Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-01
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A COW that does not commonly drink as
much as twenty.teven quarts OF water a
day is necessarily a poor milker-while
COW that drinks as much as fifty quarts
daily is sure to be a good mixer. As SO
much depends upon the amount OF water
consumed, of course the quality or the
water enters largely into the question.
The truth is, the value OF pure water can
not be overestimated. \ number of care
full experiments made by NJ. Daucel, and
given to the French Academy of Science,
90 to show that the amount of milk OBJ.
tanned is approximately proportional to
the quantity of water drank. Standing
water and that from standing pools is
always more or less foul, and even though
abundant in quantity, has an injurious
effect upon the flavor of the dairy product
Pasadena and Valley Union.
An Eastern paper states that at the
Kansas Agricultural College there were cut
during last season four crops of alfalfa
from the same land. The fourth crop was
not ss heavy as the former, but the four
crops gave about six tons TO the acre. Ell
forts TO get successful stand and growth
of alfalfa in Northern Ohio few years
since proved a failure, but if, in more
southern localities, 1t can be grown sue.
cessfully, the Eastern admirer of "Csli-
fornia productiveness will find that in
this instance the secret of wonder lies
largely in the plant Itself. and is boon to
the farmer wherever the climate and soil
are favorable to its growth.
Mrs. Truman Stoddard, Of Lodi, has pro-
posed to donate to the Trustees of Salem
School District a quantity of mulberry
trees and cuttings if they would set them
out on the school-house grounds, cultivate
and protect them. This is worthy of &C.
ceptance, and being adopted in other parts
of the State. There lie nothing more for
bidding than school-house on barren
plains, nor more inviting than these educa-
tional landmarks surrounded and shaded
by beautiful trees. Let us have more
trees.
Studied crossing and mating will pro-
duce marked results in sheep IS quickly as
in any other stock, whether the change be
for the better or for worse. The ease with
which the character of the flock can be en-
tirely changed within a few years should
lead breeders to be extremely careful about
the purchase OF the breeding stock obtain.
able. A mean ram can make an impress
sion on flock in single season which it
will require years to eradicate. Buy some
thing good, even at greatly enhanced cost.
A correspondent sends to the RuraJ Nelo
Yorker remedy for grape rot, which, he
states, has proved effective with him for
several years. He says that whenever the
of 80 oh Al
scrape every vestige of vegetation away
from the vines to the distance of four feet
in every direction, and cover the space
with fresh lime, air or water slaked. He
does not put the lime closer than Six
inches to the vine, and if heavy rain fol-
lows he repeats the dressing of the lime.
The New York Mda favors more atten.
ton being paid to nut culture in this
country, and says that it is not many years
since Africa sent US peanuts by the ship.
load, and Spain contributed generously to
the supply. Their trade has almost en-
tirely ceased, as the result of the peanut
crop in the United States, which is now
about :, 200, 900 bushels annually. Exper-
iments certainly ought to be tried with
seeds Of foreign nuts in the parts of the
country best adapted to their growth.
G.. Geisendorfer, OF Colfsx, Placer coun-
ty, Cal, has a method of keeping grapes
fresh during the winter. He picks the
grapes after the dew is off, and before they
are warmed by the sun, cuts out all imper-
feet ones, and all which show any signs OF
decay. The clusters are placed on layer
of old, fermsnted sawdust, ard covered
with the game. The sawdust was made as
early as 1856. He says he has fresh grapes
as late as the last of March.
One of the greatest secrets of success on
the farm is keeping out the money leaks.
Do not let any of your implements re.
main exposed to the weather. When not
in use, keep them housed, by all means.
By letting farm machinery stay in the
field, exposed to rain, dews, wind and the
hot sun, it receives more injury than from
careful usage.
Some English landlords are adopting the
plan of renting cows to cottagers, charging
about third the cost of the COW year
for the use OF the animal. At first they
made five per cent. on the investment, but
now it pays dividend of fifteen per cent.
That would seem to be an enterprise alike
helpful to both parties.
a subscriber of the RECORD UNION de-
sires information concerning the new va
riety of wheat known as 1.-The Pride of
England" VIII any reader who has raised
it, or can give any information about the
variety, please send to the RECORD UNION
all facts in his possession
The Indiana Farmer says that mutton
is tender and juicy when made with the
aid of turnips. and wether three or four
years old can be made to eat as tender as a
chicken.