The herald., 1897-03-26
the roup. Group or cholera. If specific
advice as to detail is ever needed 1t Is in
the poultry business.

| the roup. Group or cholera. II specih.
advice as to detail is ever needed 1t Is IN
the poultry business.
Recent adwices from the orange pro
ducing section of Florida state that
about so. per cent of the acreage of the
state is being systematically restored,
while about 20 per cent is being taken
care OF in desultory manner, leaving
about 80 per cent of the whole entirely
abandoned In 1895 the state produced
$4,000 boxes In spite of the freeze. The es-
timated crop for 1896. all of which is not
yet marketed. is $4,000 boxes.
The time is coming when pineapple
culture will in certain sections of South
ern California assume Importance. The
climate in some localities Is very favor
a bic, the one thing needful for financial
success being an intimate knowledge of
pineapple culture. Several patches of
pira-apples exist In the state, and q
grower at Cahuenga Is supplying mar
ket in Los Angeles with pine-apples
regularly, for which he receives a good
price.
For preservation in Jars the demand
is for uniformly large and handsome
fruit. If one intends to sell fruit for
consumption In the green state. atten-
tior must be paid more particularly to
the flavor If purchaser gets hold OF
inferior fruit, no matter how large it
may be. he Is likely to look for some
other variety next time. Fruit that is
lacking in flavor often tastes better when
it has been canned. Growers should
be governed largely by the market they
intend to supply.
Cows milk contains all the necessary
elements for maintaining life, namely,
carbon, oxygen nitrogen, and hydrogen.
However. to obtain the requisite carbon
1852 grammes must be ingested while
but 1905 grammes are necessary for the
requisite amount of nitroge/. The ex-
cess of nitrogen is likely to interfere
with digestion. Persons suffering from
phthisls can assimilate more milk than
others, and the formation of large coag-
ula in the stomach may be prevented in
any case by the addition of boiled water,
lime or rice water.
Assemblyman Emmons of Kern coun-
ty. whose support of just measures has
attracted widespread attention, sur
prissd his admirers last week by intro
ducing a measure providing for the ap-
pointment of a commission of three to
inspect and supervise the grain ware
houses of the state. This commission
is to have an office in San Francisco at
a cost of $1,000. a secretary at salary
of $4,000, and each commissioner is to
draw $500 per annum and Sc per day
for every day he Is absent from head
quarters on inspection. While there is
undoubtedly room for Improvement in
warehouse management, generally
speaking. yet the situation does not by
any means warrant such remedy as
the one proposed.
The Los Angeles Investor well says
that California has no special dispen-
sation of providence which releases it
from the irrevocable laws of nature.
and that our soil, fertile as 1t is. can
no more so on yielding big crops year
after year without fertilization than a
man could continue to take money out
cf a pocket without putting any in. Too
much Importance is often accorded to
the value of barn manure as fertilizer.
Analysis shows that the essential ele-
ments ia ton of barn manure may be
carried in a three-quart can, and may
be represented by very small guam