Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-07
FARM AND FRUIT.
SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS UPON
THESE SUBJECTS.
The Culture of the olive-Eow PhylIoxera
is spread-Goose Wheat in Gre
gon-wooden silos-Etc.

The Culture OF the oltve-How Phyl1oxera
is spread-coose Wheat In Ore
gon-wooden silos-Etc.
ABOUT PHYLLoxERA.-Isaac DeTurk says
there are two ways by which phylloxera,
the grapevine pest, il transported from one
section of country to another. One is by
the wind when the inset is in its winged
form, and the other is by transplanting
rooted vines taken from an infected dis.
trict. So far as he knows there is no phyl.
loxera this side Of Glenn Ellen, in the
Guilieos valley, and there is no probability
that it will reach further north by the
former way as the prevailing winds in this
section and north of US are from the north
west. He said further that the peculiar
topography of the country round and about
Glenn Ellen had an effect upon the winds
coming from the south, and that when
they struck Sonoma mountain they would
whirl about and form an eddy and deposit
the insect in that section. He thought
that those who are planting young vine.
yards, or who contemplate going into
the business north of US, should be
careful and not put out rooted vines from
infected districts /; and that if the insect
ever obtains foothold in Cloverjale in
any section lying in the track of the north
west winds, it would, in the course of
tine, overrun every valley in Sonoma
county. Mr. DeTurk is practical, pains
taking and observing man. He has made
the subject of phylloxera study for years,
and his ideas regarding the probabilities Of
its further spread in this county are neces-
sarily deduced from well established prem
Uses. He suggests very effective remedy,
and to our notion the only one that can
possibly prove successful The insects
move in colonies, and when they firss at.
tack vineyard are first observed in spots
here and there, and the remedy is to pull
out all the vines thus affected and few
others near by, and pile them over the
place or hole from whence the affected
vines are taken, and having added kindling
and other combustible material, set fire to
them, thus heating the ground and killing
the insect and destroying the tarvce if per-
chance there may be any under the bark.
OLIVE CULTIvATIoN.-AS st. Helena cor.
respondent who is familiar with olive cult
ure in Italy and Southern France, advo-
Gates the planting of that tree on the hill
slopes of Napa valley, the climate and soil
OF which he believes favors it's growth. He
says that the yearly income from an acre
of olive trees of from seven to nineteen
years of age is much greater than from an
acre of vines, while the expense of cultiva-
ton is far less. The oil from its fruit is a
merchandise which is as advantageous and
easy of marketing as butter and other fats.
Olive oil kept for years does not degener-
ate, but rather improves with age, while to
many nations it is a necessary article of
food consumption, the demand for the gen.
uine article being so far in excess of the
supply that immense quantities of fac
titious article made from lard is made for
the worlds consumption. We quote from
him: "In the bottom land of Napa valley
the writer took pleasure in observing how
hardly few olive trees, of which the fruit
now in the shape OF delicious pickles were
gathered in January, the thermometer
down in the twenties, stood the ice and
snow of the just finished extraordinary
cold winter. A water pipe at the foot of
one of those olive trees caused thick crust
of ice to form, not thawing for days. The
noble tree seems all the better for it.
Other kinds of trees suffered the frost
made several victims near, but no olive
tree succumbed. This proves that the ma.
tive olive tree, for such now is the variety
the Spanish priests planted a hundred
years ago at their Mission, is thoroughly
able to second the care of the planter in put
ting its shoots in proper soil and position.
No rich soil, but moisture in substrata it
requires stones on the surface are no
hindrance to its prosperity. After the next
four weeks the season for planting olive
cuttings or roots will be passed Would
it not be worth while for the thoughtful
farmer to use this time for procuring and
putting few dozen olive cuttings in his
ground and thus gain the experience with
that noble tree for your region. - Napa
Register.
GOOSE WHEAT IN OREGON. The Jour.
nal of Commerce says: In this State we
have a grade of wheat that is known as
goose wheat. 1t is so called because the
wheat grown in the State all came from
two or three grains taken from the crop of
a wild goose. The wheat has very hard
shell, and makes peculiar grade of -four.
No wheat like it is known in this country.
The people of Oregon have wondered from
whence it came. This wonder is explained.
From samples of foreign wheat at the Agri-
cultural Department the exact duplicate
of the goose wheat of Oregon has been
found. This wheat comes from small
province in Spain, the only place where it
has been grown. From that one may safely
surmise that the wild goose flies around the
world in pretty fast time. Ii we remember
Alright, it was farmer who lived in Ma
rion county, about opposite where Wheat
land now is, and the goose was killed in the
winter of 1850.
WOODEN SILos.-The opinion is steadily
gaining ground, backed by the actual test,
that wooden silos are not only practicable,
but in many cases are preferable to an ex-
pensive stone structure. Water sometimes
works into the latter, and frost may COM
bine with it to work injury to the ensil.
age. Simply boarding up bay in the barn
is getting to be a popular way of making
silos, and there is little objection to it.
That ensilage will keep well in such con-
Germ there is no doubt, and why may not
the average farmer try the new system in
this way rather than invest in a costly stone
silo II New England Homestead.
Miscellaneous Items
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