New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-22
FACTS FOR FARNE KS.

Rr1prNG WITH BmLETs oy WOOL. A. Bsdser
of Walworth Co., Wis fr.tes for ADVICE upon oe~
style OF building which has been adopted IN severA
places at the West where brick and stone are neon
ysriep, ard sawed lumber and carpenters work are
extensive. The plan is to saw bilets of wood OF an
even length say one foot long from limbs OF trees;
or split stuff sab We suppose would answer good
purpose if split up into drewood size. These o'iess
must be straight enough TO pile up well. The val Is
made by laying them 10 lime mortar, snd We oeheve,
in some cases in good clay mortar, where lime AMI
sand are scarce ami then pasterng the "all outside
and IN The great objection seems to be that the ont
eide pastering cleaves of, 81 II does from al pIss-
tered buildings exposed to rain frost, and heat mr..
Badger inquiries there is any composition for out
side plaster that will stand the weather We answer,
none that can be wholly depended upon. A mortar
made Of hydrauclc cement water hine) OF good
quality mixed with clean, coarse, sharp sand-two
nsr,s Of sand 10 one OF cement--would stand mil
some crack occurred and water and frost get in be-
hind But as it is cheaper and perhaps equally good,
we would recommend an ordinary coat of plaster, and
then take cement and any cheap oil and mix pretty
thick paint, and put on thoroughly two or three eosts.
Another good paint may be made as follows' TAks
four pounds Of rosn and one pint of hnseed oil AMI
boil together adding about OF red lead, and
put il on hot and afterward paint any color you Ike
If crack ever occurs stop II at with the rosn
and oil mi x,ure We have no doubt that these billea
of wood houses can be built in many places cheaper
than any other and thst they can be made neat COM
Portable and durable.
CHrysr.M.KIsG.-A friend sends us few Of the
details of the mode pursued by Edwin Pitcher of Mar
.ipsburg. Ohio, whose success in cheese making
proved by the fact that he always gets an extra price
for his cheese. Mr. Pitcher Gays:
"The way to make a mild, rich; good favored,
sound cheese 10 work the curd carefully so @ not 70
start the white whey or other words, work out the
cream second is 10 cock we'll salt even and enough
20 make il good favored, press II well, and keep q
cool and dry when made. neglect III part wln spou
the whole. We act cur milk at 80 "a near vscsn,
and put in rennet enough TO bring the cuid IN nall an
hour. su.
1--WE use a cheese-cutter Cut the curd carefuly
over or &C. ard then LET il stand fifteen or twenty NM
utss TIL the whey begins to rise; then work me Win
chez cutter then put hot water enough under the
tin vat TO raise the heat 90 Stir Often 80 o. not 20
let it pack down. We then dip of about onethrd OF
the whey, and increase tho heat TO about luz ana
keep il at that heat till is well cooked keeping nae
all the time When il is DONE 1t will fall apart IN tho
hand ike wheat We dip out of the tin va. (when u
il cooled down TO 9O into sink and when the euro
is dry put in teacupul Of salt to fifteen pounds o.
curd after it s pressed If the curd little too soit,
nut in little more salt to harden It. We cool 10 me
ra in hot weather by putting in cold water under the
vat to 40 before dipping out ! think 1t hurts the
cheese very much to dip Il out too hot.
Il plastered my cheess-room; let down my windows
| from the top in hot weather. i have venusefn
the center overhead with matched floor belov, 20 -
, np the cpoo % in sS
| tisl, TO make good cheese, 10 keep them cool The
cheese room should never be over 750 or S0' and v
better not over 7O use cold water on the noor and
large piece Of ice in q pan on tho counter 4 the
weather is too hot. Keep cool great cure or ~.
most everything. II cheese from fernsntng and
becoming strong. You cannot very we'll cook yor
cheese too much IN May or June dc sure eoo keep
your rennet sweet
NAKED F,tIows.-We have q long letter from
Egypi not upon the Nile, but in Monroe Co., N. T.,
the object Of which is to settle the question: What 10
faos But as a falow is just what each person
understands it to be, it is not worth our while TO de-
fne it, The writer utters one truth, however, thst 1t
is worth while TO repeat. He Gays:
"As to your 'hs-stl fallows, it is kind Of hos
bandry that no good farmer practices
lie also thinks, and so DO we, that 9 wsllstirrsd
fallow keeps in moister condition than 6sId bear
ing crops. He adds:
" Farmers often put spring crop upon land
they intend to 10 wheat in the Eau, but they nsver
expect 10 get good crop as they would 70 summer
fsllow the land"
Still We are not convinced that following 10 the beet
mode of farming. What if they p'owed in the Spring
CROP instead Of taking it Off, letting the land he
fsIlow9 Still better, think, TO SOW clover, or some
kind Of grass With Winter grain, and turn that under
the second year. II would cost no more than NAKED
following and would keep the land in better condl-
ton.
DRAis TmE-NUNsER PER ACRE j. Herbert
Shedd gives the following rule, in The Ner Engta"a
Farmer, for calculating tbs number Of dranthe re-
quired fer acre: oo
In estimating To include main drains, divide $o,"D
by the distance apart in feet. Thus If the drains are
20 be 20 feet apart,
30lisOOO
600 the number required.
" II forty feet apart,
900
2O0 the number required.
1.-The percentage Of tile 70 be used IN the NAN sisss
varies with the length Of the steras ard with tnen
ci.taLcss apart. The sbove-gyen rule mppoees tho
lstsras TO be 40 feet apart and TO have an average
length Of about 400 feet each.
III il is required to know how many tiles would Do
used for atera drains only divide 800 tho number
Of superficial feet in acre by the distance apart
Thus: for lateral drains, - feet apart,
36i3 $50
30 the number required
When YOU know the length Of drain, provides
lie for every foot since, after dedactng for bresksgs
ard bad tiles thoussnd in number will just about
az thousand feet m length.
PoT.TO BCGs.-It is quite ~ useful TO rePotialufe
~ ruccess IN farming. We are, therefore, obliged 10
Horstio j. Cox Of Zanesvile, Ohio for telling that