Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-15

also pierces the stalks, just below the
flower clusters, causing them 70 break off
with the young berries, and thus the crop
is lost. +. Ct. Wiuant, of Staten Island,
who first brought this insect to notice lasl
year, writes that the weevil scarcely
troubles those kind of Strawberries which
have pistillatc flowers. This immunity of
the pistillate varieties may be due TO the
fact that the insect is fond of pollen, and
avoids flowers which do not furnish II.
The weevil viii probably spread, and
strawberry growers should be on the watch
for its first appearance. Hand picking
few weevils when they are first seen upon
the flower may save much trouble. The
insect is no imported enemy, but native,
which has only recently invaded cultivated
grounds. As in other cases, finding an
abundance of food TO its liking the insect
will no doubt increase with a rapidly
heretofore unknown to il"
GENERAL NOTES.
A number Of our farmers and orchardist5
report their fruit trees covered with lice,
and anticipate great injury being done to
them unless the insects can be destroyed.
In q number of instances we have been
able to rid our trees OF lice by simply tax
ing strong solution Of copperas and pour
ing 1t about the roots, taking care that the
liquid reaches the SMALL feeders. The iron
acts as q tonic to the tree. while the sulphur
is death TO the insects as it passes up IL the
sap. Try it, and you will be surprised at the
results, giving it weeks lime to act. The
tonic" idea is queer one, but the
| remedy, nevertheless, is undoubtedly good.
dayton orr Chronicle.
The principal crops of Japan and their
annual products are as follows; Rice,
1856 coo, 900 bushels: wheat, ii 800, 900 bush
els; barley, 49, 42l 900 bushels maize, ,362,-
900 bushels; SOY beans, II, 556 900 bushels 4;
buckwheat, 1867, 600 bushels; raw cotton,
0,251 900 cwt; hemp fiber, 133 7G0 cwt
tea, 3Si04S cWt; tobacco, 352 AL cwt.;
sugarcane, .149, coo cwt potatoes, II, $50, 900
cwt bark Of paper mulberry, 357, Geo cwt ;
indigo leaves, dried, $4,000 cwt, The ex-
ports are annually ST. 600 900, or nearly 81
for each person on the island. The i'm
ports are S2S, 100000 annually
A small feed of dry hay is said to give
relief TO COW suffering from clover or
alfalfa bloat. After having eaten the hay
the animal viii start to chewing the cud,
which seems TO give relief by belching up
wind which attends the operation of cud
chewing. If the cud does not come readily
it may be assisted by tying a short stick
| crosSWise in the COW S mouth, which seems
20 cause her to work her jaws and bring
into play the attendant muscles employed
in cud chewing, and allowing the escape of
gas with each portion of cud Us it is
brought up for second chewing.
The cool spring and late cool weather
| have been very favorable TO our radish
crop. There are less dried and sunburnt
berries, and both grapes and lunches are
larger than ever before. Muscats are this
year in great demand, and our large grape
growers buy them now at from SIG to so
per ton, according 10 quality. In sweat
boxes six and seven cents have been of
fered for better kinds, and five for medium
quality Fresno Republican.
The hay crop of MERGED county is about
| as large as in the most prosperous years.
The low stage of the rivers enabled the
farmers in tule regions to cut and cure an
unlimited amount of good tule hay. Most
of the winter-sown grain on the plains was
cut for forage SO there is abundance of
stock feed at moderate prices.-l MERGED
Star.
Contracts have been made by orchardists
and vineyardists by which their products
are shipped East, and over 500 per acre
melted. In view of these facts there can be
no doubt of the permanency of the prices
at which frlit lands are held in this section
In spite of tina complaints Of croakers, what
industry in California will show results as
tavorable?-LV acaville Judicion.
There is 4 fig tree in Tuolumne county,
says an exchange, that measures within 8
few inches Of three feet in diameter three
feet above the ground. Some of the
branches measure over a foot in diameter,
and they have reached out from the parent
stem until they cover piece of ground
nearly 100 feet across, and produce about
fifty bushels of fine figs every year.
The tropical gooseberry, which is cult
waited in Florida, grows on 4 handsome
tree from ten to fifteen feet in hight The
fruit is rather smaller than the Siberian
crab apple, and the shape a tiattened globe
1t contains one hard seed. The fruit is
only moderately valuable, but the tree is
ornamental.
The culture of hemp has been revived in
central Illinois the present season. The
fiber is to be sold 10 the manufacturers of
them for elfbinGers. 1t is thought that
the demand for hemp for this purpose will
cause this crop to be extensively raised in
the future.
Sheep should never be allowed 10 suffer
from the heat of the sun and from being
worried by the gadfy for want of shade.
If 1t is not possible to have shade trees in
the pasture field, then some cheaply-con-
structed sheds should be erected in which
they can escape the heat and the flies
In eight Of the American States there are
l795 butter and cream factories, and the
value OF the dairy products of the whole
Union last year was 500 900, 900, while the
value of the milk cows is estimated at
S70O,OO000O. If only now in its infancy,
as is said, Uncle Sans dairy business will
be big thing when it grows up.
A toad put into hot-bed will effectually
protect the plants from the ravages of in
sects, and number Of them in an ordinary
garden will materially reduce the number
of insects and thus in q measure protect
the plants from their ravages.
A strawberry grower says some straw
berry plants are naturally barren, and
should be pulled out and treated as weeds
He goes over the patch when the plants
are in blossom and pulls up all plants that
have not blossomed.
The Keifer pear is considered better
adapted to the South than TO other sec
tons. Though an attractive pear in APP
pearance, it is inferior in quality to the
Bartlett.
Mr.. Seth Green thinks profit can be de-
rived from marshy lands by raising frogs.
He claims that they would destroy many
insects while in some markets the frogs
are salable at good prices.
Take walk around the orchard fire.
quently and see that no suckers are grow
ing from the roots to sap the strength from
the main tree.
1t is said the culture of pineapples in
Florida will soon be of more Importance
than the culture of oranges.
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