The record-union., 1892-09-28
the personal acteristics.-Farn and

the personal characteristics and
FireSide.
Ili;EPTNG FOOD BEFORE FOWLS.
10 pat food in a trough and then place
the trough where the hens can have free
access 10 the contents is an iuducenent
10 ldleness and also detrimental to sue
cess, for the reason that it is better for
the hens 10 be compe!leJ; TO work and
scratch. When a feed trough is used
some OF the hens will eat more than their
allowance and become excessively fat.
experience shows that the best laying
mems are the ones that are most active,
and the keeping of food before them will
rum the best flock that can be raised. 1t
Is well enough to use a trough when soft
1000 is being given, but the trough should
De cleaned out as soon as the hens have
finished their meal. If the hens are lay
ing III VIII do no harm to have small
box filled with ground bone where they
can help themselves as the bone will serve
as grit and Will not cause them to become
over fat, as they will not eat too much;
bnt all grains should be scattered.-Farm
and Fireside.
WINE EXPORTS.
The exports of California wine by
sea during the year 1890, reached
4, l62,06S gallons, OF which 3,S07, 800 gal
Ions went to New York. During 1891
,Jl
OF which 4,37S,5G5 gallons went 10 New
! ork, and the next greatest amount,
l52,03l gallons, to Honolulu. Rail ship
ments OF wine from California in 1890
amounted to 4,9A, 5l2 gallons, and in 1891
D, 1876 gallons. The sweet wine yInt-
age OF 1891 amounted 10 2,Sy0O0U gallons.
CALIFORNIA BRANDY.
The total output of brandy in California
Tor 1881 was 100000 gallons, of which
about 10000 gallons were used in fortify-
ing sweet wines, leaving 100000 gallons
10 go upon the market. OF this amount
49,. SOL gallons were shipped by SEA and
$40, 40 gallons by rail. During 1899 thl
total shipments of brandy by sea and rail-
were Oli, lG6 gallons.
SUGAR BETS,
Last spring number OF farmers about
Plcasanion, Alameda County, were in
duced to undertake the culture Of sugar
beetS, and they are now sending them &c
the sugar factory al AlVarado. Tie first
car leu PleaSauton on the l7tn Of Scptem
Der, and it is expected that the crop viii
amount TO nearly 800 carloads. They arc
reported TO be rich III sugar, and the pros
pecJ for the new enterprise appears al this
time To be highly encouraging.
FALSE ECONOMY.
The attempt 10 keep thirty or more hens
III u p'tliIS -hOu~G luaIJ Is dld JlcU lOG OH y
twenty results in fewer eggs from tnt
thirty hens than ii a smaller number oc
cupied the space. Cases are numerous
where few hens IayCd well, while large
Hooks gave no returns. The hens mus
be comfortable or they viii not thrive
and during the warm season there is nl
Surer melhod OF ceaSlng egg production
than to, have too many hens together
There is no ecOuomy III crOwding them
=,
III another.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The peach tree bears most at the ex.
tremity Of lis branches, and Tor this rea.
son is more liable to break down Wher
laden with fruit.
Russia exports 10000 fowls weekly tC
Marseilles, Fr~nce, and the agricultural
papers of ConSLantinople are urging
farmers there to raise poultry after the
manner Of the French.
The number of margarine factories is
increasing in Denmark, the production
being 10 900 pounds in 1889, anu $500
600 pounds III 1891. It's export to Eng
land and Norway failed on account OF lis
pale color.
The reason the hen that steals her nes
always matches we'll is that she is not toe
fat, and every egg has The same vitality
the eggs are usually Of ali sorts and from
everywhere they can be gotten.
There is but little profit in making q
hog weigh over 800 pounds, and the profit
decreases in proportion as the weight in
crcaseS above this. Tie most satisfactory
returns come from the hogs Weighing l5t
to 25O pounds. So don't make them toe
fat.
Prejudice has good deal to do witt
the keeping of stock. One breeder has
fancy for this or that breed, and that gov,
ems his course. The man who doesn'
like sheep will often refuse to keep then
in spite of the proof a neighbor can fur
nish as to the profit they bring.
The damage in losses to the farmers anC
the pain inflicted upon domestic animals
by barbedwire fences is SO great that i
is a serious question whether they SHOULD
| be used under any circumstances, il
view Of the fact that later Improvement!
construct an effecluaI barrier agains
stock without the barbS.