The Placer herald., 1874-08-08
HOUSE AND FARM.

toh'MMlNp lhE CElNE. III All lHHlgS ii
the world which appear utterly worthless
are soal -suds. Mr.. Simmonds takes-a dit
ferent view. He tells us that soap-suds as
stimulant of vegetable lfe can not be toe
highly appreciated. We can not go into his
arguments on the great value of soap suds
aud it is sufficient 10 say that, when poured
out as II manure, they are Of prodigious eff
cacy. The French, who are up TO every.
thing in the chemical line, have taken pro
per view of the value of soap-suds Wheil,-
er from private dwellings, in Paris, or from
barges Of the blanchisseuses the Seine must
have good deal OF soap footing about it il,
waseful kind of way, to say nothing of th,
greasy pollution from dead dogs and cats
There was fortune, if properly looked after
An enterprising firm, fortified by the author
iy or the Preitct, determined TO begin sys
TEN OF skimnins the Seine. You would
imagine it was nonsenscl idea Quite -
mistake. By uniting the skimmings of the
river with the ofiAI from hospitals, the firm
is able. ny the aid Of chemistry, steam anG
cookery 10 faiten 5000 pigs, and to produce
annually 500 900 pounds Of soap. Let Eng
land touch that if it can! Can any one men
ton II town in Great Britain where the mosi
valuable productions are not seiselessly float.
ing off down The cutters and sewers, never
more to he of use to human being? Cham
bers' Journal.
THt adnpfalility of our mountain lands 10
grow tie English walnut aud the various
kinds of the almond, is 10 longer question
OF doubt Several mountain farmers have
IL 1. l.
as abnndani'y and perfectly as the same
are produced in the more southern counties
Mr. Gray, living in the Bear Creek country.
has very fine orchard planted His frst
test proved that the almond produced its truii
the first year after iranspanting, and thai
the fruit could he grown IN any locality sui
ficieutlv ir from frost TO grow corn. / h,
English walnut has been produced in and
about Santa Cruz for years; some single trees
yielding enormously; the nuts from one tree
owned hy the mother Of Mr.. +. l.. Williams
produced last year. $40 worth of fruit. lhi,
should stimulate those who have soil adapt
ed to the growth Of the nut to enter largely
into their cultivation. 1t will be but few
years a. most when this branch of agriculture
will rank with that Of the grape in this coun-
1t is not too early for those desiring to trans
plant nut trees to be arranging and preparing
the various localities designed for nut or
chards Santa Cruz Enterprise.
The VALUE OF SUNFLowERs We would
call the attention of farmers at this time to
to the value of sunhowers as IA crop, and
enumerate some of their values and uses
a. L.. n ~ h.,
ev, and furnish food for bees. Tie seeds
contain oleaeinous matter, and yield oil al
the rate OF one gallon to the barrel, which is
but little inferior to olive oil. One acre will
produce fifty bushels of seeds. 1t is also
valuable for food for horses and poultry, il
has been used for bread by the American
Indians, and also in Portugal. The leaves
are excellent fodder for cattle. The stalk
while growing may be utilized as bean poles
where they are scarce and difficult to obtain
and when dry may be used as roofing, or
set up against fence to form IA wind break.
They contain large amount of potash, and
are excellent for fire kindng. The seed has
also he II recommended for fuel. The repu-
talion of the growing snnfower to atsoT
masm tic vapors, and preventing fever and
ague, is well known.-Bucbeye Farmer.
To TELL THE AGE OF SHEEP. Sheep hav,
eight cutting Geeih in the front Of he lower
Jaw, and six molar grinding teeth in eac
Jaw above and below. When tie lamb il
born i. generally has two cutting teeth, son'e-
times noue-when one month oid it has eigli
cutting eelll in the lower jaw; when sixteer
months old the two central teeth are she,
bx, otlo vl afr, in,
full size when the sheep is two years old
Between two and three years old The mex
two incisor teeth are shed and replaced b,
oilers, which attain their fall size when til
sheepi is three years old. AT four years oil,
the sheep has six full grown cutting teeth
and at five years The front teeth are all OF
size, being fully developed.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT On he 20h of Jul,
an assortment OF Calilorni, fruit reached New
York in good st tie of preservation, an'
the event noted in The leIegra pin dispatch
es rs something quite lo:able. The roubl'
is that we do not send enough of our trul
Ets,; and here are thousands who live or
the Atlantic Coast who know no hing abon
our products except what they see in on
newsp ,pers, and Ibis they only set down IL
n Cdltor ia habit of exageraion. " e rais
here wi hout doubt the finest and largest va
rietes of trnir found anywhere on the lobe
and no hing else han a sight of the real ari
Gle Itself will convince our skeptical Ersterl
friends of its size and quality Stock Re
port.
Hunts FOR STACKING HAy.-Make you
stacks long and harrow, "s the hay will cur
better. and there is less danger of its becom
ing musly than when bui't in the usu Il circlin,
form; besides it will be easier bailing Tn
press can he moved easier than you can plic
from he rear of wide stack In building
unload on different sections Of the stack
which will allow the air to circulate throug