The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1866-06-12
AGRICULTURE, &C.

FROM the American ASTlcultu anu Uthel
agricultural papers for June we Gull some items
of interest to rural readers.
Sow rutabagas In drills twenty four inches
apart, and thin to foot apart in the drills, or
sixteen inches IN very rich land. From two
to three hundred pounds Of super phosphates er
bone dust should, when practicable, be applied
to each acre.
The secret of making good butter is cleanli-
ness and thoroughness, and the time for the
most profitable exercise of the art OF butter
making is June. The grass is abundant, the
COWS in full milk the weather favorable. The
milk should not be kept too cool, though this is
rarely fault in daries. 1t is enough if it be
kept cool as sixty degrees Fahrenheit, though
fifty five degrees is not too cool Cream, will
rise at about this temperature better than at
| any other, and the same is best at which 10
churn. Milk should stand where the air Is
sweet and fresh, OdoIs from the kitchen from
the stable, or odors of any kind indeed except
that Of fresh air SHOULD be carefully excluded.
Stone floors are desirable, for these can be kept
constantly moist and so cooler than others, and
the air ought to circulate freely over and under
the pans. Shallow pans are better than deep
ones. Work out the buttermilk without touch
ing the hands to the butter, using little water
| as possible, none at all. If the buttermllk is
all out, and with it all the milk, butter will keep
with very little salt. The more imperfect the
working the more salt is required La keeping
cream several days put it where the tempera-
| turc will be uniform and cool, and stir we'll if
! more is added.
This and the next ale the months for prun.
ing fruit trees, as now, in the growing season,
the wounds heal over 'kindly" Never cut a
| limb from tree unless something is to be gained
| by it, Indiscriminate hacking merely because
it is the pruning season is not to be commended
| 1t the head is too crowded and there is no room
for the Ii ght and air, thin it.
Thin grapes freely, especially on young vines.
One bunch to the shoot is as much as a vine
should carry the first year of its fruiting Stop
the shoot at three or four leaves beyond the
last cluster Young vines should grow only
single cane the first year, and be kept tied up.
Hand picking must be resored to for the large
beetles and caterpiars.
Dwarf pear aud other fruit trees may be
shaped at will by pnchins the young growth.
he dlSagreeabe Shiny slug which appears on
pear and other trees is killed by busting or air
Stacked lime
Do not continue too long the cutting of as
parasus, and, when the cutting is discontinued
keep the beds clean of weeds until the aspar-
| agus tops cover them.
Give hens much space as possible, if confined,
| throwing them fresh sods daily, as at this sea
| son grass Will be a good part Of their living
| Provide clean gravel aud lime and a good dust
| ing box, end line-waSh the houses nest boxes
and roosts frequently. A hen with chickens
will do little scratching if each foot is tied up
In little bag or toe OF old stocking, and the
brood will do much good in the garden.
10 cure horses of the scratches, keep the fet-
locks clean 10y washing with CASTLE soap, and
battle them with buttermilk twice day.
DIR Reed, of Baltimore, says the eating of
pork has nothing whatever to do with the dis
| ease known as trlchine. "They do not lnhabt
the muscle of the hog than that of any
other animal, or of man himself. defy any
one prove by the record of the last thirty five
years that solitary death has been caused be-
yond doubt by the presence of trichine as
sert that the charges made against these inno-
cent worms without shadow OF foundation
in fact and would advise the community, if
they desire to eat pork, to do So"
Corn may be sown for fodder during the early
part of June-two bushels to the acre. Sow
in drills three feet apart. Scatter the seed so
that there may be at least forty or fifty grains
30 the foot. The only after culture consists>in
running the cultivator once or twice between
the rows Harvest early in autumn, in time
for a crop of wheat.