The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-23

the farm requires little or no manage
ment. Poultry can be made with little
cost a valuable adjunct to the farm.
Warmth is condition of nature fav-
orable to the production Of eggs and
meat, and to neglect providing comfort
able quarters is to invite defeat.
When keeping fowls In yards there is
nothing more essential to learn than
when not to- feed. To have courage to
Withhold is an important requisite IN
management. Fed too often, they be-
come idle and profltless.
Poultry in yards would give better re-
turns than If on range if properly
managed, but to give small flock the
proper attention would cost much labor
This is not counted when the flock is
kept for pleasure. but on the farm the
case is different.
It is found that, when charcoal is
added to the food of fattening turkeys,
they gain more rapidly. When crowded
portion of the food is liable to fer
ment in the crop before it passes into
the gizzard. Charcoal absorhs gases
and relieves the acidity, and to the
property of the charcoal the benefits are
due.
AN ORANGE WORM.
Highland Citrus Belt: The recent
genealogical convention in Riverside
passed several important resolutions.
Among them one requesting the rail-
roads to fumigate every car which had
been used in carrying Mexican fruit.
owing to the danger of introducing the
Mexican orange worm into California
orchards also petitioned Congress to
LOT hn INN rtot
Mexican fruit into this country. This
convention was composed of represent
alive fruit growers of Southern Cali
fornia, and the alarm they have sound
ed with reference to the imminent dan
ger from the Mexican orange worm
should not be lightly considered. If
this pernicious pest should ever get
a foothold in California groves. it
would be a serious matter indeed. Con-
gress would make no mistake in adj
opting stringent regulations with ref
erence to the importation of Mexican
fruit so long as there is any danger
from this pest But Congress does not
take action Of this kind unless there
are urgent reasons for doing so. It
devolves upon the fruit growers them
selves to set the matter before Con-
ting the matter in shape to present the
urgency of the case to our national leg
islature. True, Congress is not now
in session, but there is strong probable
fty of an extra session. and the fruit
growers cannot begin the work any too
soon. Nearly all of them are acquaint-
ed with one or more Of the Congress
men or Sena tors. To such personal let
ters should be written, setting the
case fairly before them. If this is done,
by the time Congress sits they will be
in possession Of the necessary knowl
edge to take intelligent action in the
matter and mo- delay will be occasioned.
PURE OLIVE OIL
California Fruit Grower: The Chris
tan Press Association, New York City,
is an extensive, though only recently
established, Catholic institution In
addition to its large book publishing
business it supplies churches through
out the country with altar wine and
with Oil used at the sacraments. The
Very Rev. DIR. Meagher, the President,
in his travels the length and breadth
of the United States, and especially in
California, has investigated different
wines and olive oils. He is acknowl
edged as an expert in these matters.
Father Meagher recently visited the
winery of Graf Miranda He is
teetotaler but could tell the age and
variety Of Mr.. Mirande's product with
astonishing accuracy. But it is Po-
mona's olive oil that aroused his un-
bounded admiration. According to the
Pomona Progress" he declared that
he Jod Nv az,
duct he had not run across any really
pure olive oil since he investigated some
California olive oil at the Worlds Fair
AS a result of this. he has contracted
with Mr.. McEwen to buy his entire
product in future, even if it should be
as much as 10000 gallons year Thus
will Pomona Valley furnish sacrament
oil for Catholic churches all over this
broad land
DAIRY CATTLE
DR.. A. S. Heath, in Los Angeles
Times: In the East, dairying is very
different from what it is in California
In the great dairy center of New York
State, where rains are frequent and
copious, the pastures are abundantly
supplied with succulent grasses The
average herds are large, and the cows
generally weigh from ], 100 to 1000
pounds. The blood of these COWS is
variously graded, and is derived from
the Shorthorn, the Norfolk and Suffolk,
the Devon, and to small extent from
the Jersey and Holstein. The prevail
ing colors are red. These cows, though
of such various and mixed blood, are
called common stock but to the eye
of an expert, the dominant strains Of
blood can be readily traced.
1t is almost the universal misfortune
of the country that too little attention
is paid to breeding. Pure bred bulls
for the special purpose desired would
soon give the entire country herds OF
cattle of vastly greater value. For
instance. if the local demand called
for butter, then it would be better to
grade up with bulls of superlatively
butter excellence. If for milk, then
seek the sires of superior milk strains,
and for beef, the beef blood of pure
bred bulls of excellence in this line.
1t must always be borne in mind.