Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-12

bear so long, SO abundantly, nor such large
berries when crowded, and when the horse
and cultivator can work both ways between
the rows nearly all the hand labor can be
dispensed with. [Chas. A. Green, Monroe
county, n. Y.
There are 80 many artificial manures, all
of them more or less valuable for house
plants. that it is difficult for Us to say
which is the best. One thing, however, Is
certain that you cannot go astray by taking
raw. bone meal and hardwood ashes, mix
in equal parts, adding sufficient water to
moisten, but not enough to make the same
sticky. A large teaspoonful put on the
surface of the soil around each plant, and
covered thinly with moss, is one of the best
of fertilizers. For rapid growing plants
it should be applied twice during the sea-
son. Amateur.
The following are the wholesale prices
in New York city for agricultural chemicals
and fertilizers Ground bone fine average,
per ton. $50 to S3l dissolved bone, S27 to
SIS; South Carolina phosphate rock ground,
per 9, 900 pounds, Sl2; unground do, per
2, $40 pounds, 50 to 50 25 !; fish-scrap, wet,
ton, SO; dry, S37 sulphate ammonia,
81 Is per 100 pounds spent bone black,
per ton, S24 muriate of potash, 81 IS to
81 rs per 100 pounds and bone ash, per
ton, S24 TO SIS.
A good hog does not squeal, nor is he
restless. He takes his feed quietly, goes
to sleep when the meal is over, and con.
verts it into fat. Thus the habits of the
animal, it's temper and its disposition, have
great influence in the matter of profit and
loss. These propensities are characters
tics of certain breeds, and in improving the
hog should not be overlooked in the selec-
ton Practical Farmer.
When hog is put up to fatten the OBJ
iect is to turn him into a living manufac-
tory of pork and lard. Supply him with
feed and water and comfortable surround
ings and he will run the machine himself,
making daily fair returns of manufactured
goods, satisfactory in quality and quantity.
The quality will depend largely on care.
journal of Agriculture.
Professor Bessey Of the Iowa Agricultural
College says that no application to wheat
ease is an internal one. But by applying
caustic lime TO the seed which has been
previously well washed, the danger from
smut will be greatly lessened.
We want no better sign of good farmer
than that he prizes manure, and believes in
returning to the soil something like an
equivalent for what is removed The Sc.
cret of good farming lies in making the land
produce the best possible results without
deterioration.
An Eastern exchange says that man
used one quart of sawdust in each hill of
potatoes to one plot and none in another.
The sawdust hills yielded nearly twice as
much as the others, and the tubes were
larger and smoother.
Better go slow on sorghum. It is not
worth while to believe all you hear, Just
now, on that subject. Go slow; then you
won't go far, and it won't cost so much to
get back Farm Journal.
From May l, 1882, to the lst of the
present month, the United STAKES imported
10000 packages more butter and exported
$50, 900 less than during corresponding Pc
Rod of the previous year.
The breeders of Jersey stock better do as
the Short-horn breeders have done-con-
solidate their two conflicting herd books.
The present system makes endless trouble.
[Iowa State Register.
Secretary Russell, of the Massachusetts
Board Of Agriculture, thinks ensilage does
"not compare with hay, nor can the high
est standard of butter be made from it."
Colt breaking should begin at the birth
of the colt, because he then instinctively
4Lo g., e
should be then completely dissipated.
Although sheep require less water than
any other animal, they must never be en-.
tirely deprived of it. Only give them a
little water, and let that be pure.
J. A. Kline, Egermont, Mass, who feeds
beets to mich COWS, is reported by the
Springfield Republican as thinking l, 500
bushels per acre easily possible.
Unground grain should be fed to fowls
at night, because it is slowly digested, and
fills up the long interval between sunset and
morning better than soft food.
An ounce and quarter of salt to the
pound is too much. If You want to get a
fancy price for butter, keep one.half of the
salt out of it.-[Exchange.
DIR. Studevant says that potash, whether
in the shape of wood ashes or in the form
of sulphate or muriate, is special ferti.
lizer for melons.
The COW population OF the United States
is l2,6ll, las, or about one cow to every
four people. This only includes mich
COWS.
"Smaller farms and better cultivation, ;"
is part Of the wholesome creed of Secreta.
~ Russell, of the Massachusetts Board.
If possible, have the truck garden go ar.
ranged that the vegetables will be planted
in the order in which they ripen.
Ground bone or bone meal is an ingre-
dent whose value as mixture in poultry
Feed has no equal for its cost.
To grow grape-vines let them run un-
pruned. To grow grapes, prune the vines
and let the roots run.
James DOugall suggests sparrow pie
as one effective means against the invited
invader.