The San Francisco call., 1895-08-02

among the raisin-growers to hold for cash
posted in the business, and who have the
interests OF the growers at heart are more
and more firmly convinced that the con-
ditions will be much more improved
if the people will refuse to sell unless
they get living prices in the sweatbox;
associations. The latter is the favorite
method, yet it is not being adopted
so extensively as might be. People are
waiting to sell in the sweatbox. They
believe in cooperation, but hesitate to
take the step. There are, however, sew
eral cooperative associations organized
and ready for business.
The Nanaimo (B. C.) Free Press tells
about four sticks of giant rhubarb, grown
by w. M. Flewett on his farm at the De
Courcey Island. The sticks are "a inches
in length and inches in circumference
the largest weighing pounds 10 ounces,
clear stalk of rhubarb. The leaves on each
stalk measured feet inches across
These mammoth stalks are the second
growth from plants set out this year
These stalks should indicate that farming
pays in British Colum bia, but, strange to
say, the contention is the very opposite.
The substitution of large for small farms
cannot be given a moments favorable con-
sideration. The removal of obstacles to
universal small farming should be the aim
of every well-wisher of his kind, saws the
Fresno Republican.
The farmers of this country, the men
who own their own homes and till their
own soil, are the hope of the Republic, and
the greater their numbers and the better
their condition, the more bright the out
look for the future of republican institu-
tions.
Vegetable gardens in the valley around
Sacramento are being devastated by the
army worm, and, in some cases, it is re
ported, entire fields of vegetables have
been wiped, out by the pest. The
Sacramento Bee says that tomatoes shown
sln the markets there are in very bad con-
dition. Nearly every one shows where it
has been attacked by worms. Canteloupes
are also in bad condition. In MANY in
stances the worms have bored into them
and eaten the meat and left nothing but
the rind.
A horse with lump on his shoulder is
like a person eating beef on tooth that
is longer than the rest. You should clean
the collars every time you take them off.
because they Will clean easier when first
taken off than if left till the dirt gets drv.
Always take the harness off at noon.
especially for several weeks in the spring
Wash their shoulders well twice a dav
with colo water and salt dissolved in IL
Never use sweat pad.-National Stock
man.
1t is practice In some places TO use an
orchard for securing crop of fruit and
also have sufficient grass to assist in keen
ing stock for a certain length of time bnt
land cannot be made to produce both crons
In that manner. The gain In one direction
may be lost in another. Occasionally n
crop OF grass may be gown in the orchard
II the land is rich, but permanent grass
SOD is sure to injure the trees sooner or
later. 'oeA -
Ihe ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Quebec re-
Gently advised the farmers to think less of
poiitlcs and more of agriculture, and they
would not suffer ANYTHING. The liberal
professions were overcrowded. Not % ner
cent OF the lawyers of Montreal made a
comfortable living. But the land was al
ways good. The soil was always bounti-
lul, ana ne who cultivated it diligently
never failed to reap his reward.
The Tulare County Bee-keepers' Asso-
clation will hold a convention in Visalia
on August Ia, when the industry will be
discussed in all its phases by apiarists
whose knowledge in the premises comes
from experience.
The agitation in favor of wide tires on
ROADS Is bearing fruit. Already Connecti-
cut and Minnesota have laws fayoring wide