Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-15

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1t seems to me, says Governor Hoard,
that as the COW Is mother she ought to
be handled with constant regard for her
comfort, and that rigid stanchion is the
most comfortable thing in the world for
the man that owns the COW, but not for
the COW herself.
In these days of advanced farming an
owner is inexcusable if he continues to till
poor ground. What with barnyard manure,
phosphates, ammonia, kanite, clover, ETC.,
with proper irrigation, even the desert may
be made to blossom as the rose. Study as
we'll as practice your profession.
The brood-mare that does the farm work
in the spring and summer and produces a
colt IN the fall will be an animal of value.
The fall is the proper time to have the
mares foal, as the colts can be weaned by
spring, put out on the pasture, and the
mares unencumbered for spring work.
A new use is reported to have been dis
covered for English hops, according to an
English paper-namely, for the curing of
bacon. 1t is found that sprinkling of
hops in the brine when bacon and hams
are put in pickle adds greatly to the flavor
of both, and enables them to be kept an
indefinite period.
Buying damaged grain because it is
offered at reduction is not the way to
buy cheap food. Cheap food is that which
gives the best results in proportion to cost,
and such food may be the best to be OBJ
tanned Measure the cost by the gain.
Always aim to secure the largest yields in
the shortest possible period of time.
If you fail to make dairying pay and
your neighbor manages to make little
money out of it see if he does not own
better cows than you do; see if he has
not some secret about feeding which you
have not "caught on to-" and see if there
is not something in his management that
you might make profitable by adopting.
Rake up all the leaves that you can get
and store them in dry place, to be used
as bedding for the stalls. A few leaves on
the floor of the poultry-house in winter,
for the hens to scratch over, will be found
very beneficial in keeping them thrifty.
For brood sows and young pigs no better
bedding or litter can be had than leaves.
Poultry need sunshine at certain times.
A glass window shaped like hot-bed COW
ering portion of run makes shelter
both for old and young chicks, and when
the heat becomes too great they will of
their own accord retire to the shade of the
inside of the coop Too much sun is worse
than too little; it also tends to make them
lazy and sleepy.
A Canadian farmer who raised large
crop of tomatoes last fall and was unable
to dispose of them, says he commenced
feeding them to his mich COWS and found
that they were greedily eaten and i'm
proved the milking. He has resolved to
plant field of tomatoes in which he can
turn his cows, who can utilize them to adj
vantage, whether green or ripe.
Calls on the necks and hooks of horses,
or other similar abrasions, should be
washed with CASTLE soap and tepid, soft
water, and afterward with sailed cold
water. 1t will tougher the skin. Any
indolent sores should be kept clean with
the soap and water. If gals do not re-
spond to this treatment apply tannin,
which may be had at any drug store.
Bran is rich in nitrogen and the phos-
pilates. If fed to animals it is valuable
alone for the manure, as a ton of bran
passed through the body Of an animal pro-
duces manure much richer in nutrition
than hay or other grains. Bran is excel
lent of itself as fertilizer when applied
directly to crops, but more so after it has
been eaten by stock, digested and voided.
Bran, meal and ground oats, scalded,
make an excellent mess for laying hens on
cold days Feed it in the morning, and
at night give wheat, allowing an hour or
more for the hens to scratch for it, as the
proper mode of feeding grain is to throw
it in litter, such as leaves or cut straw, in
order that the hens may work and exer-
else, which keeps them in laying condition.
A harmless and non-poisonous remedy
against the attacks of curculio, according
to the experiments OF Professor Cook, Is
ordinary land plaster GYPSUM mixed
with crude carbolic acid, one pint of acid
to fifty pounds of plaster. 1t must be
very fine, dry, well mixed, and thrown
into the trees after the blossoms fall, and
repeat after each rain. Bear this in mind
for next season.
A frequent advice is to dispose of all ami
mails not wanted, but one point to be OBJ
served is that no animal should be sold
unless it is in fit condition for market.
Once the frame work is obtained it pays to
crowd it with every pound of meat it will
hold. If you have not feed enough buy
more, for by SO doing that which does not
tend to the production of meat will be
added to the manure pile as manure.
If orchards were cultivated as regularly
as any other crop on the farm there would
be fewer complaints of blights, yellows and
other diseases; the trees would live longer
and yield more literally. Some orchards
are put down to grass, so to remain for
years, the result being that the crops are
left to fall and rot on the ground for lack
of quality. while the insects get the larger
share Of fruit, as well as destroying the
vitality of the trees.
1t is a remarkable fact that, this year,
by far the best crops of apples in the coun-
try have grown west of the ninetieth par
allel of longitude Nebraska, particular
ly, Kansas and Western Missouri, have
produced bountiful crops of very superior
fruit, comprising all the best known varie
ties. These apples have been largely
bought up and shipped to Chicago, St.
Louis, Kansas City and other Western and
Northwestern towns.
The dearth of peaches this year in
nearly all parts of the country has been
mentioned, but nowhere has the
scarcity proven more remarkable than in
the peninsula of Delaware and Maryland
east of the Chesapeake bay In that i'm
portant district there was virtually total
failure of that important fruit, which is
generally relied upon as the most remuner-
alive crop there grown, the great markets
of the Eastern cities depending upon it for
their customary supply.
OF the woods that are chiefly used in
fancy cabinet work, ebony comes mostly
from Ceylon and Madagascar, and is sold
by importers at 5 cents per pound. Satin
wood is grown on the island of San