Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-31
Farm and ORCHARD.
A REMEDY FOR cURcULIo AID
PLANT LICE.
The Horses Sense of Smell-When Cali
fornia Fruits Ripen-The Back Yard
Farm and Poultry Notes.

fOrnia Fruits Ripen-The Back Yard
Farm and Poultry Notes.
An Eastern correspondent gives in the
American Garden a few points which are
worthy of our careful consideration. What
shall we do with our back yards? We may
possibly, by persistent effort, get rid of the
old wagon-wheels, plow-points, barrels and
such things but how shall we eliminate
the wood-pile, and turn the barren desert
of the chip-yard into thing of beautyw
Perhaps we must concede this much to
utility, l was going to say, but Victor
Hugo's saying that "the beautiful is Just
as useful as the useful, perhaps more So"
came to mind. Let us at least insist that
the area shall be SMALL and that order
shall prevail there, and find comfort in the
thought that if it continues an eyesore
there are but few viii think of 1t. For the
rest, let the turf be as bright at the back
as at the front Of the house. Where the
burdocks now thrive so we'll, perhaps ca
ladiums will prosper. Let us elothe the
wood-house with the useful hop and grape,
and SOW some morning-glories to climb
among them, and add their radiant beauty
to the greenness. Let Virginia Creeper
hang its fringes from the porch. Plant
the clothes-line posts firmly, and let each
support grapevine. Set a tree or two
FIR S = near by if it be on the or h side
of the house; further off if it be Oh the
sunny side. Chrysanthemums may have a
place there if not too shady, and hardy
roses make the waste to 'bud and bios
s1m.' Then give these growing things, so
close at hand, the dish-water and washing
suds, with which you were wont to invite
fev,r to your door, and see how they will
thrive. Don't throw the ashes from the
wood-hres into pile to waste and be I'M
slightly; go little further off and feed
them to the pear and apple trees.
WHEN CALIFORNIA FRUITS RIPEN.
1t is not surprising that California has
been dubbed the Horticultural State"
when it is generally known that during
every month in the year we have fresh
fruits ripening which can be purchased in
sufficient quantities for shipment; nor do
we refer to unreasonable crops which are
often INDUCED in by our trees and vines.
The same may be said of vegetables. As a
matter of curiosity and information, we
have compiled the following table:
January-Oranges, lemons, lines and
guavas.
February-Oranges, lines, lemons and
guavas.
March and April-Oranges, lemons,
lines, guavas and Strawberries.
May-Currants, loquats, cherries, lines,
oranges, lemons, gooseberries. guavas straw
berries and apricots.
June-Cherries, plums, apricots, prunes,
currants, peaches oranges, lemons, lines,
guavas, strawberries, blackberries, raspber-
rIes and gooseberries.
July-Figs, nectarlnes, apples, grapes,
cherris, plums, prunes, apricots, peaches.
currants, loquats, oranges, lemons, lines,
guavas, Strawberries, blackberries and rasp-
berries.
Acknowledgements, figs, nectarines,
ounces, grapes, apples, cherries, plums,
prunes, apricots, peaches, lines, guavas,
strawberries, biackberries and raspberries.
Acknowledgements, ounces, figs,
nectarines, grapes, apples, apricots, plums,
prunes, peaches, lemons, lines, guavas,
strawberries, blackberries and raspberries.
acknowledgements, ounces, figs,
grapes, apples, plums prunes, peaches
lemons, lines, guavas, Strawberries and
raspberries.
Observation-Disclosures, pomegranates,
ounces, figs, grapes, apples, plums, prunes,
peaches, lemons, lines, guayas strawberries
and raspberries.
Observation-Disclosures, pomegranates,
grapes oranges, lemons, guavas and straw
berries.-Cdtyornia Fruit Grouer.
HORSE SENSE.
The horse will leave musty hay un-
touched in his bin, however hungry. He
Wi not drink of water Objectionable to
his Questioning sniff, or from bucket
wi some odor makes offensive, however
thirty. His intelligent nostril will
Vic culver and query over the daintiest
bit Tered by the fairest of hands, with
coaXlngs that would make a mortal shut
his eyes and swallow nauseous mouthful
at a gulp.
mare is never satisfied by either
sight or whinny that her colt is really her
own, until she has certified nasal certif-
cate to the fact. A blind horse, now liv-
ing, will not ALLOW the approach of any
stranger without showing signs of anger
not safely to be disregarded. The distinc-
ton is evidently made by his sense of
smell, and at considerable distance
Blind horses, as a rule, will gaIlop wildly
about pasture without striking the sur
rounding fence. The sense Of smell in
forms them Of its proximity. Others will,
when Ioosened from the stable, 90 directly
to the gate or bars opened to their ac-
customed feeding grounds, and when de-
string to return, after hours Of careless
wandering, will distinguish one outlet and
patiently await its opening. The odor of
that particular part of the fence is their
pilot to it.
The horse, in browsing, or while gather
ing heritage with his lips, is guided in its
choice Of proper food entirely by It's nos
trils. Blind horses do not make mistakes
in their diet. In the temple of Olympus
bronze horse was exhibited, at the sight
of which six real horses experienced the
most violent emotions. Elan iudiciouslv
observes that the most perfect art could
not Initiate nature sufficiently well to
produce so strong an illusion. Like Pliny
and Pausanius, he consequently afirms
that sin casting the statue a magician had
thrown hippomanes upon it, which, by
the odor Of the plant, deceived the horses,
and therein we have the secret of the
miracle. The scent alone of buffalo robe
will cause many horses to evince lively
terror, and the floating scent of a railroad
train will Brighten some long after the
locomotive is ont OF sight and hearing
Horse and Stable
POULTRY NOTES.
Feed with chopped hard-boiled eggs and
bread crumbs. Dust the hen again with
insect powder, when she comes off the nest
after sitting. Never give soft, washy food
to chickens. Three days of egg and bread,
then bread crumbs for two days, then
broken grain for day or two, and then
refuse, wheat, etc.