Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-31

pure game, either English or Indian
Malay are best.
1t has been ascertained that the ovarium
is composed of 600 oyalus or eggs, there
fore hen during the whole of her ex-
istenee cannot possibly lay more than 600
eggs, which, in the natural course, are
distributed over nine years, in the follow
ing proportions: First year, 16 to 20; sec
ond year, 100 to 120; third year, 120 to
1876; fourth year, 100 to lis; fifth year,
60 to so; sixth year, 80 to go; seventh
year, So to 40; eighth year, Is to 20;
ninth year, l to 10. 1t is not profitable to
keep hens after their fourth year, as their
produce would not pay for their keeping,
unless they were of valuable or scarce
breed.
GENERAL FARM NOTES.
Rev. II. II. Bruning writes from White
Haven, Pa, to the Philadelphia Record as
follows: "For four years l have used a
detection of tobacco stems as remedy for
the sting of the curculio, and with COM
plete success. On removing drop of gum
adhering to the plum, or the crust that
forms over the moon-shaped cut, there is
nothing to be seen except the clean scar,
and the fruit is uninjured. Formerly
nearly all our plums were ruined, but since
we have adopted this method we have no
wormy fruit. Plant lice, which infest the
leaves at the ends of the twigs, are also de-
stroyed. Half fill vessel with tobacco
stems loosely pressed down; Fill up with
boiling water; let it stand till the next
day; then syringe the tree thoroughly. Do
this when the plums are about the size of
pea, and again about two weeks later"
The following remedy for burns comes
from Germany, and is said to be an extra
good one: 1t consists OF fifteen ounces Of
the best white glue, broken into small
pieces in two pints Of water, and allowed
to became soft; then dissolve it by means
of water bath, and add two ounces OF
glycerine and six drains of carbolic acid;
continue the heat until thoroughly dis
solved. On cooling this hardens to an
elastic mass and may be kept for any
length of time. When required for use II
is placed in a water bath until sufficiently
liquid, and applied by means of brush
1t forms shining, smooth, flexible and
nearly transparent coating over the sur.
face.
Good brood mares are fortune on the
farm. Keep all the good mares and con.
tinue to grade up, that each succeeding
generation will be better bred and raise
better colts. The mares can do the farm
work and raise valuable colts, while a
gelding or male is useless expense on a
farm. When all our farms are stocked
with brood mares and greater care given
to breeding the better class of horses
farming will be more profitable, for there
| is no product of the farm that sells fol-
better money than good horses, and the
brood mares work for their keep besides
Western Ag,ieultm'ist.
Geraniums must have any leading
shoots cut back to make them throw oul
laterals. Verbenas should be pinned down
until they have covered the bed, and any
| faded flowers or rusty leaves must be re.
moved. A bed of verbenas should be
kept very free from weeds. Coleus being
grown for their color, massiyeness and
evenness of surface must be aimed at. and
any shoots that show tendency to run
beyond the others must be pinched back
severely. The more pinching coleus re.
ceives the better it will look.
Sunfowers planted about drain or on
portions of land from which impurities
arise will absorb noxious gases, and there
by prove very beneficial to the health Of
the people about. Besides being useful
those plants are exceedingly ornamental ii
arranged to form dense bank. At the rear
plant row of the "New Primrose" va.
riety, next row of the ball-shaped kind
known as COLOSSUS, then row of the Cali.
fornia, and lastly row of Miniature
sunfowers.
A piece of rock salt should ALWAYS be
kept in the box of the manger, so that the
horse may lick it whenever his appetite
prompts him. Salt is as necessary for ami
mails as it is for human beings, and this
way of administering it is far preferable to
the universal practice of putting handful
once or twice week in soft feed. In fol.
lowing his instincts the horse will take
neither too much nor too little, and will
get 1t just when he desires it and needs il
most.
As the retail fresh meat market calls for
less fat and more lean, neighbor adopted
plan to make pork without grain, which
many farmers would do we'll 10 initiate.
Twelve April pigs were weaned Just as the
clover was about six inches high. They
were placed in that and mad no other feed
except wind-fall apples. They were sold
IN October and came to S76. The flesh
was delicious, and "about one lat to two
leans" the butcher said.-Stockman.
The Rural Ne~ Yorker has never found
anything better to kill lice on cattle than
tobacco water to which a little sulphur has
been added. Keep the tobacco and sui
phur in water near the boiling point for
twelve hours, stirring 1t occasionally. APP
ply the decoction to the poll of the head,
along the top of the neck and spine, on the
brisket and under the legs. OF course, the
animals must be kept in warm place
when treated In this way.
No farmer can afford to neglect the Gull
tiyation of his hoed crops. 1t pays to be-
gin early In the season, to do the work
thoroughly and to cultivate often. Such
course will cause the plants to grow more
rapidly, hasten the maturity Of the crop
and cause marked increase in the Weld.
1t will also destroy the weeds and thus
tend to get the land in good condition for
sowing when the hoed crop has been re-
moved.
Experiments with burnt clay demon
strate it to be a fertilizer. Its value con-
sists of its affinity for the transforming
elements in the soil. 1t extracts ammonia
from the atmosphere and yields it to
plants, as well as afording potash that is
set free from the clay itself. 1t is the
opinion of leading agriculturists that the
burning of mari will render it more avail.
able to plants, and that burnt clay will be
fertilizer of the future.
Mr.. Golf, of the Wisconsin Station, pre-
sents the most important results OF potato
experiments. OF lis kinds the following
gave the best yields: Rose Beauty, Mon
arch, Duplex, Late Beauty of Hebron,
Mullaly, Alexander's Prolific, Seneca Red
jacket, White Bea uty of Hebron, Wiscon-
sin Beauty, Canada Blue, Arthur's No. 2,
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