Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-25

valuable both as food and medicine. 1
has always been esteemed a luxury-th,
food of kings. Eaten in small quantities
with other food it is very nourishing, ano
favors the cure OF pulmonary diseases ane
colds.
The old geese make better layers ant
mothers than the young ones, and can b.
kept for breeding for years. As old geese
are not readily salable in market, the young
ones only should be sold. If given good
range, geese will cost but very little, a:
they delight in green food and insects and
| forage industriously.
No animal should be guarded more care.
fully than the COW. She daily provides
milk as an article of food, and should she
be attacked by disease, or suffer ailment OF
any kind, the whole family may incur
danger. 1t is more important to look
after the health of the COW than to the
health of the horse.
In gathering sqaashes before severe
frost, bear in mind that their keep
ing well rests very largely in the manner
they are handled. Any which accident
ally become bruised should be kept out for
first use, and not put in with others, as
they will surely rot and cause the others
to decay as well. A cool, dry location is
best for preserving over winter.
A change from grass to dry food means
a change in the quantity of milk, unless
the food is varied and some succulent food,
such as ensilage or roots, be allowed in ad-
dition to hay and grain. Some COWS fall
off in milk when put on dry food and do
not regain in yield until the next spring.
Regulating the milk supply by regulating
the food and its quality is something that
requires judgment.
A healthy hen needs nothing. If a
tonic, or medicine, is required, let it be
something simple. Give it in the drinking
water, and in small quantities. Never
compel the hens to drink or eat anything
that they do not seem to partake with
relish. The simplest tonic is fresh air
Stacked lime in the water, small quantity
only being necessary. A little salt in the
food will also be beneficial.
During the winter season some kind of
absorbent material should be used on the
floors of the poultry house and under the
roosts. Nothing excels dry dirt for this
purpose, and if you wish to lay in a supply
of it, the present time is when it should be
done. The facility with which dry dirt
can be procured, and Its low cost should be
an inducement to have plentiful supply
stored away for winter use, and the poul-
tryman who does so will not regret it.
Nearly all stables are made with ventil-
ators, or have some kind of an arrange
ment for ventilating The matter of how
to ventilate without allowing the warmth
to escape, and to avoid colds from draughts
of air, demands attention. Many animals
contract diseases IN winter by being ex-
posed to draughts from ventilators when
the wind blows from certain directions
1t is safe to claim that more victims have
resulted from too much fresh air in winter
than from too little.
A single coat of spirits of turpentine or
kerosene applied to the black knot in plum
and CHEEKY trees would destroy it; also,
linseed oil applied with brush in
similar manner two or three times would
destroy it. In either case, care must be
taken not to apply to any but the affected
parts Of the tree. it is not necessary to re-
move the knot when this application is
made. Of course, the remedy should be
used as soon as the knot or wart makes its
appearance. The remedy is so simple that
it deserves trial by our fruit-growers.
Cultivators of orchards as a rule, fail in
feeding their trees, by merely dumping a
little heap of manure r,und the base of
each, when it should be scattered evenly
over the entire surface as far as the branches
extend. The roots usually extend at least
twice as far as the branches; and if the
branches Of large tree extend twenty
feet from the center, the roots
have pushed out at least forty feet.
One who grows trees should have a
definite idea from the start as to what he
wants in the way of top. and then each
year he should prune according to the
plan. If this pruning should be neglected
for the first few years, the tree will suffer
from too much cutting away when the
grower finally commences pruning. A
good top can never be obtained
unless it is attended from the start
While early spring is usually the best
time to prune, yet there are occasions
when the work may be done on growing
trees, or in summer On rich, well culti-
waited and MANFRED land, the growth may
be needlessly vigorous, and moderate
amount of pruning may be even beneficial
and in tress of less vigor light pruning to
bring the trees into good shape may be
quite admissible.