The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-06-18
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SALT FOR SHEET. Salt will be TAX
en- with ayidity by sheep while on
grass. Where arrangements can be
SO made it will be found convenient
to have salt in little troughs at diff
ferent points about sleeping grounds.
These should be so sheltered as to be
protected from rain, and elevated SO
chat the sheep can get at them only
with their heads. They soon learn
70 visit these troughs when desiring
salt and ifallowed constant access to
them are infae danger of taking too
muck TIC there common custom is
t0distribute the salt at regular in
terrals over the ground over or near
the range, whence it viii be taken mp
few minutes after being found. I'm
der these circumstances, it should be
given. often enough to avoid restless
ness in tile flock on the approach of
the shepherd, and so scattered as to
allow every animal ready access. IN
tervals of five days have been found
quite satisfactory, though the shop
herd should be guided in this as in
other details by the apparent neces-
sity of his surroundings. Some ex-
pericnced shepherds mix sulphur in
small quantity with salt though the
majority do not use it.
KEE1rSa B UTTER.-There arc two
why's for BITTER makers to get over
the hot season. One system adopted
by some good dairyman is not to
make any surplus butter at that sea
son, but to have their cows 60 dry
the first OF July and come in again in
September and October. In this
case they produce butter.only at the
seasons that command the best price
and the cows go dry at the busy sea
son giving the dairyman more time
for his harvest. Less butter is con
suIned during the three warm months
and under the old system more butter
Is made than in any other three
month of the year. The second way
is, to make only the best quality of
butter, even in the hot season and
preserve it for three months or more
Ivy excluding the air from IL
II butter is put up in the best con
dition and kept from the eontamina-
ting contact Of air, it will come out
as rosy in color, and fine in flavor in
October or December rs when put mp
in July and August. There have
been different ways devised for cxclu-
ding air, but perhaps the best way is
to suspend the butter in strong brine.
The butter is put in muslin sack,
and then suspended in q tub inches
lhrger all around than the sack OF
butter Where butter. is made in
considerable quantity, it is put up in
SACKS holding 100 pounds and these
are suspended in oak barrels large
enough to allow Il inches of brine
alls round the sack. In some cases
the oak barrels are made tight al
both ends; the upper head has two
cieats on the under side Il inches
thick; this is to keep the sack Of but
ter under the brine as it would other
& wise rise to the top The upper heat
is taken out, the sack put in, TIN
head replaced, and the brine poured
through hole in the head, and whel
full of brine, this in plugged. Thi
barrel, standing in a cool place will
keep the butter perfectly man,
months. The butteris better whel
put up in GRANTEES, only having beel
washed in brine but not salted o
worked, and when taken out it is the
worked and sailed, and will be foun'
as fine as when fresh. The brin
excludes the air and all is preserved
ASSERTING ShEEp.-The best resul
can only follow any management
when .floeks are so balanced as to a
low every animal its equal chance
When any considerable number ar
held, this can best be done by assert
ing into several, lots, according to th
age and condition of the animals
AS far as can be, wethers more tina
one year old should be kept separat
from the ewes and younger animals
Infrm animals and those in poor cor
dition from any cause, should be es
cnsed from the labor and hustle inc
dent to active flock life. If all eannc
have equally good treatment, fave
the mothers and their lambs-neve
forgetting that what is withheld frol
any of the flock must some day /
renaid with memorable usury.
WHENEVER 9 tree is transplantet
many of its roots areinjured-a pa
destroyed. Those that remain whe
set out in new place are in no COZ
dition to feed the plant as it was fe
previous to its removal. Hence tt
top must be cut back to restore I'll
equilibrium. Let us take for an il
stance the case of a newly transplan
ed grapevine If many buds are pc
nitted to push and grow the growt
of each at the end the seasonrwill |
found to be of feeble and immatu
kind. If, on the other hand bat on
be permitted to grow, strong healti
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