Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-26
Farm Anp rRurse

/ W Any uuucIbhkluI III tuc way VI CoAtCIbs
| ing crude or offensive food leads many to
give, in excessive quantities, whatever re-
fuse happens to be on hand, whether
| spoiled grain, putrid meat or other refuse.
| The result of such mess, when given to
SOW about.to pig. or having litter at her
side, is inevitably damaging to the pigs.
| The milk glands act in such a case as an
outlet for offending substances that get
into the system through the stomach, or
that, through any species of disordered &C.
ton, arc epgendered within the system.
From this it will be seen that the milk OF
an animal not in perfect state OF health
must contain considerable portion OF the
Impurities that are from hour to hour given
off. The fact that poison taken into the
system of the young either human or
brute, through the milk. acts go promptly,
generally producing disorder OF the stom'
ach and bowels within very few hours,
is sufficient proof OF the virulence Of the
poison as well as of the Importance of
guarding against such sccumulations within
the system of the brood SOW while sucking
her young. Dry corn gives tendency to
feyerishness. Too much sour slops, If the
SOW be debarred from access to the earth,
ashes, charcoal and like substances capable
of neutralizing the access of acid, will de-
range digestion. The blood becomes i'm
pure, and, as stated, those impurities escape
in part into the milk.
A boy answers the question in the Rural
Neao Yorker, "Why do boys leave the
farm? ~ as follows: 81 think the prime
cause for boys leaving the farm is on &C.
count of their having to perform so much
hard work. Then their fathers (many of
them) do not take any interesting agricult-
ural papers, or never buy any books, and
keep on in the same ruts that their fathers
have followed, and, as a consequence, the
boys soon become disguised with farming
They don't want to break their backs over
the scythe, when moving machine can do
the work better, and at 1.-THE of the ex-
pense. They want other improved imple-
ments, full blooded stock etc. They want
to move little faster, and do business on
larger scale. Give them a gradual In
creasing interest in chickens, cows, or any
thing they may wish, aud | do not believe
the boys would leave the farm SO often"
a farmers family fruit garden should
contain, says an Eastern exchange, pears,
peaches, prunes, cherries, ounces, grapes,
gooseberries, currants, blackberries, rasp.
berries and strawberries. In selecting
varieties of the different species for plant
ing, two objects should be kept in mind {:
First, to plant enough Of the hardy, vigor
Gus, productive sorts to be always certain
of bountiful supply of fruit. and, second,
TO plant enough of the best favored vlrie.
ties to afford a supply in favorable seasons.
We always want the best, if we can OBJ
tain it, but fruit of inferior quality is pre-
ferable to none at all We want such pears
as Tyson, Yirgaliou, Flemish Beauty,
Seckel, Sheldon, Beurre d'Anjou and Law
renee, if we can have them, but if not we
would rather have such as Brandywine,
Bartlett, Buffam, Duchess d'Angouleme,
etc, than no pears.
The simple preparation employed by
Professor 0lmstead, of Yale College, for
the preservation from rust of scientific ap-
paratus and tools, and which he long ago
published for the general good, declining to
have it patented, is made by the slow melt.
ing together of six or eight parts of lard to
one of resin, stirring till cool. This re-
mains semi. fluid, always ready for use, the
resin preventing rancidity and supply ing an
alright film. Rubbed on bright surface
ever so thinly, it protects and preserves
the polish efiectually, and it can be wiped
off nearly clean, if ever desired, as from
knife blade, or it may be thinned with coal
oil or benzine. If oxidation has begun, no
matter in how slight degree, it will go on
under coating it is, therefore, essential
that the steel surface be both bright and
dry when painted over.
The north winds Of the past week, fol-
lowing the long. continued and unusual
late spring rains, have no doubt efectually
prevented grain being struck with rust, as
would undoubtedly have been the case if
hot weather, and wind from any other
quarter had prevailed. The reports now
from all portions of the State are generally
very favorable, but no county gives more
fiattering prospects to grain and fruit grow
ers than Sacramento. The amount of late
rains received will no doubt prevent any
injury from north winds to grain, as the
ground is SO we'll covered that it will re.
quire longer siege of such winds to dry
the moisture from the ground than we are
likely to be visited with.
GA novel method of draining very wet
swamps," says an Eastern exchange, is
being practiced in some countries. It is
known to botanists that most large
lesved plants give off about their own
weight of moisture in from thirty.six to
forty eight hours. Upon this principle,
certain plants have been grown in swamps
which were not wanted for immediate cul-
tivation, and in a few years the swamps
became dry, and had borne in addition
crop of hoop-poles or other products. The
eucalyptus is especially useful for this
work, but many OF our own trees answer
the purpose admirably"
The Santa Ana Standard states that the
culture of plumed pampas grass has be-
come an important industry in the south
ern counties. The demands for the plumes
come principally from the East and Eu.
rope. Last year one gentleman realized
from the sale of plumes grown upon few
acres of land the sum of 81 600. One Los
Angeles firm is prepared to contract for
all that can be produced. These plumes
are grown in this locality with but little
attention, and those who have vacant
ground may derive profit by planting it
with pampas grass.
Some of our citizens have tried the ex-
pertinent of changing their Improbable
almond trees to prunes by grating. The
variety tried was the petite prune de
Agen, and go far has proved successful,
having made perfect union. Some trees
that were grated last year have fruit this
spring. Some fruit growers claim that
some varieties of the plum and prune will
not succeed so we'll on the almond as the
petite prune. -[St. Helena Star.
There was novel expectation at San
Francisco lately. Two hundred sacks of
orange peel, valued at 81 900, were shipped
to Havre. 1t was the first shipment of the
kind from that port, and is the more singu-
lar because the orange peel consumed in
this country is imported, and in large part
is from southern France. Orange peel is
worth about cents a pound.
DIR. w. H. George informs the Inyo In
dependent that gentleman at Bishop Gull
tivated 2,373 pounds of potatoes from
twelve pounds OF seed, on piece of ground
two by five rods in extent. This is at the
rate of nineteen tons per acre. The vari-
ety is called the "White Star," and has
but recently been introduced in this valley.
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