The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-14

tion that the. bit. of verse in this de-.
partment last week. was published by
us as original. We found il. a fIgf-
| tive literary maverick, with. no credit,
/ and on reference to the copy We find:
lit in Quotation marks: which were.
omitted in printing: We:are under obs
legations to our. hncoInp limentart cor.
respondent for the information. that:it
appeared originally in the atlanta Con-
Estitution, to- which paper we .cheerfully
| credit it. .
DR.. Knapp of Iowa, Louisiana, sent
by the. Agricultural Department to
look into agricultural and horticultural
matters in Japan and the Philippines,
| sojourned in San Francisco several days
on his return. last week and had two
consultations with directors of. the
State Board of Trade in reference to
a visit here from the Secretary, Mr..
I Wilson The board. has extended. the
invitation, which it is expected that the
Secretary will accept. He viii prob
| ably come. In the latter half Of May
next, and it is the intention of the
1 board to let him see all parts of Cali
fornia as its guest. DR.. Knapp reports
| that he found English agents. in the
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all sugar and tobacco plantations and
| lands suited for such as soon as Ameri-
can occupation is assured. These
agents are backed by unlimited capt.
tai in London.
The first patent granted in America
was to Joseph Jencks, Lynn, Mass, for
the scythe which is now in common
use and practically unchanged from the
Jencks model.
A correspondent asks further infor-
nation as to recent statement in this
department that eggs can be produced
at a cost Of. s cents a dozen. Our au
thority is the following, found in The
Poultry Keeper: Experiments in
feeding and in computing the value of
eggs show that, if no estimate is made
for labor one dozen eggs can be pro-
duced at a cost of 6 cents for food, or
about half a cent an egg. If all the.
food allowed TO hens were converted
into eggs the profit on a dozen. eggs
would be large, even when the prices
are low, but much depends on whether
hens convert their food into eggs, flesh
or mere support of their bodies. It is
fact demonstrated, however, that
when a dozen eggs are marketed they.
carry from the farm but little of the
nutritious elements of the soil in pro-
portion to their market value and on
that account they are as profitable as
anything that can be produced on the
farm" If our inquirer is a poultry
keeper he can, by keeping a simple
debit and credit account with his hens
charging them with what they eat and
crediting them with the money received
for their eggs, easily find out the cost
and profit of producing eggs, and with
that knowledge can experiment in eco
nonlics.
1t requires twenty pounds of milk, of
average richness in fat to make q
pound of butter, and fourteen pounds
to make pound of cheese
WHAT MA DOES EVERY DAY.
Ma says it amt no fun
Gittin' up afore the sun;
Says the weather is too cold
An that she is gfttin old
T'other day heard ma say:
les, the same ole, thing each day;
Git up, cook, an then begin,
Dig an scrub, an clean a gin"
Tho I'm jes a little boy,
Ev'ry day / help ma do
Up the dishes They's a slew
Ev'ry day 10 wash an dry;
An my ma. she'll allus sigh
After breakfus' Les begin.
Dig an scrub, an clean ag'in!"
Bet I've got the bestest ma
ANY you folks ever saw
Knows jes' how to make these ere
Twisted doughnuts an if we're
Coin cleanin' house, then she
GIFTS up early as kin be,
So at we kin then begin
Dig an scrub, an clean agtn
In our back yard we have got
Jes the incest posie spot
Lots O. roses red an white,
An sweet peas-an', oh, the sight
/ like best Is when they comes
White. an gold chrysanthemums
lend EN- all2 You bet I kin
While ma cooks an scrubs ag'in.
Wonder why MA gives a sigh
When she washes, and / dry
Up the dishes? An she'll say:
Jes the same ole thing each day."
Got some wrinkles, ies few
For the tears to trickle through;
Sometimes come when she'll begin
Dig an scrub an clean ag'inL
Don't see how my ma finds time
Sew. my clothes up when 1 climb
Up in our ole apple tree -
Wear hole right in my knee;
Makes me think I'd orter care
When she'll say with tired air:
S'pose. III have to now begin, :.
Patch an darn, an mend ag'int''
When I'm lynn in my bed,
Covered warm clean to my head,
On 9nn a mornin,, long fore light,
Fer my ma to have to go
An git up, when jes' know.
She's a-sayin': Must begin
Gittin' up to dig ag'in!''
Thinkin' out the nices. plan,
When get to be man;
Coin to have the bestest place
At there is on all the face
OF this earth; where ma kin stay
Right with me, jes ev'ry day. |
Bet I'll see she don't begin
Dig an scrub an mend ag'ini
e. A. BRININSTOCK. |
STATE -.OTES.
The Bendel-Nelson cannery at Grid |
ley is clearing the decks for big year.
If March is kindly to the bloom in the |
Feather River orchards it expects a |
large crop to work on.
The Rau hemp ranch at Gridley has |
settled large colony of recent Italian |
immigrants to work on it. this Season
j. f. Buckley of Yuba City has made |
a, large shipment of alfalfa seed to Ala |
bama, where this valuable forage plant |
has not heretofore been tried
Dry weather and wet each brings |
losses and crosses. When the Sacra- /
mento rose after the rains of last month |
the flood caught and drowned In the /
Feather River tules 200 sheep, belonging +
to V. Gianelli. He saved their pelts |
and left the rest to the crows