Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-28

both the evaporation and respiration
will be diminished, to the consequent
injury of the grain, which will have
less of the nutritious property, and less
weight; will be more liable TO fermen
and to lose more in weight by the enc
of winter. BY the process named, the
proper secretions of the plant are il
the ripening rapidly converted into
sugar; and so far as the topping checks
the respiration, it would also diminish
the saeharine quality and render the
corn less agreeable to the taste, as well
as less nutritious. But after having
tried both ways, we incline to the opin-
ion that the loss is less to top it than
TO suffer the tops to stand and dry
up and realize the Inconvenience IN
harvesting. -Nelo England Farmer.
DEFECT IN AMERICAN CHEESE. "A
prominent London shipper sends the
following to X. A. Willard, which will
no doubt interest our cheese factory
men, who should be satisfied with moth
ing but the best;
"Great complaints are made by the
London trade that when the American
cheese are being cut mp for sale to the
public over the counter, it frequently
happens that cheese is found To be
half of its thickness of one color, aud
the remainder of a totally different
shade; generally much deeper or in the
middle of the cheese is a large lump OF
curd of a different make, evidently part
Cf the previous days We imagine that
this arises from makers having a few
pounds of curd more than the hoops
will hold on the one day and they keep
it over till the next. This kept curd is
then placed in the bottom Of one of the
hoops Oh the following day, or in the
middle when the hoop is half full, and
being of deeper color through expo
sure to the light and air is the cause of
the fault complained of
"Cheese makers should use every en-.
deavor to avoid this in future, as it
causes considerable loss and buyers in
England refuse to purchase of such
factories where they find this system
practiced.
"It would be far better and to the
interest of makers, when they have
surplus curd enough to only partly fill a
hoop on the day the curd is produced
and have one thinner cheese every day;
or where there is only few pounds
too much, with Little management it
could be easily arranged in filling ten
or fifteen hoops 10 work this small
quantity in.
1.-The system. as at present practiced,
is very Objectionable, and indirectly
causes a loss to factory men; it will be
to their advantage to instruct the
makers to turn their attention at once
to remedy the defect"
PRACToAL HINTS A coating of three
parts lard and one part rosin, applied
to farm tools of iron or steel, will eff
feciually prevent rust Common nails
heated red hot and dropped into cold
water, will clinch and answer the pur-
pose of wrought nails. The sharp cor
ner of common Indian arrow head or
flint, will cut glass effectually. A good
wagon jack may be made of boards two
or more feet long. Place the board in
front of the wheel, one end on the
ground, and the other just under one
of the spokes, close up to the felloe;
then take hold of the spoke on the
opposite side of the wheel, and lift it,
at the same time placing the second
board under the axle. In this way
loaded wagon may be lifted with ease.
Rusty nails may be drawn from wood
without difficulty, by first giving them
a blow hard enough to start them "a
little. A gun will not need cleaning
for five years, If the muzzle is tightly
coTked, aud a piece OF rubber kept
upon the tube under the hammer, when
standing idle.
THH CENTURY PLANT.-A California
correspondent says: Speaking of ''sci-
entific'' matters reminds me of the fact
that in my dissertation on the "Cen-
fury Plant" in my last, / accidentally
omitted the main point which had in
tended to make, VIZ: the fact that in
stead of blossOming once only In q
hundred years, as is popularity believed,
1T, in It's native deserts, blooms as
often as once in two, three or i've
years at most. 1t is native of hot,
arid regions. and when removed to
colder climates 1T natures very slowly
indeed, even in hot house, and some
plants will not bloom even as often as
two centuries. | know a number of
them which have been standing in a
garden on Russian Hill In this city for
years and they have not grown an inch,
though looking fresh and healthy.
"The once in a century story, my boy,
is all hum - said an old frontlerman
to me, on.the desert, a few months
since, and fully conceded with his
conclusion. Still it Is an interesting
plant, nevertheless.
THE THEORY OF DRAINAGE IN A Nut
SHELL. The draining away of supera-
bundant water, especially npon stiff
soils, has always been the difficulty
in English agriculture. Hitherto the
means employed in, getting rid of il
were imperfect, Now, however, the
problem is completely solved. Take
this flower pot, said the President OF
a meeting in France lately; "what is
the meaning of this small hole at the
bottom ?-tO renew the water. And
why renew the waterP-because it gives
life or death-life, when it is made
only to pass through the bed of earth
for it leaves with the soil its produc
tive principles, and renders soluble the
nutriiive properties destined TO nour.
ish the plant; death on the other hand,
when it remains in the pot, for it soou
becomes putrid and rots the roots, and
also prevents new water from penetrat.
ing" The theory of drainage is ex
actly described in this figure.- WiSc0n
san Farmer.