St. Landry democrat., 1880-01-24
FARM TOPICS.
SAVING THE WASTES.

iohSo W tle Ofder OF farrflin
known as successful. 1t will be sue
Sestlve, and lead the farmer to say
what would otherwise be allowed to be
come scattered. Many complain tina
they can not afford to buy fertilizer TO
a root patch, while at the same tim,
they are allowing enough material TO,
me purpose to be lost. A part of tn,
shcd Will answer for the compost heap
or 1t would pay to construct a shed or
purpose: In summer time haul in sew.
cral loads of muck as a foundation TO,
the compost; this will absorb the Tanid
portions and by the next spring it will
oe so thoroughly saturated that If will
De nearly equal to the rest in value. On
this foundation pile every thing to be
got rid Of Chamber slops ard soan-
suds are valuable to add to II When
putchering time comes mix the offal
with the heap. Let the contents Of the
PriVles, from time to time, MINGLED with
dry earth and plaster, be taken to the
compost. BY a little effort a rich fer
tllnzlng material may be collected. worth
Ahore IMAM any commercial manure. be-
cause it will contain. not only elements
10 simulate crops, but to permanently
chrleh the soil. e. The hen-house is a
good place wherein to start
small compost heap, and if earth or
plaster Is frequently spread over it there
VIII be no escape of the gases, or smells
10 make the place unhealthy. As long
us the pile is kept dry, there will be but
iitlie danger of such an active putrpfs1-
tlon as to cause aloss of ammonia. and if
thls occurs, it can be checked at once bv
throwing on plenty of plaster. If here
should be too much heat, it NAV be ar
rested by wetting the mass, and forkino
IL over. The compost may be used to
manure crops in the hill, where it oiyes
plants Il tine start and afterwards KEEPS
up q vigorous growth. Such a compost
VIII often be manure enough to produce |
llne crop OF corn. For roots there is |
nothing better to scatter in the burrows.
as IL contains such q variety of constitu- |
cnts exactly suited to the wants of the
plants. A small compost heap collected
and managed in this way will 90 over a
good deal of ground. The farmer who
neglects to have compost heap does
not make the best use he NAV Of tho
means at hand to produce bonntifuI
crops, and the one who does may save
Ton OF two OF fertilizer which will fit as
many acres Tor profitable return for
ms labor,-F. d. Curtis, tn New York
Tribune.
PRESERVING BUTTER,
1t has become question worthy of
serious consideration, by those con-
cerned, whether the old-fashioned meth
cd OF packing May and June butter for
winter sale will be any longer profitable,
IN view of the competition of the fresh
creamery butter, and that of private
dalries, in which winter is the most
active season. 1t is known that butter +
OF the very first quality can be made as |
well III the depth of winter as in June. 9
20 that June butter no more attracts
The dealer or the purchaser, AS hereto \
tore. The past winter | have been t
packing butter in small oak pals, con- 4
aiming five to ten pounds, for my Gus +
omers, who have gladly paid so cents b
Der pound for it, without any help from t
'uffs and newspaper notoriety, the but \
er going solely ON it's merits. l am e
nus packing all my product, and l
mink II dalrymen were to do more of 81
hls-procuring and using tight, neat, IL
weet white oak packages they might b
md profitable sale for butter the year IT
ound. The size of the package is CON +
ement, as five to ten pounds will sup
ly a small Or large family two weeks,
nd the butter can then be had always
'esh. But when it is desirable to pack l.,
or winter use, extra care must be exer- y:
lsed as to the mode of packing and the y:
ackage. L have found a four-gallon ~ ~
rock, or the very neat g return HI
utter pail equally good and safe 81
u packing, the advantage resting with 81 81
ne or the other depending upon the vi vi
re and weight of the contents. The y
ackage, providing always it is alright w WI
nd clean, is not so important as the aI
lethod Of packing and the place of stor- l Re
5e. The manner of packing I have r,
zen used to practice is as follows: The Sd
utter, taken from the churn, is worked % %
II short time with pure cold water - ~
ON deep well. Where the water is VII
IT cold, ice-Water should be used when w s
9 weather is warm enough to make -
e butter work soft. The grain can not sls
preserved ifithe butter is worked too In In
it, and it should be kept as hard as it a "a:
n be worked easily. The lump is then a '.i
shed with the ladle, and salt at the t sA
te OF one ounce tos-the pound is ~ -.
rinkled over it and worked in lightly. sei
he butter is then put away for "a hours { i",
a cool cellar or dairy-house. The last i 1lo'
'rking is thorough, to get the color va
en- and the salt well mixed in. AS a w, wv
lie salt will have melted and drained lall
during the standing, the liberal dose wv, we
zen will not be excessive. The butter so.
then packed down into the crock or .'si'
il, taking care to leave no vacant ~ ~
ices. Brine is poured over the butter, 49, W
4 the package is covered with cloth ; ~.
4 the cover, and set away, until the ~ ~
1t churning, in the usual place. The ~ uol'
Il churning is packed in the same uJ,
inner, the brine being poured off and AL
own away, and a little fine salt a ana
hg sprinkled on the first layer any a,,d
are the next is packed down. o o,,a
this way the package IS filed. The tro,
is then covered with piece of fine, n laJn
lite muslin, stepped in brine, and cut AZ 6,,a
lit exactly; this iseovered with atnin nAo
eg of salt, and a strip of wooden feM
is fitted around the edge Of the
'kage and under the cover, which is que