Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-13
AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE.

A FARMERS DISCoYERY.-James Smith, a
prominent farmer Living on the Copperopolis
road, informs the Stockton Mall that about
ten years ago his vines and trees were badly
treated by phyiloxera, which killed many
and seriously injured more. Not knowing
what remedy to apply, he let the little pest
have its course. At the same time, however,
he planted an Australian blue gum tree, and
since then he has not seen any of the phyll-
oxera in his garden. He does not know
whether there is anything in the gum tree
which is a positive preventive, but he very
naturally thinks there is some connection be-
tween its being planted and the disappearance
of the phylloxera.
To MAKE HENS LAT.-To make hens lay,
put two or more quarts of water in a kettle
and one large seed pepper, or two small
! ones. Then put the kettle over the fire.
When the water boils stir in coarse Indian
neal until you have thick mush. Let it
cook an hour or So Feed hot Horseradish
chopped fine and stirred into mush as pre-
pared in the above directions and for results
we are getting five to ten eggs per day, whereas
previous to feeding we had not had an egg
for a long time. We hear a good deal of
complaint from other people about not get
! ting eggs To such we would warmly recon-
mend cooked feed fed hot Boiled apple
skins seasoned with red pepper, or boiled po-
tatoes seasoned with horseradsh, are good
| feed-much letter than uncooked food. Corn,
when fed to the hen by itself, has tendency
to fatten rather than produce the more profit
able egg laying. A spoonful of sulphur
stirred with their feed occasionally will rid
them of verrnin and tone up their SYSTEM
Kentucky Live Stock Record.
ANOTHER METHOD OF SMoKING.-The
Star lately, in answer to an inquiry,
gave all the information then at its command
in relation to the method of smoking for FROST
| We have since learned of another plan which,
though using the same principal agent FOCAL
tar), Is yet so different in its application that
it is worthy of special explanation. By this
method the tar is used without the
aid of the brush or rubbish, and APP
pears to be much simpler and easier of
application and control The only place we
know of its being used is on the Calder
wood vineyard, near Pine Station, now
owned by John Greer. Andy Calder
wood, who managed the matter last year,
| tells us that he got in San Francisco
eight dozen small iron vessels, hold
! ing, he thinks, about gallon each. These,
with a barrel of tar, only cost S24. These
eight dozen they used in 20 acre vineyard
and proved an ample protection to it. They
put coal-tar in the vessels, pour on that a
little oal-oil as a kind of kiudliug, and then,
when necessary, set FIRE to it. 1t burns readily
and produces q dense, heavy smoke, similar
to that of coal-burning factories. These, it
will be seen, are easily moved around in case
of the wind changing, very little trouble to
prepare, and the cost of the whole outfit was
not one per cent. of the crop, which Drought
last year about 81, 700. The vessels, of course,
and good share of the tar, are left for an
other years service.-[St. Helena Star.