Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-30

Intelligence upon the farm ia always at
a premium, and makes its effectual impress
no less there than in the social and literary
walks of life.
There is a scarcity of farm help in many
parts Of the State, and the work of har
vesting will be much delayed and perhaps
serious loss result from the cause.
LARGE quantities of cotton seed meal is
used in France for feeding to animals. It
mostly comes from Egypt, and is not of as
good quality as that made in the United
States. T. contains large proportion OF
lint and other substances that render it
indigessible and injurious to Young animals
The dauy business Is being quite exten.
siyely engaged IN in the Truckee basin.
Among the leading dairymen are w. Car.
penter, Perazzo Brothers, W. Woodward,
Frank Fessler, Mr.. Malby and others.
Several hundred cows are MIXED upon the
dairy ranches and profitable results OBJ
lined.
Perhaps the largest fleece ever taken
from sheep In the United States was
shorn at meeting of the Michigan Breed
ers' Association at Lansing few days ago.
It was from two-year old buck owned by
A. T. Short, of Coldwster, was grown in
1868 days, and weighed Al pounds and three
ouaces.
The Texas Dominion Cattle Company,
whose csttle.ranch Is in the Panhandle,
have about finished putting up about
thirty-three miles of wire fence at cost
of IS, 334, or little over $3.50 per mile.
The fence posts were set two rods apart,
and four wires were used, taking $3.50
posts and As, 600 pounds of wire to com
plete the job.
G. n. Miles, Of Stockton, has invented
for his own use, and now has in operation
upon the bubach plantation in MERGED
county, a ditching ,plow for use In irriga-
tion. It has a smear upon each side, of
peculiar construction, and very neatly COM
pletes Distributing bitches at single pas
sage through the ground, and is thereby a
great labor saving Implement
The italian rye-grass which is being in
troduced into some parts of the State seems
to be growing rapidly in favor. The Men
docino Beacon states that w. Fl. Kelly of
that place, who has lawn of this grass, is
enthusiastic in its praise, and says that
three OF four crops can be raised from it In
s season, and that nothing be could raise
on the same space would yield SO large
profit. One seeding in six or seven years
is all that is required. The Beacon asks:
Why not substitute this for the expen-
sive method of raising ost, wheat and bar
ley hay, by annual aeeding?"
Says the Peoples Cause N. J. Crom-
nell, who is farming some OF R. H. Bios
SONS land about fifteen miles from town,
showed US bunch of grain that has no
parallel in this county, and perhaps there
is nothing like it in the State. The heads
are at least eight inches long and look like
common rye. The stalks are large and are
now about five feet nigh The grain has
not yet matured. The seed with which
he sowed an acre of ground looked like
white wheat, but the kernels were much
larger every way than either wheat or bar
lev. Mr.. Cromwell sowed about fifteen
pounds of the grain and expects TO reap
twenty or twenty-five bushels.
A sample stalk of the much talked OF
Arabian millet has been received at the Su-
sanville Ad0ocote Office from Long valley.
It was grown on Samuel CGshman's ranch,
In the northern end of the valley, which
gentleman seems to have succeeded In his
experiment of testing the drought proof
qualities Of the grass, for he has an acre of
it growing finely, and now eight or nine
inches in hight, which has been watered
only by the rains. The seed was soTn
upon land where no other grain would
grow, and the result in this instance is GER
tainly highly satisfactory Where one
succeeds, others will although there has
apparently been no great success in start
ing the new grass among our farmers gen.
orally. Many acres of land now barren
will, two or three years hence, be yielding
bountiful crops of the Arabian millet.
Reno Gazette.
would recommend to every man. espe-
oially in the autumn Of his life, TO take to
gardening if he has not already experienced
its pleasures. OF all occupations in the
world, it is the one which best combines
repose and activity. 1t is rest in work,
and work in rect. 1t is not idIeness it is
not stagnation and yet it is perfect qui-
ekude. Like all things mortal, it has its
failures and disappointments, aud there are
some things hsrd to understand. But il is
never without its rewards, and, perhaps,
If there were nothing but successful cultis
walton, the aggregate enjoyment would be
less. 1t is better for the occasional shad-
OWs that come over the gcene. The disci-
pine, too, Is most Ralutary. It tries our
patience and tries our faith. But even in
the worst of seasons there is far more to
reward and encourage than to dishearten
and disappoint. There is no day in the
year without something to afford tranquil
pleasure TO the cultivator of flowers, some
thing on which the mind may rest-rest
with profit and deligh5.-[Cornhill Maya
zine.
AGRICULTURAL CREED.
At a recent Agricultural Convention
held in Canada, the following creed was
adopted as the result of long experience
and observation. 1t will be no less sppli.
cable to this State, as small farms come
more and more to the front 10 the breaking
up process now setting in "Small farms
and thorough cultivation the soil lives to
eat, as we'll as the owner, and ought, there
fore, to be well MANFRED 90 to the bottom
of things. and therefore plow deep, and
enough of it, all the better if it be sub
soil plow; large crops leave the laud better
than they found il, making both the farm
and farmer rich at once every farm should
own good farmer; fertilzing of any soil
Is 3 spirit of industry, enterprise and in
Selligence without these, lime, gypsum
and guano would be of little use good
fences, good fsTm-houses, good orchards
and good children enough to gather the
fruit a clean kitchen, neat wife in IL,
clean cupboard, clean dairy, and clear
conscience; to ask a mans advice is not
stopping, but of much Neneft /; keeping
place for everything, and everything i'll its
place, saves many step, and is pretty
sure to lead to good tools and to keeping
them in order kindness to stock, like good
shelter, is saving of feed it is good
thing to keep an eye on experiments, and
note all good or bad it is good rule 70
sell crops when they are ready /; produce
the best butter and cheese, and market it
when it is ready"
SUB-IRRTGATI0N.
The system of sub.irrigstion has been
advocated by the most skillful and scien-
tifc sericulIurists in this country and in
Europe for some years past, and the sue
cess which has followed the trials has
placed the system beyond the rank of ex-