Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-06-15
AGRICULTURAL.

the character OF his corn soil, and re-
gula,e his operations accordingly. lie
will observe that less water or rain is re-
quisite to feed bis corn crop than some
others, and that superabundance Of
water will be detrimental. On well
drained, deep titled, and somewhat open
and porous soil, we believe il matters
but little whether the corn be hilled or
not. Hilling 1t win stir the land, aad
aid the stalks to stand firne- but as 10
the food and drink for the plant, it will
readily find both in such soil as we
describe, il il is to be had. But the case
will be very different in undrained and
shallow plowed land, with hard clayey
bottom. II the seed lie near this hard
bottom, the subsequent roots win be en-
caSed during the wet season with weak
ened and watery source of nourishment.
and in the dry season with dried up
and entirely unproduetive one. The
plant will struggle on, but more depends
on good luck than on good manage
ment!' We should approve of hilling in
such case for more than one reason
The stirring of the soil above the gath
ering OF supply of food about the stalk,
which would be.washed down from time
the retention of moisture, and its increas-
ed amount taken from the atmosphere by
the heaped up soil in dry seasons-in
short, the tillage done overhead which
should be done beioc, would all aid the
crop, and go far to recompense it for the
previous bad treatment, and induce a
growth nearer the original surface of the
land, and farther from the neglected re-
gion in the neighborhood of the seed bed.
The practice of hilIing corn may well be
supposed to have originated out of ne
cessity that arose to make up afterward
for bad preparation of the land for sue
cessfnily raising good crop. 1t is there
fore useful and beneficial practice in such
case, as well as a necessary one; aud
keeping in view the character Of our
agriculture ia a new country, where land
/ is plenty and labor dear, and the improb.
ability Of high state Of preparation of
the soil by most Of our farmers for many
years to come, it is a practice which
must continue, and recommends itself in
great majority Of cases. II is not to be
wondered at, that in some few instances
good crops have been raised without hill
ing; but they do not, in our opinion,
prove that it will do, as general thing,
to omit it. In e sandy or very light soil,
hilling will aid the plant; mechanically
speaking, it will support il, and wilt
doubtless retain and increase the mois-
lure in dry seasons. 1t will afford a
protection against the suns rays, and as
we, believe, decrease the evaporation
Upon the whole, we hence say, hill the
corn"
SOME HINTS on BUTTER MAKING.
We extract the following from the
letter of lady correspondent: Z" 1t is
impossible to make good butter from
poor cream. Milk should never stand
more than sixty hours without skimming.
No cream will rise after the milk be-
comes tbickened. If pan of milk is
disturbed, the cream on il will spoil soon
er than otherwise, and should be remoy-
ed at least twelve hours earlier. Ii the
cream of one pan that has stood too long
is mixed with the rest in the cream Jar,
it will spoil the whole churning. The
cream jar should be washed out clean
every churniag time before being used.
The cream in the jar should be thorough
ly stirred every time fresh cream is ad-
ded, aud care taken not to spatter the
slider Of the jar with cream. II is impor-
tant that the temperature OF the cream
should not be too high before ehurning,
and IN warm weather il is a good plan
to keep the cream jar standing to half it,
depth, or more, ia cold water. II Is bet
ter to occupy one hour 10 ehurning than
only fifteen minutes A cellar may be
KEEP, cool by closing the doors and win
dows during the day and opening them
al night.
FATTEsIsG PoULTRr.---The Lon
don Poultry Chronicle says: How.
ever good your feeding may be, yet whils.
your fowls are at liberty. the food all
turns TO hard muscle and growth, instead
Of soft and IA, flesh. Exercise Is very
good for health, but 1t is not taitening
process. Shut up the fowls you wish 10
falten 10 small coop, allowing them jasi
room 10 stand and change their position
bat no more. PIacs tbs coop ia a quiet
aad rather dark place. Let there be .
board IN the front on which food may be
| placed. aud lei them b. fed thYes time