Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-17
AGRICULTURAL.

Dttr ANo sHAIlow SfrrNG.-Prof L. B
Arnold gives an account Of the experiment
.I J. D Hardin and Bailey Martin at the
ill~ n! ihr latter IA Stockton, n Y, in
which the milk If fifteen cows was mixed
ana equally divided, one half being set two
6. iarer inches deep in fat. rectangular mans
aAl cooled hy the atmosphere, SKINNED in
i1'tY eiEat hours, and gave q pound of but
i,r o. -l-3 3 bounds of milk, being slight
j -9lE when skinned. The other half was
-rt 20 pals twenty incLe, deep, which were
placed ia box OF cupboard with double
walls filed With sawdust, and the air cooled
D., iaa TO l1rty degrees. The pals were set
30 lan four inches deep which received the
dropping from the ice above. stood forty
eight hour. -kmmed sweet, and gave
Y,anl Of butter from Psi pounds Of milk.
There Wa little flavor OF animal oior in
,-e butter from deep setting, the result Of
rapi cooling, bat the aroma derived from
thc light hsyoring oils of the heritage was
a.l saved hJ the -lme means.
F"l Arnold makes the following iufer
-ucr- irlm these facts FIRST, that il !,
o.t necessary t1r the milk to become sour
g. have all The cream rise Second. that
aid the cream can be raised by either deep or
shallow 7et,ing, If proper conditions are oh
-erseI Third. that Hardin's method
though better than cooling with water. has
L1 preference over shallow setting for dairies
go The latitude OF New York, since it Is more
expensive and hborious, while the results
Are u4l Ia warmer climate, it would
very likely, he valuable The fact tha. all
lae butter can be got aud the skim milk
sept perfectly sweet and hi for making
rleere or c0ndensing, or tor using in any
other way. may be of great advantage 10
particular l1ealities.
EAHul CLot ER.-The Vermont Ra1-,
ay= 4 correspondent at Il Johnsbury
ends us -pec.mens Of little clover plant
about six inches high, which spraug from
seed swept from a freight car at that place
twenty years ago and asks what it i. and
. lt 3. of auv value. We submitted 1t to
uJu &. q. Prngie, ol Charlotte the botsui,t,
who very kindly sends the following
Ma EDIToR The little clover which
You have sent me Is St,li0hlql qrrense. L.,
AMI i- sometimes called. from its silky head.
winch suggests the soft foot Of rabbit, rab-
Pit clover, and again, from its choice OF dry.
-rl'ely. or stony fields, stone clover. Is
u1t native of America, but came along
with oHr ancestors from the Old World. Il
i- the most insignificant and the least useful
% al oar cloyers ll it oilers little food TO
animals, i. claims bat little from the soil,
hut settles upon poor, thin land from which
lew plants can draw strength enough to
crowd upon it. 1t Is spread abundantly
-yer tAe sandy tract which extends from the
vicinity u Darlington northwari to Georgia,
where 10 tae sryer and most worn lands it
occuple- the soil, when that is not irving to
7ieii a s-lnly crop Of rye OF buckwheat 1t
IS very sure tcll-tale upon an exhaustive
s-J,ni %. cropping OF such lands but it
ready 1is.i- lis place 10 stouter growths,
" hen tnesr ase encouraged by fertilization
and good t.lage Now that it has found ont
TIE warm and ot 81 Johnsbury, il will re-
mana there quite at home O.. %. raINlLe