Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-12

slowly siong the shaded lane.
fs-oI,puq The grass from SIDE 10 side,
Here comes the pretty brindle COW
Home ct eventlde.
she stops 1T the garden gate aud calls:
OH rtln little boy, and bring to me
eorne Of those apples, round and ripe
see lying under the tree"
little golden head his apron fills
With the ruddy apples juicy and sweet,
prindle loves to take with her long, rough tongue
From his dimpled hand and eat
Tip,ne he stands with eager face,
Holding his bullying apron tight
AS she gently cakes the apples he gives
He laughs with fresh delight.
II was years ago-yet often see.
when the summers day is nearly DONE
NV haby-h hoy feeding the pretty COW,
In the light of the setting sun.
Hrs. Richard Grant W1iie
OUTLOOK or THE SEASONS CROPS
The reports now being received from
nearly all parts of the State concerning the
grain yield is encouraging in the highest
degree. and there seems to be no doubt
that The years product in California will
much exceed the estimates from the sew
eral counties which We recently published
The weather has been exceedingly favor
crop, and this bridges the last chance
against these grains.
There is no material change in the fruit
outlook from that already given. OF nearly
ell kinds, outside OF grapes and pears, the
yield will be light, while the quality will
be exceptionally good. 1t is believed that
from this fact, and as there will be mar
ket tor sll the fruit grown. the net income
70 the iruit-growers may equal, and very
PROBABLY will in some cases exceed, that of
last year. The general outlook for the
State is therefore, in all respects, exceed
ingly cheering.
PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE.
Progressive agriculture, as some appear
to understand it, means going ahead, with
out regard to safety or expense. The young
progressive farmer who never hoed an acre
of corn or moved an acre of grass, fancies
that by applying business principles to
agriculture, he can roll up a fortune in
few wears He must have a farm as large
as his father had in his cid age: he must
live in better house than his parents; he
must drive q better horse; ride i'll better
carriage sport a finer watch; live in
more fashionable style; play the gentleman
at more expense; cut larger swells; speak
louder, aud be known further than his old
fogy ancestors ever dared TO dream of.
The young progressive farmer has no
idea OF getting rich by the little; he is
bound to Lave pile all at once. He is not
going to bring up lambs by hand, sell
turnips at twenty-five cents bushel, carry
chickens to market, wear patched clothes,
and cart potatoes round like a pedder. Not
he Talk 10 him about cultivating a farm
Of iifiy acres Why, he wants four or five
hundred acres. and he will demonstrate by
figures that the more land he cultivates the
larger his percentage of profits will be.
Talk 10 one OF these progressive farmers
about experience. and he will laugh at you.
Why, he is sure that he knows thousand
things that would astonish his father. Ex-
perience To be sure he has not had il him |
self, but he knows who has. and what it is. |
He wants to start not at the bottom of the
hill, but at the top. He don't believe i'll
climbing up slowly, working and waiting,
and though he may be willing TO work, he
is not anxious to wait.
Now that is the point | believe young
men ought to set right on Instead of be
ginning with much, they ought to begin |
with little. Instead of large farm, they
ought to have only small one. Their |
experience is small, their judgment is |
weak, and their wants ought 10 be few. |
And beginning with few acres, they will
soon learn how to proceed to insure The |
best results.-Amer-icdR Cuiirdtor.
STRAWBERRY PLANTS IN QUART BONES.
We have planted strawberry plants in
Old quart berry boxes. The plants were of
new varieties that came in dry weather,
and we planted in the boxes the same as
we would plant them in crooks, and
sprinkIed frequently, placing close to-
gether so that they could be sprinkled
easily. There being large amount of
earth about the roots, they soon estab-
lished themselves, and made nice growth
On removing a few plants, we found that
the under roots had pushed their way out
through the openings i'll the boxes several
inches We planted these strawberries
October DIST, III field. We did not re-
move the plants from the boxes, but
planted them in rows just as they stood,
the leaves of the plants being on level
with the ground. We are confident that
these plants will succeed admirably, as the
roots push out through the cracks in the
boxes, and after short time the boxes
will rot Il seems to us that this may be
good method for those who receive straw
berry plants from distance by mail. Such
plants are often received in q dry time, and
can be planted Immediately in the open
field opiy at considerable risk. But if
planted in quart boxes filled with earth,
and placed closely together in shady
place, and watered daily, scarcely one plant
will be lost, and after they have taken root
all can be transplanted to the garden or
field Green's Fruit Groper, Rochester, ". I.
WHY NOT PLANT NUT TREES
Why not plant black walnuts, butternuts
and chestnuts upon your farm can re-
member chestnut tree that grew on our
homestead, that was a pleasant feature of
the past. The foliage and blossoms were
possessed Of great beauty, and as the chest
nut burrs began 10 appear they suggested
pleasant thoughts of the nutting time COM
ing. When the first nuts began to fall
there was much Scrambling for them among
the little ones. and when all were gathered
many pleasant evening was spent crack
ing them by the fire. Although | am an
enthusiastic fruit-grower, | am of the opin-
ion that there may be as much profit in
planting these nut-bearing trees as in
planting fruit trees. | am thinking now
of planting them about our farm. The
black walnut succeeds almost everywhere.
We have two young trees upon our place
near Rochester, from which we gather
every year from four to six bushels of nuts.
trees, the revenue could not be less than
1000 year for the fruit alone Aside
from the fruit, the timber of the chestnut
and black walnut are exceedingly valuable
for many purposes. There are many farms
in the great West which are destitute of
trees The black walnut there would
doubtless succeed better than the chestnut.
As trees of all these kinds can be procured
at very low price-from ten to twenty-five
cents each--there is no excuse for not
planting them Rochester n. " Exchange
NILDEw AND IT'S CURE.
At a meeting of the Napa Grape-Grow-
ers Association on the subject of mildew
and sulphur, Mr.. Estee said that we have
no canse TO fear the mildew, common now
in this State. and for which sulphur is a
good preventive; but the thing that we are
in most danger of at present is downy
grape mildew tPeronospora titicold), witt
cultural disease" which is common in
Europe and is even well established in
this State. II differs essentially from our
California mildew, and cannot be Grad
icated by the use of sulphur alone. Presi-
dent Estee then read the following recipe,
recommended by Norman J. Colman,
Commissioner Of Agriculture, as an ex-
cellent remedy for this mildew: 225 TBS
of air-slacked lime, As lbs of sulphate