bIue-stnns and immediately SOW.
ed almost every grain gr'mlns'ed. aud the
crop WAS entirely free from smut, ii- firmly
believed tina, in the last twelve years hs has
los, q, 900 in wheat alone by not fpll"wi"g
the lau-r procpss. is plan WAS TO blne-
sons early in the morning and sow inne-
slale ely. lie used one pound OF blue 8 one,
tliSso we'd in t.ur gallons Of water, To five
hundred pounds II wh.ss. Mr.. M""t-I'h
SAID no had blne-stoned on the Merced
River crop of twenty area. used one
pound Of bur-stnns to three hundred pounds
OF wheat. and good crop WAS the result.
lie used sal. (f'om pork barrels and the
brne) in the place Of bIu--s'"ns. and found
it answer.d better Than blue-stons. We
are satisfied that the salt process WA Better
aud cheaper than tho blus-stOne. Lime had
teen tried but failed.
LARGE CRAPS Es.-There is a grape
vine glowing On NJ ht s. evi, in SWIFT
land, wh,rh in March. 1867. measured three
feel ten inches ~ circumference oi he stem
Al four or five feet from the ground. The
branches have covered and mon"polized
several large trees. and have had no pruu-
ing or care of any kind Tor years. There is
trly-e'ght inches ~ cucumf-fs ce At the
base. aud six cen inch.s IN diameter IN
1865. There is y vine in New Jersey With
n diameter of two fs.t. Downing mentions
one on IN island il the Oho Rver which
had y diameter Of two feet the branches Il
hhh covered more than 10 acre. These
largest vines were estimated by Downing t."
be Nv" tb"usand yeats old. Thers is a beat.
ing vine IN Nsw J-rsey which gave. twenty
years ag". seven'y-s'gbt bushels Of fruit
which went TO lna.ket.
IRA As A PoIsoN-Dr Burde!l. a noted
chemist OF New York. rec-ntly experiment.
ed with pound "f yonng-h,son lea. which
he s'r+ped in quart OF water. and then
boiled down to half pint. and ten drops
KILLED rai biz three months old; and when
boied down TO gill. eight drops killed n
eat Of ihs same age 10 a lew minutes.
Think Of u. Most persons who drink ton
use not less u an a pound 10 three month";;
sn'i yet a pound Of hyson lea contains pol
son enough /" XII. according 10 the above
xperimsnt, mors than seventeen thousand
'sthi $. or nearly iw" hundred day; aud
i boil-d down to \ gill. i, contains pois""
enough 10 kill about eleven thousand cats
10 the same space Of time. DR. Burdel'
made similar experiments with coffee aud
black tea, aud found The results nearly the
SANE.
HONE ORANGEs. In Dr. Holden's gar-
ten. IN THIS civ, 8 ands an orange tree. ful
" twenty feet high, in q thrifty conditi"n.
The tree Is six ,~srs old. aud was grow,
from a seed Of the New Grsnada Sweet Or
snge. When the tree WAS three years old.
lhs Dmtor gathered ircm 1t half bushel "i
fne oranges, and yesterday he picked
nearlv a bushs Of as fine oranges as can
bs grown any~hers in the world. We
call the attention Of fruihgrnw-rs to this
ia Oranges Of \ sup-ri", quality can be
grown in Sacramento and Vt Chico. They
can be successfully cuItiva'sd all along th-
foot hills any~hsrs south OF Shasta. Plant
the uers and ,"u will raise oranges San
Jou9ain Republican
SsMreR Vkvx in the off . Of tho Hon.
r. ID. F.tgusnn. Man street. says tue White
Pine NeWs il mpnccoty sdnoous plant OF
The genus ranunoulus. brought from Msxiro.
which is quite a cur,os''y in ms WAY. II NAV
be suspended IN the air bv th,ea f.r cen
lur'es without injury I" its vita it,; the s-s-
siis leaves. under such treatment. closing
up like tn 50 Of y cabbage head. and bsr",n
ing rs dry rs tindsr. while the equally tih-
fous roots become +qua'Iv dry aud remain
in position. When placed in wafer again
Ihs plant shows signs oi life in few min
n'es, and in the course Of half an hour will
spread to it's fullest dimensions and begin
10 change from brown to n green color.
OsANoas. Some Of our hortrultnralis,s
re planting large quantities. Of orange s-ed-
Witch ars procured from San F'ancisro.
Tbs experiment. il sncres.iul, will supply
his section with cheap orange trees. aud
contribute TO the immediate and general
nr"duc,ion. Los Angeles nov monopn-
Y IS the trade. tut sh. must look out FIR
Ter lauT.s. Marysville appeal.
Who has orange trs~s f"r sale They
ire wanted here now - Sacramento Bee.
PRESERVATION OF Woop.-M. Psyen re-
por's 10 The French Academy the analysis
of piece OF who'd. p-t Of water wheel.
= hch has be- en- in ems ant uss for 800 Years
past, lis use being 10 ka.p An ancient copper
mine 'srp OF walter. the wood WA fnuad
perfectly sound. and partly converted into a
"f cerulos- and copper. simila,
% that formed bv Boncheries prpsarvative
process ty the use Of salpha,s Of copper.
CURRY YoUR Cows.-The Aqricultur0l;st
strongly reon,n in-n.is the curry,ny If .uws
md fai'eninR animals. Animals that are
stabbed need j. more Than tho,e in the va,d.
~ 1t ia beneficial TO both. They hkA il.
and will generally stop eating 10 erj IL