Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-10

worked carefully. They should have
plenty of rest in the heat of the day.
Nothing is gained by overwork and over
heating One or two drinks Of water in
the forenoon and afternoon will be as
good for the horse as for his master; but
good many masters do not think Of this.
Says Cassius NJ. Clay of Kentucky, who
is authority on the mutton breeds of sheep:
"We can grow as good mutton on our blue
grass and in our Western States as they can
grow in England. But l will say that
mutton is the most delicate flesh We eat
and more quickly Influenced in favor by
what the animal eats. We can't make
good mutton on weeds and grass"
If you have any COWS that are about to
come in" and they are naturally heavy
mixers, as you value their lives do not let
them run on rich pasture, and if they show
signs of falling off in flesh, then feed laxa-
tive food and cooling foods, with plenty Of
fresh water and shade. These are the
cows that fall victims to milk fever, and
prevention is the only sure cure.
The Swiss method of slaughtering cat
tie seems at once humane and practical.
A mask of iron fits the skull closely and is
buckled on. In the center is steel bar
rel ten inches long, in which a 3S-ealiber
cartridge is placed. 4 steel needle projects
outside. When all is in readiness tap
on the projecting needle with hammer
discharges the cartridge, which pierces the
center Of the brain and lodges in the
spinal marrow, producing instant and
painless death. The animal is instantly
bled.
Where sweet corn is used in the family
or sold in the market, the stalks on which
it is grown should be promptly cut and
fed to the cows; they are better fodder
than they will ever be again, and all the
better if few imperfect nubbins remain
on the stalk. Some farmers foolishly save
these for seed, leaving the stalks to dry up
as they grew, and the nubbins are all
yielding little corn, and that poor. Only
the largest and earliest ears should be
saved for seed, if the value of the variety
| is to be maintained.
Oats are undoubtedly exhaustive to the
soil. The grain is strong grower and
hardy. 1t will make some kind of a crop
on poor land. But it will take more Of
nitrate and phosphate from the soil than
any other grain excepting wheat. Oats,
however, are valuable feed for almost any
kind of stock. They are especially good
for young growing animals and if the
farmer keeps enough of these he can feed
his oats at home at better prices, including
the manure, than he can get for the grain
in the market.
1t is not the depth of tilIage, but its fire.
quency that makes the crop. Keep the
surface mellow and if the Dreyious Dre-
paration ofthe soil has been what it should
be, it will not need deeper tillage during
the growing season. With soil rich in
vegetable matter there is always some de-
composition going on during hot weather
that keeps it somewhat poru3. If there is
danger that the soil viii become clodded
it is due TO lack of vegetable matter and
to blowing where the land is saturated
with water. If such be the condition of
the subsoil, scarcely any possible deep cul-
tivation can fit it for. growing crop the
present season. If it is not, than deep
,11lture ic mt oeaded