The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-04-12

Unless the surface of the ground il
muIchcd around young trees over an area
or six to ten feet in diameter, the ground
should be kept clean and mellow Every
farmer know that hill OF corn or pota.
toes will not amount TO much unless cul,
tivated and yet there are many who will
neglect to give the same care to n tree
which is worth hundred hills Of either
OF the former. In rich soil, trees
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 suitable condition for the
reception Of eggs which will eventually
become peach or apple borcrs. Takeany
dozen young apple trees in sections where
the apple bOrer is abundant, and allow n
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. -Ma';onm ApjcUitmjA.
The superintendent of the Ridge
Creamery, New York, writes as follows
TO the Utica Herald on this subject:
s@nd 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
iiIty-threc, first drew my attention to
this subject, and at once concluded to
test the old belief that the milk taken
from the COW after nights rest was the
richest, or whether it was to be attrib-
utcd to the difference in intermssion of
milking, M shown in Prof. Wizards
work, The results obtained incline me
to the conclusion that the professor is
correct, and if farmers will milk their
cows at regular intervalsOf twelve hours,
each mess of milk will show equal rich
ness. During the ougdays of July, and
when farmers were busy in the harvest
field, the milk taken from the COW at |
night, that had been fully fifteen hours in
accumulating, required 2.27 poundsmore
of the to Il pound OF butter than the
milk drawn from the COW in the morning.
In August, as the days began TO shorten,
the farmer having less demand upon his
time in the havest field, and milking
time becoming more equally divided,
the difference Of production became
greatly lessened, being only eighty.threc
pounds in favor OF morning milking. In
September it was nearly equal, the
mornings milk being still ahead, but |
only by OG. pounds. These results you
have already published, and | repeat
them in this communication as Il cOnve-
nicnL reference. Now, in October, as
the days have become shortened, and the
nights have heightened, the intcrmisson
OF milking becoming reversed from the
July practice, we find the milk received
at night produce q pound Of butter from
1852 pounds less of milk than that re-
ceived at mornings milking. These are
the rcsu Is obtained after careful attcn-
ton to the time the two mcsses of milk
were received, and in each case the same
periods for setting the messcs were rigidly
adhered to. In private dairy this
experiment could be conducted with
more accurate results than at a creamery,
where we cannot control nor have the
means of ascertaining the precise time
of the two milkings. We can only Judge
from the difference in the time Of deliy-
cry. The tests were considered worthy
OF the attention bestowed, and if they
prove an incentive to some one in better
clrcnmstances>t to prove this question, |
shall feel the time has not been uselessIy
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