Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-23
THE Rancho.
MATTERS OF AGRICULTURE. HOR-
TICULiURE. THE DAIRY, ETC.
Grating Apricot on AImond-PoHi-
Try Suggestions - Feeding
Calves for E'rotit-Etc.
.np1cors oN ALMoNp grocK

q. \. Milco, of Stockton, member or
shc State Board of Horticulture, in a letter
60 the Rural Press, concerning communi-
cation from Felix Gillet, in which the lat
ter Endorsed the grating or budding OF
apricot upon the almond calls attention
to the testimony of DR.. Edwin kimball be-
fore the State Fruit Growers Convention
last September, when he said;
found that the Imperial Gage and Petite
t,ruyle would bud on the peach, and the ftLlo"
kgg or The Washington viii not gro" on thc
peach | found that the Yellow Egg ana tnG
Imperial made perfect UNION on tle 40
The Petite prune and dozen o'IleI ~
yell But about budding the apricot on the
almond | apprehcnd there Will De teal ShuS3ti-
ing of teeth during the coming years among INC
orchnrlists who have bought trees puuutu
direct on almond stock o pTestG rae dittrh
1fta5 nv nursarvmen in tins state that were
hudded direct ON almond stock and me result
win be disastrous; il they were gIdiIc4 Jht! VIZ
he far preferable to being buqded. lhcI WIN
hang on A little longer, but that klnd OF Tree
tvilI grow less and less every year, uhui Ihefe
viii he none left There are some kinds OF Rlthns
that are grated on the almond thaI VIII NOT
grow budded on the almond.
Mr.. Milco, in commenting upon the sub
iect and his experience, says:
NV object III WrltlDG Is lot Tue pan po-S VI IL
ferring the fruitgrowers to the fact that apricot
budding on almond stock is, i'll my opinion, a
complete failure We had III our iluiscI! IaSt
year about 600 apricot trees oudded on almond
stock Fully one-half broke OIL at the union
during the growing season. examined ABOUT
twenty Well-gruwn trees from nNe 10 clght lcel
high and about three-quarters to Que men III
diameter at the bud, finding that ever! tICt
snapped like piece of glass where the TWO
woods connected, and finding that the only
thing that kept the new wood from breaking on
was the new bark that was well grown over tile
union. Where the two woods met Whe!l broken
of, there was no sign of union whatever
As soon as | examined the trees, ana was sure
that almond stock tor aprlcut puuulue
would not do, l ordered all the trees aug ufdhd
burned, which was done.
BUTTER RICHNEss OF MILK.
At meeting of the New York State
Dairymen's Association, held at OsweGo,
December 10th, call was made Tor lnior-
nation as 70 the quantity OF milk required
70 make a pound of butter. A creamery
manager from Bradford Pa, responded to
this call with the following figures y
mixed herd of twenty-onc COWS, i'll the
eight months from April to November. IN
elusive, 1882, averaged pound of butter to
- pounds of milk, and averaged 202
pounds of butter per COW. Fourteen grade
Short-horns in the same time averaged a
pound of butter to POI pounds Of milk, or
an average of 2I1 pounds OF butter per
cow Fourteen Holsteins in the same time
averaged a pound of butter TO y! poundS
of milk. an average of 235 pounds OF butter
per COW, and eleven grade Jerseys in the
same time averaged ! pound OF butter from
rs pounds OF milk, and III ten months ay-
craged 2S9 pounds Of butter per COW. The
record for the eight months having peen
lost, he could not give 1t IN comparison
J.. = r,. layl,a IlyNtrt N ut
time. The gentleman said he had been III
charge of the creamery since 1882 and had
endeayored to impress upon its patrons the
importance of improving their stock, with
what result the following statements Will
show: In 1852. with an average OF 700
COWS. it required % pounds of milk Tor a
pound of butter; in 1883, with l,1U0 COWS,
u pounds OF milk made pound OF but
ter. and in the season of 1854 2Ol pounds OF
milk made q pound Of butter, and ne eX-
pectei to still further lessen the quantity
required Farmers Review.
FEEDING CALVES FOR PROFIT.
This is the season when butter dairvmen
are trying to turn the skinned milk to
account in feeding calves. to be sold at
seven to ten weeks old. Some are success
flIl in This, and others are not. The calf
cannot be put in condition for sale III as
short time upon SKINNED as upon new
milk. but the time can be shortened Icy
skillful feeding. Some OF the errors most
prevalent are: First, feeding the mix
cold second, feeding too much al time
third. ii feeding only twice per day
fourth, in feeding the skinned milk alone.
The Young calf IS not prepared to take
cold milk into the stomach and warm 1t
up When the calf is taken from its dam
and led artiticiallv, care should be taken to
initiate its natural diet as near as il can
conveniently be done The milk should
always be warm. and as the cream has 10
be aiken OFT very closely. this should be
partially replaced BY a spoonful Of boiled
iaxsced The oil in this seed Is easily dl-
3csted. ard practically replaces the cream
10 a certain extent This tlaXSccd may be
obtained in all the dairy districts
but triile for each calf Il must be lea IN
small quantity. and it will keep the calf s
stomach in healthy condition. The cali
should be fed three times per day at least
and the feeder must have his eyes open,
and feed the calf but small amount at a
time Undertaking i better than over
feeding If the calf appears to require
more increase the food very gradually
Close observation by the feeder is very i'm
portant-[ Northern Live Stock Journal.
POULTRY SUGGESTIONS.
Here Is my plan for a feed trough Take
d scautling two by three OF any SIZE. cut II
the desired length, and nail laths on the
side and ends half their width above what
the bottom Of the trough will bc. These
will not tip over. and the chickens seldom
put their feet in them. / think itcXcellent
for wheat and corn. a 1t can always be
clean | tried tic blue mass, laudanum,
etc. cholera pills last summer, and found
them very good During the summer
have the chicks roost outdoors in Shed,
with open front. until it gets too cold, and
| never find lice on them, and they get
much more hardy than if they had been
inside the coop every night. / feed sCaided
shorts mixed with screenings in the morn
ing, vegetable and grass food at noon. corn
and wheat at night which agrees with
them tirsL-rate. | have but an hour each
meal to tend 10 them, vet they are always
z good condition. J always enjoy show
ing hem to my friends as all poultry deal
crs probably do, but the chicks take it Us a
matter Of couTse.-iCor. Poultry Keeper,
THE APRICOT MARKET.
The Press and Horticlltlga says The
Riverside orchardists viii probably have
more apr.Ccts this season than ever before
and the price promises to be low. We do
not KNOW what the riverside Fruit Com
pany proposes to pay, but Mr. Wright, OF
the Cotton canncry. says plainly that he
cannot afford 10 pay more than one cent
per pound for the fruit, and he believes
that the oTrhaydist- can do better to dry
the fruit than 70 sell at this price Under
the circumstances. We think our people
viii DO well 10 prepare for the bleaching
aud Sun-dTyiuE process as the best way to
make their aprieo's pay the best returns
Nearly all our people have an abundance
Of raisin trays, which are just the thing
for drying the apricot and The next step Is
TO put up a small bleaching house. which
need not be larger than eight by sixteen
feet in two tight rooms, SO that one can be
filed while another IS being sulphurcd
George Crawford sold his entire crop last
year at from twenty-five to TWENTY-FIVE
cents per pound, and the Ovortons sold til,
remainder Of their crop in st. Paul, MINI.
this spring at thirty-five cents per pound.