The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-02-23


The PiR Pasture.
We always have the best success with
breeding sows when they are allowed to
feed on grass This is the only food they
require until the young pigs are a week
or two old, when milk or meal of some
sort may be gi' en- to them to increase
the flow of milk il they require 1t. Sows
thus managed are never ugly and never
destroy their pigs. WhyP Because they
are in n natural and healthy condition.
The grass also increases the flow OF
milk and is, quite often, sufficient food
for SOW while rearing her young.
Young pigs soon learn 10 eat the grass,
which is alike natural and healthful for
them. We never have case of scours
or thumps among young pigs when run
ming in pasture. The grass serves to
counteract the c feet of corn, and many
pigs on grass can be fed heavily with
this food without the injury which it
would do them if confined and
deprived OF grass. Our experience has
convinced us that no farm is complete
without pig pa; ture. Clover is the
best Of all the grasses for this purpose,
and next to it we prefer orchard grass
for the reason that it starts up promptly
after being eaten of, is the earliest in the
spring and is relished by the pigs. 1t is
not necessary to have special field for
the pig pasture, but they may be al
lowed to run in any lot if properly in
closed. There should be water ia the
field and plenty of grass. A patch of
sweet corn sowed in drills will be found
convenient to supplement a short pas
ture in the late summer. There should
alCn ho onnthnr patnh nf f11rr1rd m
other roots into which the pigs may
be turned for fall breeding With the
three auxiliaries of pasture, sweet corn
stalks and a root patch, the cost of rear
ing and feeding pigs may be reduced to
less than ne-half of their expense when
they are confined and fed in pens, to
say nothing about their better condition
for food.-RsGTGL Ne10 Yorker.
Rapid Churning Undesirable.
AS rule the best butter is produced
by using moderate motion in churn.
ing. The operation at the commence
ment should always be slow, in order
that the cream shall be we'll mixed to-
gether. After this the motion may be
faster, but its rate of speed should be
made uniform and adapted to the con-
struction of the churn. The objection
to very fast chuTning is that the larger
butter globules come first and are gather
ed into Jumps before she smaller ones are
churned; hence loss in quantity if the
churning is stopped at this point, and if
continued under very rapid motion the
butter globules that come first are liable
to be injured. We have never seen any
of the so-called three-minute churns q"
that uniformly made good butter by
churning in this short time. OF course
there is difference in creams; that
from the milk of Jersey cows will ordi-
narily churn more quickly than cream
from the milk OF common cows. But
under anv circumstances very rapid
motion tends to do injury to the cream,
and especially is this the case when the
butter begins to come. In churning, the
object sought should be to have ali the
cream churned alike and in about the
same time, and when the butter appears
in a granular form the churning should
cease. OF course we shall not pretend
to say that inventions and processes for
chnrning very quickly cannot be brought
out, and which will make uniformly
tirst-class butter; we can only say if
there be such churn-one that is made
to do its work, for instance, in three
minutes, and can in that time produce
the best butter-we have not yet seen it.
The Difference.
From actual experiments made it is
demonstrated beyond a doubt that the
grinding of grain adds one third to its
value for feeding purposes. This is q
matter Of good deal of Importance to
the agricultural community, and, in
fact, to all classes who have animals to
feed. AS far as dollars are concerned,
perhaps it is not of SO much moment in
the Northwest, where grain is so cheap
and so plenty, as it is in other portions
of the country, where less grain is
raised, but it is worthy of the consider
alton of those who have not full bins of
oats and corn. Since the introduction
of cheap feea-mills, it is the province of
every farmer to own one, with which
all grain intended for the stock on the
farm could be ground.
Recipes.
GOOD WHITE RREAD.-Ha.f pint of
nice light bread sponge, one heaping
tablespoonful Of sugar, stir in graham
hour enough to make stiff batter; let
1t rise, then stir it down and put it into
the baking tins, let it rise again, then
bake little longer than white bread.
Use good yeast but no soda in this
bread.
CHEAP, COOP SPONGE ECAKE.-Whisk
together four eggs, large cupful of
powdered sugar, add lemons to taste /;
also three tablespoonfuls of water, half
large cupful OF flo r, with two tea
spoonfVls of baking powder in it,.
Thoroughly but lightly mix, adding
more water if required. Bake this in
buttered tins or fancy molds.
BARLEY SoUP.-Boil one pint of pearl
barley in one quart of stock till it is re-
duced to pulp, pass it through a sieve
and add as mucn more stock as will be
required to make of the consistency of
cream; put the soup on the fire; when
1T boils stir into it, off the fire, the Yolk
OF an egg beaten up with gill of fresh
bUtfar onA oavun NTH small dsoo nj