The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1882-03-02
YARH NOTES.

Orz firm In Holland sends each week
10 English markets from seventy to
ninety tons Of artificial butter.
TEE present annual yield of faxseed
in the United States is estimated at q
900, 900 bushels, and of the fibre 3s, ,000,-
900 pounds.
ENoLIsH 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.
Pros like Q warm, dry bed and change
largely upon meal q few small Jumps of
coal, cinders or charcoal, are eagerly
crunched and aid the work of the
stomach.
WrH the soil in good order, old pas
lures are preferable to those more re-
Gently cleared, rs they contain finer and
more nutritious grasses, which will pro-
duce richer milk, better-favored butter
and cheese, rs well as fatter stock.
TEE successful farmer will keep every
animal In growing condition, even if he
has to buy the necessary food. The poor
farmer permits his animals 10 struggle
through the winter ON as little food as
possible, and come out "spring 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
10 TO keep poor trash.
FARanRs 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 a
thousand insects per day, the greatest
part of which were injurious to vegeta-
hor.
THE irrigation Of large tracts OF lard
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. 1t is
0 settled fact that no system of drainage
is complete without q comprehensive
plan Of drainage. ~
Mn. WATTS, Of South Carolina, reports
having O. female Angora goat that
throughout the season gives four quarts
Of milk daily, and of quality equal in
richness with that of any Jersey COW on
his farm. He also says an Angora goat
will thrive where . COW will starye. and
six goats will subsist well in pasture
which would only afford sufficient nour
ishment for one cow.-Anserican Guilt
vdtor.
BUTTER is firm and tenacious, and re-
quires very little working, when churned
at the right temperature and time. 1t is
waxy, is easily moulded into any desired
shape, and can be drawn. out at consiI-
srable length without breaking, when it
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 SO
high degree of satisfaction in eating,
and which increases the value of the but-
ter in market.
PRoF. 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 of
salt for the purpose OF preserving butter;
because the very lghtest sailing is al.
ways more than sufficient for all the eff
fect salt can have as a preservative ele-
ment. Generally, one ounce of salt to
sixteen ounces OF butter, SO as to obscure
IN measure any faulty taste, is suffi-
cient. IL the flavor is very fine it will
not be desirable to change it, but on the
contrary to give it more prominence !;
hence, the less salt, say one ounce to
twenty OF butter, the better.
THE farmerl who makes sheep hus-
bandry profitable is the man who care
fully selects his breeding ewes, annually
culls out the old and inferior stock to
iatten Tor the market, and constantly
Keeps thoroughbred rams for breeding.
Ii he cannot afford to start with purely
bred ewes, he can, by judicious selection,
have flock nearly equal to those com.
posed OF thoroughbred ewes. To be
successful it is necessary to keep the
stock young, thus giving the best wool.
Liberal feeding will increase the weight
of the fleece a pound or two, as COM
pared with Indifferent feeding.
The English fockmaster has settled
two points in British experience, first
that mutton is more profitable than wool,
and second that among English mutton
consumers there is decided preference
for Down or black-faced mutton. Ten
der, juicy flesh, with a fine grain and a
rich flavor, ripe and yet carrying plenty
OF lean meat. is that which suits The
English market. A combination Of these
qualities is found to most perfection ir
some Of the black or gray-faced breed.
Or their crosses. This preference on the
part Of buyers is SO marked that the
butcher is enabled to give at least two
cents Per pound more for dark-faced
mutton than for any of the white-faced
and long-woolled sheep.
LEoruRsRs on science or writer's con.
nected with agriculture should avoid
scientific terms as much as possible, Oh
Otherwise explain them. A good story
used to be told of p. T. Barnum, who,
htving attended an agricultural lecture,
where the speaker was very lavish in his
praises OF muriate OF soda as fertilizer,
went in the morning and ordered several
tons to be sent tohis farm, which In due
time was delivered. His farmer opened
one OF the casks with the intention Of
applying Il, and was not . little sur.
prised with its familiar appearance, and,
on tasting it, was satisfied that its an
canrance did not belle IL for IL was com.