Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-29

! sOIteu ny Aduu.
Several new varieties of tomatoes have
| been introduced for this season, but it is
f, doubtful if a superior quality to the Liy-
ingston's favorite has been secured, it be-
| ing of beautiful color, solid and smooth
! The acme is fine variety, but seems
more susceptible to disease.
Peach trees will stand cutting without
| injury, and the young trees will become
stocky and more vigorous if cut back close
to the ground. For field culture the trees
need not be cut very close, or the cultiva-
| tor cannot we'll be used, but where only a
few are planted, the shorter they are cut
back the better.
The introduction of the bush Lima bean
is valuable aid to the bean-grower. The
chief expense in growing Lima beans is
the poles, which require labor in stalking
and replacing when affected by winds
Those who have tried the bush beans claim
that they are fully as prolific as the pole
beans, as well as being equal to the latter
in quality.
Two neighbors set out strawberry beds
at the same time. One had fourteen rods,
did not enrich his bed, and had three BUSH
els of fruit, or at the rate of thirty-four
bushels per acre. The other planted only
four rods, and heavily mulched the bed
with manure IN autumn and in spring. He
had seven bushels OF berries, or at the rate
OF $50 bushels an acre.
Gooseberries are propagated largely
from cuttings, the same as curraut bushes
Almost any rich soil will do for plum trees.
The orchardist must be careful not to
make too direct application of the barn
yard manure to fruit trees. 1t must not be
allowed to touch the trunk, and if spread
on the surface or lightly plowed or har-
rowed in, almost any fertilizer will be ap-
propriated by the trees.
A subscriber advises that onion sets be
planted with the bulb only half buried,
and that tomato plants be put in to the
depth of two or thrse inches only, as deeper
planting induces them to make new roots,
which, he claims, they should not be COM
PEELED to do. 1t may be claimed, how
ever, that deep planting assists against
drought, while abundance of roots gives
greater feeding capacity.
The carrot, like other root crops, de-
lights in sandy loan, richly titled. For
early crop sow IN spring, as soon as the
later crops they may be sown any time
until the middle of June. Sow in rows
about fifteen inches apart, thinning out to
three or four inches between the plants.
In field culture, when grown for horses or
cattle, the rows should be two feet apart,
so that the crop may be worked with
horse cultivatOr.
The advantage of good feeding depends
much on regularity. If supplies are fur
nlshed at irregular hours, not only are ami
mails kept uneasy but their digestion is in
jured and they cannot thrive. Here is the
great advantage of herbivorous animals
over those of carnivorous habit Flesh
eaters gorge themselves when they capture
their prey, and then suffer from hunger
until their next capture. This keeps them
always thin in flesh, as they have to be to
hunt we'll
Cattle can thrive only by full feeding,
ard without thrift there can be no profit.
If milk be the object short feeding is sue
ceeded Immediately by loss OF product and
loss of power to produce. 1t is, there
fore, short.sighted policy to depend on the
season OF the year, or, without thought TO
suppose that cows with full stomachs must
give full yield Of milk without regard to
quality of feed. Provident dairymen,
careful of their own interests, begin feed
ing grain early in autumn and find profit
in it.
1t is claimed that 10 pounds of clover
seed make the correct amount of seed for
an acre. This is true only under certain
conditions. The main point in growing
clover is to secure a good stand" at the
beginning, and it more frequently happens
that the seeds do not come up evenly and
uniformly. 1t will not pay to save the ex-
pense Of extra seed Much seed is lost
after seeding by not being covered, while
birds also secure portion. About sixteen
quarts of seed will be the safer and surer
quantity, as there will be no danger OF the
catch" being too heavy.
No building on the farm pays better
than a good tool-house 1t should be so
convenient Of access that there need be no
excuse for leaving farm implements ex-
posed to the weather when not in use.
Properly cared for, many implements that
now last only few years ought to be serv
iceable as long as the farmer lived to
need them. Besides, tool that has not
been rusted, warped and cracked by ex-
posure will work as we'll the second and
third years of use as the first. On many
| farms tools are so much injured by being
left out of doors that after the first season
they cost more for repairs than they save
in labor.
There is not enough narrowing done on
most farms. The land is narrowed, as a
rule, simply to break the Jumps and level
of the burrows, but the harrow is only
passed over the land once or twice. The
proper way to harrow field is to keep the
/ implement moving until the whole field is
! reduced to a condition as fine as that for a
garden. But for the neglect in properly
narrowing some fields the crops would
| grow better. The condition of the seed
bed largely influences the growth of crops,
aud benefits the plants until maturity. If
| the harrow could work the ground as fine
as is done by the rake il would be all the
better. In narrowing the field the work
should therefore be done thoroughly
! IT fetches one up very short to be seized
/ with p!eurisy, pneumonia, or any acute
! throat or lung affection. DR.. Jaynes Ex-
| pectorant proves handy help in such at
( tacks, ana is besides q good oid.ias hioned