Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-08-25
Agricultural.

manure deep IN the SOIL is last pas;
ing away. The air cannot readil
reach it to decompose and render j
available for the food of plants, an
II it did, the great mass of the root
of grasses would not penetrate t.
find it. They prefer the first fey
inches of soil near the surface, wher
they get the benefit of the rain, anC
air, and the we'll prepared food which
abounds there. The pillow and the
spade should indeed be thrust dowr
deep but the fresh manure should
not be deposited below h e deep
turned furrow slice, but nearer the
surface, to enrich the soil only as the
rains carry it .down, or as it becomes
thoroughly Incorporated with the
soil. The letters of our subscribers
continually testify to the benefits of
top-dressing meadows and pastures.
One declares though the farmers in
his section suffered from drought
last season, yet those fields which
had been dressed early in the previ-
GUS autumn with muck, or manure
and muck composted, or even strawy
manure, suffered little and bore hand
some crops. 1t is a growing prac-
tice of many good farmers to apply
manure over their meadows immedi
ately after haying. They hold that
it protects the newly exposed roots
from the scorching sun, and brings
up he aftermath vigorous and
abundant. The loss of volatile mat.
ter which takes place is not so bad
as the effect of scorching heat on
the exposed roots.
When the land is rolling, the knobs
should receive heavier dressings than
the low and level land. If carted
out and spread after moving or in
autumn, it acts as mulch, protecting
the roots of the grasses, and prevent
ing their being thrown out by the
frost This work can generally be
done cheaper in autumn than in spring
and with less injury to the land from
the tramping of teams. For lawns,
fall dressing is always preferable to
spring, because the manure gets wash
ed down close to the ground and out
of sight during the winter, and so
does not interfere with the close cut J
ting in summer.
CHEESE FAcToRIEs.-A writer in 5
he Woodstock Standard gives the z
account of the cheese tacto-
y at Enosburg The building is o
me hundred and eighty feet long, "
hirty feet wide and about eighteen C
eet length ofposts. On the ground VI
DOR are four large vats, holding four
thousand pounds of milk each, lined
With tin and resting on frame work u
bout foot high. The watts are pro. "
ided with chamber in which cold
vater is placed for the purpose of
educing the temperature of the milk.
The watts being filled, the temper
ture is reduced to 10 degrees for the
eception of the rennet, and then
aised again by the use of steam to
A degrees after which the process
3 nearly the same as that usually
.dopted in private diaries. I h G
whey is drawn off by a syphon, the
urd is placed in hoops about nine
cen inches in diameter, making the
heese weigh about one hundred and
wenty pounds each, and they are
hen placed in the press, which is con-
tructed of two long beams, conve-
lient distance from the floor, one
,ver the other about three feet, and
by strong iron screws
When sufficiently pressed, the chees-
IS are conveyed up stairs, where they
ire properly cared for until sent to
market. Otter is used to give them
' HlCe CFclIl COlOf.
An accurate account of the weight
Of each mans milk is kept, and he
receives aproportionate share in the
'ales averaging, | believe, one pound
If cheese to eight and one halfor nine
pounds Of milk. Six hands-four
sirls and two men-are sufficient
lelp to work the milk of thousand
ows, and can make a ton of cheese
Ter day from that number.
Factory cheese last year brought
cents in market, which eli
lfter deducting one cent and a half We
he cost of making, still left the price Fl
ligher than private made cheese. fo
A large number of hogs are kept on
he whey. Inone yard at East BerF- M
hire, saw nearly one hundred and ON ON
fifty.
Your readers are aware TIL a t of of
heese factories were first establish. 81
ID a few years ago in New York "
where they have met with such emf.
ent success as to commend them to
airy men every where. Think |
nay safely say that the time is not
lr distant when the system will be n
dopted in every section of the coun- L
ry where large dairies are kept. 1.
all