. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. cracks, the windows are greasy and broken and the spiders weave their dirty webs thereâ he is poor if that is his wealth. Further on is a nice little cottage, half-hid- den by the fast-growing trees, surrounded by pyramids of bright-tinted flowers that offer their sweetness a free gift to the wind ; how grateful their perfume, like incense ascend- ing from the altar of home. As I stood by, admiring, a bright little girl came up and in- quired, "should she p
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. cracks, the windows are greasy and broken and the spiders weave their dirty webs thereâ he is poor if that is his wealth. Further on is a nice little cottage, half-hid- den by the fast-growing trees, surrounded by pyramids of bright-tinted flowers that offer their sweetness a free gift to the wind ; how grateful their perfume, like incense ascend- ing from the altar of home. As I stood by, admiring, a bright little girl came up and in- quired, "should she pick me some flowers?" '⢠One or two, if you please;" and the white- armed little angel flew urnund through the beds, picking whole handfuls of roses and jessamines and the sweet-scented balm, and with au innocent smile came and offered them over the gate. I have no comments to make. The two pictures speak for themselvesâonly this: California's hopes are her homes. Like her drifting sands the lone ones float away, but her granite hills are not more firm than hearth-stones where the Lares and the Pen- ates are placed. California homes are the bulwarks of the ; Ida. g0mc$tic. A Successful Remedy for Vermin on Fowls. Editoes Agriultukist :âAfter reading the close of "Snip's" " Familar Talks," I am inclined to give you a little of my experience with vermin in chicken-houses. I began to keep chickens with the belief that claanliness was all that was required, and to that end I kept a pot of whitewash always ready, and my nests were coated thick with it, but the pests increased and multiplied. This year I had the nests all taken away, leaving a broad shelf running around the house. On that I put new nests made of five-gallon kerosene cans with the side cut out and pounded smoothly down so as not to be sharp. These can be often cleaned, but my remedy for the vermin is carbolic acid. I tried sulphur, but did not think it was of any nse, tho
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