The Portland daily press., 1874-06-23
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
LARGE YIELD OF BUTTER.

l have COW from whose milk was churned,
in skSd5ys, ,thirteen pounds of butter; in the
next six days twelve and one-half pounds ;
the next seven days fourteen and one-hall
pounds; a little over two poun0S per day.
The average will be, to the time Ukgoing to
grass, two pounds per day, strong. have a
farrow COW that weighs 1850 pounds; these
cows ale natives, both of an age, and from
the same bull. W
These cows are fed on hay cut from the
tenth to the twenty-first of June, 20 pounds
each per day; two quarts Of corn and cob
meal made into thin swill, in the morning,
and two quarts potatoes at evening; that is
their regular feed per day. That makes the
butter above; and the flesh on the farrow
COW, and her milk, well pay her keeping
The butcher says she is the latest creature
there is in town. Then ] have calf from
this farrow COW that weighs $40 pounds al
twelve months old. This shows what can bt
advanced by cutting the hay as above de-
scribed, and regularity in feeding and milking
the cows. The feed of the calf is about
eight pounds of hay per day, two quarts milk
and one quart of potatoes, morning and eve
ming. u.t
Mr.. A Scott, of Craftsbury, vt, who com.
municated the above statements to the Mir
ror and Farmer, was one of the first farmers
In New England who dared 10 boldly start
before il was more than half grown. About
the time his neighbors were finishing theirs,
he found the other half grown, which was cut
as second crop, thus giving him two crops
of rowen, instead of one of ripe hay. 1t is
several years since we have heard from this
bold pioneer in the new practice of cutting
grass for cows instead of hav, and we are glad
to learn that he is still successful in his ex-
periments, as the above record would indi-
cate.-N. E. Farmer. fD' E -3
TO REMOVE ANTS.
The following is very simple means of re-
moving ants, particularly when they are
found in houses Cook a quantity of prunes,
makinga strong decoction; pour the JUICE
into vessel, and place it where the ants
are; the insects, attracted by the juice, fall
into the vessel and are drowned; repeat the
operation until all are removed. When trees
are attacked by ants, use the same remedy
put vessels containing the juice of the prune
at the foot of the trees and the results are OBJ
tanned. To prevent the heat from souring
the juice whose odor attracts the ants, keep
the vessels in the shade or set them out after
sunset. gN To-. 3i.Ni % 4 a nuE drtcf- Il "a
AMERICAN sHoRT-HoRN HERD BOOK.
Mr.. Lewis F. Allen OF Buffalo, has issued
the thif teenth volume Of the above named
work, which is indispensable to every breed
er of this class of stock in the country. II
comprises over one thousand pages, and con-
tains the pedigrees of 2551 bulls, and 1850
cows and heifers. An index of breeders
names occupies twenty-three closely printed
pages, embracing over twenty five hundred
names Of parties residing in all parts of the
country facts which show the great popular
ity and wide diversity of this leading breed OF
cattle. Among the Dames of Maine breed
ers we find the following: Hon. Warren Per
cival, Cross Hill, 25 animals; Hon. Charles
Shaw, Dexter, 6 animals; Howard & Ellis
Fairfield Corner, 6 animals; Luke Hilton
Skowhegan, one. The price of the volume il
$40 per express, or $10.70 by mail, post paid
Me. Farmer. .t......-.,, -..i.
THE INCREASE OF BUTTER FACTORIES.
The Secretary OF the Wisconsin Board o
Agriculture has prepared an annual repor
of great value to the State. 1t contains an
Illustrated paper on American butter factories
by X.A. Willard, of New York, the more I'M
portant as the dairying business is fast be
coming prominent industry of Wisconsin
When butter factories become as common as
cheese factories, we shall hear no more of the
inferior quality of the great mass of Western
butter, most of which is now sold in New
York at very low prices if not as grease but
ter; and the farmer who sells butter instead
of cheese from his farm, not only saves the
manure which his pigs make from the butter
milk, but he also saves all the fertihzing ele
ments which are taken off by the cheese but
which butter never fails TO leave in the milk
l know a farmer or small farm Of fifty acre.
who has increased the grass and clover grow
ing on his farm so fast by selling nothing bu
butter, that he now keeps twice the numbe
of cows he did when he first began to farm
BUTTERMILK AND sCURvY.
The Colorado Agricultural says "A cor
| respondent informs us that he finds butter
| milk to be an almost unfailing cure for sour
Wy in hogs To prove the fact, among othe
| cases which, have come under his notice, HI
| saws he owns several pigs which few week
| since, were suffering terribly from the effect
| of the disease, and that a speedy cure wa
| effected by merely pouring the buttermill
| over them few times in the pen. Reader
| will do well to remember this simple remedy
| "i SELECT MARKET PEARS.
The Hortcuturist, by regrafting, has Gu
1 down the list in a market orchard OF fift
| sorts at first, to the following five varieties
/ Standards-Bartlett, Beurre d'Anjou, Law
! renee. Dwarfs-Duchesse dAngouleme
Beurre d'Anjou, Vicar of Winfield.
BEST TWELVE PILLAR ROSES.
As we have frequent inquiry for the name
of the best twelve pillar roses tperpetus
| bloomers), we have procured from our frient
Joseph Kft Ian experienced greenhouse plar
and rose culturist, of West Chester, Pa, tn
following list. He says: "The following al
the best 1 can think Of, being the best bloom
ers, good growers, aud generally hardy
Running Heamosa, pink; 2. Glorie de Ros;
meme, scarlet; 2. Fellenberg, rosy red;
Joan of Arc, white; 5. Mile. Aristides, pa
yellow; 6. Phaloe, buff shaded pink: 7. 81
perba, pale pink; s. Solfatare, yellow;
Triomph de la Duchere, pink; 10. Washins
ton, white; II. Celina Forester, sulphur ye
low; II. White Microphylla, white'-fDroce
cal Farmer,
PRUNING FRUIT TREES.
Our experience is limited to an orchard
J four hundred trees, but so far as this goe