Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-18
THE FARMER.


The sailor roam DER ocean wide,
But this or that whate'er befap,
The farmer he must feed them ali.
The writer THINKS, the pet sings
The craftsmen fashion woudrous things,
The doctor heals the lawyer pleads,
The miner follows the precie US leads,
But this or that whate'er beiall,
The farmer ne must feed them all.
the merchant he may buy and sell,
The teacher do his duty we'll.
But men may toll through busy days,
Or men may stroll through pleasant ways,
From King to beggar, whate'er befa,
The farmer be must feed them all.
The farmers trade is one Of worth,
He's partner with the sky and earth,
He's partner with the sun and rain,
And no man loses for his gain,
and mer may rise, or men may fall,
But the farmer he must feed them al
The farmer dares his mind to speak,
He has no gift or place to seek,
To no man living need he bow;
The who walks behind the pillow
Is his own master, whate'er befIi,
And King or beggar, he feeds us all.
The number of sheep in New Mexico IS
reported to have increased from 10, 600, 600
in 1850 to &c, O0o, Goo at the present time.
New rope for halters. it is said, can be
made permanently soft and pliable by
DOliHG Two 0OuTE IN WdbtIs dul tuTA VI
ing it in the sun or in warm room.
A Minneapolis man has invented way
to compress wheat bran into solid bars like
sticks Of wood, and it is thought that in
this form it may be largely exported. The
stick can be prepared for use either by cut
ting up or soaking in water.
An old farmer suggests that if the farm
ers OF the country would publish their
mistakes, there would be more information
impaired than by the usual mode of tell
ing their success. There is no question
but that such would be the case, or what
would be the better method and most prac-
tical of all, would be to publish mistakes
and success together.
The observation of Waldo f. Brown is
that the temptation is often presented to
the farmer to invest in some other business
as coon as he has few hundred dollars
saved. | believe that in a majority of
cases it is unwise. The business of con-
Quoting farm is enough for any man, and
he ought to be able to use his capital to
better advantage there than any place
else"
The editor of the Ohio Farmer says ::
81 have given much thought to the causes
of the failure of the wheat crop, and dur
ing the period of wheat sowing last fall
Travelled more than thousand miles, and
paid close attention to the condition of the
soil, and / believe the greatest OF all
causes of short crops-not to say failures
Is want Of thorough preparation of the
soil"
A Western farmer who tried wheat bran
ns q manure for wheat, reports that the
effect of an application of one ton of bran
to the acre was equal to that obtained from
the u,u application of a mixture of bone
dust, guano, lime and wood ashes, and the
difference in yield Of the crops that re-
ceived bran as compared with those not so
treated was very great Boston Tran.
script.
Pure, wholesome milk in clean cellar
or milk-house, where the temperature is
not over seventy degrees, will keep sweet
for thirty-six hours, and will not become
thick under forty eight hours. Otherwise
something ia wrong with the cows. A COW
exposed to the hot sun in pasture, or
having impure water to drink, can not be
in healthy condition, and the first sp-
pearance of trouble will be the premature
souripg of the milk.-[Nsw England
Farmer.
1t is claimed that corn is the most suit
able food for hens sitting. The require
ments Of sitter differ from those of other
hens. Keeping quiet and without much
exercise, not much is required to sustain
life, and their food should be of such ma.
ture as to digest slowly. For this reason
whole grain is preferred, and corn is
thought to be much the best Soft food of
lind fp dfoaakoA or,1 46a Hov, L.
comes hungry, and either leaves the nest
too frequently or becomes very poor. The
advantage of corn over other grain ia that
it is more oily and not SO likely to stimu-
late the production of eggs, and, being
hard and compact, is digested much slower
than other grsinf
A little more than decade ago new
disease began to despoil the potato near
Stavanger, Norway, and it has been stead.
lily increasing in virulence year after year.
Fungoid growths infest the stem, reducing
its interior in the first place to sort of
pulp, and at last SO prey upon the plant
that the stems are mere hollow reeds which
readily fall TO the ground. The ripe germs
of the fungus are about the size of small
bean, and when they remain in the earth
all winter they are found when the warm
season commences sending out minute
spores, which attack the plant before it
shows itself on the surface. The ravsges
of this pest are most marked about the end
of July and the beginning of August.
A writer in the Southern Farmer SAYS
that his COW gives all the milk that is
wanted in family of eight, and that from
it, after taking all that is required for other
purposes, 260 pounds of butter were made
this year. This is in part his treatment of
the COW: elf you desire to get large
yield of rich milk. give your cows every
day water slightly warmed and slightly
sailed, in which bran has been stirred at
the rate of one quart to two gallons of
water. You will find, if you have this
daily practice, that your COW will give
twenty-five per cent more milk immedi-
ately under the effects of it, and she will
become so attached TO the diet as to refuse
to drink clear water unless very thirsty
but this mess she will drink almost any
time and ask for mora. The amount of
this drink necessary is an ordinary pail at
time, morning, noon and night"
The experiments so lar as tried in rails
ing Russian barley in this State have
proved highly satisfactory. The Peoples
Cause, speaking of it, says: 81 n Crom-
well, farming a part of Il. a. Blossoms
ranch, ten miles west of town, brought to
this Office yesterday specimen of what is
known as Russian or Iceland barley. The
heads are from six to eight inches long,
heavily bearded, but not well filed with
grain, as tie north wind came at the time
it was in The dough and caused the grain to
be shriveled. Mr.. Cromwell thinks Rus
sian barley viii make good hog or horse
feed, and in good season will yield at
least thirty.tive sacks to the acre. He
sowed about quarter of al acre, and will
have six sacks of grain. He intends to SOW
the whole of this years crop next winter,
and see what the yield viii be in good
crop year. We learn that other persons
are DESTROYS of testing the value of this
grain as crop for horse and hog feed"
A few years ago, while well in this
place was being cleaned, half.pound of
butter was found ia the bottom, as good
and sweet as when first made. How long
it had been there no one knew. The pres
emit occupant of the premises has been if
teen years on the place, and the pump
being In constant use, there had been no
occasion TO have it cleaned. The butter
must have been there all this time, and
how long before is not known. The out
side was of paler color than that within,
but otherwise there was no change Il is
not unknown TO good dairy folks that but
Ter will keen well IN cool MIRO enr;,,rr *