The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-02
FARM

EARM NUx6Ss
ONE firm In Holland sends each week
to English markets from seventy to
ninety tons Of artificial butter.
TIE present annual yield of faxseed
In the United States is estimated at g.
300, 900 bushels, and of the fibre 3S, 000,-
600 pounds.
ENGLISH feeders often add ten pounds
OF hnseed oil cake per day to the usual
rations of meal, roots and hay, In finish
ing of well grown bullocks.
IT Is said that an acre Of grass will
make 200 pounds of beef while an acre
Of corn, that requires continuous labor,
ut double the cost, will do but little
more.
Pres Like . warm, dry bed and change
Of food. When in confinement and fed
largely upon meal o few small Jumps of
crunched and aid the work of the
stomach.
WrrH the soil in good order, old pas
lures are preferable to those more re-
Gently cleared, as they contain finer and
more nutritious grasses, which viii pro-
duce richer milk, b~etter-favored butter
and cheese, as well as fatter stock.
The successful farmer will keep every
animal In a growing condition, ever if he
has to buy the necessary food. The poor
farmer permits his animals to struggle
through the winter on as little food as
possible. and come out tspring poor"
EXPERIMENTING with mongrel fowls in
these days is very unsatisfactory business
at best. When there is such an abund-
ance of prime stock to commence with
it is just as cheap to breed and feed the
best kinds of poultry at the outset as it
is to keep poor trash.
FARMERS should not forget that wrens
are among the most voracious eaters of
insects of any of our feathered tribe. It
has been claimed that q single pair
would carry off to their young about q
thousand insects per day, the greatest
part of which were injurious to vegeta-
ton.
The irrigation Of large tracts of land
IN some OF the southern counties of CAL
fornia has produced malarial diseases to
such an alarming extent as to present a
serious problem IN connection with the
further settlement of that region. It is
q settled fact that no system of drainage
is complete without comprehensive
plan of drainage.
Nh. Warts, of South Carolina, reports
having q female Angora goat that
throughout the season gives four quarts
OF milk daily, and of q quality equal in
richness with that of any Jersey COW on
his farm. He also says an Angora goat
will thrive where q COW will starve. and
six goats viii subsist well in q pasture
which would only afford sufficient nour.
ishment for one cow.-American Guilt
vdtor.
BUTTER is firm and tenacious, and re-
qulres very little working, when churned
ut b night temperature and time. It is
waxy, Is easily moulded into any desired
shape, and IAN be drawn out at consul.
cradle length without breaking, when il
is in the right state. This is what is
termed "gilt edged" and it must be in
this condition to possess that rich, nutty
flavor, agreeable aroma and that pleasing
golden-yellow color, which imparts SC
high a degree of satisfaction In eating,
and which increases the value of the but.
ter In market
PRoE. ARNOLD says that the best rule
for sailing butter is to salt to suit The
taste of the consumer. There is no use
in applying any particular amount o.
salt for the purpose Of preserving butter
because the very ightest sailing is al
ways more than sufficient for all the eff
feet salt can have a. a preservative ele
ment. Generally, n ounce of salt t.
sixteen ounces of butter, so as to obscure
ms measure any faulty taste, is sufi
cient. If the flavor is very fine it vii
not be desirable to change it, but on the
contrary to give it more prominence
hence, the less salt, say one ounce tc
twenty OF butter, the better.
The farmer1 who makes sheep hus.
bandry profitable is the man who care.
fully selects his breeding ewes, annually
culls out the old and inferior stock t.
fatten for the market, and CONSTANT,
keeps thoroughbred rams for breeding,
II he cannot afford to start with purely
bred ewes, he can, by judicious selection
have a flock nearly equal to those com
posed of Thoroughbred ewes. To b,
successful it is necessary to keep tn,
stock young, thus giving the best wool
Liberal feeding will increase the weigh
of the fleece a pound or two, as com
paired with Indifferent feeding.
The English iockmaster has settle
two points In British experience, frs
that mutton is more profitable than wool
and second that among English mutto
consumers there is a decided preference
for Down or black-faced mutton. Ter
der, juicy flesh, with q fine grain and
rich flavor, ripe and yet carrying plept
Of lean meat, is that which suits til
English market. a combination of thes
qualities is found to most perfection
some of the black or gray-faced breed
OF their crosses. This preference on th
part Of buyers is SO marked that th
butcher is enabled to give at least tw
cents per pound more for dark-face
mutton than for any of the white-face
and l~ong-woolled sheep.
LECTURERS on science or writer's COZ
nected with agriculture should avoi
scientific terms as much as possible, {
otherwise explain them. A good stor
used to be told of P. T. Barnum, WHIT
having attended an agricultural lecture
where the speaker was very lavish in b
praises of muriate of soda as a fertilizel
went in the morning and ordered sever,
tons to be sent tohis farm, which in du
time was delivered. His farmer opene
n of the casks with the intention
applying it, and was not q little su
prised with its familiar appearance, ant
on tasting 1t, was satisfied that its al
rearance did not belle it, for it was con
mon salt. He started for Mr.. Barnun
and accosted him in the following mai
ner: "Mr. Barnum, what did you sa
that stuff was that came yesterday
"Muriate of soda" "Muriate
sodap' said the farmer. "It's nothin
but salt" Nonsense" said MI. Ba,
mum. It is muriate of soda" en-
Barnum come and see for yourself" 3
went, and saw and tasted it, and d
clared it to be the greatest fraud ev,
perpetrated. he started for the cit,
and went directly to the dealer fro
whom it was bought, and asked VIII
the stuff was they had sent him. The
reply was, "muriate of soda, as O
dered." at is q mistake, for it
nothing but salt" Then, f
the first time he learned that commc
salt and muriate of soda are n and Il
same thing.-Americon Ctsltiuator.
I HAVE always spoken of the adva
faoes of IRRIGATION in Increasing gard,