Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-05
THE RANGH.
MATTERS PERTAINING TO AGRI-
CULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.
Treatment for BIoat in Cattle-Care
of Orange Trees for
Pear Blight, Mildew, Etc.

The bloat ia cattle when feeding upon
alfalfa is often very troublesome as well as
dangerous to lives of stock The Phoenix |
Herald tells of new plan for curing it,
which is SO simple tkst, if experience APP |
proves, none need lose stock from this |
cause hereafter. It says: :" There is a
very simple and NEST etfectual remedy, if |
used in time, and so far as we know is the |
device of J. B. Montgomery, who owns a
ranch on the south side of town and
valuable herd of cattle. Last year he
suffered great loss of cows, as many as
seven OF his best mixers in one night.
This season he struck upon the simple
plan of constructing trench in the corral
with a bank thrown up on one side per
haps eighteen inches or two feet high. As
soon as a cow is observed to be bloatng-
and he keeps a constant watch upon them
while feedipg-she is driven into the corral
and made 10 stand with her hind feet in
the trench and fore feet up on the bank.
The result is that the gas in the stomach
of the COW Immediately begins to belch of
and the animal is soon entirely relieved.
Out of sixty bloats in one day bis plan has
proved effectual every time. When, how
ever, a COW is too far gone before observed,
which is when she begins to moan and
grunt, sticking is resorted to, but this has
occurred in only six instances this season.
So far he has not lost a single head out of
his large herd. The cattle are kept in the
corral at night, however. The plan is so
simple, humane and effective that it should
be adopted at once by these whose stock is
feeding upon green alfalfa at this time of
year"
SALT FOR PEAE BLIGHT.
Several years since l communicated my
experience with salt rs an invigorator TO
the growth of wheat and an absolute cure
of pear blight. Notwithstanding what
chemists say about its deficiency of manu-
rial value, | apprehend that those who
have given it thorough trial will not be
likely to discontinue it. My experience
with ii in pear blight was accidental. |
had two pear trees, forty years old, stand
ing within twelve feet of each other, almost
destroyed by blight. / set barrel of salt,
with the head cut out, close TO one; it
leached there all summer. The tree COM
menced taking on new life, and last year
bore 20 bushels OF fruit; the other died. |
have since had similar experience with
other trees. | once sailed part of a wheat
field the fall season was warm and dry
The unsalted was almost entirely destroyed
by the fly The sailed portion maintained
vigorous growth and yielded fair crop.
Salt is a cheap experiment to make for
pear blight and can do no HARM Country
Gentleman.
NEW VINE DISEASE.
For two or three years past it has been
noticed that a few vines in our vineyards
here and there would after making an APP
parently healthy growth CT a few inches,
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was taken at first of this, and the dead
vines taken up and replaced by cuttings,
which took root and grew well. This year
this whitening away of the vines has been
more marked than usual, and large num-
Der of vineyards have been affected to a
greater or less extent. Those who at first
were reserved on the subject now freely
discuss it, believing, as we do, that If 1t is
disease of the vine, and it may spread with
disastrous results, the sooner remedy is
discovered the better. Some say it is akin
to the French mildew, others say it is
simply rot, caused by oyer-irrigation.
One of our old vineyardiSts, who has lost
and dug up several hundred vines, says he
found a species of white ant burrowing in
the diseased trunks of the vines, which,
after time, would take wings and fly
away; but he was not prepared to say
whether this ant was injurious to the grow
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after decay. This disease has done con-
siderable damage TO vines, as we believe,
in nearly every locality, and what is want
ed is free discussion, to determine its ma
ture and discover a remedy. if il is proven
To be a new disease, it is very dangerous
one, for no particular locality, no particu-
lar soil, no particular variety OF vine, is
exempt from the attack. We sincerely
hope .all fears will prove groUndless.-
PRUNING ORANGE TREES
Just how to prune an orange or lemon
tree to produce the best results in tree and
fruit is still an unselved problem in south
California. In going through a series of
orchards in our best orange-growing dis
tricts, we notice quite marked difference
in the manner of shaping the trees. In
some the limbs start so low down that the
outer ends of the branches barely escape
the ground, thus keeping the body of the
tree low down, keeping the ground around
1t cool and well shaded, and giving ease in
picking the crop. In others, the trunks
stand out clean and bare for distance of
forty to sixty inches from the ground, al
lowing the sun to thoroughly warm the
roots near the body of the tree, and expos
ing the trunk to the action of the sun and
air. Each of these plans of pruning has
strong adherents, and each has arguments
in its favor.
One of the best orange growers near Los
Angeles is H. J. Crow, of Glendale, and he
does not prune citrus trees'at all. He says
that citrus fruit grown on the outside
limbs is always rough, while that grown
on the inside of the tree is finer and of
smoother texture.
In Florida the same dissimilarity of
method in pruning exists as here, aud it is
unquestionable that both ways of pruning
have decided advantages or they would
not still be in vogue after all our years of
xperience.-R,Udl Californian.
MILDEw REMEDY
NJ. j. Newmark, of Los Angeles, United
States Consul at Lyons, France sends the
following as the remedy used in France to
subdue mildew. 1t comes from the pen of
NJ. Prilleux, Inspec;or-General of Instruc-
ton in Agriculture: In summing up, it
appears to me 10 be established by the facts
that / have verified in the Medoc district,
that the sprinkling of vines with liquid
composed of about 8 per cent sulphate of
copper, mixed with slaked lime arrests the
progress of mildew and permits the COM
plete maturity of the grapes on the affected
vines. This treatment is simple and mex
pensive, and it is to be hoped that next
year all viticulturis;s will use it. The
earlier the remedy is applied the better the
results will be-"
CLEARING LAND.
}. b. Whitcomb, of Colfax, SAYS the
vines at ColfaX are not in bloom yet but
So far as can be judged there is every sign
that the present season will produce the
largest crop of grapes ever grown in that
district. Many strangers are visiting that
locality to look for land which is rapidly
growing up in price. Talking about clear
ing land and its cost, Mr.. Whiteomb says
he has found that the cheapest way is to
cut of the brush and trees and then in the
second year, while the ground is still wet
in the spring, to start in with pillow. The
plow will take out all the manzanita
stumps and all the smaller pine stumps up
to six or eight inches in diameter. This
method is slower. but cheaper when one
is adding to ranch already under cultiva-
uon.-Aubitrn Republican.
TASTE IN MARKETING FRUIT.
An Eastern writer upon the subject of
marketing fruit. tells plain truths The
exhibition OF good taste in putting fruit on
the market is subject to be made good
deal of. Fruit-growers, and especially
farmers. do not give thought to it common
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