Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-11


an over-crop of grapes, for 1t would DC
made and kept by the barrel, and exported
| for use in all climates The new prOduc'
ton of cider Jelly, which is merely cider
| boiled down, without any addition, TIL II
is solid, dark jelly, is q great gift to the
| housekeeper, and will be the salvation OF
the appIe orchards. What if apples are 81
| cents a barrel in October? Set the cldel
| mills going, and the huge enamelcd eyapo
rating pans. Perhaps cider jelly at J.
cents pound will pay you, as there IS nt
sugar to be used.
LAW on SELLING LIVE STOCK.
The National Lire Stock Journal has some
| observations on the subject of the liability
OF the seller in the purchase of horses, cat
| tie. etc. Among them are the following
"If one says his animal is sound, when it j:
not, and knowing that It's subject to any
OF those diseases that are not, at 2ll times
and. to a careful observer, fully apparent
and that it is balky, or breachy, or vicious
the purchaser may likewise avoid the con-
tract on the ground OF fraud. Further than
this, if the animal possesses any defects
that would be matters material to the pur-
chaser which he with ordinary care and
Judgment, cannot perceive, these too mus;
be disclosed, OF the contract IS null and
"a.
which he knows TO be unfit for the use in
tended, according TO your avowed purposes
be cannot inforce the contract unless the
defects were open to your observation, for
the law binds him to disclose hidden de
fects which made the animal unsuitable to
your express purposes
RAISING HOGS on ALFALFA.
Even at this late day in the history oi
this wonderful plant there are men who
cannot be made to believe that hogs will
grow and thrive and at some seasons Of the
year Will even get fat on it. Some of them
will not believe it when looking over their
neighbours fence and Witnessing the result
with their own eyes. Many Of the farmers
of the present day are unwilling TO admit
there is anything new under the sun. They
viii deny the fact that hog will eat hay
with the cows and thrive Nevertheless, ii
is stubborn fact, and the evidence is about
us on all sides. Some OF these farmers
have written the Record letters to convince
it that hay viii not fatten a hog Well,
now, if alfalfa will keep q hog in good
store Of flesh through the winter, it IS do
ing more than any other known hay plant
will do. Glover will keep hog alive while
it is green, but when it is crisp and dry the
poor brute will starve with it. We will
assert, without fear Of contradiction, that
green alfalfa in the field viii fatten q hog,
and that dry hay, assisted by one-tifth Of
the ordinary quantity Of corn used, will
fatten him.
We have become somewhat tired of re-
ferriug TO Captain Tyler as the oracle, since
there are dozens of practical men all over
Colorado who have made a success with
the plant. One among the many is
Thomas Hewlett of Weld county. This
gentleman has 100 head OF as fine and fat
poTkers as need he seen in any country.
They have been grown on alfalfa. but have,
during the last few days of their lives,
been finished on a trife of grain. Mr..
Hewlett represents that they were fair pork
before they had mOuthful of grain. Said
he: There is no feed in the world so
fine for young and growing shoats as
green alfalfa. In the winter they will do
very well on it, but they must have a
plenty and be not slinted. The man who
feeds alfalfa uttwice a day, and then waits
to see bis hogs eat it up clean, will make a
failure. They must have free access to it
all the ti,ne. - Live Stock Record.
GENERAL NOTES.
The Moorpark apricot trees did not bear
at all this season at Riverside, and in some
other parts Of Southern California.
An exchange says: If the rabbits are
gHawins the bark OF your young trees tie
newspapers around The trees to a hight of
twenty inches.
Eggs cannot be produced without lime
for the shells. Ricn food will furnish TIE
meat lime the shell. Give your hens
broken oyster shells and lime for egg shells.
Parties from Petaluma are said to have
l,.1 ,,1, IN, Co
Diego county, for stOck-rdiSing purposes
1t consists Of 900 acres, and the price was
5000
The State Board Of Horticulture will
hold its annual meeting at Los Angeles
some time III November. The State Fruit
Growers Convention will be held there at
the same time
i leading Eastern firm handling raisins
largely advises that California raisins be
packed in boxes OF - pounds, instead OF
20 pounds, rs they are usually packed now.
The firm says that ali imported raisins are
packed in 22-pound boxes, and that We
must meet this III order to preserve uni
fornity OF prices and quotations.
In the San Joaquin valley the farmer
sends out his header with Il thrasher at
tachcd, aud il marches into field of 600
acres Of wheat and has it all cut, thrashed
and sacked in short order. The only i'm
prOvementS now possible is TO have the
motive power steam instead of horses,
and then attach grist-mill and a bake
oyen.-l Exchange.
The Puentc settlement claims q great
curiosity in the shape Of apcach graft grow
ing in a grape vine and apparently making
q healthy growth, as it has thrived for the
past three years, and this year actually has
some fruit on it, The vine has a trunk
about a foot in circumference. and in Il
crotch three feet from the ground the peach
graft Is growing. 1t is now two feet higher
than the vine itself.-LR Rural Californian
j. c. Thomas, the leading alfalta-raiscr
near town, has cut one of his ten-acre lots
OF hay twice this year, and has nettcd Just
81 to the acre The same lot is ready for
cutting again next week. lie sold his hay
at IS and $ per ton. We learn that ne has
also finished boring his artcsjau we'll and
struck fine flow of water At a depth of 2S7
feet, and ut 4 cost Of $500. He does not
irriEate his allafa.-lSmta Ana Standard,
The combined efforts Of the duck, the
blackbird and the hog have about cleared
the g.asshoppers from North Anaheim.
The black igds ate vJraCiously of the hop
perS. Nh Tuitree's hogs fattencd Visib!y
WfllC the Hpi'pClH were numerous enough,
and Mr Northam's ducks did very well
but varied their diet with grapes TO- such an
extent that il raised a cloud Of doubt rs 10
Wheeler the duck or the grasshopper was
the most destructive in 4 vineyard. / Ana
helm Gazette.
Two years ago several large iron spikes
were for some purpose driven into very
old apple tree, near Clyde, that for some
years had been nearly barren. Last year it
was filed with fine large apples, and now
the blossoms are plentiful enough to war
rant a good supply of fruit. The owmer be
lieves that the spikes restored to the tree
its original prolific qualities, and IS now
trying to experiment on Other trees in his
orchard san Jose News.
4 Los Angeles orchardist reports new
way for drying apricots. lie puts the trays
Of fruit into dry, hot dryer and lets them
remain about half an hour. Hethcn takes
the fruit out and sun-dries it. He reports
that the dryer sets the color rs finely as
does sulphur fumes and the fruit is just as
bright and beautiful. II this is true, it IS 4
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