Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-30
he recent Franklin Farmers, Club Fair.

ter OF the SOIL is sandy loan. ii lies IN q
valley. and though not too wet, seldom suf-
fers severely from drought. Last spring a
good horse load of stable manure, from a
barn where horses, cows and hogs are kept,
was spread and spaded in, the work being
thoroughly done. On the 18th of May it
was furrowed out as closely as the burrows
could conveniently be made with a spade.
ten rows to the rod A halfbushel of
seed was used cut into from two to
three eyes or more, medium-sized po-
tatoes being cut into two or more
pieces The pieces were dropped about
a foot apart, four or five inches below
the surface level. After covering lightly
with earth light mulch of saturated litter
from the hogsty was laid over the rows,
and three common water pailfuls of fer
tilizer spread over the whole. At hoeing
time dressing of pulverized hen manure
was sprinkled along the rows and
worked in as the weeds were cut out with
the hand hoe. The yield was five bushels
of large and one bushel of small potatoes.
The trial rod was part of field of three
fonrths of an acre planted to potatoes, with
every sixth row left for marrow squashes,
which were planted when the potatoes
were hoed. There were $50 bushels of po-
tatoes and four tons of sQuashes on the
field. Fifty pounds of the squashes grew
upon the trial rod with the SIX bushels of
potatoes. The square rod was planted to
Beauty of Hebron potatoes, the three
fourths acre to Early Rose and Beauty of
Hebron.-lNew England Farmer.
BOHEMIAN OATS SOCIETY.
An association of farmers has been
formed in Berks county. Pennsylvania, IN
der the name of the Bohemian Oats So
ciety, the object of which is to introduce a
variety of oats of that name, selling them
for $40 per bushel, whereas the present
| market price of common oats is but 50
cents. The association met in Reading.
and the members reported sales of 1890
bushels at SO per bushel, notes having
been given therefor, payable in one year,
with 8 per cent. interest. Professor f. X.
Flood, lawyer and educator, who was
IN ember of the association, exploded a
bombsEell by showing how similar organ
izations in Ohio and western Pennsylvania
had proved fraudulent, and rendered his
| resignation, which was promptly accepted.
John D. Turk, of Knoxtown, charged that
Professor Flood had stated that he desired
to make money out of the association, and
would either burst it or himself. This the
Professor denied. Large quantities of Bo-
hemian oats are reported to have been sold
in Berks and Lehigh counties, and since
Professor Floods exposure the movement
for the introduction OF the cereals is being
regarded with suspicion.
TO PREVENT RUST.
The Farmers Adrocate says there are.
several easy ways to prevent rusting of
plows and cultivators and to keep the
teeth bright One is to give them coat of
thick lime wash as soon as they are brought
in from the field another is to dissolve an
ounce of rosin in four ounces of linseed
OIL and, while hot, mix this with quart
Of kerosene and stir well. This is laid on
to smooth iron with paint brush. An
other way is to dissolve ar ounce of cam
phor III some turpentine and add this to
four ounces of lard and one ounce of pull
verified black lead or stove polish, and mix
well. This may be rubbed on with rag
To remove rust from plows or tools moth
ing is better than a mixture of a half-pint
of oil of vitriol poured slowly into a quart
of water, and apply this to the rusted
metal. Wash off with water.
VIGOROUS REMEDY.
The Santa Ana Standard saws: " Or
chardists are going for the scale bug tooth
and toe-nails. Those who can't kill them
will dig up their trees. Mr.. Beach has
just finished operating on his 20 acre
orange orchard by digging it up. He
thinks that is the safest and surest remedy
for the bugs" This is radical treatment
but there are places where this is the best
thing to do Orange is affected with the
red scale, Los Angeles with the cottony
cushion scale and the San Gabriel valley
with both. The number of orange trees
in orchard in Los Angeles county will
gradually diminish from year to year as
many trees are being dug up and none are
being planted.
GENERAL NOTES.
The watering-troughs are liable to get
full of filth and rubbish, and will need at
tention every day. The water for horses
should be as pure as can be secured.
When animals are first put up to fatten
they should be fed cautiously, as there is
danger that more food may be given at
once than their digestive organs can man
age.
The Russian thistle, brought to this coun-
try by the Menuonites in their first impor-
tation of seed wheat, is becoming so thickly
spread in parts of Dakota as to cause seri-
Gus alarm.
A handful of linseed meal fed to each
COW or horse at least three times a week
will not only regulate the bowels and pro-
mote health, but also loosen the skin and
prevent hide bound.
Seth Green thinks a profit can be derived
from marshy lands by raising frogs. He
claims that they would destroy many in
sects, while in some markets the frogs are
salable at good prices.
John Lepley says the average weight of
Shonkin cattle on arrival at Chicago was
,314 pounds each. They were said by ex-
perts to be the finest lot of range cattle re-
ceived up to that time.
Cream rises almost wholly when the
milk is cooling, says the Dairy Farmer, and
if the milk is warmed up to 1909 the cream
will nearly all rise while the milk is grad
uaIly cooling down to 500.
Professor Maynard, Of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College. says that the only
safe and sure way to prevent injury from
the Goblin moth, apple maggot and cur
Gallo is 10 destroy the affected fruit as it
falls.
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 the plants that
have not blossomed.
j. Il. Hunt, of Essex, VT, gives to the
Mirror his figures on a hog which he bought
at 765 pounds, live weight, and on being
dressed the whole, including blood and en-
trails, only weighed 673 pounds, leaving 80
pounds unaccounted for.
Composts and manure should be worked
over whenever opportunity occurs. Any
! matter that may be going to waste or which
can be bought at a small cost, such as refuse
from slaughter houses, breweries, ETC., may
be added with advantage.
Clean up around the orchard. Remove
dead leaves Prune when the knife is
sharp" Gather up the rubbish, dead leaves,
brush and weeds, and burn the same,
thereby Kidding the orchard of many in
! sects which have sought shelter there, and
of their eggs, pupa, etc.
The Farmer journal says that neatness
has a market value, as is easily seen when
| it adds cent box to the price of berries,
| 10 cents barrel to apples half dime a