The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-02-24
PEAR TREES FROM CUrTINGs.


reason they should be looked after al
night, and fastened up in a warm, snug
| box.
PEAR TREES FROM CUTTINGS.
kelt1er and lie Conte pear trees may
both be readily grown from cuttings, and
IN the Southern Atlantic States this prac-
tlce is quite general with nurserymen
who not only grow immense quantities
OF the trees for sale from cuttings. but
| also use the lie Conte cutting as a stock
upon which to bud other varieties. The
cuttings are made in the fall. tied in
| bundles and packed away in layers in
moss, sand or sawdust until the early
spring, when they are found calloused
and are dibbled out in nursery rows, the
same as young Seeding apple, pear or
cherry trees. Nearly all of them readily
take root, and make fine growth the
first season.
FARM NOTES.
If you worry or ill-treat the cow in any
way the milk-pail will tell of your sins,
and the profits fail to appear.
Cocoanut butter, which made its first
appearance only a short time ago, is al
ready making rapid strides in the Ger
man market.
A new outlet has been found for the
cranberry. A company in New Jersey
is making them into sauce and CANNING
Coal ashes are said to be seryiceable
around pear and peach trees. This is
more especially the case on sandy soils.
Wood ashes, however, are much better.
and should De used in preference.
When skinned milk is fed to pigs a
small proportion Of bran, ground oats
and cornmeal will greatly add to its nut
rltive value and promote rapid growth.
1t is also an excellent ration for brood
sow.
The greatest mistake made with manure
is that OF spreading it over too large a sur
face. 1t is an impossibility to secure
good results from manure that is spread
over five acres when it is barely sufficient
for one acre.
Electric plows and harrows will be the
implements of the future, and the horse
will be almost banished from the farms.
The COW, however, will hold her place
longer, as she is a producer of beef, milk
butter and cheese.
Trees properly pruned, the fruit well
Trimmed out, need never have their limbs
propped. The man who carries out this
mode will succeed, where the neglected
/ trees will be Improbable and the loser
Will say there Is no money in fruit-rais-
ing.-Rural World.
The approaching era of small farms
means an increased number of farm
owners, fewer tenants, and relatively
fewer hired hands. 1t also means that
the farms will be better cared for, as the
owner will take greater pride in keep
ing up the land and buildings than the
hired man or tenant would.
The best success in-raising turkeys is tn
put the young turkeys with a turkey
hen. She understands their nature and
requirements much better than the
chicken hen. A turkey hen and a
chicken hen may be set on turkey eggs
at the same time and all the hatching
given to the turkey. She will be able to
care for sixteen or twenty easily.
The asparagus bed is seldom made by
sowing seed. When preparing a new
bed procure two-year-old roots, make q
trench two feet deep and a yard wide.
filling in the trench with as much ma,
nure as you can spare, for it cannot be
used too literally. Then cover with a
few inches OF dirt and place the plants in
position, watering them copiouslv, and
place them at least a foot apart. Make
the new bed as soon as the frost is out of
the ground.
The discovery of new varieties of straw
berries is within the ability of everyone
who grows them. By sowing the seed
and carefully selecting and preserving
the young plants, there will be possi-
bility OF securing variety much better
th1h elhS hhONiAs DuI 1dERG IUdlOrlIY OF
the young plants will be worthless SO far
as quality of fruit is concerned. Nearly
all of the best varieties of fruit are acct
dental discoveries from seedlings grow
ing in obscure locations.
The garden indicates what farm NAV
be. Some gardens, though but small
areas, supply families with an abund-
ance ofyegetables and small fruits from
early spring until fall. This is due TO the
| thorough cultivation and heavy manur-
ing of the garden. 1t produces more Der
acre than will ten acres of field crops.
When the whole farm is as well culti-
waited and the land fed as literally as the
soil of the garden. the farmer will find
that he has too much land, and that his
productions are large and profitable
under all Universities of seasons.
REASON? Beeeham's Pills act like
magic.