Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-04-24
FARM NOTES.


cream contained IN the first and last
milk taken from the COW appears to be
satisfactorily explained on the suppose
ton that the fatty matter of the milk
obeys the same laws of gravity in the
udder of the COW that it does when set
aside in an open vessel
The French government, realizing
that national and individual prosperity
are dependent upon the development
of agriculture, have introduced bill in
the senate making it obligatory to tesch
the elements of agriculture and horti-
culture in the 10000 primary schools of
the nation.
PEAS and beans, corresponding more
with the elements of fat than the va
rious grains, are better adapted to the
production of wool than either wheat,
corn, rye, barley, oats or buckwheat.
These latter, together with the ruta-ba-
ga turnip, being peculiarly adapted to
the production of fat, should be used
mostly for the feed of sheep when un-
dergolng the process Of fattening.
ORIGIN OF PoULTRY.-It must be con-
fessed that Asia is the home of our
most valuable domestic fowls, with the
exception of the turkey. At least to
that continent must we look for their
earliest domestication The goose and
duck, however, appear to be indigenous
to no particular quarter. But the genus
Galials is, undoubtedly, Asiatic, and it is
to this day found in India and Java in
a wild state, and affords as much sport
to the huntsman as does the pheasant
in England or the prairie TO VI in this
country. Undoubtedly all our varieties
came from the GoNus BanAciyu. AL
though the colors and markings of the
wild fowl are nearly uniform, there is
sufficient variety to account for the
many changes of which, under dOmes-
tication, the species is capable.-PouAry
World.
The CULTIVATION OF MUSHROOMS
The Japanese raise mushrooms on de-
cayed roots, stumps or logs. Certain
varieties of the oak tree, when cut
down, furnish the most acceptable
mushrooms. IncisiOns are cut through
the outer bark Of the logs, which are
made by splitting trunk into quarters.
The logs are left in the forest to rot, for
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grow upon them if the rotten portion of
the wood be scraped away. After the
first crop is removed, the logs are put
into water in the morning and in the
afternoon are beaten with a maIlet;
they are then ranged on end, slanting,
in the forest, and the mushrooms grow
again upon them. This process is con-
tinuously repeated, and it is found that
the largest mushrooms grow upon the
| logs that are beaten hardest. Another
method of culture consists in burving
the logs. The Japanese dry their mush-
rooms by artificial heat, slowly and
carefully applied. The industry is of
some magnitude and q considerable
portion Of the dried product is exported
MANUFACTURE OF EDAM CHEESE
The process of manufacture of the
round or bullet cheese in Holla nd, so
widely known as Edam cheese, is as
follows: The rennet is put into the
milk as soon as it is taken from the
COW; when congulated, the hand, or a
wooden bowl, is passed gently two Or
three times through the curd, which is
then allowed to stand few minutes
then the bowl or finger is again passed
through it, and it is permitted to stand
some minutes longer. The whey is
taken off with the bowl, while the curd
is put into wooden form of the proper
size and shape Of the cheese to be
made. This form is cut out of the
solid wood by a turner, and has one
hole Ill the bottom. If the cheese is of
the small size, about four pounds, it
oh
days. It is turned daily, the upper
part during this time, being kept
sprinkled with about two ounces of
purified salt. 1t is then removed into
a second box of the same size, with four
holes in the bottom, and put under a
press of about fifty pounds weight,
where it remains several hours. It is
then taken out, put on a dry, airy
shelf in the choose apartment, daily
turned for about four weeks, when
Edam cheeses are generally fit for
market.-Anaerican Dairy7,aan.
GOOD NATURED HORSES 1t is the
chief glory of the American horse that
he is the most enduring and most amia-
BILE of his kind on the face of the earth,
the Orient excepted. Next to the
Arabian, in docility and intelligence, in
love for man, and general hardihood
stands the American. The English
thoroughbred is an equine devil; the
Spanish and Italian horses are brutes
the French racer is to be admired at a
distance; but the American horse is
kind and gentle; and in gloss and
bloom of grooming and verility. the
American stallion can be petted by
| women and fondled by children. We
confess that we are very proud of this.
1t argues intelligence and humanity
among the people, and noble qualities
on the part of our horses. It should
be the great ambition of the breeder
and grower just rs it is. And there
fore the temper Of the dam should be
closely understood; for the dam has
vastly more to do with the temper OF
the foal than the sire. In our obser-
walton we have invariably been led to
this conclusion. The young colt like