Connecticut western news., 1881-04-13
FARM AND GARDEN.

WOHh IN TEE ORCHARD. In New
 England, New Yofk. PsnnsyIvania and
 other places of rsimilarpelimate where
 the .codling no+h ahd its slarva, the
 apple worn, aestFoya much fruit, the
 bark of the trees Aeddbe saaped and
 cleaned this spfihg to insure against
 any cocoons being left in the crevices.
 While removing the loose bark of the
 trunks trunks of these trees is advised, iti not
 recomonnended m to roughly srape fthe
 trunks anth branches, assis sornetimes
 done. Trees that have not already
 been examined for tent caterpillars
 ought also to receive attention. The
 clusters of eggs deposited last season in
 rings on the branches should be de-
 stroyed by cutting off and burning the
 branches. on which they are found,
 otherwise during the latter part of
 May or first of June they will be
 matched out and begin their work of
 devouring the leaves of the trees. ;.
 FEED FOR M1LcH Cows-At meet
 ing of the Franklin county (Mass.) In
 stitute, Dr. B. l.. Sturte7ant said:
 Any acid food is bad for butter -mak-
 ing. Feeding corn-stover reduces the
 size of the butter globules, while corn
 meal tends to increase their size, and
 hence is better for butter. Shorts are
 the poorest feed known in butter-mak-
 ing. Cotton-seed meal conveys bad
 flavor and reduces the market. value
 Linseed-meal occasions no injury,
 while cotton7seea sdoes when fed to ex- cess, Cob-meaE hom eastern corn is as valuable fr feeding cows as western corn-meal, pound for pound. One characteristic of linseed-meal is to avert disease, and it should be fed to cows two weeks before dropping their calves. Two quarts of cotton-seed or linseed daily is large feed for COW, three pints being safer quantity. Good butter cannot be made from the milk of COWS fed entirely on corn stover, in fact, milk is deteriorated to the extent of stover thus fed. Corn meal does not increase the flow of milk only so far as it's nutritive value ex- tends. Cotton-seed meal increases the flow of milk. Give COW all the good hay she will eat, and the addition of corn-meal will not increase the flow of milk"
 GERMAN CARP. -German carp thrive best in ponds or slow running streams, as they are vegetable feeders and can- not live where trout would thrive best. viz., in clear, swift mountain streams. These fish are distributed to persons who can satisfy the United States Fish Commissioners that they have suitable provision for caring for them. The present supply we believe is exhausted, but you may make your application to Prof. Baird, United States Fish Con- Washington, D. C., or get your Representative to look after it for you, if he will doyeus that favor.
 CHEDpAR CHErsE-C Cheddar Echeese is made of curd from which the whey is drawn before it is sour the curd IS then exposed to the air in the vat until 1 it turns slightly sour, when it is taken up and put to press, and then ground in She curd-mil. Reunet can be pre- pared in quantity by sleeping the stomachs in brine, one, quart to, each, in jar. The rennets may be hung up to dry, after the liquid is all used, for two or three months and steeped again. 1 Enough rennet is to be used to bring the curd in one hour. When made as | above, half pint of the rennet to 100 | gallons of milk warmed up to 80 or 84 l degrees will bring the curd in an hour. When the heat is greater, or the rennet | stronger and the curd formed more quickly, the cheese is hard and does not cure we'll. v, e-
 USE OF ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS - When farmer has abundance of ma- nure and can blow in. clover occasional y, he may get along without artificial fertilizers but this kind of farmer is very rare, and generally the use of good fertilizers will be found profita- ole, especially for corn and grass.
 C1NDERs FOR APPLE TREES. = Coal ,shes and cinders will do no harm to apple trees when used for mulch, and hey may do good. The rough surfaces. 'f the fragments tend. to rep el insects rom fallen fruit and to. prevent. them rom harboring in the, ground. If the Ishes were rolled hard wouldincrease his effect.
 WIRE-woRMs IN Sop. Wire worms nay be destroyed by chopping up some potatoes and sleeping them in solution 'f sugar of lead, and dropping few pieces in every corn-hill. This will also lestroy cut worms and white grub or, he pieces may be dusted with. Paris ,reen and used in the same way. Il
 CAFES IN PoULTRY.-For gapes in poultry, 8 correspondent of the Lan- aster Farmer has found no other treat nent so effectua1 as cagiug the affected hicken in box covered with a screen n which pulverized lime is placed, and making little of the dust down occa- lonally, which causes sneezing and jectment from the throat of the worm hat makes the mischief.