The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-04-06
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Unless tho surface u The ground
mulched around ysung trees over IN arel
II ax ~ ten fset In diameter, the groun,
should b. kept clean and mellow. Ever
farmer know chat q bill 0f corn or pota
tees will not amount a. much unless cul
tivated, and yet there are many who vii
neglect 10 rive the same care 30 n ire,
which Is worth a hundred hills Of eithei
Of the former. IN rich soil, otree,
may grow rapidly without cultivation.
and no amount Of grass Or weeds will re-.
tard them; but there are other things
besides growth to be looked after. II
the weeds and grass are allowed TO grow
up around the stem Of apple, peach or
ounce trees, the bark will become soft
near their base by being shaded, and
thereby be In a suitable condition for the
reception of eggs which will eventually
become peach or apple borers. Takeany
dozen young apple trees in sections where
the apple borer is abundant, and allow a
portion TO be ChOked with weeds, and
the remainder well cultivated, and then
watch the result. From our experience,
we believe the chances are nine TO one in
favor of those cultivated being exempt
from this pest National 1gricuHurist.
The superintendent of the Ridge
Creamery, New York, writes as follows
to the Utica Herald on this subject:
send you the fourth and last test to
be made at the Ride Creamery this sea-
son upon the question of comparative
richness in cream of the nights and
mornings milk" as expressed in your
weekly of August 18th. Prof. Willard,
in his " Practical Butter Book" on page
ffty-three, first drew my attention to
this subject, and | at once concluded to
test the old belief that the milk taken
from the COW after a nights rest was the
richest, or whether it was to be attrib-
uted to the difference in intermission of
milking, as shown in Prof. Wizards
work. The results obtained incline me
to the conclusion that the professor is
correct, and if farmers will milk their
at regular i~ntervalsof twelve hours,
mess of milk will show equal rich
ness. During the l~ougdays of July, and
when farmers were busy in the harvest
field, the milk taken from the COW at
that had been fully fifteen hours in
a~ccumulating, required 2.27 pounds more
)t the to a pound of butter than the
milk drawn from the cow in the morning.
In August, as the days began to shorten,
he farmer having less demand upon his
lime in the havest field, and milking
line becoming more equally divided,
,he difference of production became
lessened, being only eighty-three
pounds in favor of mornings milking. In
it was nearly equal, the
mornings milk being still ahead, but
'nly by 06. pounds. These results you
nave already published, and | repeat ,
hem in this communication as a conve-
lient reference. Now, in October, as ,
he days have become shortened, and the {
lights have heightened, the intermission G
t milking becoming reversed from the ,
.uly practice, we find the milk received I
It night produce a pound of butter from a
,.52 pounds less of milk than that re-
at mornings milking. These are P
he results obtained after careful atten-
to the time the two messes of milk c
7ere received, and in each case the same O
eriods for setting the messes were rigidly 8
dhered to. In a private dairy this v
Experiment. could be conducted with n
accurate results thanat a creamery,
we cannot control nor have the s
leans of ascertaining the precise time =
the two milkings. We can only Judge t
ON the difference in the time of deliv- C
ry. The tests were considered worthy a
f the attention bestowed, and if they q
an incentive to some one in better
to prove this question, | A
lall feel the time has not been uselessly
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