The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-17
General Farm and Agricultural Notes.

German experiments IN cooling mix
before setting it for cream, show that
there is no great difference in the cream
rising capacity, the one instance over
the other, but the process was retarded
when the milk was cooled, and also but
ter churned from the cooled milk kept
far better than that from the uncooled.
On our return from Cedar Rapids,
from attending the annual meeting OF
the National Butter, Cheese and Egg
Association, on the, second week in De-
cembeF, farmers in Iowa and Northern
Illinois were ploughing, and cattle were
roaming and feeding over the meadows
and corn fields where the corn had been
gathered. On other corn fields we saw
the farmers engaged in husking. Here,
rs there, the ground was as free from
frost as in June, an interesting fact to
put on record. Boston Advertiser.
The demand for mutton for Summer
consumption in every town and village
is thing to be cultivated by farmers.
A flock of sheep is safe to pay 100 per
cent. in profit in the hands OF compe-
tent manager. Every week few head
of fat sheep might go to the butchers
for local consumption during the, hot
weather, when beef is less salable, and
in this way the surplus of q considera-
BILE flock might be worked off. But the
dogi When sheep are more numerously
kept than dogs, the dog question will
be satisfactorily disposed of.-Rura1
NeW Yorker.
The gMassachatsetts .Pzoasg7a,naa rea-
sons that if the potato was the true seed
there would be but little doubt that
planting the largest and best specimens
a Al sa
quality of the product But rs they are
not the true seed. are not new life Sc
cured through TIE principle of repro
duction, but simply continuation of
the old life secured by a continuation of
vegetable growth, there is but little more
certainty of getting large potatoes by
planting large ones for seed than there
would be of getting large apples by set
ting large onons.
The Highland Agricultural Society of
Scotland has saseertained by experiments
that an ounce of red-top seed contains
425, 900 grass, and of timothy 74,O0O-
OF more practical Importance was the
fact shown that the greatest number OF
seeds of timothy terminate at q depth
of one-fourth of an inch. Only .oiie-haH
the number sown terminated at q depth
of one inch, and some at a deptls OF two
inches. Orchard grass seed failed at
two and one-quarter inches. Ine prop
er depth was indicated at one-f0urth OF
an inch. The result of the experiments
in determining the terminating power
of the common field 81 asses ccrrobor-
ates experience and initiates against
the practice of some farmers who sow
their grass seed with the grain and liar-
rewain The proper way to SOW grass
seed is, after the grain has been harrow
ed in cover with a light bush. or by
passino. over with roller, or il left up
on, !. coed seetl-bed it will germinate If
not pushed at all.
The growth of American maf.afact-
ures dtsring the list decade Nssss Won
derfuL In 1886 the amount invested IN
cotton lnalsr lectures was little more
thar, s40, 0e9.9a0 The nfanbfr q SPIN
dles. was 1,2a0. Geo. of males employed
Is, $50. of feisla.es Is, 957. Tie amount
of cotton ,is;'d was 77,759,3lo pounds.
Fifty yessas siaaHe passed away, and tie
nunlbersof sgaiHdlas haszinereased to IT,
769.14 Tue amount of cotton used IN