Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-10
FARM AND FRITZ.
SUGGESTIONS FOR IMpRovs MgETs-
PRODUCTION OF PEARS.
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Grapes = Insecs Pests Upon
Orange Trees.

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the obligations resting upon farmers:
Some farmers fondly fancy that they are
as free as thought. They call theirs the
most independent of all vocations. Yet
they all have obligations to perform, and
Tn sorry to say that they are often very
backward in fulfilling their share of human
responsibility. The farmers owe a duty
each to his country, society at large, his
family. his brother farmers and to the
other trades and professions. The coun.
try calls on him for support, and a proper
stewardship of the acres under his control.
He should be held responsible for any de.
ficiency in the returns from mis- land. So
ciety az large demands recognition at the
hands of the farmer. His is not a degrad
ing occupation, but rather an honorable
profession, with opportunities for the ex-
ercise of intellect far exceeding those of
most other vacations. Intercourse with
men of intellectual stature will call out a
response from our own higher faculties.
Even intercourse with much lower level
of society than our own can, and ought to be
productive of much mutual benefit. The
Grange has wide field to ill, and it is do
ing its social duties in manner greatly to
be commended yet it is not source of
constant instruction as it should be. We
want more agricultural societies, with
memberships made up Of educated spe-
cialists as well as of practical agricultu-
rists. Science has much TO do with farm
ing operations, and while scientific edu-
cation may not tell US all aboutspecial cases,
vet it alone renders the solution of spe.
oial problems possible. Then let US have
more real scientifically general information
demonstrated through the medium of our
agricultural press and the Grange. This
kind of intercourse hightens the pleasure
and profit of social intercourse, and would
be wholesome relief of the torpor attend
ing many Grange sessions.
The farmers duty to his family is more
often neglected than any Of his other obli-
cations. Why are the wives prematurely
old and listlessly Indifferent to outside do
ings? B cause they are largely mechani-
cal machines, with all the spirit and elss-
ITCHY worn out by constant drudgery and
false notions of economy. The wife's
place is to render home hospitable and at
tractive. To do this she must have leisure
and means corresponding to the husbands
position in society. Daughters and sons
would not be so ready to leave home and
the farm were not the example of their
parents drudgery SO constantly before them.
Let the girls have their pony, and plenty
of innocent but vigorous outdoor exercise.
Give them their instruction in music, for
music ia as much TO the woman as general
scientific culture is to the man. Musical
education calls for something more than
the ability to "play the chords and few
"pieces." When the proper time arrives
give the girls course of schooling in some
adjacent city, so that they may acquire
the polish of society and be fitted to take
any position life may offer. A university
course is to be commended for the studi-
ouslv inclined and it can be said of our
University that it is educating class of
young ladies that will do as much for the
furtherance of our future welfare as any
other agent imaginable.
Show your sons the pleasant side of
farming. Encourage a spirit of improve.
ment over the methods in vogue en- the
farm. Treat your boys as something bet
ter than the common laborer. See that
they have some leisure for enjoyment and
the independent exercise of their faculties.
Don't sneer at their theories, but let them
try them. Instead of putting all the re-
turns into more land, have a nice home,
with capacious and comfortably furnished
rooms, to which your children will not be
ashamed to bring their city friends See
that your sons get fair education, no
matter if constant work on the farm has
made him disinclined to take up his books
again. In after years he will surely re.
pent of his lost chances, and may possibly
attribute it to parents indifference.
A university course is no less necessary
20 the farmers son than to the young men
of other callings. Your duties to your
neighbors require that you should consider
their general welfare, and be anxious to
promote others interests as we'll as your
own. A friendly interest in your neigh
boris crop and undertaking viii be re-
turned by corresponding increase in his
regard for you. But above all things one
must not be too otficious in parading his
methods and knowledge, nor too backward
in accepting information from another.
Even one of his farm hands may often
have something of value to impart.
OVER PRODUCTION OF PEARS.
The Willamette Farmer publishes the
following letter from correspondent,
which was written as warning against an
over production of Bartlett pears upon this
coast:
Ten years ago, in the peach-growing Sec
ton of New York, there was found to be a
considerably larger profit in raising Craw-
ford's Early than any other variety of
peach. This led to demand for trees of
that variety which the nurseymen could
not supply for several years, although they
increased their stock each year. Il also
led to an over supply Of the fruit, so that
they were drug IN the market, and from
being the most profitable became the least
go. This bit of fruit history is now being
repeated in California to-day, only it is an
other fruit. Last year there were not
enough Bartlett trees, from the size of a
switch up to the size of spade handle, in
California, Oregon and Washington, to
supply the California demand, and / fully
believe that the result of this boom will be
that, ten years hence, the Bartlett viii
prove to be one of the least profitable of
pears. The Bartlett ranks first for can
ming, and will, perhaps, always find de-
mand at low prices, but we farmers and
fruit-growers OF Oregon and Washington
hope soon to have railroad connection with
the mining and wheat.growing region east
of us, and to fad good market for our
fruits all the way to ST. Paul. These
markets viii call especially for apples and
pears of the late fall and winter varieties.
In planting pears for profit there should be
such variety Of kinds az viii include the
best kinds for each season, from the earliest
to the latest but if planting to supply
distant markets, there should be but little
of the very early kinds, as they ripen fast
aud decay soon. For such markets the
Bartlett, Clapp's Fsvorite. Flemish Beauty,
Besrre d'Apjou, Winter Nellis and Beurre
d'Easter will be found reliable and profita-
bic. l would give these varieties rank as
follows First, Bsurre d'Anjou /; second,
Winter NelIis and Bsurre d'Easter: third,
Bartlett fourth, Clapp's Favorite and
Flemish Beauty. place Beuerre d'Anjou
first because the tree is very hardy, well
shaped and vigorous growth the fruit is
handsome, of good size and delicious fa-
vor aiso cyaod keener its eeasons hei,y