Fair play., 1880-03-13
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! SUTriIERppo DOGS bclorT To- sheep.
I Keep them o,it If the COW herd.
| MANY dairyuru want cows that they
| can turn IL beef when they are old and
worthless. Would any sane man buy
~u'h COWS. and attempt IL faticu them
III Il profit?
! To get all the butter from il. cream
| should ripcn at least six hours before it
i churned. I;ipruing does not necc>-
| Sarily mean Souriny. for cream can he
kept sweet an indefinite length "f time.
ii kept cold enough
/ FRoF. EoRERTs * strong believer
| in the good effect of proper atmos-
! phcrr in the stable. The air should
| he neither too hot nor too cold. hut
above all should he dry Dampnc>s he
considers highly detrimental 10 all
kinds of stock.
Ir i strange that more dairymcn do
no, favor pollcd cattle. in view "f the
damage horns do in IL herd. The Jersey
and Short horn could readily br bred
p"ll.i, aud among our natives there is
Il fair per cent. Of poll-d cattle. while
S"r@r'l strains Of thorough-blOods are
without horns.
FAEMRR> who spread on Il thin coat
nf twelve or iiftccp loads If manure to
the acre. and expect to raise a good
crop. would he astonishcd to So, the
,,iant ties of the best kinds of manure
which marke, gardeners often apply tn
an acre If land near the cities. What
would they say tn the application Of
six hundred dollars worth of horse
manure tO Il single acre? Two or ,hree
hundred dollars worth of manure per
acre i 4 common thing among market
gardeners, and they fird their account
IN 80 doing, too
DR. j. PREvOST has found that rain
removes much more matter from an
uncropped than cropped soil. He
placed three inches If soil in two . LACED
carthenwarc pans seventeen inches in
diameter. Four grainmcs of white
clover seed were sOwn in one oi the
pans. and the other was left without any
stimulus 10 vegetation. Both pans were
exposed from July u to October !. and
then the drainage wafer was collected
and analyzed with results which war
ranted the above conclusion.
4 MAINE farmer gives the following
IN orchard: "Were | to plant an
orchard and had tw" locations in
4 valley, surrounded by hills, except on
the south side. and the other on a high
elevation, exposed to high winds
would choose the latter in preference To
the former The same holds good in
regard 10 peach orchards. a great OBJ
iect i TO keep back the blooming as
long as possible, and this can best be
done in northern exposures without
Shcl,cr''
To Test the Richness Of Milk: Pro-
cure any long glass vesSel-a cologne
bottle or phial. Take 4 narrow strip If
paper, Just the length from the neck {"
the bottom; then mark it off with 100
lines at equal distances, OF into fifty
lines and count each as two, and paste
II upon the phial so as to divide into
hundred equal parts. Fill it to the
highest mark with milk fresh from the
cow and allow it to stand in 4 perpen-
dicular position for twenty four hours.
The number Of spaces occupied by the
cream will give you its exact percentage
without any guesswork.
DR. I.EFFNAN, tnc microscopes CI
the Pennsylvania Board of Agriculture,
who has been examining into the carses
of 'sropy" milk. think. the primary
trouble is in the animal furnishing the
milk The oil globEles are changed;
the albuminous covering becomes adj
hesive, perhaps by partial decomposi-
tion. Prof. James Law has similar
belief. But Mr.. X. A. Willard thinks it
i due TO weeds, bad water, and bad
treatment Of the COWS: and Prof. Engle-
hart once said he knew it was weed.
DR.. Lehman has known it To stop when
cows were changed from good to bad
water: and as for weeds the disease
appears az all times.
THE best soil for wheat is where clay
predominates 4 mixture Of sand and
clzy i the best soil for succession III
crops. and sand for d bright, stiff straw,
but too sandy soil is too porous for
wheat, although good spring wheat is
frequently grown Oh sandy soils. Muck
Is not well adapted for the growth of
wheat. but where the land Is rich wheat
viii succeed on a variety of soils. There
Is no better preparation for wheat
crop than clover turned under. Nitro
ger i needed for the growth Of whea:,
ard If the urine If the horse or cow il
applied to the growing crop early in tie
spring you may look for good yield OF
grain.