Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-12

hired him to set the rest. How they did
grow The rows were four feet apart, and
by fall had just room enough to walk be-
tween them. They were mulched in
spring with straw. 1t was a sight to see
the berries when ready to pick they lit
orally covered the ground. | counted ia
berries on one plant of Wilson; the planta-
ton yielded los bushels to the acre.
have heard of raising 200 10 the acre, but
1t does not seem as though any more ber-
ries could hang on plants than were on
these. l left the plants for another year
and set out fresh piece, thinking | would
make myself rich in few years The
next crop on the first piece was only Is
bushels. have made up my mind that it
does not pay to take more than one crop.
The Wilson is a heavy bearer, but not
vigorous enough. l like the Crescent
better.
PEANUT OIL.
From book which has recently been
published in New York on the peanut
plant and its uses. we gather the following
information regarding the making of oil
from peanuts, and when it is remembered
that about two million bushels of peanuts
are produced yearly in the United States,
which are used for food alone, it looks as
If the industry of peanut growing, which
has proved so adaptable to California, is
capable of practically unlimited expansion.
The oil of the peanut is regarded as equal
to sweet and olive oil, and may be en-
ployed for every purpose to which these
are applied. This would at once give
commanding position to the peanut, were
it used for no other purpose Olive oil is
largely consumed for culinary uses, in
manufacturing and in tie arts A bushel
OF peanuts. twenty pounds in the hull,
when subjected to hydraulic pressure, is
said to yield nearly gallon of oil. The
yield by cold pressure is from 40 to 30 per
cent. of the shelied kernels, though if heat
be used larger quantity of oil, but an in
ferior quality, is obtained. The best pea
nut oil is nearly liquid, with faint agree
able odor and a bland taste, resembling
that OF olive oil. 1t is more limpid than
olive oil and becomes quite thick when
exposed to temperature few degrees be-
low the freezing point of water During
the late war peanut oil was extensively APP
Piled III the Southern machine shops, and
was regarded as superior in its lubricating
qualities to whale oil. For burning it is
highly esteemed, but the chief use to
which the oil is put at the present time is
in making soap. There was imported into
Marsellles, France, in one year from the
west coast of Africa nearly $4,000 900
worth of peanuts to be used in the manu-
facture of soap. The oil cake is highly es-
teemed as food for cattle.-Cdlifoynia Fruit
GT0geT.
CUT DOWN THE WEEDS.
As you drive over the various counties
In the State, you will see everywhere great
patches of thistles or other troublesome
weeds, and even around the door-yards and
out-buildings of many OF the ranches the
same thing is noticed. 1t certainly seems
as if the farmers for the sake of looks. if
not in the interests of agriculture, would
go out and cut down these pests before
they mature seed. This would largely de-
stroy the crop for next year, which, if left
alone, will be a hundred times greater
than the present one. We are in favor of
passing law compelling every man, it
matters not how lazy he may be, to destroy
the weed pests of the thistle class which
are found on his premises California
Fruit Grower.
FARM NOTES.
keep out insects will enable tired horses to
rest better at night.
Keep alfalfa closely cropped if the weeds
are growing among it. In this manner the
weeds will be killed, while the alfalfa be-
comes stronger.
The popularity of the Merino sheep is
largely due to the fact that it is an active
forager, and that larger number can be
kept together than of any other breed.
If you must, or think you must, feed
corn to the horses during the winter, do
let up on the practice in summer. Feed
ing horse corn in summer is good deal
like building fire in the parlor stove ON
the Fourth of July.
1t does not pay to put the best fruit or
vegetables on top and have the purchaser
find something not so good when he
reaches the bottom, as it makes him suspi-
cious, the consequence being that the sale
of good fruit is injured.
The price of the COW does not indicate
her value as producer. Gilt-edged butter
is something that depends on how it is
made. The COW gives the milk, but upon
the management of the milk, cream and
butter depends the quality.
There is never too much good butter on
the market, but there is always large
supply of inferior butter. The prices are
not regulated by the quantity so much as
by The quality. Good butter sells at
high price at all seasons of the year.
When beets, carrots or parsnips do not
appear to grow, though given every OPP
portunity by manure and cultivation, the
slow growth may be due to the plants be-
ing too close in the rows. Thinning out
the plants just after a rain will he of ad-
vantage.
The Michigan Farmer says: eWhen you
kick COW just pause and think that you
are kicking dollars out of your pocket
and when you pound her with the milk
stool, that you are robbipg your wife and
children of the necessaries, and YOU prob
ably won't do it.
The cultivation given the corn crop
when it is young is the most important.
When the plants get good start and are
kept clear of weeds, they will soon be in a
condition to better withstand the drought.
1t is the first four weeks treatment of the
corn crop that exerts the most beneficial
influence on the yield.
1t should not be overlooked that the
plants are enemies to each other, as there
is struggle for existence when they are
crowded together. All plants above the
number required are weeds, and do more
injury than foreign weeds, as plants of the
same kind desire the same kind of food. |
Hence, if four stalks of corn in hill do |
not thrive well pull up one-half of them.
The plant food in the soil will be more
serviceable for limited number of plants |
than for too many.