Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-28
From Mill Crock Hundred.
THE PLEASANT HILL FARMEHs' CLUB AND ITS Dis
cUssIoNs-THE DAIRY QUESTION - WHITE TON
ZELLA WHEAT.


cUssIoNs-THE DAIRY QUESTION - WHITE TON
zELLA WHEAT.
tCorrts spondence Of the Commercial
PLEASANT HILL, Aug 25.
Thinking perhaps word from the upper part
oil Mill Creek Hundred. would be interesting to
your many readers, and business calling me to
that part of little Delaware, recently, found the
most prominent and wide awake farmers in the
vicinity OF Pleasant Hill gathering at David East
burns in the form Of Farmers Club, which,
upon inquiry, l ascertained had been in opera
tion something over year, with David ERstburn
President, II Ct. Buckingham, Secretary, John
II. Woodward. Treasu, or, and E. W. Eastburn,
Librarian. This club meets in the winter season
once a week, and in the summer season once
month"; at the farm of the different MEMBERS
when the farm, with it's various crops, are in
spected and report thereof kept by the Secre-
tary A question ls selected at the previous
meeting for discussion.
fhe question on this oc aston was The best
Mode of Conducting Dairy" in which most
members par icipated. The President thought a
| narrow, deep pan was the best for milk to be
placed in il the cream was the object that more
OF the milk would come in contact with the sur
face of the pan, 1t being cooler, and as the milk
cooled, the cream was drawn to the outer edge,
when il rose to the surface and spread out to the
centre Of the pan.
John H. Woodward thought that, in order to
try successful dairy, we must have the right
| And OF cows to commence with He preferred a
| cross Of the Durham with our native stock. Kind
| treatment, aud being milked and fed regularly
always brings the COWS from the pa tures on their
| own accord. He never allowed a boy or dog to
| accompany him (some one whispers because he
| hasn't either), throws no stones at them, keeps
| the milk at about 60 degrees. the cream little
| cooler, and recommended putting little pulver-
lied saltpetre in the cream just previous to
/ churning to drive impurities from it.
| o. W. Eastburn preferred cross Of the A der
| ney with our native stock Shallow pans would
not skim cream the morning it was to be churn-
| ed. In churnng cream the morning it was
| skinned he did not receive the amount of butter
lie ought to receive. He let the butter-milll
stand twenty-four hours, churned it and received
an additional amunt OF butter After standing
another tweuty-fcur hours he again churned it
/ aud received another, but smaller amount Some
l thought that it was owing to the CROSS with the
Z tAldeIney.
I White Tonzella winter wheat, imported from
/ France for distribution by the Agricultural De-
| partment, Of which eight quarts was distributed
/ among four members to experiment with, yielded
i at the rate of 25 bushels to the acre, weighing
| 64 pounds to the bushe without extra treatment.
| The grain was Of rather superior quality. The
/ old Mediterranean variety was sown along side,
| but would not yield more than Is bushels to the
i acre same treatment. Various other expert
ments were related which time will not permit
| the mention of. A FARMER.