The Placer herald., 1874-11-07

ing " very tHlCk. Deeu ~ Hot ~ IbNtl oI
an object as formerly, and thirty pounds is
not too much TO sow on an acre. Good al
luvial eoil or bottom lands are the best, but
1t will grow wherever wheat will if irrigated
We do not approve of the plan of pasturlng
stock on field Of alfalfa intended for hay
ill after The first crop is cut. Besides when
it is growing in the Spring it is dangerous to
allow cattle to eat too :Guch Of it. Every
farmer in the State should have patch Of
clover, both for green fee and for hay.
MALAGA RAIs Ns-CULTUBE AND CURE
FoothiU Tdings says: "Ihe Grangcrs'
Fruit Association held three sessions al Stock
ton last week. Amongst the many reporis
read before the Convention, was of com
mtee of Granecrs who had visited Malaga
to study the cure and culture of raisns.
The mode of curing is by making large, black
cement floors at intervals through the build
ing. The ripe lunches are picked and laid
ON this black floor, and left for a short time,
and then an expert goes round and ex-
amines them daily AS soon as dry, they
are nicely and neatly packed in boxes, ready
for market. They are protected, when dry
ing, from the fogs by large canvass, which
is made 10 roll and u.roll. These rsisins
bring from three TO eleven cents per pound
there. An acre of good vineyard will sell
for ready cash for $4,000. The mode Of
keeping the vineyard healthy is to dig
around The unhealthy viue and cut it off,
grating on the stump healthy vine In
ihi. way the vineyard is kept vigorous and
strong The delegates who have visited
Malaga, have brought samples Of the best
Malaga cuttings, md have made arrange
mens to supply all Grangcrs WHO desire to
embark in the enterprise. There was. a great
deal Of other business done in regard to dry
ing and shipping, which has not yet b ,en
made public ty the Executive Committee.
A FACT WoaTA NOTING. We have
known several vineyards this year which
have not paid for the labor bestowed on them.
Inc last case of this kind is gentleman
diving near Brighton, Mr. +. B. Fitch, who
determined last year to give his small vine
varu o,c more trial, and if that failed, to die
he vines This year, however, he had
much other work 10 do ilat he neglected
a vines and allowed the weeds to almost
cover the vineyard, and very late in the
Spring ran a cutiyator through them. To
his surprise they brought an average good
crop. He attributes the former failure to the
fact that he plowed too deep and too close to
the vines, cutting aud breaking many of the
roots, and thus injurng tie vines to IA great
extent. lie now believes that before vine
ward is plowed deep it should be ascerianed
how deep The roots run, and in no case
should any Of them be broken.
VEGETABLE GARDENS. Economy is now
the cry, and to practice economy farmers
must begin with the small things. 1t is The
little expenses that 20 TO make up large bills
at the end of the year. The most useless o.
these expenses no very meaeer it.m it
ISIS for vegetables There is not a spot OF
land in all California, if properly irrigated
and manured, but will produce vegetables Of
almost every variety. They are cheaper as
well as healthier vctuals than all meat and
bread. The time has now arrived to pre-
pare the ground, aud we hope TO see three
times as many gardens this year as in any
previous year.
No APPETITE FOR BREAKFAST. No Judi
cicus parent would let child so to school
without breakfast Ii there is u habitual
lack Of appetite in the morning, there is sure
" some difficulty behind it, and ii will III
evitably lead to greater difficulties in the
future. No breakfast means n lunch in the
forenoon, a lunch means no appetite for dim
ner, little dinner means a hearty supper
aud no appetite next morning. Insist on a
light supper, early rest ut night, and allow
no studies and no excursion to proceed, un-
e. al b, t,I, IA, hal
soon be formed, or there is some serious dis.
order, which needs the co cooperation of somt
good physician.
GRAIN FOR Hoes.-The question has been
pretty generally discussed as to whether it
will pay to feed grain TO hogs. 1t will pay
to raiso hogs, and feed them. There are
other things which are far more profitable for
fattening purposes than grain. Mange-
wurzel, or carrots, when planted on suitable
ground, yield immensely, and are better
than either corn or barley for hogs or cattle.
Jtis well enough to turn hogs in on the stub
BILE, but it will no, betound profitable to thresh
the grain and feed it out.
BEES IN OxoHARps 1t is the one crop
idea which baps bea-hives from most of our
orchards. The fruit raiser, intent only on
his crop Of fruit, loses sight Of the very i'm
portant fact that he might have a dozen OF
two stands of bees in his orchard feeding
from the tender flower and the rotten fruil
without injury, the product of which would
amount every, year to very considerable
sum. In fruit growing districts. any farmer
can keep bees with profit, as distance Of
L.If fnza,, ,n;les ia moi hinr for the bees Il,