Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-16

an obstinate constitutional disease loses its
efficacy after time. This may be the case
in regard to the remedy prescribed for
swelled legs and scratches. Scratches is a
disease of the blood, like salt rheum or
eczema in persons, and is sometimes stub
born to treatment. After using the dram
of saltpeter and sulphate of iron and the
once-ounce doses of hyposulphite of soda
with dram of gentian, it might be as well
to make q change. Instead of these give
half dram of iodide of potassium in the
morning feed, and in the evening two
drains of chlorate of potash with once ounce
of Peruvian bark powdered. If the legs
become swollen and cracked, battle them
with weak solution of hyposulphite in
water. Feed the horse no corn, but chiefly
bran, with a quart or two of linseed
stepped in water, once day.-Erchange.
PROLIFIC COW.
Canny Meadows. of this county, tells US
of remarkably prolific cow owned by
James Price, of Prices bridge, this county.
The COW in question dropped her first calf
Tor calves at the age of years, on which
occasion she brought triplets. Daring the
second, or two years thereafter, she had
three again, and at the end of the next two
years she became the mother of two calves.
And wonderful to relate, at the end of an
other two years she became the mother of
two more calves-thus giving birth to ten
calves in the remarkably short space of SIX
years. Mr.. NJ. also states that the extern
sive progeny of this muchly distinguished
bovine fourished and reached the state of
maturity, each respectively being fair spec
linens as chips of the old block
Wrightuille (Ga.) Recorder.
CATTLE VS.. SHEEP.
There seems to be an irreconcilable an
tagonism existing between cattle and sheep
men wherever they range their stock on
public lands. In this connection the Baker
City (Or.) Tribune says: The controversy
existing between the cattle and sheep men
is getting interesting, and it is but a ques-
ton of time when it will be either a fight
or foot race between them. AS an illus
tratlon of the good times coming-to law
yers-an organization of cattle men in the
Maiheur region have notified the sheep
men to take their woody stock off the pub
lie range, and the sheep owners claim as
much right to occupy this wild land as the
cattle men and decline to recognize the
authority of the cattle men hence bitter
ness of feeling between them has arisen
that may culminate in more than angry
talk, and that right soon.
GRAPE ROT AT THE EAST.
This season will be long and sadly re-
membered by the grape-growers of the
States near the Atlantic seaboard as one of
the most disastrous for many years. The
Concords are almost fetal failure from
rot, and so are nearly all others that are
subject to the disease; even the Norton
and Cynthiana are good deal injured in
New Jersey. Virginia and all the Southern
States. The loss is so heavy that the wine
product will be senslbly diminished, and
the markets for table-grapes will be limited
to a minimum supply. The prospect now
is that there will be not more than half a
crop in the entire area east of the Rockies.
N. Y. Wine and Fruit Grower.
FooTHILL PURCHASER FROM Los ANGELES.
S. Chaplin, whose arrival from Los An
geles we noted some time ago, has pur-
chased from the Land and Improvement
Association a tract of land near Rough and
Ready, consisting OF 240 acres. Mr.. Chap
lin has been largely interested in real estate
speculations in Los Angeles, and has made
a good deal of money in that way. Recently
he came here for the benefit of his health.
His condition has improved so much andh
has so good an opinion of Nevada county
for fruit-growing, that he has concluded to
remain here. He will go to Los Angeles,
settle up his business and return to Ne
vada county to live. This speaks well for
the Bartlett pear belt.-NeradG City Herald.
THE WINE CROP.
Charles A. Wetmore President of the
State Viticultural Association, stated to a
Gail reporter that the wine crop this year
would be at least % per cent larger than
had been anticipated at first. There will
probably be a yield of about 10000
BOO gallons of wine against 100000
gallons last year. The yield for 1884
was almost as large as that of this year,
but its value was not one-half, owing
to the fact that large part of the crop
was poor and gave a very inferior
wine. A much larger quantity of brandy
is being made this year than ever before,
in the southern counties. Most
Of the grapes formerly made into sweet
wine will be distilled.