Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-04-25
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
THE great difference in the amount of
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.
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 I'M
dergoing the process of fattening. .swa
ORIGIN OF POULTRY 1t 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
Gdllots 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 70 vi in this
country. Undoubtedly all our varieties
came from the GdNus Bankiuu 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.-PouH1y
World a.- aef sa.-l.ag.a.
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 splittinga trunk into quarters.
The logs are left in the forest to rot, for
about three years, when mushrooms
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 burying
the logs. The japanese dry their mush-
rooms by artificial heat, slowly and
carefully applied. The industry is of
some magnitude and a considerable
portion of the dried product is exported.
MANUFACTURES OF EDAM CHEESE
The process of manufacture of the
round or bullet cheese in HolIa 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 a few minutes;
then the bowl OF 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 a wooden form Of the proper
size and shape of the cheese to be
made. This form is cut out of the
solid wood by turner, and has one
hole in the bottom. If the cheese is of
the small size, about four pounds, it
remains in this form about fourteen
days. 1t 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
press Of about fifty pounds weight,
where it remains several hours. 1t is
then taken out, put on dry, airy
shelf in the choose apartment, daily
turned for about four weeks, when
Edam cheeses are generally fit for
market.-An,e1icdl1 Ddirynadn t.i1siu'
COOP NATURED HORSES 1t is the
chief glory of the American horse that
he is the most enduring and most anna
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
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. 1t should
be the great ambition of the breeder
and grower just as 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,
boy, is powerfully affected by
example. He is the embodiment, of
imitation. If the mare leers and
shows ugliness, the little colt will catch
the habit from her and do Just as she
does; and who can tolerate a kicking,
leering, biting colt in his STALL Such a
creature is the very fac sinlik of Satan
in miniature. You never know when.
to trust the imp. He will eat corn out
of your hand and look the very picture
of gratitude, and when you turn to go
out, rejoicing in your good deed. wlslck
come his heels into your back. The
man VINO can keep in remembrance
the lessons of patience and morality
that he learned at his mothers knee, as.
he picks himself up out of the corner
Of the stall, under such circumstances
is saint. The strain on mans inner