Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-11

who plants Only once IN ten or twenty
years, and gives no attention between, will
be sure to fail. The planting should be
made every year, with few choice kinds.
This, properly done, will keep up 2 con-
slant supply, and the yearly attention, and
the continued ripening of new sorts every
year. will add to the interest and keep up
fresh knowledge of the best kinds. There
are few newly-introducedf fruits of value,
but it is best to plant proved standard
varieties. The owner may purchase an
nually at a nursery, orraise small nursery
Of his own Now is the time to begin
such a system.
FoOTHILL APPLES.
There are apple trees in the foothills of
Fresno county that yield a ton Of fruit
apiece, and these apples sell readily for
two cents pound. The foothill and
mountain apples of California cannot be
excelled in the world. The yield men
toned is from old trees, of course, but even
trees five or six years old will yield large
profits. The entire upper foothill belt of
the Sierra Nevada is admirably adapted to
the apple, and the orchards in that belt
have never failed to yield large profits
California Home and Farm
cURLED LEAF
The peach trees on the bottom lands of
some of the upper counties show symptoms
of mysterious disease which displays it
self in the curled leaves and lamentations
on the bark, under which the wood seems
dead, and the crops seem to be failure
The Red Bluff Sentinel makes a diagnosis
and offers a remedy as follow:
This is nothing more nor less than the
result of wet winter. "Curl leaf" can be
cured by taking pocket-knife and split
ting the bark on the body and very large
limbs of the afflicted tree. We have seen
this simple remedy successfully used many
years ago. Curl leaf is caused by too free
a flow of sap followed by cold snap.
| CALIFORNIA PRUNEs.
Interest in California prrlnes has re-
Gently become keen in New York. owing
to the arrival there of several par
cells prepared and packed in fancy French
styles The result of the experiment is
most satisfactory, the prunes arriving in a
remarkably fine state of preservation. No
fermentation, mold or other i'll effects OF
the heat were noticeable. Samples of the
fruit which arrived first are still in as
good state of preservation as when
opened, and there is no sign of a tendency
to become candied, which Is detrimental
to the French article at this season of the
year.
POULTRY DISEASES.
By far the greater part of poultry dis
eases are on the outside, and their names
are hen lice and mites or spiders. The
best remedies are buhach and kerosene,
4 the former TO be used on the fowls
| and the latter on the perches, in the
nests and in the whitewash. These
two substances give us absolute control of
the insects that infest poultry and poultry
houses, and consequently control of the
so-called diseases resulting from insects.
The spraying bellows and plenty of kerr
osene is the cheapest and easiest mode OF
Kidding poultry-houses of lice.
| When an animal appears to refuse GER
tain foods to which it has been accus-
toned change the food and give variety,
which will improve the appetite and in
duce the animal to eat more.
Keep your tools sharp, now that the
work is pressing A man with sharp tools
can do more work in day than can two
men with dull tools. 1t may take little
time to sharpen the tools, but it will be
labor saved.
The radish-fy lays eggs close to the
earth, and when Matched the maggots feed
on the roots 4 mixture of teaspoonful
of carbolic acid IN strong soapsuds is said
to be the best remedy to prevent the raw
ages of the insect
Fowls can stand considerable cold
weather without serious discomfort; but
they are not iron-clad like lamp posts
Exposure to a steady draught while on the
perches is very dangerous to them. Stop
up even as small openings as knot holes.
No farm is complete unless it contains
orchards Not only should the apple be
given place, but all other varieties o.
fruit. The small fruits should be grown
especially for family use, and large sup
ply of all kinds should be canned for win
ter.
Every farmer should have an expert
mental plot of his own. The informa
tion gained of a practical kind will b,
invaluable If every farmer in the United
States could be induced to try few ex
periments annually agriculture would
make more rapid progress than any Other
| branch of industry