Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-20

which gets Judgments on lawn or grass
plot will, in due time, produce a million
more. Now the solitary dandellon is very
attractive in bloom, and hardly less so
when after the blossom the gauze globe APP
pears and few days afterward goes sailing
OF before the wind like small balloon
But the citizen who is forced to dig up his
lawn because a million dandelion roots
have strangled the grass, will utter no
benedictlon over this rich golden blossom.
GRAPE ROT.
A Vineland, n. j., correspondent of the
Country Gentleman, writes: Colonel A. w.
Pearson, of this place, has recently given
our fruit farmers valuable lecture on the
grape rot. He has been experimenting
Tor two or three years in connection with
the Department at Washington, and under
the observation of agents from France,
where the black rot has lately appeared.
Inc results show that the black-rot fungus
Is best controlled by spraying the vines
early IN the season, before vegetation starts,
with a strong solution Of sulphate of iron,
say two pounds of copperas to gallon of
hot water. After the VINEYARD is plowed
IN May, top-dress with Stacked lime
When the vine is setting its clusters, and
before opening lis blossoms, spray with
Bordeaux mixture, which is made by dis
solving six pounds of sulphate of copper,
say IN six gallons of boiling water: in an
other vessel slack four pounds of new
lime IN four gallons of water; mix the
two solutions and dilute with water suffici-
ent to make twenty-five gallons of the
liquid. Repeat the spraying every three
or four weeks, less frequently in dry than
In wet weather. Colonel Pearson saws he
saved 80 per cent. of his grapes by this
spraying. 1t is not necessary to drench
the vines, and the spraying is less expen-
sive than bagging.
USE THOROUGHBRED MALES
A writer in poultry magazine SAYS
The farmers who have not needed any ad-
vice about getting thoroughbred cock to
mate with their common hens, had better
buy sitting of eggs and raise few roost-
ers and pullets for use this season. You
certainly cannot afford to 90 on another
year breeding from mongrel roosters when
thoroughbred, of one of the larger breeds,
will add one-third to the size and market
value of the chickens raised the first wear
or when by the use of a thoroughbred Leg
horn, Hamburg or Houdan cock you can
raise pullets that out-do common hens in
egg production. Eggs from thoroughbred
fowls can be obtained at reasonable prices
and such an investment will pay.
MARKETING DRIED FRUIT.
A fruit-grower asks: "What would be
the most marketable weight of dried fruit
to put into box? ?" The proper quantity
of dried fruit to be packed into box is
either twenty-five or fifty pounds. The
box should be as small as it is possible to
make it and have it hold twenty-five or
| fifty pounds of dried fruit, which should
be packed in very solid under pressure,
using screw press for the purpose. This
method of close packing in a small pack
age will prevent in great measure the
/ loss caused by worms working in fruit
Cayorgiia Fruit GroWer.
BoOK-FARMTNG
Book-farmirg, referred to with con-
temptuous sneers few wears ago, wears
now an air of highest responsibility and
has place at colleges. experiment stations
farmers institutes and other meetings
where it represents the lest practices and
serves as guide for all farmers who wish
to avail themselves of most advanced
thought directed to improvement of their