The Placer herald., 1870-06-18
HOUSE AND FARM.


the good taste and good sense 10 plant and
cultivate that m 'st delicious Of American
Wild frues-the persimmon. Mr.. Lick has
severa! persimmon trees in full bearing.
We ate some OF The fruit last year and found
il TO be excellent. fully eqnal in favor and
development to that OF the Atlantic 81 ates.
10 view of The fast that every variety Of
fruit peculiar to the temperate zones reGrhes
perfection here sooner han upon any other
known locality on the con inen is il not sur
pris ny that our orchardiss aud farmers do
not eudeavor TO cultivate some Of The lue-
cous wild fruits of the Eastern, Western and
southern Statesl There is the glorious
Paw paw, OF Kentucky; the Chckasaw Plum,
Of Missouri; the Black Ilaw and wild Kasp-
berry, OF Indiana; The delicious M uscalins, OF
Louisiana and Mississippi the Persimmon
and Huck cherry. of North Carolina; the
delicate Ssrvacs Berry aud plump De~berry,
Of Ohio-these and many other varieties Of
wild fruits, infinitely superior to the insiod
trash we are now cullivalng, could be easily
and proflably raised in California In al-
dition to The wild fruits Of the E4s'era States,
the country there, especially in the South
and West, abouuds with many desc'duous
nut.bearng trees. the fruit Of ~hirb is ak
nowledged TO be superior to anything OBJ
tanned elsewhere. The Beach, the White
Hickory, the Black Walnut, the Butter nut.
the Chesnui, the Cbncopin and pecsn-aIl
these are superb fores! trees-ready growers
and good bearers, and would thrive finely
in this climate We believe that California
hor,cBlursts have paid some attention to
American nut trees, but they have not given
them that attention which they merit, aud
now that the railroad has brought US within
= lew days journey of the old States, We
shall hope 10 Sc our farmers and gardeners
ornamen'ing their homes with the familiar
old fruit-bearng trees, such as gladdened
rurIhearsa long time ago.-San Jose In
dependent.
SEAsoNABLG REcIYE AT this time Of
the year one tires Of roast beef, roast pork,
and what ever constituted the winter diet, :,
and a change or relish is required for an
appetizer, aud for one item horseradish is
much ,eshed now. The following prepara
ton for it is very nice: Halt pint Of graf
ed horseradish, two tablespoonful Of ground
mustard, two Of cream, or one Of melted
butter, and one teasrooufu of white sugar;
stir well together. Another is boiled salad
dressing for chopped cabbage: three eggs
we'll beaten, three tableSpoontuls Of melted
butter, three Of sweet cream or mix, one
teaspooniul of mustard, one half teaspoouful
of salt, one cotf.e cup OF vinegaI; boil all
but the eggs when thoroughly mixed stir
,he.n in quickly until it thickens, then take
from the fire, and set the dish in cold water;
he sure that the eggs do no. cprdle; double
the quantities ifyou choose.
TO MAKE Cows GIVE MILK The Agri-
cultural editor of the Beekeepers Journal
vouches for The following handed bin by
friend:
II you desire 10 ge. large yield Of milk
give your cows, three times day, water
slightly saIted, 10 which bran has been
stirred at the rate Of one quart to two GAL
Ions of water You will find that your COW
vii gain twenty five per cent Immediately
under the effects OF it , and she will become
30 attached to the diet as to refuse TO drink
clear water, unless very thirsty, but this mess
che will driuk most any time aud ask for
more. The amount Of this drink is an ordi.
nary pailu at each time, morning, noon
and night. Your animal will then do her
best al discounting Iacteal fluid.
New (SuPposEp) VARIETY OF WHEAr.-
The Marysvlle appeal has seen a sample Of
wheat thought to be a new variety. lis his
tory is given as fllows: About two years
ago Mr.. j. A. Peairse, Of Sulter county,
found among some barley kernel of wheat
which arrested his attention, it being very
large. and unlike The wheat common among
the farmers here. resembling the white wheat.
4 |, ha oI
this year he expects to have as the result
three hundred bushels. The wheat is large
and we'll filed. containing double rows, four
kernels to the uncb. The heads are quite
lepg,hv and heavy. lie has chrstened il
the "Nelyet Bearded" wheat, from The sJh |
and veIvs'y appearance Of the boards.
CAKE WITH ONE EGG.-Take one small
teacuptu ot butter, warme two and halt
teacupfus OF sugar, and the yek of the egg:
beat well together, then add one hall teacup,
| full OF milk; ado gradually, beating one way,
three teacupols of -four; flavor with very
| fns str ps Of ctron or canded lemon peel.
Finally add three or four teaspoonfuls OF
baking powder, The white of the egg, and
bake 10 bu.,ered pan lined with white pa,
par.
KEEpISG C.ws.-A writer in the Maine
Farmer says that he had kept four cows.
lie parted with two Of them and gave al
be food to the two, that be had been accus-
tomed to give TO the four. The result was,
hat under this treatment The two cows
6islded milk, from which he made more
butter and cheese than be had before OBJ
kaned from double the humber.
A weak solution Of phosphoric acid is
aid to be stroDg poison for all kinds Of
Insects, and yet to be beneficial to plants by
bddiug to the soluble pbospbales 10 the soil.
is predicted that it will be extensively
psed IN agriculture.
!. w. GILpERsLEEvE, Of Mnttltuck, Long
slapd. tells of pair of White Lsghorn hens,
ba! have this spring laid betw cen one hun
red and fifty aud one hundred and sixty
ggs. averaging, for fourteen weeks, eleven