Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-19
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as mnts oua1 nat&esln atatsa
lathe November 10 goa aag.
You w6nld Be pleased @ bear iaam
your lady readers, how p make
good butter q winter. Tho COWS
shogid be fed pienlifuIiy With good.
hay and corn and fodder; fodder
is much Tie best e we'll cured give
bran or shorts slops twice per day
salt regulaFlY-best % have ealt
where they can getit wien wanted
keep sheltered N cold aud stormy
weather they should have Q mess
of green food such az turnlps, cab
bage, &c occasionally.
The milk-Whbn strained, sedid
Il, have some hot water Ia en- iron
pot on the stove, and set the crock
with the milk Ia the pot, when the
surface begins TO wrinkle take crock
yout-if tin pans are used, set on
top Of water pot and heat In the
same way stone crooks may be set
on the stove, but be careful not 10
let It scOrch the milk. Let the milk
cool before II is put In a cupboard ;
skim the milkand churn the cream ;
the milk should be kept where Il
will not freeze. Temperature Of
cream from GO to 65 deg. f.. the
butter may be colOred by scraping
raw carrot, aud squeezing through
q cloth put the juice in the cream
before ~churning, one tablespoonful
to three pounds Of butter; salt,
and work literally. by the above
method, | never fail to have good
butter. Mas. G. BENNETT
SunmaD, Ind, 1869.
wIiI Fertilizers pay 90 the Seas
son BY Dry.
From the Southern Cultlvator.l
EDTTORs SOUTHERN CULTIvATOR-
In answer o sthe above stated ques'
ton, l propose 70 give you my ex.
rience during the past season.
began to plant cotton April 10th
and hnishedin May. The land had
been ploughed with q two horse
Cast-irOn turning pillow, followed b.
q long ripper, (as Il is called draw
BY one horse; and tiia work wal
flushed by April Let. The lanC
was thus broken about 7 or 8 In
! Ches deep. The manure was pu
In between the let and 30th o
April, as follows: Deep burrows
so feet apart, were made by run
ming twice in the same place wit
long shOvels. The manure-2O
lbs, TO the acre-was then put i
l BY means Of a Darlington U0ttO
: Planter. The burrows were filled
Q and the manure thus covered b
r listing (as II is callsd)-that is, b
0 blowing on each side with q tnFnin
D shovel. The work Of bedding an
Q planting was then commenced. A
soon as q bed was completed, ii
seed (frOm two to three bushels
G the acre. were put in by means
Q the Planter already mentioned
Q machine which Opcns the furrOV
K drops the seed, and covers theI
d The seed used were the DOYd's pr
d life, Of which the Dixon's prolii
are said 10 be a d~erivative. II
manure used, was composed Of i
8. lbs. Peruvian guanO, TO 70 lbs. ID
o, solved bones and % lbs. salt-I
e. mixed under my own supervisio
The plants came up we'll :and {
su though there was so much ju
n complaint In regard TO stands, mi
proved 10 be excellent. This l
tribute to the quantity of SO
TX planted, ami tho using OF q plant
re-, The planter so masses the seed Il
0s- the crust above cannot resist
20 united force Of the up-gT0wi
On, plants. II ought to be mention
II. for the benefit Of those who hi
81, not used q planter, that the use o
OF greatly dimlnishes to labor ofcht
Plug out 10 q stand and cultivatiI
I, because the plants come up M
nearly in q line.
The CULTIVATION, except on Q I
Iys acres Of very stiff land, was \
he formed by sweeps only. The G.
ise was kept clean.
Amer obtaining a stand, th
co. was scarcely any rain until the
The Of June, OF which time we
na- what is called q good reason.
,s;. ter that, until the 7th Of Aug
there was not rain enough all
W." together, 10 settle the dust. D
: Ing August, there were sOvI
ihol good showers. By the first
am Of December, the whole crop
beon picked, ginned and Pacl
ley aud averaged nearly, o bale Of
hat lbs. 10 every two acres. D..
hey Poor 81 the crop was, | have b
%. thus explicit because, when l
that, In my Judgment, II was NJ
Oeg " double what Il would have b
late without the manure, l also de-
de- that any others, who may take
mi trouble to form an opinion In
gard to II, may know all the ia
and thus decide for themselves
GUS question at issue. My reason
adj believing that the benefit Of
ms. manure was as great as | have
ed, is that the rows not manI
'h's (Of which there arc a few
ling which received the same prep
ton and cultivation, did NOT, SC
as l could judge, produce n
rty, more than half as much as the
lion ers. Besides, such Of my neigh
as used no manure, but had
'he same seasons aud as good land,
lell, not make moro than one bale OIL
.lsh, pounds to four and even five aC
ana My estimate iS that Of least fit
II bales of my crop were duo to
u I" manure. The manure cost SGO'
ion. Before closing, l desire TO cal
and teniion again to the length Of
was drought, extending from J
18th to August 7th-a period
ei0ht weeks-and that, too, du