Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-13

crease, and never be compelled to produce
a pound twice. Hold fast to that which is
gained.
As long as the animal eats all the food
you give it nothing is wasted. Do not les
sen the supply because the quantity re,
quired is larger than you wish to give.
The filthy stall causes sore feet and in
lures the health of the animal. By strict
cleanliness a larger amount of manure
can be saved and the thrift of the animals
promoted.
Flowing the land to kill the cut-worm
depends on how the land is situated. Some
soils are not benefited by late blowing, es-
pecially if they are liable to be washed by
heavy rains.
A quart of kerosene, costing almost
nothing, will save many valuable tools
\ from becoming rusty. Simply apply it
with paint brush. 1t will do no harm to
any kind of implement.
J Up in Rogue River, Or, fruit-growers
| have found firm friend in yellow Jackets.
| They are death on tie green aphis scale,
and when they light on tree it is thor
oughly cleaned in a few minutes.
The peanut crop is reported so enormous
that there has been almost panic in the
peanut market. The yield in Virginia
alone is set at 100000 bushels, and
equally enormous returns are coming in
from other regions where the nut is grown
Mr.. Morris, assistant in the Royal Gar
dens at Kew, has discovered that it is pos
! sible to obtain many new and improved
varieties of the sugar cane from the seed,
and by crossing and selection the produc-
ton of sugar can be greatly increased. The
seeds are very small.
This is the season of the year when pre-
parations should be made to keep stock
comfortable during the inclement weather.
Do not let the yearlings and young calves
stand shivering out in the cold as it not
only retards their growth, but takes them
all summer to regain what they lost in
! winter.
Pigs that are farrowed as late in the
year as this are liable to be stunted unless
well protected against cold If the young
| pigs meet with any drawbacks between
this time and spring they will be slow in
recovering, and it is doubtful if they will
progress as well or grow as large as pigs
that may be farrowed in the spring.
When you use SKINNED milk or butter.
milk, do not fill the vessels so that por-
ton will remain, but give only as much
as the fowls will eat at once, cleaning the
vessels after the milk is used. What is
better, mix the milk with ground grain in
place of water, but always use that which
is Wholesome, and such as you would use
for yourself.
Country school-houses demand more at
tention than may be supposed. Many sec
tions are abandoned because of the loss OF
excellent school facilities. One of the
principal causes of the sacrifice of farms is
the desire to get nearer good schools
Every farmer is interested in the school.
house, and should take an interest in it;
management.
Within the last thirty years the acreage
devoted to corn in the United States ha
increased from 100000 to 100000
and the amount produced from 500,000,00t
to 2000000000 bushels, while wheat il
the same period has expanded its are;
from II 100000 to 100000 of acres, anC
the amount produced from 100,000,000 t,
500,000,000 bushels.
Should the supply of eggs begin to fal
off, il means that your hens are too fat, 0
: they desire a change of food. Substituting
e one kind Of food for smother viii oftel
: show wonderful effect, because the foo