Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-08
Farm AND FRUIT.
Hints, Facts and Suggestions Of Interest
and Value.

piled with fresE pOnes wei cTacheu'
One plant of the COW pea raised at the
New York experimental farm contained
sixty.one ripe pods and shelled cut 6S4
peas.
1t has been shown that pail of milk
standing for ten minutes in strong smell
ing stable, or where any other offensive
odor can reach it, will receive faint which
will never leave it.
Many cows in France are fed upon beet
pulp. An Investigation into the physio-
logical effects of this food shows that II
causes the milk TO increase in quantity but
deteriorate in quality.
In Illinois there are 4l2 butter and
cheese factories, moat of which are situated
In the northern counties of the State. Ia
McHenry county there are 81, IL Kane 43,
and the next highest number Is in DuPsge
county.
The horse stable should be dry, airy, and
clean. Dampness and filth, together with
bad ventilation, will affect the health Of
the animals, the great tendency being,
however, to iniure and in many cases to
destroy the signt Of the eye.
Some Minnesota farmers have lost cattle
by poisoning from drinking the waters Of
a lake which is covered with greenish
scum. The covering is a fungus plant
found in Europe and that has proved
poisonous tC stock drinking water contain
ing it.
There probably is not much danger that
our wheat market in Europe will be injured
by the productions of India, for ouly a
small part of its immense territory is
adapted to wheat growing. In the south
the season is too hot while the grain Is
filing.
The English wheat crop is now esti-
mated at twenty-eight bushels per acre,
which IS only about busnel less than the
usual average. But much of this is of
poor quality, and the requirements for the
coming year VIII be nearly or quite three
times the amount grown at home.
NJ Pojrot having observed among the
artemisias, which cover immense regions
of North America. neither flies nor worms
nor any insects, also no scorpions or taTap.
tulas, has suggested that the plant might
prove adverse to the metamorphosls OF
phylloZera by covering the ground with
branches of artemislas.
The following is a good way 70 mix
whitewash so it viii not rub off Nix up
half a paiful OF lime and water ready to
put on the wall then take one-quarter
pint Of flour, mix 1t up with water, sui
ticient quantity to thicken it; pour while
hot into the whitewash stir 1t altogether
and it is ready for use Farming World.
From the report submitted to the Acad-
envy Of Sciences, Paris, by NJ. Laugier,
concerning the treatment Of the ply lloXeTa
In the region Of the Maritime Alps, i. ap.
pears that the pest was very successfully
checked with sulphuret of carbon and sui
pho-carboHste Of potassium. The eNUeri-
msnts were made during the years 1851 3.
Instead Of boring down after flowing
water says the Colusa SIM, Levi Welch,
VINO resides some ten miles west OF VIII
lows, has tuuUe!ed into the side of the hill,
and has bsen successful in obtaining fine
supply Of pure wafer. His tunnel is 100
feet 10 length. He thinks that water can
be obtained almost anywhere In the hills
by this process.
For several years past the Swedish Gov
eminent employed an entomolo3ist to as
sist the farmers Ia distinguishing and de-
s5royinE insects shat prove hurtful to the
crops. The demand for his services has
been so very great, and the work ne has
done ms been so useful that the Office Of
Government E1tomologist is TO be made a
permanent one,
Apple pomaca kills vegetation where 1t
is applied; but by composing g year, ad-
ding plenty Of lime to neutral'ze the acid it
contains, 1t makes very good top-dressing
for grass. So poisonous to vegetable life is
toe acid Of apples that even few lying
under q tree VIII kill the grass where they
lay so that 1t III not start IN the spring
Independent Statesman n. II J,
a Michigan farmer who last year put q
portion of his corn fodder in his silo I'M
cut, intending to save the expense and
trouble of cutting, if it were possible, re-
ports that when he came near the bot
tom of the silo, where the ensilace IS
generally the best, he found a number Of
tons decayed, which he attributed to the
large stocks having been put IN whole
A syndicate Of fruit jobbers, supposed to
be CON posed of Sresovich and Lusk, of san
Francisco, and Z German, of Los An
geles, has already purchased, it is be-
ieved, thCae.fourtns OF the forthcoming
orange crop of Los Angeles county. The
price is about - per box, taken from the
trees by purchaser. For choice lots IN
Pasadena as high as s. 80 per box has
been offered. Fl Rural Californian.
A. B. Allen writes to the R8r11 Ner
lrt.r tina. he finds it best in pruning
rsspbsrTies to have from eight 70 ten canes
at each stool, instead OF only three or four,
as recommended. When only three or
four were lsit several OF the bushes died,
and the remainder bore smaller fruit He
ascu1es the Success Of the many canes TO
the shading ot tae ground. Il the theory
advanced IS correct it would apply with
even greater force in this State.
In q paper read at a mseting during the
recent New York State Far, Professor
William Brown, OF tho Ontario Agrioult-
ugal College, advanced the idea that the
practice OF aneaunE both lambs and ma
ture sheep twice year might be success.
fully adopted in the East if accompanied
wish high feeding aud good care. lie Illus
Jra,ed nl7 3y.Hlau with a supposed case Of
lot OF a1rapsn,res, and it Is possible the
downs would be better for this taan would
N'-''N- ~'.- t'. Z D. ""i FA LNtttNtS. lie would
shear 10 august and agsln quite earlyl n
spring giving shelter to newly.snorn ewes
for q few days.
Nine.tsn,hs Of the so.called German
wines imposed In tins country are a5uitsr.
ated. They consist Of large proportion
Of turuie juice and potato extract. sweet
eEed and dsooo.ed, and favored with a
small percentage OF the real beverage. Yet
the stuff is sold at three or four times the
price OF native wines, which, although
they are not regarded as palasable are at
least genuine, and much more wholesome.
The California vintage is a good il not a
Erst- class, article. Il is grape Juice.
grown on vines on which considerable care
has been bestowed latterly.-l Chicsgo
Grain and Provision Review,
In selecting fruit trees or any other be
careful to choose those with smooth,
heslshy.looking bark, which have entirely
she'd their leaves and have plenty of small
fbrous roots. Trees on which the leave;
remain after frost sets in, and stick to the