Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-02-13

the mess stand until cool enough to
feed, when it was given to the COWS a
week: They were then changed to dry
feed for week, and then returned to
the cooked meal, so alternating four or
five weeks. / measured the milk care
fully and found no advantage in favor
Of the cooked feed. There was no per-
ceptible difference between the weeks
when the COWS were fed on raw and
when on cooked meal. If the product
OF the dairy affords any criterion by
which to judge what the effect of COOK
ed meal would be when given to make
flesh, mus: conclude that fuel and
labor would be wasted. and that cooking
hay is a positive injury"
The USE OF APPLES AS FooD.-In my
experience of many years in growing
fruit and in the use of it in the family,
l have found that as many as thirty
varieties are desirable in family
orchard. To be more definite, we want
at all times during the year or as long
as apples can be had, at least two vari-
cites Of good and nice looking dessert
or eating apple" as one likes to
see in fruit dish on dinner table, and
to pass around to circle of young
folks or other visitors of an evening,
and to give to the children to carry to
school. The same kind Of apples are
also wanted ut the hotels and boarding
houses in the cities, but are not gener-
ally sent to market by those who ship
their apples by railroad, and suppose
that half a dozen kinds are sufficient.
A supply of this class of apples for the
season will require eight or ten varie-
ties, Some are also good for cooking, as
apple sauce, dumplings, pies, ETC., but
generally the best for these purposes
are larger and more acid than the best
desert apples, and for complete sup
ply dozen varieties are needed for this
class, counting few for drying, and al
lowing for the failure of some in the
unfavorable seasons. Then we use
baked apples very freely and constant
~, and find them quite wholesome and
desirable. For this purpose we want
sweet apples, but not destitute of acid
ity-and supply for the season re-
quires about eight varieties. In addi-
ton to all these, and as supplement,
we want two or three kinds of long
keeping apples, which will serve for
any purpose after all the rest are gone,
in May and June-up to the time Of
Strawberries Ohio Farmer.
STRAW AS FUEI.-A correspondent of
the Country Gentleman writes as follows
few weeks since, | noticed in the
Scientific american mention of a newly
invented machine for pressing the wild
grasses Of the Northwest into solid forms
for fuel. Whether this apparatus, on
trial, is likely to accomplish the object
intended perfectly, or not, have no
knowledge. And yet that something
may be devised that will answer that
purpose, have a firm belief. Taking
a hint from this conception, it occurs
to my mind that other vegetable sub
stances than wild grass may be sub
jected to the same process, and fuel for
domestic purposes be thus made more
plentiful and cheaper, besides effecting
greater economy in the destruction con-
stantly- invading our woodlands and
timber tracts For example, if wild
grass can be put into shape for conven-
iCAl ouiiliilS, why can IOt the broom
corn stalks be utilized for the same use ?
There are immense quantities of this
material annually wasted, or nearly so,
which, if pressed into cubes of bricks,
might be burned in a stove or kitchen
fireplace. And if the broom-corn stalks
can be so manufactured, why not the
stalks of Indian corn, of which there is
such an enormous production in the
West? The same may be said of the
flags and other aquatic growths of the
swamps and marshes, like the Monte
yuma marsh and the borders of Sagi-
nav river and bay, in Michigan. If
this view of the matter has not pre-
scented itself to the mind Of the grass
press inventor, would recommend it
to his attention. 1t would be great
thing, in some sections of the country,
if the farmer, while raising corn and
the brush for brooms, could also pro-
duce his own fuel from the refuse of his
crops. This may appear somewhat
visionary, but l incline to the opinion it
is worthy of trial. S"