Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-28

received in superb condition. The Wealthy
Is elassed as tender apple.
The Massachusetts Ploaoh,aan saws there
is no truth in the belief entertained by
some old gardeners that some seeds, such
as cucumbers and squashes, improve with
age for several years. They are never so
vigorous and good as when fresh, and
slowly lose .heir vitality until at the end
OF number of years they are quite uncer-
tain.
Smut on oats is now easily DESTROYED in
very simple manner The Department
OF Agriculture, in Its journal of Mycol-
ogy, states that if the seed be treated
with scalding water, which is poured over
the seed, and the seed immersed in the
hot water for a few minutes, no injury
will be done the seed, while the spores
from which the fungus is propagated are
destroyed.
L. J. Beach of Los Angeles saws he has
killed nearly all the gophers on his ranch
OF thirty acres by using carbon bi-sulphide
on cotton wadding and then sticking the
cotton in the holes, covering it over with
dirt. He says it is essential to find every
hole on the tract AID fill them up. He
used only two gallons of carbon bi-sulphide
and about SIS worth of cotton, the total
cost being about 81.
Sweet potatoes will endure dry weather
az we'll as any crop grown, but when the
plants are young the top soil should be
Kept loose. Weeds and grass should not
be permitted to choke down the plants as
Is sometimes the case when the rains are
frequent. As soon as the vines cover the
ground well they should not be disturbed
unless for cultivation. Warm DAYS and
nights will push the plants forward rap
idly.
Although many foods have been recon-
mended for young chicks, we have always
had excellent success with stale bread and
oatmeal, fed in the dry condition. until the
chicks are ten days old, when they NAV
then be given cracked corn and wheat
screenings also. Too much soft food is not
wholesome for them. Chicks prefer dry
food, and it serves the purpose better and
entails less labor in preparation. Corn
bread alone is insufficient, but it may be
improved when dipped in milk.
The striped beetle is the enemy that
prevents the melon and cucumber-grower
from maturing a crop. The Rural Ner
Workers. remedy is one that should be tried ;
Into pail of land plaster put sufficient
spirits OF turpentine to give the plaster a
strong flavor. About a tablespoonful OF
turpentine to two gallons of plaster is suf-
fcient. In the morning latter the plants
have made sufficient growth, scatter a
small pinch on each hill. The odor drives
away the beetles, and second application
is seldom necessary.
| The Importance of washing or currvine
the COW for the purpose of preventing dis
ease may be shown by the fact that while
COW may discharge 20 pounds of water
through the kidneys she may drink 10C
pounds, the so pounds passing off through
the skin. carrying with it matter that
should be eliminated from the body. I'm
less the water passes off freely the milk
will be more or less contaminated Wash
the COW, curry or brush her, and remove
the dried matter and scurf on the skin in
order to promote free perspiration.
1t is expected that breeders of pedigreed
cattle will in the future avoid the insane
practice of offering, as breeders, every.
thing dropped, merely because pedigreed
Save the culls for beef instead of fol
public sales, offer nothing, refuse tc
sell anything, no matter who wants il
or what he offers for it, that is not credit.
able to you as breeder and to the stock a:
an individual. If three bulls out of five
are castrated and only the very best saved
they will reflect more credit on you anc
on the breed, do better service to the
buyer, and bring as much money as woult
the whole number. Never offer or sell {
mean individual for breeding purposes
Rural World.