Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-27
TIE FARM.
A CONDITION OF PROSPERITY
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.


or the SOiI-COnc0rnlng fOultry-
Hog Cholera-Gencral Notes.
There is a general belief that the season
before US will be prosperous one. SO far a,
crops are concerned. There has been al
abundance of rain thus far, and very ex
tended acreage of grain crops have beer
sown, and, so far as reported, the stand i.
all that could be desired. The advantages
arising from more thorough cultivation O
the soil is also becoming better understood
each year, and better system of farmin,
in this regard is being put into practice
This will increase the productions, anc
make the net income from the soil much
more remunerative. The work of putting
in fruit trees and vines is still IN active pro
gress. and the acreage Of such planting
will be found far greater than ever befor,
seen in the State. This is not confined IL
any one, or limited locality, but report.
through the press from all parts of the
State show a like improvement. The heay,
rainfall the present season, it is believed
will render this an unusually favorable
year for young trees and vines.
THE FARM WORKSHOP.
Every farmer. market gardener and fruit
grower whose business requires the keep.
ing of team. or even one horse. should
also have few carpenters tools, bench
and yise 1t would be more conyenien,
TO have suitable room specially for q
workshop, but if that is impossible, then a
corner of the main floor of the barn will
do. If provided with few suitable tools,
any man of ingenuity can do many job
of repairing for himself which would other
wise cost him considerable money, and
often great loss of time besides. To Illus
trate: While blowing corn one day when
a boy the pillow point caught on an unseen
root, and the sudden jerk broke the beam.
NY employer, who was working with me
in the same field, gave me his horse
and pillow, and then taking mine went TO
the barn. There he made and put in new
beam, which did not take more than two
or three hours. He lived three miles from
town, and it would have taken him longer
than that to have gone to town and had it
mended. so he probable saved time as well
as money. Winter is season of compare
tive leisure to most farmers and many
gardeners. At that time they would find q
work-room and a set of tools very useful.
There are many agricultural implements
which any man who is handy with tools
can easily make for himself, and thus find
profitable occupation for many stormy DAYS
through the winter and spring, when it
would be impossible to work out of doors.
HOW TO USE A GRINDsToNE.
A grindstone is one of the worst-used
implements on the farm, or in the work
shop. Few take the trouble to think about
their work, and consequently the great
majority of people fail to get the most and
best use from their tools. The few who do
think will agree with US when we say that
a gripdstone is both badly used and badly
chosen. 1t is too small. too thick it is not
evenly and truly set and centered it is not
properly speeded, and is turned either too
fast and made to throw the water around
or too slow, and so fails to dol work well !:
1t IS not well taken care of. and it is badly
used. A grindstone, to do good service,
should be at least three feet in diameter and
two and one-half to three inches in thick
ness. having beyel on each side of the face
for grinding on. 1t should be quite free
from hard spots of iron pyrites, which are
injurious to tools, although these may
be taken out with a sharp pointed punch.
II 1t is not conferred truly, it will work out
OF shape, and soon require trueing up. 1t
should run as fast as possible. as it does
work both better and mere quickly. To
prevent 1t from throwing water, piece of
bagging should be fastened to staple fixed
across the frame on each end, but not so
close as to grind it out; this will catch the
excess of water and yet keep the stone wet
enough and clean it. The stone should be
kept in the shade, and never in water,
which softens it and makes one side wear
faster than the other. The water-box
should have hole in it, to let out the
water and keep the stone dry when not in
use. In grinding, it should mostly turn from
the tool, and if used otherwise, great care
should be taken by the one who holds -. re
syn 40. - gouge .ne stone.-[Henry Stew
art in American Agrioulturist.
PREPARATION OF THE SOIL.
The proper preparation of the soil to fit
ii for a crop involves variety of processes,
the most important of which are the
loosening of the soil by blowing or
digging and the communion or pull
verizing of it to allow the roots easily to
run through il and to take up their nutri-
ment from it. Subsoil blowing is most
necessary operation whenever the subsoil
is heavy and retentive. Vegetables and
fruits, as much as the grain crops, require
deep working of the soil. A moderately
heavy soil that has been undetermined
and SUBSIDIZED, and then carefully worked.
is capable of producing the heaviest crops.
A deep, rich soil is wonderfully favorable
to bank account. All the processes in
the preparation of piece of land for a crop
require good tools, and in their purchase
the aim should be to get the best. A good
tool will quickly pay for itself, but a poor
one is very expensive. A man must be
well off who can afford to use poor tools.
While a good pillow will do better work
than poor one, it also enables the team to
do more of it. Tools and implements
should not only be of the best kinds, but
they should be carefully kept in order, and
be clean and bright, and be stored in q
proper place, where they can always be
found when wanted, without Running
across lots TO find them where they were
thrown when last used.-[V Wick 5 Magazine
CHEAP REPRODUCING FOODS.
In the morning, just as the hens come
of, is the time to give them the soft food.
and it should be warm and stimulating;
but do not give them all they can eat, nor
feed them on the ground, but rather give
only enough to afford them partial break
fast, and then make them scratch, if neces-
sdry, competing lHein 10 go hungry until
night, rather than they should NOPE around
and become lazy and idle At night stuff
them with all the mixed grain they want.
There, are many ways of preparing cheap,
nourishing foods, which may contain all
the elements of the eggs. One of the best
is as follows: Take piece of liver. rough
beef. or even blood iabout pound). and
boil Il to pieces in half a gallon of water,
adding more when too much has evapor-
ated. While boiling, add half pint of
soaked beans, the same of rice and the same
of linseed meal. When the whole is cooked
add salt to taste and thicken with two
parts ground oats, one part bran, one part
middlings and one of corn meal.
Add the mixed ground grain until the
mess has thickened TO a stiff dough
If it burns little no harm will be done
Then stir in half pint of ground bone. II
milk be convenient it may also be added
either as curds. buttermilk or in any other