Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-04-10
AGRICULTURAL.

one is good farmer. How is good
farming to be tested? Certainly not by
the raising of one or two good crops.
He is the good farmer who uniformly
increases the aggregate product of his
farm from year to year. The surest,
truest test Of good farming is con-
stantly increasing production of the
soil.-The Husbdndnldu.
AMERICAN HoPs.-It is admitted by
London brewer, that American hops
have greater strength, as well as the
property of retaining their aroma and
bitter principle longer than any other
growth. The brewers find that they
can get a larger extract out of smaller
quantity.
1t is claimed that our hops have not
the delicate flavor of finest English and
German growths, but it is quite certain
that the best growths of American hops
are making an exceedingly favorable
impression abroad this year, and the
day is not far distant when Europe will
give our hop growers a remunerative
market for their surplus crops.
ARTIFICIAL CHEESE. only is but
ter made of oleomargarine, but it is also
used to sophistlcate and cheaper cheese.
The largest of artificial cheese factories
is that of Freeman & Co., in Chenango
county, N. Y. Besides this, there are
perhaps twenty other factories in all,
from which it is estimated that 10000
cheeses are daily produced. In manu-.
featuring cheese, the oil is mixed with
skim-milk. 1t can be handled then as
if all milk, and the product can scarce
ly be detected from ordinary cheese.
Another market for the oil is claimed
by the manufacturers to be opening
among the farmers themselves; who,
seeing that they can mix it with their
cream, are sending in orders to have it
shipped to them in tierces. The oil
can be bought for II cents a pound,
and when mixed with pound of cream
will yield, in churning pound of but
ter.
SHRINKING PoRK.-If porker is fat
ted up quickly the pork is less firm,
consequently shrinks more than if the
pig was kept in good flesh and thrifty
from birth. Where such is the case,
have found that boiled potatoes, pump
kins, &C., mixed with corn meal, bran
and provender, are quite as good as
where clear condensed food alone was
used. To produce firm unshrinking
flesh, time must be given, especially
with pork. Fat, or meat, produced by
forcing quickly, always contains more
water than that which accumulates
more slowly yet steadily. Where pork
shrinks l am led to think that the feeder
adopted the quick forcing process, in
stead O. commencing with the younger
animal and keeping it thriving.-W. H.
WHITE, IN Country Gentleman
HINTS ON WORKING BUTTER-Do not
work too much nor too fast. Work
slowly until all is thoroughly and even
ly absorbed. Otherwise the butter will
not be of uniform color. Working it
too fast will destroy the grain, and the
butter becomes salvy and lardlike in its
texture. Let it stand or put it away in
the tray for "a hours. Then work it
enough to remove all the buttermilk or
surplus brine, so that the butter may
become dry or like a piece of cheese.
Mould into rolls, and set these away for
"a hours, or until they become hard
and firm. The cloth should now be put
on, so as to cover one end, while the
other is left open for the stamp. The
cloth should be cut in pieces of exact
size and dipped in brine and the butter
rolled when the cloth is dripping wet.
Butter should never come in contact
with the bare hand. When in bulk it
can be easily handled with ladle and
a flat paddle.-JO,umd Of Chemistry
TREE PLANTING.-To plant with the
best success, the land must be made
mellow and fine at least eighteen inches
deep; never plant when the soil will
not crumble upon being spaded or
| ploughed. The hole should be made
larger than the spread of the roots, and
the soil worked in about them and
pressed firmly with the foot. The lat
ter point is one of the utmost impor-
lance, and yet it receives but little at
tention. Unfermented manure shou d
never be worked in close to the roots.
All manures are better applied upon
the surface. II the soil is moist at the
time of planting, no water should he
used, as it would do more harm than
good. Trees in the best condition for
planting are those grown near the
house; and if purchasers can visit the
nursery and select them before being
dug, they will be well repaid for their
trouble. Plant only those varieties that
are recommended by successful frui,
growers, unless one can afford to make
experiments; half dozen varieties Of
any kind of fruit are all that are desira.
BILE for home use, while for market a
less number might be most profitable
Young, wellgrown trees are better than
old ones. rs they cost less and are not
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