Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-22
japanese Wheat-Early Rose POta-
foes.

The advertisement of J. d. Rice last win
ter, of his japanese wheat, proved to be quite
sell on SO small capital. Like others
but thought perhaps it would answer to feed
sheep, or take the place of corn for cattle.
hen my parcel came it had the appearance
of nice millet seed That did not discourage
me. The sell is in the failure of the vegeta-
ton of the seed ; as yet see no signs of Its
growing.
guess it is a perfect swin0le, of small
consequence in itself; but a few such will
make some of afraid of advertised prodi-
gies. Not so with the 80 Early Rose - pota-
toes, they are promising finely.-A- d. ARMS.
Montpelier, N, June 81, 1868.
REMARKs.-We do not regard the adverts-
ing of any humbug in our columns as mat
ter of small Importance, and intend to exclude
all which we have reason to believe are swim
dies, though by so doing our income from
advertising is much less than in would be
were we less strict in enforcing our rule in
this respect. The caution to be s. afraid OF
advertised prodigies . may well be needed.
WHITE sPECKs IN BUTTER.
From ten years experience in butter max
ing, | come to the conclusion that it is Meth
er strong current of air nor excessive heat
that causes the white specks. 4 strong cur
rent coming directly on the milk Will break
the cream and prevent its rising. Heated
air will make the cream soft and oily. | am
troubled about white specks only in warm
wet weather. Warm, damp air brings the
white specks on the'top of the cream. They
do not originate IN sour milk at the bottom
Of the jar They may be seen by looking
across the milk before skimming At least,
this is my opinion. My milk is set in large
airy room, having two large windows at the
north, which are taken out during the sum
ner two at the west, and one at the south,
and door at the south covered by a veranda.
The temperature of the room is regulated by
blinds which are opened at night, and for a
while in the morning, and closed during the
day If the weather is warm Our milk
shelves are made by placing four hard wood
scantlIngs, two inches and half square, or
two carpenters " horses" which make a
solid place for the rows of pans, accessible
on all sides, and of a convenient height to
strain and skim the milk without moving or
lifting. In this way the air comes in contact
with all the milk in the room. During the
past week of extreme hot weather, no white
specks have appeared Il and with the use of ice
when churning, which we think tends to pre-
vent the specks, good butter has been made
Some pass the cream through a strainer to
get out the specks. There is also now in use
a cream grinder, or condenser, that takes
them all out of the cream. We think it best
to make cheese during the warm sultry wealth
er of dog days. One great trouble with many
dairies is that the milk rooms are too small
by far, and without proper ventilation. Who
ever takes care of the milk should regulate
the temperature of the room. This is some
thing that | always see to myself unless sick
ness or absence from home prevents Where
there are no blinds a frame To fit the windows
and covered with misquito netting, or cloth
for cheese bandage, is by far better than moth
ing.-Farfar, ", july 4, 1868 Mas L. F..