We can raise all kinds of root crops, such as carrots, sugar beets, rutabagas, etc., and cow peas and pumpkins do wonderfully well. Will hogs do well an that kind of diet, especial...
What quality is it in the soil in the vicinity of Watsonville that makes that country peculiarly adapted to the culture of apples? Are there not other portions of the State where a...
Is it necessary to have young orange trees covered or leave them uncovered during the winter months? It is desirable to cover with burlaps or bale with cornstalks, straw or some ot...
What can you say of red clover on shallow soils in the Sacramento valley under irrigation? How many crops, etc.? Red clover is fine under the conditions you describe. We could neve...
We have cherry trees set out diamond shape about 16 feet apart. We cannot take out every other tree and have any order, so we ask you if it would be possible to cut the trees back...
In digging out some old peach trees, I find now and then a tree affected with root knot. I am burning the root, of course, but as these trees are scattered in the orchard, I wish t...
Will beach sand do adobe or clay soil any good? It gets hard at times and I thought that if I was to put beach sand in the ground the salt in the sand would do the ground harm. It...
How about putting first cutting of alfalfa and foxtail into the silo? Do you think there is any danger of fire in a wooden silo, and do you add salt and water when filling, and how...
Buttermilk Paint How is paint made with buttermilk for farm buildings? One gallon buttermilk, 3 pounds of Portland cement, and sufficient coloring matter to give the desired shade....
Now they seem to have a cold and a running at the nose and with it a bad odor. It was suggested that this might be the beginning of roup, but I see no swell-head. The distinguishin...
Where dependence must be placed upon clover as a fertilizer, little or no manure being returned to the land, at least one of the two clover crops within the year should be left on...
What vegetables will thrive in localities where the sun shines only part of the day? I have a space in my garden that gets the sun only between the hours of 11 and 5, thereabouts;...
I would like some advice in handling the "cementy" gravel soil. Manure is beneficial in loosening up the soil, but there is not enough available. Would the Canadian field pea make...
I have a small place on a hillside, with brown soil about one to two feet deep to hardpan and I am getting rather discouraged, as so many things fail to come up and others grow so...
What effect will a crop of wheat have on new cleared land, to be planted in fruit trees later on? One crop of wheat or barley will make no particular difference with the cleared la...
When is the best time to remove large limbs from walnut trees? This work with walnuts or other deciduous fruit trees should be done late in the winter, about the time the buds are...
How can trees be induced to bear regularly instead of bearing excessively on alternate years? The most rational view is that in order to bear regularly the tree must be prevented f...
Which sorghum is the most profitable to plant for the seed only White Egyptian, Brawn Egyptian or Yellow Mila? Which sorghum is best is apparently a local question and governed by...
I have read that some trees are propped by natural braces; that is, by inter-twining two opposite branches while the tree is young, so that in time they grow together. What is your...
Will sugar beets keep in a silo and how sugar beets rank as a hog feed? Sugar beets would probably keep all right if stored in a silo just as they might if kept in any other recept...
I would like information concerning cultivation, method of feeding and food value of soy beans. Also sunflowers. Soy beans are grown like other beans, in rows which, for convenienc...
The local market is very limited, as most California hot cakes are made of wheat flour. There is no chance for outward shipment, and the crop itself, being capable of growing only...
My Washington Navels have a very heavy crop on the lower limbs, as is usual. These branches are so low down that many of the oranges lie on the ground, and it takes a good deal of...
In an acre of mammoth Russian sunflowers there seems to be three varieties, some of the plants bear but one large flower; others bear a flower at the top with many other smaller on...
I desire whitewash recipes which have given durable results on outbuildings. It is so desirable to make outbuildings neat and clean, and so important to keep trees from sunburning,...
Would it be harmful to add 2 or 3 pounds of steamed bone meal to the hole of a young tree just before planting? There would be no injury, providing you mix it with a considerable a...
In the case of grape pomace, would not the large value shown by analysis be chiefly in the seeds? My observation is that these are exceedingly slow to became available in the soil....
Is there any difference between the same kind of fruit trees grown without irrigation and with it? It does not make a particle of difference, if the trees are grown well and mature...