. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. saving that any farmer can make by having shelter for his imi^lements, and a set of tools so as to be able to repair the most of his own farm machines, is worth considering. Mr. E. remarked, " H we did not take care of and repair our own tools and machinery, it would take all wo can make to pay blacksmith and store ; There are many other particulars that we might mention in connection with this farm. Our object is to give some of the main points
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. saving that any farmer can make by having shelter for his imi^lements, and a set of tools so as to be able to repair the most of his own farm machines, is worth considering. Mr. E. remarked, " H we did not take care of and repair our own tools and machinery, it would take all wo can make to pay blacksmith and store ; There are many other particulars that we might mention in connection with this farm. Our object is to give some of the main points of Mr. Emerson's experience and practice. Our readers can take them for what they are worth. There is no practical farmer who has followed the business for over twenty years on this Coast, but has learned from experience something that would add to the ganeral store of useful knowledge on the subject of farm- ing here, if it could be brought out and made known. We wish our farmers were more communicative and ready to write their expe- rience. H we can get at it in no other way, we propose to visit one or more places each mouth, and report as nearly as we can in our own style the facts we can gather; such as will, we think, prove of interest to our own farmers, and to those in the East who are thinking of coming here, and are on the look out for just such information as hundreds of our most experienced farmers are abundantly able to give. ^-^-^ Jerseys vs. Durhams and Ayrshires. Our contemporaries of the Sacramento Valley Agricullurhii say: " As for fattening, our experience and ob- servation shows that they (Jerseys) take on fat more quickly than the Durhams or Ayr- shires, which is a great point, when we con- sider that the steers have to be fatted for the slaughter-house.'' This may be the extensive (?) experience of the writer, but, if so, it is in exact opposition to that of the great majority of other stock breeders. As milkers, and for the very best quality of rich m
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