Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-06


stronger to the taste.
The domesticated turkey is not SO hardy.
1t requires great care to rear him under
the most favorable Of barnyard auspices.
Whether or not he is descendant of the
wild turkey is question that has never
been satisfactorily settled. Some authori-
ties take an affirmative view of the ques.
tion, while others think that his progeni-
tors as type are extinct. The wild spe,
cies found in this country are similar in
appearance and characteristics to those
found in Central America, Mexico and the
table lands of the Rocky Mountains
Dealers insist that turkeys shall be
killed by bleeding in the neck, and picked
while the body is warm. Warm-picked OF
scalded turkeys are not wanted in this
market. Shippers have to be careful that
the body is entirely cold, but not frozen
when packed. If packed while any ami
NAL heat remains it is almost sure to spoil
Experienced shippers place turkeys back
Eupwards and legs out straight in boxes
containing from 100 to 200 pounds. Old
bull turkeys. as the dealers term them
have to be packed in separate boxes, Oh
with the poor grade of poultry.
FARM NOTES.
A fat sheep is one that will bring good
price, but poor sheep is not wanted by
any one.
Never chop turnips for stock but slice
them, and there will be less liability o.
any of the animals being choked.
Every farm should be an experiment
station, with plots for making experiments
The humblest farmer is capable of dis.
covering something that may be of adyan-
tage.
A Clarion, (Ia) man has unearthed a
cabbage that weighed Is pounds, meas
ured 8 feet inches in circumference and
l foot 2 inches in diameter. 1t is of the
fat Dutch variety.
Do not crowd too many hogs together or
you will find q dead one in the pen oc-
casionally, especially on cold nights, when
they will pack closely in order to keep
warm, the under hog being crushed.
james II. Aryson, of Fayette county,
Pa, has a Chester White SOW, years old,
that has given birth to forty-fve pigs in
eleven months and fifteen days-three
filters. She has given birth to ffty-six
pigs in four filters.
Clover grown in orchards and plowed
under is about as good and cheapa method
of manuring the trees as can be devised;
but little lime broadcasted over the sur
face, or, what is better, wood ashes, will be
found of valuable assistance.
1t is folly to blanket a horse in the
stable and then leave ventilator open to
give him the cold wind over his back and
under him. There is too much so-called
ventilation given in cold weather and it
causes much discomfort to animals.
The best time to cut back the young
trees, plants and vines is after cold weather
sets in, when they are in dormant condi-
ton. If there is danger of winter-kill-
ing of some of the branches it is best to
defer the work until spring, and just be-
fore the buds begin to push out.
Clover hay is very heterogeneous food,
and is also rich in mineral matter. There
is no hay that can equal it for COWS that
are in full flow Of milk, and it is also ex-
cellent for growing stock. All kinds of
hay may be fed TO advantage at any season
of the year. but clover is the best Of all.
Many house plants die because of the
very dry air of the room. All house
plants should be watered regularly, as well
as washed in tepid water occasionally.
Coleus and geraniums are frequently at
tackled by the mealy bug, the best remedy
being to wash the plants with soapsuds
made of whaleoil soap.
In extensive farm-yards, where fowls
have wide range and plenty of food, they
may be kept in flocks of considerable size.
and so long as they have this liber.y they
will thrive and yield liberal returns, but
when it b. comes necessary to shut them
up, in order to prevent their doing dam
age, large hocks speedily become diseased
and cease to be productive.
The advice frequently given that a
young tree should be properly pruned
when it is set out contains much truth,
but tree should be pruned carefully for
two or three years, which will relieve the
grower of the necessity of cutting off large
limbs when the tree becomes large. No
tree should be so grown that the saw must
be used on its limbs later in its life.
The fowls often suffer for water when the
weather is freezing, and dish OF warm
water supplied them twice day will not
only invigorate and warm them, but is
also cheap mode of inducing the hens to
lay. Being compelled to drink water as
cold as ice the warmth of the body is les
sened, more food is required, and the hens
will have all they can do to keep warm in
stead of laying eggs.
No matter how abundant our timber
supply may be, or how long it is likely to
asst, it would be wise and profitable to
svoid wasteful methods of cutting timber
md of handling timber lands. It is only
sensible and practicable economy to en-
oloy all available means and conditions to
Increase the productiveness of wooded
ands, and to make the local timber sup
by everywhere last as long as possible
Garden and Forest.
An English authority on poultry topics
remarks that, while highly stimulating
God may induce hen to lay little
EARLIER, it is always at the expense Of
health and permanenGy, He uses the word
may" because he inclines to the opinion
hat health and vigor may induce the
,arly egg quite as successfully as forcing
liet. The thing to do is to keep fowls |
veil, on food not too fattening, and give
,lenty OF green stun auu d sheltered yard. |
One-half the care and labor required to
.arn $50 tiiling some crop will produce
hat amount for the farmer if bestowed
lpon his flock of fowls. If you propose to
lin to. persistently neglect his best COW
rom one end Of the year to the other, he
will set you down as candidate for
unatic asylum yet common-sized flock
If fowls, such as are kept at most farm
teads, will yield as much value yearly, if
properly treated, as a frst-rate cow
4merican Poultry Yard.
Every unnecessary step on a farm in do
ng the chores is just so much distracted
rom the time and strength needed to do
hem. 1t is but common wisd>-,m tnen n !
olan a proper contiguity of stables, pens,
ribs, granaries and waterworks, and the
.barteCt rorJta from, ono 70 ha ut bor On,