Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-23
Short-Rowed Variety.

Reduce contracts, especially leases, to
writing
Beets, carrots and other root vegetables
should be hoed until the tops prevent.
An agriculturist says: As melons APP
proach maturity, turn TO secure even rlpen-
ing.
Young trees may have their shape con
trolled by pinching the ends OF shoots that
grow tooyigorOus.
Without pure water cows are not at their
best, and good butter and cheese cannot be
made from the milk.
One of the most frequent causes of collie
in horses is the drinking cold water when
the animal is heated.
Wisconsin hop-growcrs SOW buckwheat
in their yards, upon which the lice Will
feed in preference to the hops.
Honey-dew on maple trees proves to be
the production Of bark lice, and the honey
that bees make from it is worthless stuff.
About two million sheep are at present
in Colorado. The clip this year will be
100000 pounds Chicago Inter-Ocean.
1t is estimated that the wheat yield of
Manitoba, with q vastly increased acreage
of wheat will this season be 100000 BUSH
els
\ Minnesota farmer digs holes in his
fields five inches deep and eight or ten
inches square, with perpendicular sides, for
the purpose Of catching cutworms.
The fall wcb-worm spins its nest in sum-
mer also. At Its first appearance cut away
the twig to which the nest is attached, and
crush, or what is better, burn the worms.
A writer in the London agricultural Ga
.ettc is Of the opinion that the puiled or
hOrnless cattle are the elder type, and that
the horned form is the intrusive modern
style
The best preventive of and remedy for
sore shoulders in horses. is to wash them
clean each night after the harness is re
moved, and then battle them with strong
salt water.
The French Government is directing its
attention To the hardships under which the
agricultural interests are now suffering. 1t
is proposed to remove the tax on cattle and
to protect breeding.
Reports from the thrashers state that the
wheat crop is turning out very poorly. In
cases where 600 to 200 sacks of grain
were expected to be harvested, but from
200 to 300 sacks will be the reward.
When the blackberry and raspberry crops
are Of, cut away the canes that have borne
fruit The new stems of blaCkbcrries
should be stopped when five feet high,
those Of raspbclries ut three and four feet.
The older and larger an animal becomes
the more food is required to make pound
of growth. The reason of this is that the
larger the body the greater waste to be sup
piled by matter assimilated from the food.
An Ohio editor speaks Of seeing stool
of oats raised from one oat, which contained
twenty-eight welI-hcaded stalks. The oats
were Of the Wecom variety, 4 new and
very productive kind and the berry is extra
large and plump.
A writer to the Cleveland Herald, SAYS
" Walter Penn, OF Norwalk, Ohio, from 4
pound of wheat sown, has just harvested
100 bushels of nice wheat This is evil
IDENTIFY intended to beat California, and is
as evidently a mistake in quantity, OF a lie
in statement.
Two of the finest mcrinO rams in Yer
mont have been shipped from Middlebury
for the South American market. One of
them Dictator has been the heaviest shear
ing ram in the State, his last springs record
being IS pounds and II ounces, and the
other one sheared 81 pounds.
Professor William Brown, of the Agri-
cultural College at Guelph, Ont, says that
there Is no line OF the farmer ; work at the
present moment, even with wool so low,
that pays SO well, gives 50 little trouble,
fewer risks, earlier returns and in most
ways makes things SO comfortable as wool.
The Shurpless strawberry says an
Eastern exchange should be in every
farmers garden. The plant is hardy, grows
rapidly, and Yields fair quantity of large
berries Of delicious flavor When other
varieties of berries are gathered for mar
ket, the Sharplcss are just the ones for top
ping out layers The berries grow fire.
quentiy to the size Of seven inches in cir
conference, and some have been exhibited
at fairs that were ten inches round, giving
diameter of over three inches"