Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-29

Tie crook neck is an excellent variety
al'o. Look out for the squash bugs and
destroy them.
There is no economy in making the feed
| ing boxes for the horse small. They ought
to lie sufficiently large SO that the grain
will spread evenly over the bottom, as this
will prevent their eating by gulping it
down, rather than eating slowly, and thor
oughly masticating the food. Whenever
food is boiled more or less of it is wasted.
Whenever a young farmer makes up his
mind to pay more attention to stockrais-
ing, he should select the best blood for
foundation stock, and now is as good a time
as any to start. Prices are at the bottom
yet the advantage of such stock was never
more apparent The smaller the income
from stock on account of low prices the
greater the necessity TO have only the
best.
The Larvae of the potato beetle is deli
cacy to all kinds Of poultry, as they are
soft, and are easily killed at that stage
in the act of being eaten, but
the mature insect will pass into
the crop of a fowl alive, which in the
end results in the death of the fowl. For
this reason, as a rule, poultry usually neg
lect them, though turkeys will sometimes
feed on them, but at risk.
The best grasses are those naturally
adapted to the soil In America about
one dozen varieties are made specialties,
while in England the farmers select from
over a hundred a firm sod of native
grass should never be turned under to
make room for some other kind until the
new grass has been tested on the farm.
Soils vary, and grass that may thrive on
one farm may fail on another.
Where red clover will not Greece out
it is one Of the best and cheapest crops a
farmer can raise II we look to our older
States, or to where 4 system of regular
rotation IS practiced, we find that in all,
once in from three to four years. the
ground IS seeded to red clover and why ?
1t has been found to be the cheapest crop
for nearly all kinds of stock, and IS with
ont question, the greatest renoyator Of the
soil.
Last year it was demonstrated by those
who made special experiments to deter
mine the matter Of feeding for fat OF lean,
that a steer or hog can be made to attain
as heavy weight, with a fair proportion of
fat and lean, by feeding for lean as by the
former method of feeding to secure weight
of fat only. The relative cost of each sys-
ten Of production is nearly the same, but
the quality Of the carcasses that were
evenly interspersed with both fat and lean
we're far superior to the carcasses that
largely abounded in fat.
In placing cattle upon the farm, the first
thing, Of course, is for the farmer to deter
mine for himself, governed by his location,
the character of his land and size of his
farm, the kind Of stock he can handle to
the best advantage. Some may want dairy
cattle and hogs, some perhaps sheep others
beet, or both dairy and beef cattle. With
out going into A discussion as to the rela-
tive value Of each OF these, or the advisa-
bility Of a combination Of them, it is
enough to say that the old weil-worn ad-
vice should govern the selection: sect the
best of the kind and that which is best
suited to the purpose you have in view"