Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-09-14

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be harvested and the roots or bulbs lfor
they mature a rather poor onion in the
fall may be left for almost any length OF
time in the soil, and they will continue
year after year to grow and produce sets
and bunch onions They may be propaga-
ted from offsets as well as from sets. In
general cultivation the sets should be
| planted every fall in rows thirteen inches
apart, on rich, light soil, putting the sets
three inches deep and three inches apart
in the row. The ripened bulb is of no
value for culinary purposes.
HIGH CULTURE AND PRUNING.
The late E. P. Roe used to say that the
secret of success in small fruit culture
might be found in two words, stimulation
and restriction. By stimulation he meant
thoroughly pulverized and enriched soil.
| This Is especially necessary to the straw
berry, the foreign raspberry and all the
currants. A rampant growing raspberry,
/ like the Cuthbert or Turner, and our
| vigorous blackberrieS, do not require
/ stimulation, but they do require restrie-
! ton. By restriction he meant the de-
velo9ment of fruit, rather than wood or
vines. Set out a strawberry plant in very
deep, rich, moist soil, and its tendency is to
follow the great law of nature and propa-
gate itself; but to the degree that it makes
plants it cannot make fruit. Cut off every
runner and enormous fruit buds are de-
veloped. The sap is damned up as a mil
Ter restricts a stream, and the result is
strawberries are double in size and quantity.
! This is equally true of raspberries Cur
, rant bushes crowded with wood bear little
fruit.
FOWLS AS INSECT DESTROYERs.
The value of poultry for destroying in
sects is greatly underestimate. A turkey
hen, with large brood, will work indus
triously over large area in one day, and
they will consume hundreds of insects
During an entire season the useful work so
performed will be very great. A flock of
hens on a range viii find all the insect food
desired, and will need no aid from the
owner. This is well enough as it appears,
and saves expenses, but their credit should
be given the destruction Of insects. If
some correct estimate of the number of in
sects destroyed by one hundred fowls could
be made for one year, the result would be
astonishing, If We could put it at half a
peck for each hen, it might not be too
large, but allowing only two quarts of in
sects for each hen during one year, and we
have over three bushels destroyed by one
hundred fowls. This means fewer insects
to be killed the next season. We have
seen a brood of turkeys clean cut all the
worms in a tobacco field in one day, and
though the adult potato beetles are injuri-
GUS to fowls, yet the hens will eat the eggs
and gruhs of the beetles if given an OPP
portunity. The destruction of insects
should always be considered in the matter
of poultry ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Farmer.
SWINE NOTES.
Ii kept in good condition growing pigs
, can often be sold to better advantage than
after maturing.
If properly cared for the manure from
the hog pen can be made a very valuable
addition to the supply that can be secured
on the farm.
One advantage In pushing hogs is that
they can be made to return quick profit
on the capital invested, more so than with
any other class Of stock.
While it is not the best plan to keep
the hogs confined, yet sometimes it is I'M
avoidable. When this is the case it is
necessary to see that they are well sup
piled with green feed.
When they can be had without too
much expense ground oats is one of the
very best feeds for young growing pigs, as
they contain the elements necessary for
the proper development of bone and muscle.
/ Keep an old SOW as long as she proves
herself a profitable breeder, as in major
; ity Of cases this will prove a better plan
than to keep using young sows, marketing
or butchering the old sows after they have
, brought one or two Filters.
/ When hog has all that he wants to
eat, he wants cool, comfortable place to
sleep and if this is supplied he will grow
and fatten in perfect contentment, ana the
better contented the animals are the bet
+ ter they will grow. Such a place should
4 be dry and well ventilated and should be
kept clean. 1t need cost but little and
and will certainly prove very profitable.
Under the ordinary conditions it is usu.
ally not best to attempt to fatten hogs dur.
ing the hot weather of summer. While
the weather is very warm an excessively
fed animal suffers considerably with the
heat, and it is difficult to secure as good q
gain in proportion to the amount of feed
supplied as in favorable weather. Keep in
a good thrifty condition, but only in spe
cial cases will it pay to keep fat
G. c. Wilson, of Hamburg, Ark, write:
concerning mites in bacon: A dead shot
on shippers in meat is borax. When your
meat is ready to hang up geta tub of warm
water and wash off the salt and then wipe
| with dry rag, and while the meat is still
damp sprinkle the flesh parts and the end
of bones and all crevices with pulyerized
borax. make a pepper box of small
mustard box. | have been using this re
ceipt three years and have found it very
effective The borax is harmless anc
tasteless.-American Former.
GENERAL NOTES.
No farmer can get to the head of the pro
cession by hanging to the tail of scrul
COW.
The farmer who uses his brains a
well as his muscle in his daily work viii
succeed, if such a thing is possible in thes,
days of low prices and limited market
He should understand how to do every
thing on the farm, and if he intrusts hi
work to help this knowledge is especially
needful.
If you have not enough fodder on hanC
to carry your stock through the winter
make preparations for putting your corr
fodder up in good shape. Why not saw,
all the latter anyway? You could sci
some of your hay, you know, to good ad
vantage if you should find you have NOR,
than you viii need for your stock.
The amount of money invested in farm
implements is enormous In many case
it is not necessary for the farmer TO owl
so many implements but in still more
the farmer is to blame for the treatmen
of such tools. Many an expensive nipple
ment tn huy which the gunner has mort