The Osceola times., 1877-04-07
Mellow kot, Around Trees.

Unless the surface Of the ground is
mulched around ysung trees over an area
Of six TO ten feet in diameter, the ground
should be kept clean and mellow. Every
farmer know that a hill of corn or pota-
tees will not amount TO much unless cul.
uvated, and yet there are many who will
neglect to give the same care to tree
which is worth hundred hills Of either
o. the former. In rich soil, trees
may grow rapidly without cultivation,
and no amount OF grass or weeds will re-
tard them; bat 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 borers. Take any
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 Agricutrist.
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
fiity-three, first drew my attention 10
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.
uted to the difference in intermission of
milking, a. shown in Prof. Willard's
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. nuring the lougdays 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 pounds more
OF tho TO a 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. three
pounds in favor OF morning milking In
september it was nearly equal. the
mornings milk being still ahead, but
only by o6. pounds. These results you
have already published, and repeat
them in this communication as conye-
nient reference. Now, in October, as
the days have become shortened, and the
nights have lengtho ned, the intermission
of milking becoming reversed from the
July practice we find the milk received
at night produce pound OF butter from
1852 pounds less of milk than that re-
ceived at mornings milking. These are
the results obtained after careful atten-
tion TO the time the two messes of milk
were received, and in each case the same
periods for setting the messes were rigidly
adhered to. In a private dairy this
experiment could be conducted with
more accurate results than at 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 il they
prove an incentive to some one in better
circumstances to prove this question,
shall feel the time has not been uselessly
employed,