The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-03
FARM NOTES.

crunched and aid the work OF the
stomach.
WITH 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 will pro-
duce richer milk, better-havored butter
and cheese, as well as fatter stock.
THE successful farmer will keep every
animal In growing condition, even 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 ''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
Is to keep poor trash.
FARMERS should not forget that wrens
are among the most yoracious eaters OF
insects of any of our feathered tribe. 1t
has been claimed that a single pair
would carry off to their young about
thousand insects per day, the greatest
part of which were injurious to vegeta-
ton.
HE irrigation of large tracts of land
IN some of the southern counties of Cal
tornla 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
settled fact that no system of drainage
IS complete without comprehensive
plan of drainage.
Mr. WATTS, of South Carolina. reports
having a female FAngora 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 starve. and
six goats will subsist well in O. pasture
which would only afford sufficient nour
ishment for one cow.-An1erican CilIti-
udtor.
BUTTER is firm and tenacious. and re-
quires very little working, when churned
at the right temperature and time. It is
waxy, is easily moulded into any desired
shape, and can be drawn out at consil-
cradle 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, nuttv
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 rnle
Tor 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 highest sailing is al
ways more than sufficient for all the eff
fect salt can have as preservative ele-
ment. Generally, one ounce of salt to
sixteen ounces OF butter, so as to obscure
in a measure any faulty taste. is suffi-
cient. If the flavor is very fine il will
not be desirable to change it, but on the
contrary 70 give it more prominence;
hence, the less salt, say one ounce to
twenty of butter, the better
The farmeri 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
tatten Tor the market, and constantly
Keeps thoroughbred rams for breeding.
If 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 pound or two, as COM
pared with Indifferent feeding.
The English hockmaster has settled
two points in British experience, first
that mutton is more profitable than wool,
ana second that among English mutton
consumers there is a decided preference
for Down or black faced mutton. Ten
der, juicy flesh, with fine grain and a
rich flavor, ripe and yet carrying plenty
ri lean meat, is that which snifs the
Ok A L.. II Al
qualities is found to most perfection in
some of the black or gray-faced breeds
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 longwoolled sheep.
LECTURERS ON science or writer's con-
nected with agriculture should avoid
scientific terms as much as possible, or
otherwise explain them. A good story
used to be told of p. Il. Barnum, who,
having 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 to his farm, which in due
time was delivered. His farmer opened
one of the casks with the intention of
applying it, and was not q little sur
prised with its familiar appearance, and,
On tasting 1t, was satisfied that its APP
rearance did not belle it, for it was COM
mon salt He started for Mr.. Barnum,
and accosted him in the following man
ner: Mr.. Barnum, what did you say
that stuff was that came yesterday"
Muriate of soda -" 90 Muriats of
soda!" said the farmer. Its nothing
but salt" "Nonsense." said Mr.. Bar
mum. It Is muriate of soda" "Mr.
Barnum come and see for yourself" He
went, and saw and tasted it, and de-
clared it to be the greatest fraud ever
perpetrated. He started for the city,
and went directly to the dealer from
whom it was bought, and asked what
the stuff was they had sent him. Their
reply was, ''muriate of soda, as or
dered-' 1T is a mistake. for it is
nothing but common salt" Then, for
the first time he learned that common
salt and muriate of soda are one and the
same thing.-Anaerican Cultiuator.
1 HAVE always spoken of the advan-
tages of irrigation in increasing garden
or truck crops. To make the profits
larger and more sure. use liquid manure.
The German proprietor of eight acies.
referred to by Mr.. Morris in .. Ten Acres
Enough, who transformed the neglected
farm of a drunkard owner into a garden
OF immense productiveness and great |
profit, furnishes an example of an
an inexpensive kind of tank, made |
by sinking q brick cistern in the barn
yard, into which the liquid manure from |
six COWS and two horses was conducted.
as well as the wash from the pig-pen and /
barnyard. The manure heap was always
under cover, and kept thoroughly satu-
rated by means of pump in the cistern,
which was also used for filing hogs
head placed upon wheels, and used for
distributing the fertilizing liquid. The
German started with capital of s., paid
In labor for four pigs, and from these
and the refr1aa the farn;lv x,,o5a - =