Daily Kennebec journal., 1878-02-06
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AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
HOW THEY MAKE BUTTER IN BRAZIL

The American Dairyman states that
there are four modes of making butter in
the Empire of Brazil. The first is by put
ting the milk in common bowl and beat
ing it with spoon, as you would an egg.
The second, by pouring the milk into a
bottle and shaking it Till the butter ap-
pears, when il Is removed by breaking off
the top of the bottle. as bottles are value
less in that part OF South America on ac-
count of the vast number imported with
foreign fruits and liquids. The third,
where the dairy is more extensive. is per-
formed by filling a hide with the milk,
which is Justify shaken by an athletic ma
tive at each end until butter is produced.
The foui, h. indicating vast progress over
and bevond any OF the preceding methods,
consists in dragging the hide or leathrrn
vessel filed with milk, on the ground al
ter galoping horse, until it is supposed
the butter is formed. The milk is never
strained or the butter washed.
GRASS CROPS.
At meeting of the Institute of Science,
Medici, Pa, the question "What grasses,
in addition 10 clover and timothy, are most
useful to farmers ?" was discussed, and
answered as follows: "The best and
most desirable grass in addition to red
clover and timothy, is Kentucky blue
grass In order to have the latter IN pro-
fusion. the ground, properly prepared,
and well manured, and sOwn with wheat
about the middle OF the ninth month
(September), should be sown with timo-
thv at the rate of from six to ten quarts
OF seed per acre, and the following spring
an addition of from four to six quarts OF
red clover seed per acre. The red clover
is the greatest root fertilizer of any OF
our plants or grasses. What | mean by
root fertilizers is the fertility given to the
soil from its decaying roots, aud it is the
most valuable of all crops for the recu-
peration of the soil when sown for and
properly used for that purpose. 1t is
biennial plant, and sown as fertilizer,
particularly for any crop, should be
ploughed down the second season after
being sown. Some farmers in Ohio use
it in this way for wheat, realizing over
twenty bushels per acre. and putting
their manure on their orchards. My rea-
son for sowing more timothy than clover.
is that the following season after the
wheat the clover is apt to smother out
much of the Timothy, and as the clover
is so short lived much OF the ground is Ii
able to be left vacant until the green
grass and while clover come in and oc-
cupy the vacant places, which they will
do in good soil, provided they are not
pre-emptied by the weeds. The latter
grasses may be sown. but in most good
soils nature provides them ia due season.
Although the clover is 50 short-liyed,
where II has succeeded well il has left
great means ot fertility in It's decaying
roots. on which the timothy and other
grasses luxuriste, and 10 consequence
produce more beautiful crops. TIE roots
of a well set acre OF clover Contain lS5
pounds OF nitrogen. 2i0 pounds of lime.
As pounds OF magnes,a, IS pounds of pot
Ash. IS pounds OF soda, "a pounds OF sui
phur. aud "a pounds OF puU.phoric acid.
on which the timothy aud other grasses
are lnxurlatiug. IL would require a pret-
ty good articIe of superphosphale to .q Ial
the above amount vi ingredients vi The
same number oi pounds.