The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-01

will plant larger acreage next season and
en- ieal or to establish a mill at Crows
Landing We cannot see anv reason whv
this plant could not be successfully and
profitably grown to considerable extent
in this section. climate and soil being ia
vorable to its growth.
DIR. N. R. Barbour of Lockeford brought
into town the other day six-horse load of
almonds and dried fruit which he had sold
in San Francisco for $500. The shipment
was sent to the metropolis by steamer.
There were 100 sacks of almonds in the
shipment, for which the raiser will get
$50, and the other stuff was dried apricots
and peaches. The almonds were raised on
a tract of thirty-hve acres on the north
side of the Mokelumne River, in the Sec
ton known as the Langford colony, on
land which DR.. Barbour recently pur-
chased from 6. A. Foster. The crop was
not up to the expectations of the owner OF
the tract, but IL was profitable and gives
him encouragement for the future of his
fine tract. The trees are seven years old,
and will bear heavier from this time for
ward In a good season the yield of nuts
will be much larger than this year, and
the price is expected to remain at about
the figures offered for this seasons crop.
San francisco dealers pay cents per
pound for such almonds as DR.. Barbour
shipped, and that price is very satisfactory.
Orchardists say that they can make money
when they can sell almonds for cents
pound delivered in San Francisco.-Stock-
ton independent.
No healthy animal needs medicine. The
practice of using copperas, carbolic acid,
etc., as preventives of diseases, by giving
such drugs to animals, and especially as is
done with hogs, results in more damage
than occurs from disease. Such substances
are poisonous, and cannot be allowed with
out risk of deleterious effects.
How to Best Utilize the Farm.
Every acre of land the farmer has should
be of value, says the Baltimore Sun. The
drainage should be good. He should I'M
derstand the nature of his soil so well
that he knows what each field is best fitted
for raising. There is nothing like being in
formed in ones profession. Farmers must
read good papers on farming if they would
do the best. Poor fences, poor stock, poor
crops are unnecessary to a farmer who
knows his business. More fail, saws an un-
identified exchange, because of poor man
agement than from any other cause. 1t is
almost true that farmers are born, not
bred. 1t does not pay of late years to raise
grain, as there is already an overproduc-
ton, thirty and forty acres of wheat max
ing the planter out of pocket. This keeps
him from the use of his land at only S. so
to the acre. 10 wonder the mortgage
grows until it is large enough TO swallow
everything. One should raise just enough
wheat for his own use. He should raise
every kind of fruit to which his land is
adapted. Straw berries are more paying
than potatoes. While the farmer is waiting
for his fall crops his small fruit is turning
into money.
Too many make a speciality of some one
thing. As a result their loss is heavy if
there is an overproduction of the product
Plant every variety that is suitable to the
lana. The soil should be kept in good con-
dition. No weeds should be allowed to go
to seed. Orchards should be sprayed.
Never spend a cent without selling some
| thing that will bring in another. Keep a
variety of fine stock. Have a number of
fat porkers to sell in the spring. Be sure
winter. Fowls will then lay during the
winter months, when eggs bring the most.
In March they will set. Nothing pays
better than spring chickens. The farmer
should buy nothing that be can raise, for
no one will sell an article without a profit.
Shall the farmer raise such articles aud
get the profit, or shall he pay some one
else for doing his business? Have a hot
house. Early vegetables find a good
market. 1t requires shrewdpess to know
when to sell. Farmers watch the market
as close as do Wall-street spectators.
Some farmers do not sell until the market
is surfeited ana produce is at beggar's
fee. Not until man devotes all his talent
to his profession will he succeed.