Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-08

| Mexico, Wltnln Tue HeAb iOuA
March 4, 1884. Willows, poplars, euca'
| lyptus, cypress, locusts and other species
are to be placed in plantations OF from o.
| 600 to 100 600 each, the contractor 10 main
tain them two years after planting. Inc
value of this step will be better unoer'
stood in California in time, and these val
leys are thickly dotted over with pretty
| homes surrounded with trees, or small
farms, cut from the present immense
ranches on the plains, we shall see
| picture of beauty which nature intended
for the possessors of this glorlousiy STU
ated and favored State.
An incombustible paint OF much value
can be made as follows: Take slack lime
in tub. s1ft the powdered lime, and to
twelve quarts of this add rock salt two
quarts. water two gallons; boil and skim
carefully, then add pulverized alum two
pounds, pulverized copperas one pound,
powdered potash one and one-halt pounds.
| These to be sprinkled in slowly. Next add
fine sand four pounds, and coloring matter
to suit. 1t is automatically asserted that
this makes paint that is absolutely lire
proof. Doubtless 1t is as nearly so as lt Is
nossible 70 make it. 1t will be found a
capital paint for the inside OF hop and
fruit.driers, which are sometimes burned
by the wooden lining, which IS necessarily
exposed to high Temperature.
Vaccination as prevention from black,
leg among cattle has been tested, with ap-
parent success, in the vicinity of Sunol,
and of which experiment the Livermore
| Herald SAYS Daring the past year Charles
| Dslmue. Harvey II. Crane and other cattle
owners in the mountains back of Sunol,
have lost a good many cattle from the dis
ease commonly known as the " blackIeg,
which Is going the round of this State.
| About two months since DR.. o. w. Owen,
the well. known veterinary surgeon OF
| Sunol, began vaccipatipg on the Dslmue
range. believing that the disease was con-
tagious and could be prevented in the same
manner as is smallpox. He vaccinated 25O
head of cattle for Mr.. Delmue and So for
Mr. Crane. These gentlemen state that
| since vaccination-about two months
there have been no deaths, aud there is at
present no appearance Of the disease on
either of their ranges, This Is certainly an
excellent showing, go far, and we shall
await further Developments with interest
"If YOU have a rusty pillow, says a
writer in the Cincinnati Times, pour
about eight ounces of sulphuric acid, as
purchased at the apothecary's, into quart
Of water; do this slowly and carefully, foI
/ it will burn hands, clothing or almost any
thing else: use also an earthen or crockery
vessel rather than tin or iron one. Ap-
| ply this TO the rusty surface two or three
times, making each application as soon as
| the former one is dry. Then wash with
clear watsr, and repeat the process. Give
some of the worst spots a rub with bit OF
! Bristol brick wash again with water and
! wipe dry. Put little kerosene around
( the bolts, and take the pillow to pieces,
| securing each piece TO get off the remaining
rust spots if necessary. This sounds like
a formidable process, but the whole opera
! ton ought not to take over an hour. Oil
all exposed surfaces with kerosene when
you set your plow away, and when you do
your spring blowing q very few turns will
finish of the balance.
| notice in your paper various opinions
as to how long it viii pay to keep fowls, OF
at what age they will cease to be prohta.
! BILE tor egg production In most cases the
writers say from one to two years, and not
! longer than three. Now, from my expert
ence | beg to differ from these writers as
| regards pure. bred Brown Lsghorns, as /
have some OF that breed five, six and seven
| years old, and they all have laid continu-
/ ally from pullets to the present time.
| do not see but the oldest-seven years old
does lust as well as the -year-old hen,
! Since last December, 1882, these old hens
nave laid nearly every day till now, even
somewhat while noting l do not know
! from experience what other than Brown
| Leghorus will do, if kept at such ages. /
| think, however, that any pure-bred fowl
will pay TO keep till six years old, provided
! they have the care and attention they
should have to make them profitable, and
are in a vigorous and healthy condition.
/ Should be pleased TO near from others on
/ the subject.-LT. S. Edwards, IL Poultry
! srd,
The French gardener. saws the Sydney
Mars oives himself M to the cultivation
Of a specisl class or regular succession OF
frpits or vegetables. and bv long study and
practice. by experimenting with various
manures. soils and modes Of culture. ar,
rivss nj perfection. He is also much mCre
economical Of space. and more pr0dipal OF
,abor than we are. He seldom suffers his
! Ground to lie fallow crop succeeds crop in
endless rotation the cauEaower is set
among the melon hills. ready TO spread as
soon AZ the melons are gathered. Between
the rows of asparagus are planted early
Dotstocq lettuce. etc. in such a manner as
! to keen the ground constantly fruitful, and
when the weather becomes frosty, and the
sun loses a goodlv share Of It's forcing
power. large bell glasses are employed, one
of which is placed over each plant-espe.
cially in the case of the salad-and heat is
then concentrated upon it until it's
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