Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-11

skin is white, thin, and fine in texture.
The standard weight of the cocks, fully
matured, is about nine pounds; of the
/ hens, seven pounds The chicks are hardy,
and feather and mature early. The object
of William Cook in forming this new
breed was to combine abundance of eggs
with superior flesh for the table, hardness
of constitution, rapid growth, and fine
form and pIumage. To effect this he
selected the Black Minorca because it is a
great layer, the Plymouth Rock for its
general good qualities and the color OF its
eggs; the Langshan for its large size, lay
ing qualities and excellent flesh. These
three breeds he crossed together, and after
seven years of experimenting he contends
that his Orpington breed of fowls, for gen
eral purposes, are the best in existence.
He has sold specimens of them to all
quarters of the globe and they have given
universal tisfaction.-American Agrlcut-
itrist
coCoANUT BUTTER.
In the last Consular reports published
by the State Department there is an inter-
esting account by Charles Monaghan, of
Mannheim, OF cocoanut butter, fatty
substitute for butter, which is now displac-
ing oleomargarine and genuine butter IN
Germany. The practicabiHty of making
a substitute for butter from the meat of
the cocoanut was discovered by DR..
S-hlunk. chemist of Ludwigshafen. 1t
has been manufactured for year at Mann
helm. The daily production is 5000 kilo-
grams of butter, which sells at from 10
cents to 153 cents per pound. With real
butter at from 25 cents to 30 cents pound,
the cocoanut imitation grows rapidly IN
the public estimation. 1t is of clear
color and agreeable TO the taste. The
poor use it on their tables in place of the
genuine article, but those able to DE fas-
tidious use it chiefly for cooking purposes.
1t is free from the acids so often found In
real butter, and is more wholesome. As
it is free from the suspicion that attends
butter made from the milk of cows af-
feeted with tuberculosis, it is much to be
preferred to some kinds of butter in the
market.-Baltimore Sun.
FARM NOTES.
Bran should be part of the ration of
all classes of live stock, but bran should
be fed in connection with ground grain or
cut feed.
Wheat straw may be fed to stock with
clover hay if both are cut fine, slightly
salted, moistened and sprinkled with
ground grain.
The fence corners should be as clean as
any other portion of the farm. They are
the harboring places of yermin and fruit.
full source of weeds.
Farmers are too much like isolated
points. They must touch each other
oftener and closer if they would improve
as they should, industrially, socially and
politically.
In planting fruit trees, the distance apart
should depend on soils, lay of the land
quality Of tree, and preferred mode of cult
ure. Advice of experience should be uti'
lized on occasion.
The vigorous strawberry plants are the
one that will produce the largest berrie;
next spring The best mulch for straw
berries is fine, well-rotted manure. It moi
only serves to protect the vines but sup
plies the ready food early in spring.
When a flock of hens do not pay, the
best plan is to pick out the ones that are
laying and sell off the others. 1t is some
times the case that there are too many o
them together. A few hens well kept vii
produce more eggs, proportionately, than {
larger number.
A good dressing of manure around each
raspberry plant at this season will cause
the canes to grow rapidly in the spring
Only few raspberry bushes are required
in order to supply small family, anC
the richer the ground and more manure
used the larger and better quality of th'
berries
Every farm should have a few grap'
| vines. They serve as arbors or shade, anC
can be grown where they will not tax,
up much space. All poultry yards viii
be improved if grape vines are grown
along the fences, and the fowls will fine
shade under the oyerhanging branches il
summer.
| Never keep vicious SOW for breeding
purposes. Her pigs will not be as good
and she will be constant source Of annoy
ance. Remember that ''like begets like,
and that it is the still pig as well as tn,
still SOW that gets the swill, and the ont
that gets the swill is the one that bring
down the scales at selling time.
1t must be clear to any man with th,
most ordinary business instincts that goot
roads mean thrift, liberality and wealth
They mean good farms and good real estat,
values. They mean that the farmer en-
joying their use will save time goins
over them, will save wear and tear no.
only on his wagons but on his teams.
Selling crops Qike fodder corn are Otter
necessary even in connection with pastur
age. Droughts are too common to furnish
good pasturage all the season; aud per
haps if we had good stiff drought ever,
summer it might do something to breal
up the wasteful pasturage system on goot
tillable lands, and thus be blessing il
disguise. The soiling system is the com
ing method for civilized countries.
| All our domestic turkeys are descend
ants of the wild stock, as this bird wa
unknown until the discovery of America
A return to the original breed gives NOR,
hardness, and is on some accounts desir
able. The turkey always needs wide
range than other fowls, but while young i
very susceptible to injury from cold anC
wet. In its wild state the weaklings ar,
killed of, and only the strongest survive
A feed lot is too small that compels ami
mails to eat from the filth. A small 10
with feeding floor will answer the pur
pose much better than larger one with
out floor. The soil part of the small 10
may be covered with straw or other litter
to the comfort of the hogs and the profit O
the owner. Exercise in working this ovel
is of great benefit to the hogs, and makes
a valuable lot of manure for the farmer
use.
While fall pig will grow to a larger
size than the spring pig for next winter;
pork, yet it is doubtful if such pigs are a:
profitable as those farrowed in the spring
and pushed in growth until December Il
the arrangements for wintering fall pig:
are perfect, and they are not stunted when
young, they will make good progress, but
should they be neglected in any manner
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