Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-11

crops of that grain SO long as the land will
produce crop; then he converts his land
to some other use and gives up wheat
growing to his neighbor further west" 1t
IS thus that the once celebrated wheat lands
of New York, Vermont and other Eastern
States have been turned to other products.
A large portion of the wheat-producing
lands of California will not now yield one
half of what they did originally, and the
time is not far distant when such lands
will have to be turned to other uses, unless
special attention is given to proper resto-
ration of the soil by mineral or other forms
Of dressing.
MONEY IN FooTHILL FARMING.
The Nevada City Transcript says; In no
part of California is the farming industry
more profitable than in the Bartlett pear
belt of this county provided it is indus
triously and intelligently conducted. This
is growing belief backed up by results
which do not leave room for argument to
the contrary. There are farmers in Nevada
county who do not prosper, and so are
there in every part of the civilized world
but nineteen-twen of these unhappy
individuals have no one but themselves to
blame for their failure TO do so. Hard
work, strict economy and close attention
to business are the principal essentials OF
success in farming, as in all other classes
of business, and the individual who expects
to get along without them will have
pretty hard time getting along at all.
Speaking of profitable foothill farms,
there is one out on Gold Flat, just beyond
the limits of this city, which fills the bill
to nicely 1t consists of seventeen acres
and belongs to John Bost. Mr.. Bost has
fve-acre orchard, and he knows how to
take care of it. As a result, while the Goblin
moth and similar pests are playing havoc
with other peoples trees, his are clean and
healthy. 1t does not cost anything but
labor to keep them so. This year, as re-
suit, thirty tons of apples, worth q to 3
cents pound, and sixty boxes of pears,
have been gathered He raised ten tons of
potatoes, which command y cents pound
in the market, and twenty four tons of hay
at $40 a ton In addition to the above,
other crops, such as vegetables, small fruits,
etc, were grown.
RICHEST GRASSES AND GRAINS.
Whatever may be the breed of the ami
NAL, no animal can give quality to milk
that is not derived from the food eaten and
the state of health of the animal derived
therefrom. Butter that is not of good
quality when made, will not retain its
quality as well as good quality butter does.
1t is an deniable fact, says the Defdwdre
County american, that the success of dairy
men in establishing a credit for a good
quality of butter is mainly due to the
food fed to COWS, more than to the breed
of the animals, or even any secret in the
management of the product Poor land
grows poor quality of vegetation and the
animals are poor accordingly, and 1t makes
little difference what the breed is, the pro
duct will not be of first quality, be the
management of the milk and cream and
care of the butter what it may. 1t is not
generally believed, but it is true, that rich
grasses and grains make rich butter, and
it is high fertilization that gives posi-
bility to the kinds of grasses which make
the best butter. Red clover, rye, Hun
garian millet or sugar corn never will do 1t.
HAVE HOME.
Have home somewhere. Buy tract of
land and own it. But with full determi-
nation of keeping it, and surrounding
yourself with those beauties found only
upon the farm. To be the owner of nice
little home, poor though it may be, is one
of the greatest earthly blessings man can
enjoy. He gathers about his little spot his
cows, horses, pigs and chickens, and by
honest labor and toll, what was once a
wild tract of land has now become lovely
spot where men are wont to go. After you
have spent your life on this little farm, and
your spirit is called to its eternal home, you
have left the widow and orphans a little
home. Gentle reader, There is no place
like home, and you should think of this,
and neglect the matter.no longer.-PIaet-
er-'S Journal
FINE sULTANAs.
R. 3. Blowers, of Woodland, gave US the
other day a sample of his fine Sultanas.
They are perfectly cured, cleaned of stems,
and evidently carefully selected before
packing, as the fruit was uniform and ex-
cellent. After selecting, stemming and
winnowing, Mr.. Blowers treats his Sui
tanas to bath of glycerine solution-one
pound of glycerine to fifteen gallons of
water-which freshens them up after the
cleaning process, and acts also as an anti
ferment. Mr.. Blowers presses the fruit
in firmly, makes his boxes extra-tight, and
certainly such fruit as he gave US would
seem to be fitted for long preservation from
insects and fungi.-RurdL Press.