The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-01-04
THE FARMERS COLUMN.
Practical Notes.

lHtO pI0pu1 ~ NAN'Soo0AoiA OAi
the good quality of sorghum.
SOME of our best butter-makers claim
that from the time the milk leaves the
cow till the butter graces the table,
milk, cream and butter should be near
the temperature of 600 Farenheit.
GEN. LIrTLEDALE, who has farm
opposite Liverpool, England, keeps
eighty-five cows and fifteen working
horses on the produce OF eighty acres
of land. This shows what thorough
cultivation will do.
If chickens have cholera give them
wetfood for few days, well stirred into
one feed teaspoonful of sulphur, and
into the next about a teaspoonful OF
powdered charcoal, and so alternate the
food for about three days.
LAUGH at scientific or book farming
just as much as you please, yet the man
who takes advantage OF air, SOIL and Ter
tilizers, studies how to manufacture
grain and roots, meat and fruits, out OF
these raw materials, is the one to sue
coed.
On heavy loans or clay, clover roots
penetrate the suhsoil and open it to the
fertilizing influences OF air and hight 1t
is rich, too, in nitrogen, and in the decay
of its leaves and roots it gives the soil
Just what is wanted to grow maximum
crop of any kind of grain.
BoUssINCAuLT prescribes the proper
temperature for churning to be 59o for
sweet cream, go for sour and Ga for
milk. About one-fourth Of the total
amount of butter globules which exist
in the cream escapes collection, which
accounts for the rich taste of buttermilk.
FARMER read agricultural books and
papers, attend meetings devoted to your
calling, compare your crops with those
of your neighbors. If you doubt the
propriety of a certain culture for GER
tain crops, and desire information rela-
tive to the field of your labor, write to
the commissioner of agriculture.
IF iron be carefully sought for in
whole plant it will certainly found,
though generally in very minute guam
tity. 1t is asserted that plants which
were blanched, and otherwise presented
sickly appearance, were rendered green
and healthy by the application of very
weak solution Of an iron salt.
AT the late meeting of the National
Agricultural Congress at New Haven,
Prof. Brewer, in an address, claimed
that Connecticut had the honor of estab-
fishing the first professorship of agricul-
ture, the first agricultural experiment
station, the first importation of merin0s,
and the invention of the cottOngin by
Whitney.
L g o7,orno,aI m II ru
ing fruits are reminded that so far heat
is not sufficiently intense TO destroy in
sect eggs that may have been deposited
in the fruit when green or during the
process of drying. If put in a moder-
ateiy warm oven for ten minutes all
parasites and their eggs would be de-
str0yed. In countries where fruits are
extensively dried this treatment is prac-
ticed generally.
The east is increasing her area Of
wheat. According to the Maine Farmer,
one farmer in Somerset county, Maine,
will have this year nearly 100 bushels
Of wheat where two years ago he had
but thirty, and in his neighborhood are
100 acres Of wheat. IN one neigbbor-
hood in South Thomaston, / 600 bushels
Of wheat were harvested this season
where, only six years ago, scarcely any
wheat was raised.
IT is reported that the Buena Vista
VinicUltural society, after losing about
$500, 600 in the manufacture of CalifOr-
MIA wine, has given up the business.
The cause, as given, Is that the climate
and other conditions are not understood
with sufficient eXactneSs to enable the
manufacturers of wine there to compete
with other countries. In the champagne
venture of the company alone, so, 1000
was sunk, although considerable
sales were made in New York under
fictitious brands
The Amherst, Mass, experiment of
raising the early amber cane for SYRUP
shows an average product OF 100 gallons
per acre, though some pieces have yield
ed as high as 260 gallons per acre. The
percentage of sugar was found TO be les,
when fresh-cut and ground than after
lying for awhile before being ground
and it is hoped that improved culture
may increase the percentage of cane
sugar. The cost OF manufacturing the
syrup this season has been % cents :
gallon, but, with better facilities fol
making, the cost can be reduced one
half
The Maine State Press says: other,
is not quite 81 much enthusiasm il
Aroostook over the beet sugar business
as would be justified by the prospect
Nobody expects that the manufacture
Of beet sugar will transform our farmers
into millionaires. Nobody contends tina
at the price offered for the beets every
farmer can raise them with profit Whar
is claimed, however, is that it the bee
sugar manufacture proves successful i
will afford to some of the farming sec
tions of the state market that can bt
supplied with fair profit"
The egg traffic of this country has
risen to an Importance which few com
prehend. The aggregate transactions il
New York city alone must amount Il
fully 100000 per annum and in the
! United States to $4,000, 060. Theperish
able nature of eggs has naturally de
tracted from their value as standard
article of diet. The peculiar excellence
of eggs depends on their freshness. Blu
lately the process of crystallizing ha
been resOrted TO, and by this process the
natural egg is converted into vitreou
substance of a delicate amber tint. il
which form it is reduced seven-eighth
in bulk compared with barrel eggs, anc
retains its properties for years, unim
paired in any cline. In this form egg
may be transported without injury
either to the equator or poles, and a
any time can be restored to their origina
condition by simply adding the watel