Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-16

as TO keep the SOIL loose tndl the IOOtletS
may have great opportunities.
Whenever the pastures begin to run out
and the cows have difficulty in securing
plenty of food, feed more grain or hay at
the barn. To keep in full flow of milk the
cow must be supplied either from the barn
or the pasture, and as the pasture huctu-
ates in its supply of grass it must not be
wholly depended upon.
Professor Hickman, of the Ohio station,
says: ''The greatest amount of marketable
corn has been produced where the stalk
averaged twelve inches apart. The varia-
lions n yield were slight whether planted
one grain every twelve inches, two every
twenty four, three every th;rtysix inches,
or four every forty-eight inches.
One benefit Of improved stock is that
it is an educating force in farm life. The
owner of improved stock will not feel sat
isfed to see it depreciate, and he studies
into stock-breeding and feeding SO as to
avoid the reproach. 1t teaches him to
think more than in the past and think
ing farmers are usually successful farmers.
If the stubble-feld be plowed and turnip
seed sown broadcast thereon, Lot only will
the weeds be destroyed, but much of the
seed will produce turnIps, upon which the
sheep may be allowed to run later on.
Turnips are claimed to be excellent mate
rial for the soil if plowed in, or they may
be left in the ground all winter for sheep
in some sections.
Your birds need shade as well as sun.
Set out few plum trees in the yard, and
the hens will destroy the grubs and enrich
the soil, so that with a little trouble and
expense you can raise some of the most
delicious fruit. With certain poultrymen
this plan worked well and paid hand
somely. Try the plan next spring end see
if you are not satisfied.
Turnips and choice mutton are joint
| articles on English farms. No English
| farmer would attempt to raise sheep with
| out turnips as one of his crops 1t is pos
sible that the growing of more turnips in
this country may be an advantage to
| those who keep sheep. Every farmer
should give turnips and sheep a trial
where it can be done with a prospect of
profit.
Professor Linthner's remedy for bark
| lice is as follows: Stack stone lime as for
whitewash, and to two-thirds of bucket
ful add one pint of gas tar, one pound of
whale oil soap dissolved III hot water, one
pound of common soft soap, one pound of
| potash or one pint Of strong I've; also clay
or loan enough to make the wash of
proper thickness to be applied with a
| brush.
There are a set of insect enemies for
every crop re raise, and if a field is kept
continuously in one crop the pests that
! war against that crop will SO fill the
ground that before long they will, in a
great measure, destroy that particular
crop, while if rotation of sufficient length
is given these insects are in very consid-
cradle measure starved out, and the loss
from their ravages is reduced to an incon-
siderable item.
The numberless pores of the skin are
liable to get clogged up if the sweat and
dust are left on the horses over night.
This will prevent free perspiration the
next day, and may result in something
serious. Time spent in cleaning up the
teams after hard days work will bring
its reward. If you groom but once day
do it in the evening. 1t will not hurt to
groom thoroughly twice day.
a variety of food is just as essential to
the best growth and condition of an ami
NAL as it is to the health and comfort of
human. Try month or twos steady diet
of unvarying three times day corn-bread
and water for yourself, and you will have
more sympathy for the poor dumb brutes
under your care, and your sympathy will,
if you allow it proper scope, coin you dol
lars in the greater thrift of your beasts.
The Spanish chestnut makes hand
some, symmetrical tree. Orchard and
Garden recommends it as very desirable
for planting along the roadside, where it
will not only furnish as good shade as the
maple, but produce good crop of nuts,
and timber of much more value for posts,
rails, ETC. The American chestnut makes
the largest and tallest tree, and is much
the hardest; the European forms tree
much shorter, and with around head some
what similar to the Norway maple.
C. Dudley of Kentucky, says: "The
value of lime in the poultry yard cannot
be overestimated; experiences teaches
that there is nothing more effective as an
insect destroyer than a thick coating of
whitewash made of fresh lime and an in
fusion OF crude carbolic acid. Cleanse the
house thoroughly before applying, and
cover every accessible portion of the wood
work, especially the perches and the sills
on which they roost A generous fumiga-
ton of sulphur and tobacco is also advan-
tageous.
A Pennsylvania gives this remedy for
the currant worm Wet the bushes with
the hose of watering pot and then dust
them thoroughly with sieved coal ashes,
repeating both one or two consecutive
mornings should it be deemed necessary.
Our bushes were thoroughly sprinkled, as
the recipe called for, and the result was
than was anticipated. In fact, it acted
like magic, for the destroyer disappeared
at once, and the currant crop was saved in
perfect condition.
Professor w. Rehnstrom, Dairy In
spector and Agricultural Engineer of Swe-
den, has invented new food product
which he calls lactoserin Skim milk is
curdled in the same way as commonly used
in cheese-making, only that larger guam
tity of rennet is used and at a higher tenn
perature, so as to make the precipitation
complete. To the whey thus obtained is
added an equal quantity of skim milk, and
the bulk, through a simple process of evap-
Grafton, is transformed into solid cakes,
which are afterward cut or ground and
more or less roasted to suit whatever pur-
pose intended.-New Orleans Picayuae.
At Egg Harbor, n. j., where the grape
is grown extensively, DR.. Theo. Boysen
has made some important tests with the
Bordeaux mixture as preventive of grape
rot. He left some vines unsprayed, while
near them were vines that had been
sprayed four times. A marked difference
is quickly discerned, the sprayes vines
showing healthy leaves and but little rot.
All leaves and grapes that had been per-
fectly sprayed were exempt from disease.
The experiments of DR.. Boysen are en-
couraging, as they show that with energy
and care in the use Of the Bordeaux mix