Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-14

for every want OF the system must De satls-
fed before the process of feather-making
can be materially assisted.
Dry lines is too caustic to be given
alone Keep vessel of iime-water con-
venient, and mix a small quantity with
soft food and also with their drinking
water. Lime water is corrective of
bowel diseases. and is also a remedy for
soft-shelled eggs.
Make fresh dust baths and sprinkle
them slightly with carbolic acid. Provide
a plentiful supply of grit or sharp gravel
Keep feeding-troughs and drinking YES
sells clean and Wholesome. And toward
the close of the moulting season make a
number of nice new nests, for hens thus
cared for will pay for the trouble by heap
ing your egg-baskets when the market is
at its best.
The value of lime in the poultry-yard
cannot be overestimated; experience
teaches that there is nothing more efec-
tive as an insect destroyer than thick
coating of whitewash made of fresh lime
and an infusion of crude carbolic acid.
Cleanse the house thoroughly before APP
plying, and cover every accessible portion
of the woodwork, especially the perches
and the sills on which they roost. A gen.
eral fumigation of sulphur and tobacco is
also adyantageous-AmericaR Agiealtarist.
SPREADING MANURE IN WINTER.
Manure made in the winter should,
when it is possible, be spread as it is made,
on the land where it is to be used. 1t is a
fact that cannot be controverted, and has
been abundantly proved, both by reason
AMI practice, that manure is never worth
more than the day it is made. Nothing
is added to it, but usually much is lost
from it by lapse of time. Except on
steeply-sloping ground, the manure is safe
from all danger of loss, and is put where it
will do the most good when it is spread on
the land direct from the stable. There is
no more handling of it, and if it is rained
upon all that is dissolved from it goes
into The soil, just where it is wanted.
Hence it is a convenience and an economy
to haul out the manure and spread it as
soon as a wagonload is gathered.
FARM NOTES.
1t is better to have good home market
lance for slightly higher prices.
1t is best to keep the black knot well cut
off to keep it under control. Be sure to
burn the pieces which are taken off.
Take pains to remove all needless,
crooked or crossing limbs of fruit trees,
and shape the trees well, besides providing
for future healthy bearing.
A peach tree will bear free cutting back
to bring it into good shape; a cherry tree
may be seriously injured by such pruning
during the growing season, and sometimes
the trees are killed by it.
Every farmer ought to have clean nest
coop in which to throw a few chicks for
fattening. If penned and fed clean food
Systematically, three weeks should have
them in condition for the table. Do not
forget this.
When a limb is cut from a tree it should
be as close to the body as possible. The
cut should be smooth one, without bruis-
ing the bark, and the cut surface should
be covered with some kind Of cheap paint
mixed in ell.
More apples were shipped from America
to Europe last year than ever before in a
single year, the total being ,401 1882 bar
rels. The largest previous shipments were
in the year 1SS1-S2, when the exports
reached ,32S, 500 barrels.
A physician of Salem, n J. has morn
ing glory growing in his yard that is quite
phenomenon, seed in one of the blooms
having sprouted and grown into vine of
considerable length, on the end of which
is another bloom.
Diseases can be transmitted in the poul-
try as readily as with other kinds of stock,
and in selecting the stock kept breeding
care should be taken to only select those
that are healthy as well as being the best
in other respects.
One cause for mildew on gooseberries,
grapes, etc, is too thick foliage or being
grown with too thick tops. Thin out
thoroughly and prevent mildew to great
extent. Currants and gooseberries should
be heavily mulched with any coarse litter.
If you expect those calves you are rails
ing to make good cows you want to keep
them growing right on through the fall
months. 1t is easier to keep them in good
condition for going into winter quarters
than to get them there if poor when winter
comes.
For the market fruit orchard few we'll.
paying sorts fill the bill for family fruit
orchards varieties should be selected with
reference to their real quality-not fol-
their fashionableness in market-and tC
securing a liberal supply for every month
in the year.
A gill of carbolic acid in bucket of wa
ter sprinkled over the floors Of the pig
pens and over the yard will be found 8
considerable help in purifying these places
| If mixed with little elbow grease and APP
piled at the end of twig broom it will be
still more effective.
Pure water on the farm may be affected
by the water from the surface. The well
being deep, also becomes a drain hole fol
the water below the surface. No slop Oh
filthy water should be thrown near well
and the surroundings should be well graded
with clay and gravel.
A cross of a Leghorn male and female
Light Brahma make excellent early ma
turing chicks, and this is what the marke
demands. Those who cater to the market
should be wide awake, and see how t,
meet the demand quickly and obtain TOT
prices. This pays every time.
The training OF an animal should begli
the first week of its life. II should earl.
be taught to have confidence in its owner
and to follow him at his call. The in
ffuence gained over the animal in its early
life will greatly lessen the difficulty of late
management.
For peach orchard DR.. Warden has re
marked that we want not only the higl
ground on which to plant the trees, bu
also, and in close connection, deep hollow
into which the cold air can descend OIL
frosty nights, thus saving the blossom bud
or the young fruit, which would otherwise
be killed.
The time to feed highly favored food
that affect the milk, such as cabbages o.
turnips, should be after milking. Thos'
who have made experiment in that direc
ton claim that by feeding the cows OF
such foods after milking, the volatile fla
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