Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-20


been kept pure. and improved by being
grown in the Saskatchewan valley OF Mani
toba, thereby immensely raising its strength
and yield. 1t is claimed as the most Won
derful variety known for . stooling,' as
many as 1853 stalks having grown from one
single grain, and it is very common to ind
from thirty to eighty stalks with fully ma
tured heads of from five to seven inches IN
length growing from a single seed. Inc
soil and climate of Colorado seem espscl-
ally adapted to this wheat, one yield of los
bushels from only fifty pounds OF seed hav-
ing been made last year by Professor Blount
at the Agricultural College FARM Long
mont (Col.) Ledger.
REMEDY FOR FOOT ROT IN SHEEP.
In France the milk of lime has been
found useful in preventing the spread OF
the disease, and for the cure of mild cases.
Shallow tanks or trays are placed at the
doors of the sheep barn. and the animals,
as they go out or in, battle their feet IN the
liquid. These planks are about ten feet
long, and of a width suitable to the doors
of the sheep barn. The sides are about
four inches high, and there are strips nailed
crOsswise on the bottom to prevent the AMI
mails from slipping as they pass through
the liquid. Jumps of quick-lime are placed
in these. which. on the addition OF water,
slake, fall to pieces, and mixing with water
form the milk of lime, which is another
name for whitewash. If the sheep on COM
ing out bring little with them, this should
be moved from the tanks by means of
rake Where this disease has established
itself, the sheep must be treated individ-
ually The diseased horn of the hoof must
be cut away with sharp knife, and all III
GERS cleansed. / concentrated solution OF
sulphate of copper blue vitrol or blue
stone), or caustic ointment of some kind
should be applied. A favorite ointment
for this disease consists of finely powdered
blue vitrol, one pound finely powdered
verdigris, half a pound; linseed oil, one
pint pine tar, one quart. The feet are
thoroughly smeared With this. which is not
washed Oft, as q solution should be, by the
wet grass.
COST OF \ VINEYARD.
J. DeBarth Shorb, President of the Cali
fornia Horticultural Society, gives the fol-
lowing figures
FOR ONE ACRE.
Flowing twice before planting. at S2........ 81 %
narrowing and pulverizing the same. 30
Cuttings 600 vines feet apart OO
Planting, per W
Two powings after planting 90
Cultivation and final pulyerization............ 50
Total cost, end of first year 90
Pruning per 81 90
Flowing twice at 81 90
Cultivation twice at 50 cents................. 90
Hoeing near the W
Total cost, second Sc 90
THIRD YEAR.
Pruning the vine and removing the wood. 81 80
Plowlng 8 w
Cultivatng l 90
Hoelng near %
Total cost third s. GO
In the fourth year the expenses of prun-
ing and removing the wood from the vine
yard will be increased 81 more, or to So 80
per acre; all the other expenses remain the
same as during the third year. The vine
yard is now in good paying condition, and
ought 10 pay from $50 to 500 per acre. in
fact, it would appear at the present that the
culture of the grape is the most remunera-
tive form of work, whether the produce of
the vine be sold rs grapes, raisins or wine.
The world is our market, and there is no
limit to the demand San Diego Califor
Man.
THOROUGH CULTIVATION.
The Antioch Ledger has discovered
farmer in Contra Costa county who never
had a failure Of crops, but whose wheat
fields are always green and luxuriant when
drought has shriYeed those of his neighbors.
THIS is the explanation: His secret of Sue
cess is cultivation. Hci not satisfied with
blowing and cross blowing and narrowing
and narrowing his summer-fallow,
but he goes still further. Throughout the
entire summer he keeps men at work upon
his summer fallow, breaking the clods by
hand and pulling weeds. In fact, his field
when he plants grain is better cultivated,
is better pulveriZed and freer from weeds
than most farmers prepare their little
garden for strawberries. And one who
visits that section now will find that Mr..
Berlinger and many of his neighbors have
been in the field OF summer-fallow break
ing clods and pulling weeds, and they VIII
continue the work throughout the entire
summer. The result is. with a trihing
amount of rain. good crop is raised. This
demonstrates that if you want good wheat
you must cultivate it, just as if you want
pretty and choice flowers you must Guilt
yate the soil.
GENERAL NOTES.
a small feed of dry hay is said to give
relief to a COW suffering from clover or
alfalfa bloat. After having eaten the hay
the animal Will start 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 cows mouth, which seems
to 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 the cud as it is
brought up for second chewing.
An exchange says that wne-naker
near Los Gatos has offered SO 30 per ton
for all grapes he can procure this season,
| and that Yine-growers are selling at that
| price. While that is not high price it is
| hardly probable that any one is yet making
contracts for grapes for wine purposes, and
will not for many weeks yet The pro-
| prietors of wineries in this city say that no
| price for wine grapes can yet be stated, but
they do not anticipate high rates.
In an English treatise on Sheep Dip
ping" by David Ward, the following re-
! cipe appears: For scab it was never
known to fail" To 20 gallons of water
add gallon spirits of tar, 5 pounds of to-
bacco water dnfused), ) pounds of soft
soap and pounds of soda, for fifty sheep.
| Should the attack be mild, one bath will
be quite sufficient. A second bath will
| completely cure the most virulent and OBJ
stinate form.
H. J. Crow, of Yerdugo canyon, near Los
| Angeles, has sold his fruit crop for s. 500
! on the trees Last year he sold for $1,000,
and the year before for $500 In 1874 and
1873, Mr. Crow, while engaged in land
operations, put little surplus cash into
this orchard, laying aside u little for
rainy day, as he remarked. This kind of
stormy weather is now very welcome
| Press and HoricultuTist.
| Aside from the looks of the thing. dead
| limbs ON fruit or other trees should be
! promptly removed. Where limbs die from
| blight the cutting should oe below the dis
eased part or it will spread the infection.
| Prompt cutting down to healthy wood will
| check most cases of blight. The saw used
should not be applied to healthy trees I'M
less first washed with carbolic acid and
/ water.
One Of the first essentials to a good pack
| age of butter is the use of pure article of
dairy salt, free from any injurious ingre-
dients, and that will retain the flavor and
good keeping qualities of the butter. The
use OF poor salt has done more to injure
| butter than any other cause and too much