Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-23

ht 10 In, a. the sale fever" and it is the
intention OF the RECORD uSloS ard WEEKLY UNION
20 institute inquiry in suea oregon VIA z W"
20 drawing out The experience Il ali inmediAtey
concerned as to such diseases. the ar1so, remedy
and proper treatment. BY this free interchange
OF experience sud advice u IS CERTAIN inat ihuen
eooi viii result, and t. that emu TINS journal Will
lend all possible adj
No one can go through the fruit and vege-
table markets of the cities and larger towns
Of California in the early morning AZ this
time without coming to the conclusion that
this is a prolific State and this IS a year of
plenty. There has never been a year when
50 much fruit and 50 many vegetables found
5 ready market and at so good prices at Sac
ramento as this year. Every house in the
CITY that deals in these products IS pushed to
its utmost capacity to I'll the orders that
come in from the country east of Us, al the
way from Trucllee to Boston. Nevada, Utah,
Colorado and Montana have been sending US
orders for fruit and vegetables for months
past, and the people Of those Countries have
been Iuxuriating in the good thiags that Cal
ifornia has been sending them in advance
OF the ripeung of their owGl products. The
people of Chicago. New York and Boston, and
all along the line between, have been eating
of our pears. apples, plums and peaches, and
reIishing them with greater zssG bscau-e they
cams from their sister on the lar away Pacific
coast, This il not only year Of plenty to Us,
but it Is peculiarly fortunate year. Our sea-
son for fris. aud indzad for ell other crops, mas
been an early ore say tao weeks earlier THAN
usual, while the season east Of the Rocky
maintains mas been 2 late one, say two weeks
later than the average. This gives Us
month in which 70 realize from this fortunate
circumstance. The pEoducers q these pro-
ducts are not the only classes Ia the com
muni5y that are benefited by this season OF
pIenty and r0od fortune Indirectly all other
classes are benefited. Tbs common Iaborers
that gather and hasdie and pack the
fruit and vegetables fad employment at
road wages. the dealers thag buy or
ship on commission come II for their share Of
the profits. while the mechanics that keep
the wagons aud harnesses III repair and shoe
the horses that are employed IN bringing
them TO market, ali get portion OF the gen
eral profits The box factories and the
isb1rers emplovsd by them enjoy Il season
of brisk business and profit, ana so IN one
way OF another every bJ7y gets come shave OF
the good that comes 70 tbs fist producers.
The grape crop, which this season Is very
good slso, Is just beginning 60 ripen, and
there is a busy time ahead Tor the same
classes Of people More grapes viii be
shipped East from this State than IN any
previous yesr. sud the profits Will be better
all round While we are TO a greater extent
than we ought TO be waeatgrowing State,
we ere a5 least convincing outsiders that
yys produce some few other ars'cles beside
wheat. we produce wheat for E1rope aud
China and Japan. but We produce the del
caciss aud luxUries Tor the people OF our SIS
ter States and Territories. When New
Mexico, Colorado, and even cid Mexico,
shall begin to call fer our early fruits and
vegetables We shall end ouc markets iucreas
ing more rapidly than our capacity to supply
them, unless we bestiF ourselves and extend
cur orchards and gardens. IL Gems but yes
terday whom we bought our cried apples and
other fruits cf Boston and Ne8 York, now
and then getting C k Of driad pesches from
Cfile, aad when ae imported ail cur vans or
sweet potatoes from the Sandwich Islands;
but to day ws lead the wOrld IN the pToduc
ton Of nearly Al the Becesssries and many Of
the Inquiries of man. Indeed tais IS not only
year Of plenty, but oars Is state OF plenty.
Corn Fodder-Eow aBd When 10 Fed 1t.
Corn planted IN drills, and cultivated with
visw to make 3 large growth Of stalk and
leaf, viii produce 8 very large bulk and
weight Of fodder for cattle. There are, in
deed, but few, if suy. Of the forage plants
that will excsl corn in tbs quantity or bulk
Of growth at a siugle crop. The stalk and
leaves are at the sane time rich in sugar and
other valuable uutricious qualities that render
It valuable food for cattle. Cattle and
horses eat it with relish in a green state or
dried. as hay. As q crop to be cut and fed
green. we know Of none more valuable These
who arc keeping dairy cows viii fad corn q
valuable crop to plant for feeding the sum
mer months. when Tbs grasses begin to dry
up. If planted thick in drills the stalks viii
grew small snd will BE- tender and the crop
may be cut with mower, and after euttifg
may be handled as hay. with folk Cows
FED ou carn planted ia this Way, ssy twice
day, during July, August and SepteIn-
b.r, will keep up "a the quantity
OF milk about as wei as they do
whaH running on fresh pastures during the
suri1g months. To be as it, b2ss, corn 60 be
fd in this way should be cut jus. about
V-heu going into the ias5ei. or wEsa heading
cus. aud from this time 81 Tie appearance ot
thu ears on the stalk. IL msy planted from
time to tire from April e. ,jaif on Damp soil,
50 that It viii be coming ilto ieeQiag c1ndi-
zion from the middle Of june tai tie frost or
cold ives her sets 10 in the fsll. CT early WIZ
ser in this State There IS q general
unauimi'y Of opiuion among farmers that
corn STALKS fed IL this way make
as valuable uilk-produoirg food for cows IS
anything chat can be grewa.irom the soil, eX-
csptiug perhaps ths frss fresh grasses Of
spring. Even when cured aud fed In the
winter they are among tns best mlk-making
folders; but being SO large or cqarsa and 50
full of water it l. with difficulty taat cora
fodder can be dried aud kept for winter use
free from .nnli, uuless SO completely sandrIed
as to destroy Sc o great faeasnre. thtir toraga
nature. Tris difh sulty has led the French
aad Germans 70 ex 1srIme9t with view 20
fiad some process bY which the fodder cen Re
preserved in q green state, or with ali the
juices in We believe the 0fermai SIRE en-
titsd Ia the credit If inveuting or discovering
the process oi burying the stalks, SO pressed
together as toig d very great measure exclude
the air ara in this way preserving the fodder
IN 8 condition that renders II as palateble to
stock IS 10 green state, anu equally as vsIu-
able a. a milk IN tlin2 food. The process Of
so preserving is called "easilege, The
ensilege is new generally made partly
below sad partly above The sur
face Of the soil and consists. Of
strong tight bin or box. Inc stslks are cut
into shor5 pieces by q machine something
like a hay enter, and then packed snd
pressed into this box very tightly and held in
q compact condition by heavy weights or by
screws, ard covered over with SOIL so IS
to make the place comparatively air-tight
The fodder thus packed sway goel through q
sweating process aBd becomes soft. so that
cattle eat il with aviiiJy. The siio or pit
can be opened at one cad and fsd from IS tae
seas N advances Cr as demanded. 1t Is
claimed that the food SO preserved loses none
OF its good qualities a nlik-making food.
and that cattle will eas every particle OF it,
leaving none to waste. We have had no
practical experience in preserving corn or
Cher fodder in this way, or il feeding it bat
we are OF the opinion that while the French
or Germans may find it rohsable to 90 to
this expense to preserve corn fodder in this
way, it is very doubtful if in California It viii
pay. We would not express a deci3ed
opi MON however on the snbjecs. but it stems
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