The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-31

comfort OF the orcha-disr, for it Will
decrease his times Of spraying. 1t also
adds greatly to his hopes, for if the
spores live over on the dead leaves the
proper way to get rid Of them is to
burn the leaves.
VALUABLE COW.
Alta Advocate: j. Leggitt of near
Traver has a cow he calls DILL" She
is half Jersey and half Durham, that,
as far as is known, heads the lis: OF
dairy cows in that vicinity.
Mr.. Leggitt has not yet patronized
the creamery only enough to get test
of the quality of the milk. He has thus
far made his own butter and the cows
record he hands us is as follows:
"Dill' came in the LIST of last Janu-
airy and was MIXED eleven months;
during this time she gave $3.50 pounds
of milk, from which he made 2Il1a
rolls of butter, which he sold for Ssh
The tests of the milk at the creamery
run from 81 to 6 and the above Hg-
ures show that the milk for the butter
fat alone, even with the old system OF
skimming the cream by the raising
method, was worth over l cent
pound.
The SKINNED milk he allowed to
clabber and mixed in a wheat bran to
a consistency of stiff dough; this he
fed to his chickens in such manner
that they could just peck into 1t with
out getting in it with their feet This
feed, he says, is the best egg food he
ever tried and thinks the COW should
be credited with small amount from
the egg account.
TOBACCO.
. Monterey New Era: w. 7. Ball OF
Seaside claims to be the first man who
brought tobacco seed to California
bringing it from ST. Louis, Mo-, in 1919
He says he has grown more or less OF
it since that time, and in 1864 raised
125 tons at San Juan for DR.. Flint and
Bixby & Co. for sheep dip. Next year
he and his sons intend sowing between
ten and fifteen acres.
GREAT BUT NOT UNUSUAL.
California Fruit Grower: On Mon
day, November 10Th, a certain rancher
says a Northern California exchange
picked ripe tomatoes, string beans
green peppers and strawberries. Be-
sides this of course there were oranges
and other fruits in abundance fresh
| from the trees. This is nothing unusua
| in California, but our Eastern friends
should remember that just now this
State can boast of other things thai
make life in the Golden West more de.
| lightful than in many other less ia
vored States, not the least of which j:
| the close Of very prosperous season
| to the farmer and orchardist
STRAWBERRIES IN KERN.
| The following is from the Kern Cali
fornian": Mrs. William Upton is mar
keting between thirty and forty boxe.
of strawberries per week, grown on hel
place mile from Kern. The berry i:
of the Jessie variety and the fruit i:
| particularly large and finely favored
The Uptons have one-sixteenth of ar
acre in these plants, and this year have
sold $13065 worth of berries. A ready
market is of course found for the yield
now, as strawberries are not very com
| mon, even in Kern County.
SELECTION OF SEED WHEAT.
| Rural Californian: Some soils produces
good seeds, in other soils seed will de-
generate. Care should be taken to Sc
| lect for seed the largest and heavies
| grains. In this way a crop may bt
| increased both in quantity and quality
| The first plant food which the youns
wheat plant gets is from the seed grain
| hence the necessity of good seed. AS {
| rule, the heavier the seed the more Wig.
orous is the young plant. If fertilizer
be applied it should contain about Z
per cent. nitrogen,z7 per cent. availa bic
phosphoric acid, per cent. potash. Il
a farmer raises his own seed wheat hi
should use a tanning mill to clean ou
not only the seeds of noxious weeds, bu
also the light grains of wheat.
J AN EXPERT.
An official of the Agricultural De
! partment is toovisit California before
long and give our fruit growers point
, ers on raising Smyrna figs.
ALFALFA.
| Alfalfa hasn' tlmuch capacity to resis
weeds, hence the ground should be clear
| to start with
| IMPORTS OF WALNUTS.
! The total imports of walnuts of the
current crop to date, says the "Journa
of Commerce and Commercial .Bulle
i tin New York, have been 1880 bags
| including Grenobles. 1t is impossible
to correctly estimate the quantity afloa
and under engagement, but it is rough
ly stated as between IL, 600 and 1600(
bags. The French crop, it is reported
is practically finished.