Any kind of grease, even though it be old and partly spoiled, will answer all right, though tallow is best. The grease imparts to the whitewash an oil property the same as in good...
Last May I irrigated my prune trees for the first time, again during the first two weeks of last December. If no rain should come within the next two weeks, would you advise me to...
It is current rumor that "out in California they are hauling alfalfa green and curing it by artificial heat," thus reducing loss through bad weather and producing a superior hay fo...
What is difference in life of peach and almond in California? The almond is the longer-lived, but we have seen both assuming the aspect of forest trees in abandoned pioneer places....
My cow has hard lumps in, her teats and lower part of the bag. These cause pain to her on milking, but there are no other symptoms of disorder. This condition has prevailed several...
Give information about Phormiun tenax (New Zealand flax), which I see is imported to San Francisco in large quantities yearly for making cordage and binder twine, and is said also...
I am going to plant about 2000 plants of rhubarb. I intend to put some cow and horse manure under the plants as a fertilizer, but I do not think I will have enough for all the plan...
My brood sow is awfully fat; how should I feed her so that she don't get too fat? She is bred and it will be her third litter. She was running in the vineyard all winter, and I fed...
Will olive trees grown from the olive seed be the right thing to plant? Will they be true to the parent tree or will they have to be grafted? Olives which a seedling olive tree wil...
What is the usefulness or harmfulness of the outflow from septic tanks for use an fruits and vegetables? There is no question as to the suitability of the affluent from a septic ta...
I can buy goat manure from an inclosure where this is deposited to an amount of about five carloads. Will goat manure be of great value in fertilizing an orchard? If so, how much o...
The root crop or the pumpkins could be used in the later summer, while the sorghums could come between the natural grasses of the early spring and the root crops. A strictly pastur...
What are the approximate contents of common stable manure; also, how much of the above is contained in bean straw? The composition of mixed stable manure is given as containing in...
How shall I start, and when, the following seeds: Peach, plums, apricots, walnuts, olives and cherries? In the East we used to plant them in the fall, so as to have them freeze; as...
I have a horse that was bruised on the ankle about two years ago. This is now producing an enlargement of the bone and stiffness of the joint. Apply the following liniment: Sulphur...
We desire to store two or three thousand boxes of apples for three or four months and propose to do it in this way: Make an excavation in dry earth, putting at the bottom of the ex...
Please state the best remedy for keeping the borer out of young fruit trees. Sunburn can be prevented in many ways. The manufactured tree-protectors are good if they are light colo...
From how many acres could I keep off a freeze of oranges with 1000 gallons per minute? The water is at 65 degrees. The amount of water will prevent frost over as large an area as y...
I have in mind two pieces of land well adapted to citrus culture. Both have the same elevation, soil, climate and water conditions, except that one piece is a mile of the Kaweah ri...
What is the government recipe for whitewash? "Take a half bushel of well-burned, unslaked lime, slake it with boiling water, cover during the process to keep in steam, strain the l...
You need not worry about getting her thin. She simply requires less food. An animal excessively fat brings forth an inferior offspring.
Will I do injury to my peach trees if I delay pruning until the last of February, or until the sap begins to run and the buds to swell? It will not do any particular harm to let yo...
There are various systems of drainage. Wherever a branch or lateral joins the main, the means of drainage is duplicated within the area that the main can drain, and the system shou...
Why do young apple plants in the seed bed became mildewed? They are in a lath house. Because too much moisture was associated with too much shade. More sunshine would have prevente...
I have heard some talk against planting peach fillers in an apple orchard. What is your opinion on the subject? There is no objection providing the peach is profitable in the local...
There is a large total area of land that can be brought into profitable production of food only by means of pasture grasses. A small part is too low and moist for tillage, but a la...
Is there any danger of a barn burning from spontaneous combustion due to a silo being built in the barn?
Give a saline purge (1 pound. glauber salt), inject peroxide of hydrogen, after which pump in, sterile air. Apply externally camphorated oil once daily. Camphorated oil has a tende...