Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-22

The man that knows the right use of a
horse blanket is tirst-class horseman.
| Too many horses eat up during the win
ter all they have earned during the sum-
mer.
| The horse-blanket saves feed and flesh
| less substance is used to make animal heat.
| Keeping matches in any other receptacle
| than an iron or tin box is tempting Provi-
| dence.
Some people think farm animal is like
a postage stamp-no good until licked.
They are sadly mistaken.
The farmhouse, having only light labor
and not much of that, during the winter
should have less grain and more roughness
than during the summer
The man that puts iron bits in his
horses mouths in very cold weather with
out first warming the bits, has altogether
too much of the savage in his composition.
CORK OAK GROVES.
The eyes of the people will be opened
| after while and they will begin prepar-
ing for the minor horticultural and for
estry industries, which are sure to find a
foothold in California. The news now
comes that large number of cork oak
tree; will be planted this year. The cork
| oak grows as well in California as in most
any place in the world, and there is no
reason why We should not grow every bit
of cork that is used in the United States.
Not only would this save the country an
immense amount Of money by preventing
importation, bat would also give Us large
quantities OF cork dust to use in the pack
ing of grapes and for various medicinal
purposes California Fruit Grower
FARM NOTES.
According to Herodotus, lettuce was
cultivated as vegetable $50 years before
Christ.
Nitrate of soda applied in small quanti-
ties will increase the yield and quality of
tomatoes.
1t has been demonstrated that spirits of
turpentine is one of the best remedies for
Group in fowls.
Onions like unleached wood ashes. APP
ply the ashes bountifully and the onion
crop will respond.
Sour swill IS one of the sources of disease
in the hog. Much of it is kept until it be-
comes too acid for even hog.
DR.. Lintner says that apple tree borres
may be kept out Of the trees by applica-
tons Of mixture of carbolic acid and
soap.
1t never pays to feed poor hay to the
cows. If the hay is very poor it will pay
the dairyman TO use it for bedding and
buy better
For family use it is advisable to plant
six or eight peach trees every year, which
will take the place of those that are ceas-
ing to bear from age.
1t is suggested that the best way to pro-
tect both dogs and sheep is 10 compel all
dogs to wear muzzles, dogs not muzzled to
be shot whenever found running at large
\ horse with a well-ftting harness, espe-
cially well-ftting collar, feels Just like
man whose clothes do not pinch him:
and will, of course, do its work easier and
better.
Recent tests indicate that London pur-
pie may be more dangerous to foliage
when used in spraying than Paris green,
because 1t sometimes contains more soluble
arsenic.
Solid manure and dry dirt will hold the
liquid manure we'll. The solid portions
absorb large quantities OF moisture, and
the mixture of solids and liquids improves
the quality of both.
Make the nests of sitting hens warm. A
cool place for the nest is desirable for a
broody hen in summer, but in winter it re-
qulres large proportion of animal heat to
warm the nest and eggs.
There are men who might make con-
siderable money by feeding less grain to
the horse and grooming the animal more.
Ordinarily elbow grease is cheaper than
corn or oats. The present may be an ex-
ception.
Seeds of beets, carrots and parsnips are
slow to terminate. They may be made to
swell and sprout quickly if placed in a
flannel bag and moistened with warm water
| daily. Some gardeners mix the seeds with
fine earth before placing the seeds = the
bag.
Field and Farm says: I'VE find that a
pig which is fed pure fresh slop will not
take kindly to raw pumpkins as food, but
cooked with potatoes they are much rel
ished. When cooked this way it is well
to add little shipstuff or bran to make a
better balanced ration"
If you grow vegetables for market profit
will depend upon getting them into the
market early and if you grow them only
for home consumption you do do not care
to wait all summer before you can have a
'mess." So the hot bed or cold frame is
useful for the early starting Of plants in
either case
The Southern Cultirator says: 'Any land
that will produce corn will produce oats.
( Oats require a highly ammoniated fertil-
| izer, hence cotton seed or cotton seed
meal is the best home fertilizer that can
be used. But a mixture of cotton seed
meal and acid phosphate-equal parts
and on some soils potash in some form
will give better results"
The plot intended for celery should be
well MANFRED now, and if soap-suds are
thrown on the plot, so as to soak into the
| soil, it will be all the better for the grow
ing plants when they are put out to grow.
| Asparagus is one of the early vegetables
and it is also benefited by frequent apph-
cations Of soap-suds. In fact, too much
soap-suds and well-rotted manure cannot
be applied to asparagus.
Many orchards are seriously injured bv
allowing too heavy a growth of grass
around the stem OF the trees. In the ma
| iority of cases better health and thrift
will be secured if the soil for two or three
feet around each tree is kept loose and
mellow, stirring frequently if necessary to
secure this. At least this will be better
than to allow the weeds and grass to use
the plant food needed by the tree.
The habit of dumping manure from the
wagon in small piles is wasteful both of
time and manure. Comparatively few
men can spread manure from piles so as to
cover all the ground, much less to cover it
evenly. The matter is made still worse
by leaving the manure piles to lie several
days or weeks before being spread. The
soluble parts of the manure are washed
into the ground, and if every particle of
/ the visible manure is removed the spot
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