The record-union., 1899-09-21
Agriculture
and
Horticulture

Pacific Coast agriculture and horticult-
ure, for which reason the following will
be of interest:
AN ARMY IN VINEYARDS.
san Diego Union: The work of pick
ing the raisin grapes on the 500-acre
Boston ranch in FL Cajon Valley will
begin this morning. One hundred and
fifty men will be employed on this
ranch and it is expected that the
greater part Of the work will be fin
ished in two weeks time. Grape pick
ing was begun on the Fisher ranch yes
terday, and other large vineyards in
the valley, including the Holt, Major
Chase ana Richards ranches will also
begin work this week. Altogether there
VIII be about 500 men employed at
grape picking in the valley. 1t has not
been an easy thing to secure that many
men, which is a good indication that
most OF the men in this section are al
ready at work and are not out of em-
ployment.
Although the crop is somewhat light
1t is better than was expected several
months ago. The weather in the past
FEW weeks has been very favorable for
the maturing of grapes and the vine
yardists are naturally encoura ged.
Ihere mas been no desert wind as in
previous years, and the damp nights
nave also been of benefit to the erapes.
Ihere viii be more than half a crop
Whlch is considered good, considering
the TWO years of drouth The quality
IS also good when the dryness of the
season Is taken into consideration. In
1891 the yield was 1900 tons, but the
past two seasons have been dry ones
and last year the output was only about
400 tons.
The packing houses on the BOSTON
ranch are the largest and best con-
structed of any in the countv-nroh-
ably IN the State. A number of vain
apie improvements were made during
the past season The stemming and
grazing machinery was remodeled, and
steam power substituted for Pelton
water wheel; but the most important
change was the putting in of a seeding
inacnlne, the work of which is simply
perfect 1t is the invention of Joseph r.
crosby brother of William S. Crosby.
who, with Mr. Souther, owns the ranch.
ABOUT OLIVES.
Dr. Dunn, the we'll known Pomona
fumlgator, says: The reasons why
ollVe trees IN and about Pomona have
not been profitable in the last year are,
climatic causes, first; secondly, neglect
ed trees, and allowing them to become
scaly, another. But it is beyond oues-
ton that there are locations in which
the olive is a success. as for instance
IN San Fernando Valley and many
OJh0r l0C9lif 10
trees must be free from scale to bear
bountifully, otherwise failure will en-
sue.
Fumigation of olive orchards with
hyorocyan1c acid gas does effectually
fld olive trees of black scale and fungi.
thus placing the trees in clean, healthy
condltlon, so that they make vigorous
growth.
AS TO BELGIAN HARES.
X. ,. Storms, in Poultry Culture: AS
this is the time in the year for one
TO nave lot of young hares on hand
one does not realize the necessity of
having some experience in feeding
STOCK, as the feeding of young and does
sucking young should have the best of
care and feed. Almost anyone can raise
d. mare after he has reached two and
one-naf or three months old. as from
that time on he appears to take hold
OF life anew and you can see him grow
from day to day. But from the time he
is born up to this stage of life it does
not take much to knock him out. The
best feed l have found is good c1ean
White oats and alfalfa or clover bav
know 1T is a big temptation to give
CfI1ff OF I
are very fond of it. but have had very
poor success feeding anything except
oats ana good hay to young and does
sucking young. [ have tried feeding
them dry bread, bran, corn chop and
ooth dry and green grass, but have had
very poor results on such feed to
young ones of this age. But where they
nave been good and healthy have lost
out very few on oats and good dry hay.
NOW there may be others who have
had a good deal more experience in
Ieedlng young on these other foods. +
would like to hear from someone else
on this subject. But after they become
three months old or over begin to feed
these other things a little at a time,
not too much at first, until they get
used to 1T. My regular feed for older
ones Is oats and hay in the evening, in
the morning a mash of some kind and
Srass or some kind of vegetables AL
ways put little water over the bran.
corn chop and any kind of ground feed
as they VIII eat it better and will not
draW IL up IN their nose while breath
ing, and be sure the green grass you
Ieed Is not wet. Pick it one day and
iced 1t the next. Never feed any more
tnan a mare will eat UP clean and espe-
clally soft or green food. as it will
soon sour and create an awful smell.
Put a. good handful of salt in their
water once a week, say every Sunday
morning, for If you have a certain
day you will not be so likely to forget
1t. A good handful to a two gallon pail
of water.
LIVE STOCK CENSUS.
Los Angeles Times: The National
Live Stock Association is endeavoring
to secure better census of live stock
than we have ever before had In this
the association has the hearty cooper
alton of Secretary Wilson, who says
that with regard to the census of do
mestic animals we have never had such
a thing since the United States was
a nation. 1t shows milk cows and
other than milk COWS, horses and
mules etc., which is about as intelli-
gent as If the census of the population