The Placer herald., 1872-04-27

600 gallons of brandy, from lees of the
wine and DRESSINGS, at 70 cents, with
out Federal tax. X..,.................. 4oO
Sl,o5o
Deduct expenses
Cultivation of vineyard at S15 per
acre. S4DV
Picking grapes and making wine,
at 5 cents per gallon. .......... 600
Hauling lees to distillt ry and cost
of distilling ut 25 cents per oallon
of brandy. ...... .....+ ia, $50
Net income <4 s2,s5o
An income of $2, $50, LON W King capi-
tai $14 900, amounts IS a fraction over
twenty per cent. per annum. Taking into
consideration the absolute security of the
pursuit; the positive, equal and constant
results from year to year, with hardly a
chance Of failure; the increased income as
the vines grow in age, and, in consequence,
the additional value acquired by the property;
the pleasant occupation, and the inducement
it gives for the establishment of home an1
maintainance of a famiI taking these all
into consideration, there are few, very few,
pursuits that can equal its advantages, COM
pared to the amount of money required in
its undertaking. From " Wine-mahtng IN
California" IN Overland Monthly for May
HENS AND EeGs.-F several years past
! have spent few weeks of the latter part
of August on the Kennebec river, in Maine.
The lady with whom | stopped is highly
accomplished and intelligent housewife. She
supports hennery, and from her derived
my information i'll this matter. She told me
that for many years she had been in the habit
of administering to her hens, with their COM
mon food, at the rate of tea spoonful of
cayenne pepper each day alternately, to
dozen of her fowls. Last season when | was
with her, each morning she brought in twelve
or fourteen eggs, having but sixteen hens in
all. She again and again experimental in
the matter, omitting to feed with the cayenne
for two or three days. The consequence in
variaby was that her product of eggs fell
off to five or six per day. The same effect
of using cayenne is produced in Winter as
well as in Summer. Transcript.
Gnow1NG Nut TRrEs.-A subscriber asks
in the Rural Ne,c- Yorker of March 2, page
148, how to grow chestnut, hickory and
walnut trees from seed. Tell him to follow
the course of nature. have planted black
walnuts and butternuts by the hundred.
Plant in the Fall, soon after they are gath
cred, when the shuck is green; never allow
hard shell nuts to dry. My practice has
been to plant quite thick in rows, six or eight
to the foot, about four inches deep. At two
years old, when about three feet high
transplant to give them more room. The
tap root of the walnut is as long as the top,
and twice as large round.
To PREVENT SMuT-Mr O. G. Foot, of
Tue river, tells us of an improvement on blue
stone, t, prevent smut in wheat, which is
worth attention. Fill a hogshead with all
sort of manure from about the place, ashes,
dirt from the sink hole and any sort of kulch,
fill up with water and let stand three months
or longer Soak the seed in it the same as
with buestone. 1t will not only kill the
smut, but will add quickening principle to
the seed which will show itself in the crop.
Mr.. Vincent, who gave this same recipe to
our informant, used TO sell it in the Empire
State for IS. Tisalia Delta.
CLEANSING Wool FEoM BURRs. The wool
is soaked in bath containing two pounds of
alum to every ten pounds of wool, and to
to this suphuric acid added until the bath
marks GO b. In this bath the wool should
remain until its appearance shows that the
bath has had its effects, when it must be
taken out and thoroughly drained. 1t is
then subjected to the action of brushing
machine which removes all the burrs.
SoRE-SHoULDERED MULE.--Take a guam
itity of white oak bark, boil it down, in wa
ter, until strong. To two quarts OF the Ii.
'quid add one pound of alum, and use it freely
on the mules shoulders will guarantee
speedy cure. 1t is an excellent application
for all horses shoulders prior to beginning
Spring work. r. c., Weadcille, Penn.
TO Cure BALKY HORSE Take piece
.of rope about twelve feet long, tie it close to
the base of the tail, draw it down between
the hind and fore legs, tie whihletree to the
end and hitch thereto horse, which start.
I'll warrant. a sure cure.-A. T., Galcay,
". Y.
LONG and repeated boiling Injuries glue.