Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-20
FARM NOTES.

One of the best modes of matching
strawberries is to spread fine, well-ro.ted
manure over the rows.
A head of cabbage in the poultry yard
will be found very acceptable to the hens,
IS only few days will elapse before moth
ing but the stalk will be left.
There is something in hsy to be looked
after. 1t should be clean, free from the
effects of dampness (Which render it moldy
or musty), and should be fed in racks.
Horseradish is better if dug late in the
fall and stored like other roots. Those who
grow it for market find the best sale for it
in February and March, before any can be
dug from open ground.
Between 10000, 900 and 40, OOO, 600 gallons
of wine will be made in the United States
this year, of which California will produce
more than half. Seven eighths of the
grapes of California go to the wine press.
According 10 the new census statistics of
the vine industry there are 10000 acres
devoted to vineyards, of which 100000 are
in bearing. OF the acres of bearing vines
in the country California alone has 150 900.
Scrape and wash the trees with strong
soapsuds, or solution of potash, and then
whitewash them. Clean trees are attractive,
and the removal of the bark prevents
many insects from finding harboring
places.
Sheep are very fond of good clean,
bright straw, but they will not eat straw
readily if it is damaged. Straw alone,
however. is not suitable, but if allowed
other food the sheep will utilize straw as a
part of their diet.
There has been an unusually large pro-
duction this year of tomatoes. Delaware
and Maryland have grown and canned i'm
mense crops Of tomatoes, which have made
up in part for the almost total failure of
their peach crops.
Many pumpkins are lost in the winter
season by being kept too damp. Dry and
cool air suits them. In such situation
they keep good until spring. Besides their
use for cattle housekeepers value them for
use in the kitchen.
Results of experiments in grapevine
girdling indicate that when the vine is
girdled the fruit ripens SO much earlier
(about ten days. that many late varieties
NAV be grown in localities which otherwise
would not mature the fruit before frost.
II a calculation or estimate could be
made of the amount of filth that is added
to the milk of all the COWS in this country,
| in one year, by not keeping the cows clean
and bv not using water on the hands before
| milking, it would pile up by tons.
Rake up all the debris around the grape
vines and burn the leaves and other mate.
rial collected. Scatter air slaked lime lib.
erally on the ground around the vines. In
the spring turn the soil under and use more
| lime. In this manner the ravsges Of the
rot can be greatly mitigated.
| When you succeed in securing good
COW. or notice one in your neighbor's herd
aim to secure calves from her, sired by
bull of some preferred breed. But, above
ali. first investigate the breeding of tht
cow. how she was produced, and from
| which family she derived her meritoriou:
qualities.
The shaping of tree should be dom
| when it is young. The practice of allowin:
useless limbs to grow, only to be saved o
chopped off when the tree Is large, is mis-
| take, as every undesirable limb grown de
priyes the other limbs Of so much foo'
pourishment. Begin with the first yea
and train the tree to the shape desired