The record-union., 1891-06-24


enable him to secure not ouly better
prices, but how to breed for the best re-
suits in selling poultry. 1t is the buyer
who is to be satisfied, as he fixes the price
according to the quality and his desires.
III yellow legs on poultry are preferred in
certain markets, and the buyers are will
ing to pay something extra for such, it is
to the interest of the farmer to raise fowls
with yellow legs. The best breed for his
purpose is that which he finds will give
the buyers the greatest satisfaction, and
in so regulating his breeding he is not
liable to err.-Farm and Fireside.
PROFIT IN ONIONS.
The price of onions is lower now than
it has been for several years, yet an onion
crop is profitable. With proper care two
crops can be raised in one year from the
same land. The yield is between seven
and half and eight tons to the acre on
each crop, which, at the present low price
of $40 per ton, brings $3.50 to $50 per acre.
The raising of onions involves much hard
work and some eX Xpense, but these figures
show that it pays well. Last year when
the crop brought 81 per hundred the
profits Of onion raising must have been
more than double those OF the present
year. 1t is even asserted that some of the
Italian gardeners near Stockton received
as high as 81 900 an acre for their onion
crops last year. Ii the price of this crop,
year byyear, is not higher than at present
it is plain that onions will pay the pro-
ducer better than any other product, eX-
cept the choicest fruit. AS the Italians
pursue the business crop of fruit may
be raised in addition. 1t is a common
thing near Stockton to see crops of onions
raised between rows of apricot trees,
while the latter are said to bear the better
for the cultivation that is necessary to
bring about the best results with onions.
Stockton Independent.
TWO GOOD POINTS.
D. L. Yad of Iroquois County, ILL.,,
sends the following to the Farm and Fire
side: That the wounds made by taking
off large limbs from trees should not only
be painted or covered with grafting-waX,
but should also be rooted in ; that is, by
covering with tin, zinc, or even with a
Shingle. This is valuable thought for
those who occasionally have to remove
large limbs from some highly-prized
tree. By means of this covering the
wound is protected from the sun and
rain and from fungus grOwths. Last
season I covered the trunks of some
| young apple-trees that had been severely
| pruned with rosin-siZed building-paper,
| and in the fall found the wound under
the paper much better healed over than
| where exposed, with only grafting-wax
for covering" His second suggestion
| is that in watering plants he finds it saves
one-half the water and prevents caking OF
the soil if a hole is made by the side of the
plant and the water poured into it
| through a funnel.
FARM NOTES.
Ifwater must be provided for fowls,
| give it in the morning, fresh, and be
| careful to clean out the troughs in
order to guard against disease. The roup
and cholera are always spread through the
| flock by each member being compelled
to drink from the same source as the sick
fowls.
juice may be boiled to jelly without
sugar. Mash the fruit and strain, boil
down very carefully in porcelain or gran
| ite ware. While it is thin cook rapidly,
| but as it thickens let it simmer slower
and slower and finally finish is stone
ware jar in a cool oven.
1t is very difficult matter to break an
egg-eating hen of the vice. Never allow
! a broken egg to be within reach of the
hens, or throw egg-shells to them, as
such will teach them the habit. Make
the nests in dark place. rather high off
! the floor and open in front, so that the
| hens will have no place to stand for eat
ing the eggs.
| The guineas came originally from a
| warm climate, and the young ones thrive
| better in summer than in the colder
months. Hatch them under hens and
| they will not only lose much OF their
wild nature, but 60 up every evening into
the poultry-house. They are excellent
| layers, make superior table fowls and
! perform good service as insect destroyers.
In giving salt to animals it should be
done in a manner to allow each animal
to partake of as it desires and prefers, in
stead of giving the salt in the food
| thereby compelling some animals to use
more salt than they wish. Each animal
has its individual preference, and the
! proper mode of allowing salt is to place il
where the animals can have access to it al
all times, as each will use only the
amount needed.
Strawberries have been grown to an
| enormous size this season. William
| Elyins Of HammontOn, n. j., who ships
thousands of quarts to market, filled
! some of the boxes with only thirty Der.
ries to each box, some of the berries be-
| ing three inches in diameter. If the
strawberry continues to improve in size
at the present rate of progress it will sooI
be as large as the apple. Already berries
| have been produced that were larger thar
| plums.
! Maple syrup, to be pure and just righ
to eat, says Utica paper, should weigh
lDOub LIZ pOuuIlS " llt BdllOi. w HGI
poured out in a glass it should be cieal
and amber-hued, without containing darl
streaks. If, after it has stood in the dist
a few hours, a dark sediment is found il
the bottom, it is not pure maple syrup
even though the man who made it should
cut down the tree from which he claimed
the sap was drawn and haul it to you
door in proof of his claim.
To show how much our English friends
are ahead OF us in some things, we ma,
cite a measure recently introduced il
Parliament, providing for the officia
registration of farriers and shoeing
smiths throughout that country. 1t i
proposed that no one will be permitted t,
shoe horses who has not obtained diplo
ma from the Farriers' Company, and thi
can be had only after careful examination
Of the mans practical and technica
knowledge of the business.
Used Them for IS Years.
Ira j. Griffin, Bookkeeper First Ma
\ tiOOaI Rank SING SjpC