Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-08-30
SeaSOnable Hints.

A farmer, after careful experiment
has concluded that to card steers is tt
make them lose flesh. Two Jokes fec
exactly alike, the one carded and tn,
other not, showed a gain for the YOKE
not carded. The same result occurred
when the carding was changed to thu
other steers.
Moderately fat animals are the mosr
profitable Every excessively fat ami
NAL has been fed at loss during the
latter part of its feeding. When an ami
NAL is ready for market, sell it; if there
is feed left, buy some more lean animals
and feed them. The "nimble sixpence'
brings the profit.
1t has been found by chemical analy.
sis that mornings milk is not nearly So
rich and nutritious as evenings milk
and will not yield more than half as
much butter to the given quantity. The
fatty matter increases as the day pro-
crosses from two and one quarter per
cent. in the morning, to three and one
half at noon, and five and one-half at
night.
Mr.. Schulz, of Little Falls, New York,
estimates that the land in pasturage and
hay requisite for the support of cow
is three acres; and this is the estimate
for moderately good dairy farms in Eng
land. In Belgium ten acres of land
supports two cows, one heifer, and one
yearling or calf; but when the calves
are sold off young, and cows in full milk
are only kept, the proportion is two
cows to seven and one-half acres. Col
man estimates three acres of pasture as
requisite for COW in Berkshire county,
Mass, while in some towns two acres Of
pasturage are sufficient. Mr.. Earring
ton, in the report of the American Dai-
rymen's Association, thinks that on the
aaverge, four acres are required per COW,
tor summer and winter keep; while x
A. Willard thinks that in Herkimer Co.,
n. Y, one and one-half to two acres of
pasture per COW will answer, and in
some exceptional cases one acrc.-Sci-
entifc Farmer.
An article of diet Of almost universal
consumption among the poorer classes
in Russia is the variety of homemade
cheese known as ''twOrog," of which
more than 100000 pounds are sold an
nually in St. Petersburg alone. It's
mode of preparation is very simple.
Sour milk is placed over night in warm
oven, and poured the next day upon
sieve, where it is allowed to remain till
all the whey has run off The curd is
then packed tightly in a wooden vessel,
and covered with a lid made to fit exact
ly within it. On this heavy weights are
placed, SO as to keep up constant pres
sure on the mass of curd; and the space
between the lid and the top of the yes
sci is filled with cold water, which is
frequently renewed. Tworog cheese is,
in fact, nothing more than hard pressed
curd. In the northwestern and southern
governments of the empire it is often
made from sleeps milk, and in Bessa-
rabia superior quality made from the
whole milk is prepared, which possesses
far better keeping properties than the
ordinary sort, and which is exported in
considerable quantities to Wallachia,
Moldavia, and even to Austria. -Ameri-
can Dairyman.
For ounce and plum trees salt is all
that is required to keep them in a
healthy vigor In crops like barley,
oats, wheat, clover, and all the grasses,
there is an apparent value in its use the
first season; not as much the second,
because salt is an absorbent of ammonia
and while it takes it from the soil and
atmosphere, it also chemically returns
it to the roots of the crops, so long as
moisture remains in the ground. 1t
continues to act so long as there is
moisture within one foot of the base of
the roots; and it's action in dry time
tends to keep the crop fresh and grow
ing, whereas it dries up where no salt
has been spread The quantity to the
acre will depend much on the condition
of the land. If it has been previously
well MANFRED with barnyard manure, in
past years, then two hundred and sixty
pounds to the acre, spread on at time of
seeding, and narrowed in IL Chilly, will be
sufficient; if the land has had no animal
manure for years past, the quantity will
need to be increased-sometimes to
eight bushels to the acre. Salt | have
also found good in the vegetable garden
and on small fruits,-Ohio Farmer
No breed Of poultry is handsome I'M
less they are well cared for If judic-
ious care be exercised at first, there is
little danger of the gapes. Indeed, the
writer is of the belief that the gapes is
a disease that all chicks 60 through
with, and is seldom observable unless
the worms, in their passage from the
lungs, meet with some impediment that
occasions stoppage in their progress,
which causes suffering, and almost al
ways results in death. In strength and
health the worms pass out one by one,
and the bird does not suffer much. A
sudden cold causes a stOppage, and the
worms accumulate and become entan-
gled and knotted in the windpipe. The
chick suffers from difficult and labored
breathing; indeed, it requires every eff
fort to keep the breath from ceasing.
becomes more and more la
bored every day until death puts an end
to the suffering. The bird wastes grad
ually, and becomes thin and emaciated
to an almost incredible degree Over
and long continued fatigue will also de-
crease the strength of the birds, and the
important item is to keep up the
strength and growing condition. Strong
feed and reasonable exercise will accom-
plish much.-C b., IN Country Gentle
man.
Potted Pigeon.-After cleaning and
the pigeons, put very little
water in kettle and put in the pigeons;
let ethem simmer gently until tender.