Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-19

anu HleulClnal purposes must De pure veg
etable charcoal, free from all irritating and
injurious foreign matter. The charcoal,
when coming into the users possession,
must be kept perfectly dry and free from
any lll-smelling surroundings, such as the
vapors of stable or artificial manures,
ETC., or it will absorb them and thus be-
come septic, and of no medicinal value. 1t
is better kept in a closed bin or tin can
lister with a closely-i.ting cover.-[Far
and Home.
There are plenty of young men who
would become experts in the rearing of
improved domestic animals If they could
have the right kind of reading matter
placed within their reach, and would make
beginning, which they could do with half
the care and self denial incurred in the city
undertaking Young men do not suf.
ticiently consider that the rearing of the
better classes of farm stock, while properly
managed, is one of the most remunerative
branches of farming, is in its infancy, and
very far from being even moderately well
developed. One conspicuous evidence of
this is seen in the very small portion of
farmers in any county, no matter what
State you look over, who have stock suit
able for exhibition at agricultural shows,
or for sale for breeding purposes, the pur.
pose being to rear other than the lower
grades. The idea SO commonly entertained,
that high. bred farm stock belongs properly
only in the hands of few who have made
it special study and have unlimited
capital, is an error. There is no valid
reason why the smith at the cross roads
should not make as good horseshoe as is
turned out at the factory, where they
make thousand or more an hour, and
where large capital is involved; neither is
there any reason why the farmers son, on
plain, unadorned farm, with COW stable
costing hundred or two, should not be
able to breed and rear animals of any race
or breed, equal to those to be found in the
largest breeding establishments anywhere.
II Country Gentleman.
As regards transplanting the strawberry,
possibly some readers may be ignorant OF
ore portion of the process, which to every
one making plantation in a dry time is
well worth knowing. In preparing the
plant do not pull off the runners, but leave,
say six inches of them attached to each
side Of the plant. Bend these ends of run
ners down, and bury them with the roots.
Plants thus provided with these 'umbili-
cal cords on which to draw for nourish.
ment will survive and flourish in adverse
conditions under which plants denuded of
their runners will almost inevitably perish.
The practice of this precaution IN trans
planting is equivalent to almost complete
insurance of success, in spite of the weather.
5Country Gentleman.
The difference of opinion among farmers
as to the value Of pumpkins for cows de-
ponds largely on the manner of feeding
Those who make the feeding of pumpkins
a success are careful to remove the seeds
These are strongly diuretic, and with some
COWS operate so strongly in stimulating the
kidneys that the secretion of milk is &C
tually lessened by their use. There are,
however, some cows that can eat pump
kins, seeds and all with benefit but it is
generally safer to remove the seeds before
feeding. Exchange.
One reason why Southern planters stick
so exclusively to the cotton crop is said to
be because the hired help-mainly negroes
is not competent to manage a different
system of husbandry The great need of
the South, as well as in California, is the
division of its overgrown estates and their
the land he tills. When this change is
effected, society will be improved, a.,d
land be made more valuable.
It is said that one reason why creameries
make better butter than farmers dairies is
because of daily churning of the cream.
There is some change going on in milk or
cream from the first, and in winter wtsre
few COWS are kept it is almost impossible
to make good butter. With only one COW
the cream should be churned at least once
a week, and if necessary to make more
bulk some slightly soured milk should be
mixed with it.
a process has recently been perfected in
France for saving and cleaning the oil that
Is taken from the wool of sheep in cleans.
ing. 1t is very valuable for lubricating
purposes. The fue-wooled sheep have
wool which is very rich in oil, but it has
hitherto been regarded as so much waste,
and detr1cting as much from the value Of
the fleece as an equal weight OF dirt.
James Winter, living one hundred miles
from Melbourne, Australia, has lately been
visiting noted Merino sheep growers in this
country and purchasing the improved stock
for breeding purposes. His object is to
cross the common Australian sheep with
the best American rams, to increase the
weight and improve the quality of the
fleece.
Trees send great distances for water
Willow roots have been found in wells 60
feet from the tree. Elm roots also 90 the
same distance. Il is well known that trees
allowed to grow in swampy and malarious
soils do much towards absorbing the sur
plus water and promoting the health of the
locality.
One of the best methods, says NJ. P. de
Gasparin, of preventing the ravages of the
phylloxera is to keep the soil of the vine
yards continually moist, and in the south,
east of France this is effected by keeping
the vineyard submerged during the winter.
An exchange says: The desire to supply
nitrogen in manure has led to the use of
old leather for this purpose. Though the
nitrogen is chemically the same as from
other substances, Il has no manurial value,
and Is, therefore, cheat upon purchasers.
An Ohio fruit.grower revived a seemingly
dead pear tree by spading half peck Of
salt into the ground around the tree. The
tree improved the second and third years,
dtANA Las etASS DJtl4C a AlGaN CitH VI II ttts
a Maine farmer has found out that
thirty acres in apple orchards on an almost
vslueless rocky farm are worth to him over
s., coo year His speciality is the Rox.
bury russell.
Referring TO the profit arising from bees.
an exchange states that Rev. 0. Clute, of
Iowa City, besides attending to duties as a
pastor, sold last year 8, 800 worth of bees
and honey.
A coat of paint to the surface of fruit
or ornamental tree, when large limbs have
been cut of, prevents decay and injury to
the tree.
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY.
Mr.. Rutland, Honorary Secretary OF the
Berks Archaeological Society. assisted by