Connecticut western news., 1875-09-03


 100 bushels oats ts.......... 75.O0 300 bushels potatoes es,............. 150. .00 1676pounds spring butter. ........... 573.79 Spring butter was sold in New York,
 and after deducting freight and all
 expenses netted the above.
 5,043 pounds fall dairy. ry................2 l43 27
 Total. .....................$s, 512. It sa -r. Expenses.
 Interest on farm. $1 ,O50
 Stock, untensils, etc.. 28O
 Hired men help. 35O- 1,680.OO Net profit. .... ...$1 832. 16 We have sufficient female help in our own family. We also used what butter and milk we wanted for the family, con- sisting of seven persons. About one third of my dairy are heifers. I raise my own heifers to take the place of old COWS turned off in the fall they are mostly natives, with sprinkling of AL derney, Ayrshire, Devon, and Durham. Stock on hand at present ffty-three head. The above is copied from my book of sales for 1874-no guessing. A larger yield of butter might have been made from better selection of COWS, especially if they had been fed more literally with grain. The premium of fered by the officers of our county society i last fall for the largest yield-of butter, ' per capita, brought out several competi tors; the largest figure reached was two hundred and fifty three pounds to each COW in dairy of nine COWS. 1 believe that @ good dairy farm, properly man. aged, will pay fair profit besides interest on investment and expense of running it, and as to the question. "Does farming pay7" it will always be an open question, as long as there are so many slip-slods trying to farm it. It is not so much in farming or the farm as in the man. Some farmers will raise large families and make money besides, while others with equal or better advantages, make shipwreck of their fair prospects in few short years. In proof of this, I would say that some of my neigh bors make two hundred pounds to the COW, while others will not get more than one hundred pounds. There are but few butter and cheese factories in this (Delaware) county, perhaps not more than one or two in successful operation. sIneed not tell you that it is butter pro- dnclng county, nevertheless; but with one exception the butter is made in - private dairies, ranging from two or three COWS up to one hundred, generally from ten to thirty. I believe but one has one hundred and twenty.
 ~'f SaIted Hay.
 Farmers are divided in opinion as to the utility of salting hay. One thing is certain, that 1t has never proved sui fciently advantageous to become adopted by good farmers to any extent. We do not think it would preserve green hay or affect the weight, unless applied in doses so large as to mjure animals. Four quarts to the ton are as much as we would advise for any experiment. Some farmers inform us that three quarts per ton makes their hay more palatable, and prevent mustiness, while others give un- favorable reports. So small 8 quantity would not probably produce much effect either way. Hay contains naturally several pounds of salt per ton Ghe pre- else amount we have not at hand), which IS probably about as much as animals need. A difficulty in salting hay is in applying it evenly :; it would be likely to be spread in masses, and animals would get it in undue quantities at times. On the whole we have not much to say in favor of salting hay, but would depend much more on a good feeding machine.
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 The rot has been unusually severe in many places, and as it commenced in dry weather, it stopped at the commence nent of rain, and then became worse than ever after the long wet spell; we give up having an idea of the main cause. But we noticed one thing, and that is, that where the vine is bare of side branches from the ground for several feet, the ground clean under heath and the fruit hangs high and clear, the rot is not near so bad as under ordinary conditions. This suggests tc us the idea of growing the fruit higher from the ground, with plenty of air pass ing underneath. Many years ago we used to get very fine Alexanders from g vine that had leaf1ess stem at least forty feet, and was then trained under the. caves of house. That variety was famous for its failures under ordinary culture. One thing is certain if this rot cannot be cured, grape growing witt us is an uncertain game e.-Ratrol World
 To Can Sweet Corn. --o
 In factories where the canning of corr is. carried. on the process is as follows The corn is cut from the cob, put into tin cans partly filled with water, and the covers sealed on with solder Ir the cover there are three little perfora tions. The cans are then set in caldror of boiling water and boiled three hours then removed and the perforations il the cover are closed by drop of solder In this way every particle of air is ex. luded from the corn and it is thoroughly cooked