Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-28

THE BUTTER EXTRACTOR.
When the new butter extractor comes
into general use, as it surely will, if pres
ent indications are to be relied upon, the
expensive creamery machinery now in use
will be discarded, buttermilk will be a
thing of the past, starter vats and stirring
cream will be dead methods, and the labor
of the butter-maker relieved of all the
trials and vexations which have made it
such burden to the housewives Butter
can be produced cheaper and consequently
the consumption will increase. All the
farmer viii have to do will be to haul his
milk to the extractor and take home the
skim milk and butter, and we might add
pack and hunt a market for the latter.
THE FARM WORKSHOP.
For want of tools and materials to work
with, many boys grow up without the
least knowledge CT their use, and conse-
quently without the development of any
mechanical ability that they may natu-
rally have been possessed Of Every
farmers boy should have a knowledge Of
practical machines so far, at least, as they
apply to agriculture. And ne should have
an opportunity of acquiring the skill
needed in their application to the various
departments Of farm work. The workshop
is great practical educator and should be
a permanent institution ON any farm.
FARM NOTES.
A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
recommended an application of boiled oil,
thickened with charcoal, to prevent posts
from decaying.
We believe in good fences, good barns,
good farm houses, good stock, good or
chards, and children enough to gather the
fruit-H. W. Beecber.
Haul out the gravel on the roads if YOU
wish the roads in order for winter service.
Many farmers are sometimes locked in for
want of passable roads in winter.
1t is stated by an experienced market
gardener that the liberal use of wood
ashes, well narrowed in, is the best remedy
against ravages Of the onion maggot and
Cut-worm.
If you plant the pits of peaches with the
view OF growing trees you may fail to Sc
cure peaches worth growing; but chance
tree from the number may be superior to
any now known
All weeds that have been moved down
should be consumed by fire, and not left to
decay, as is frequently done Burning
them destroys many seeds and lessons the
number of harboring places for insects.
Every crop grown on the farm takes
something from the land, and if land is to
be retained in fertility it must be fed with
manure or fertilizer, in order that it may
regain that which is lost through crops.
Keep the onions in the barn loft or
some other dry place. When the crop is
dug let them dry well. Store them free
from dirt and loosely, as they should not
be piled but scattered, to admit the air.
Experiment has demonstrated that
duckling FIVE weeks old, of the Pekin,
Rouen or Aylesbury breeds, can be made
to gain as much as one pound week until
matured, but it must be fed heavily, how
ever.
Cooked potatoes make excellent food for
stock. The small potatoes, which cannot
be sold to advantage, may be used for hogs
and poultry. As an agreeable change for
the COW, cooked potatoes are superior to
turnips or beets.
Hens roosting in the trees viii be SUBJ
ject to roup when east winds or dampness
reaches them. The fall is more unfavor-
able to poultry than the winter. Shelter
OF some kind should always be provided.
even in summer.
As plants vary in their desires for foods
1t IS not impossible for piece of ground to
fail in the production of certain kinds of
crops and yield largely of others, owing
to the composition of the soil and the
plant food contained therein.
The Scotch creepers are a short-legged
breed of fowls, compact, excel in breast
meat, can not fly high, lay well and ma
ture early. There are two varieties, the
white and the barred. They are nearly as
large as the Plymouth Rock.
A large flock of hens do not thrive as
well as a smaller flock, owing to crowding
and competition. The scraps from the
table amount to but little when given to
large focks, but for few hens they are of
advantage and greatly reduce the cost.
Cooking the food is an advantage, but
one reason why it is not in universal prac-
tice is the cost of fuel and labor necessary
to cook the food. A mess of cooked food
two or three times week will, however.
greatly promote health and aid digestion,
As milk is an animal secretion manu-
factured by the COW, it must be evident
that anything which worries, frets or tor
ments the COW, or renders her uneasy or
uncomfortable, viii certainly lessen the
quantity and affect the composition of her
milk.
a pound of saltpetre to each square rod
OF ground Is recommended as an excellent
quiek-acting manure for fower-beds, and
1t IS also excellent for strawberry plants
As It Is easily soluble in water it is soon
appropriated by plants, and gives immedi-
ate results.
Ground bone is fertilizer that benefits
nearly all crops, can be applied at all sea-
sons OF the year, will not iniure any tree or
plant, is permanent and lasting in effects
and is the cheapest form of fertilizer in
to the benefit it imparts that
can be used.
Turkeys should be able to supply them
selves with all the food they desire at this
season, but it Is best to give them heavy
ration at night, not only to keep them in a
condition ready for market at any time.
but also to induce them to come up regu-
larly at sundown.
Food given to a young animal is produc-
tive OF greater gain, as growth adds to the
weight and increase of size. The matured
animal does not so readily appropriate the
elements of growth, as its wants are less.
The younger an animal the greater its in
crease in proportion to food consumed
It will be found, says Orange JudPs
FdImer, that the horses which have steady
and constant work are those which with
stand the hot weather best. The idea of
resting up" horses is generally an erro-
neous one. The most enduring horses are
those which are kept constantly moving.
Banking the earth around peach trees is
no protection against the borer, as may be
supposed. The only way to prevent the