Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-10-09

agricultural.

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ignorap! OF important facts,
which they might easily ascertain from
experiment. 70 crafty our curiosity,
We have inquired ofseveral experienced
farmers and dairvmen. what quantity OF
milk, of common quality, will make a
pound Of butter; and how much cheese
a given quantity of milk will produce
and have not been able TO obtain any
thing like a satisfactory answer to either
question We get nothing but conjec
'ures, and they are extremely various.
Now, how easily these points might be
asceriained-onIy by measuring two
quantities Of milk and mskiog one into
butter and the other into cheese, and
wcIghing-and how importantto a Judi.
c!Oas decision whether it is more profit.
able TO make butter or cheese Farmers
disagree, too, very essentially, as to the
comparative value OF different kinds Of
food for cattle and swine. One will
say that three bushels of potatoes will
make IS much pork as d buahel OF corn;
another will say four, and a third, living
in the same ncIghborhood, will prefer a
hushel OF corn to six bushels of potatoes.
One will say that ii bushel of peas is
worth five pecks Of corn for tho same
purpose another will prefer the same
quantity OF orn to peas-and third will
say they are OF just about equal valre.
One farmer will say thata too of hay
and six bushels ofcorn are equal totwo
tons of hay for keeping neat cattle
another will require seven bushels Of
co~rn-another eight-another nine
another len for the second ton OF hay.
Now it is evident those farmers have
ccrne TO their several conclusions from
no data to be relied on-thas they have
moi had 10 weight and mea-
sures-yet these disputed points might
easily be ascertained to such a degree
OF certainty as would render the farmer
esseotlai aid 10 probably applying his
Iab0ur and disposing of its effects.
We venture to suggest the following
easy and cheap experiments: Let one
farmer select two shoats as neat alike in
age, size and condition as may be,
weigh them make a recordofthe weight
OF each, shut them up IN separate apart
ments-measure or rather weigh out
Ia, there is a considerable disparity in
the quality oicorn, aud some variety in
the rule tor measuring potaioes) a guam
THY of Indian COIN meal for one, and
a quantity Of potatoes for the other
after properly feeding each with his
appropriate TODD for some weeks, weigh
them again, and record the quantity of
food consumed by each and the increase
III weight of each. In like manner let
an experiment be tried by the same
farmer or his neighborhood on two
other ehoats, feeding n with peas and
the other with meal and potatoes mixed.
LIT a farmer select from his zeal stock
two animals as neal alike in age. size
and condition, measure them as "a farmer
does his oxen. if weighing be inprac
ticable, feed them separately weighing
d quantity of hay TO one, and half the
quantity TO the other, with as mach
meal as may be Judged enough to sup
ply the deficiency; and a sufficient
time, measure or weigh them again
record the result with such observations
as circumstances may suggest To ar
rive at a greater degree of certainty, it
would be well to repeat these expert.
ments. Their utility must be obvious
and if any of our agricultural friends
should be induced to try any or all of
them, and will aceuaint Us with the re
we shall take pleasure 10 giving
publicity in the "Citizen
WiScasSet Citizen.
10 raise Turnips among Corn
Sow abou, one pint of turnip seed to
the acre, on or about the 2lst July, either
before or after the last narrowing; top
the corn as soon as ripe enough. and
husk 1t as soon as the corn will admit;
cct down and bear Oft the stalks, to let
the sun upon the turnlps, and the sweet
ness of the fodder will compensate for
the Iabour, Take in the turnips about
the middle of December. BY pursuing
these directions, corn Of 10 bushels to
the acre will produce 80 or 100 bushels
OF turnlps at the same time; these for
mich cows and sheep will be of parti