Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-02-16
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THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. le, 1882
Farmer and Gardener.


Timely Notes for the Agriculturist.
Telegraph.
Recently an " "ensilage convention, 1t
was actually SO designated, was held in
New York, to compare notes about this
new cattle food, though not new in the
history of the world, as it IS asserted to
have been known and used hundreds Of
years ago. The testimony was all in its
favor. Samples Of butter were exhibited,
which were claimed to be as iiue as from
grass. But, after all, il was the general
opinion that bran, oil-cake, cotton seed,
corn meal, &C., fed with the green food,
was valuable assistant. One thing, how
ever, was still not presented, to wit: the
comparative loss and gain Of the cIsiiage.
This is what we have all along been calling
for; and without it can be clearly shown
that it is an actual advantage OF some
moment To the farmer, it is impossible
for it to be generally adopted. And this
its advocates are bound to show.
Sheep and Goats.
There has suddenly sprung up an old
idea of protecting sheep against dogs by
adding a goat Or two in the flock to drive
the dogs away, &c. But this has hardly
made its appearance before it is contradic-
ted. A gentleman of Washington writes
in a New York paper that it will not be
tried more than once. lie trained 4 pair
of Angora goats Ca buck and ewe) on one
occasion to range with his sheep for the
latter's protection but the chuck could
Jump any fence in the county, and conid
climb any tree growing in the corne" OF 4
rail fence by first getting on the fence and
every wcther had was rs good Z: jumper
tl,n l,r0I nd haI | ,ff nl,t
verted them::into mutton would have had
L valuable flock of sheep ruined. Kill the
dogs but keep the sheep and goats sererate
here as we'll as hereafter
II the plentiful use of bells will not pro
tect sheep, hcrling or yarding should be
resorted to- The expense of erectin:: Il
rough fence, say seven feet in height, and
of course impenetrablc to dogs, from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty feet
square, is; nothing to compare To the lass
of sheep. 4 fence suiidly built Of rails,
poles, Ne, wonId last the best part %! Il
score OF years, aud there wuuld ba nu
trouble Of gathering the sheep into it
when once accustomed to il.
Good Butter.
Every year it is perceptible that the bit
ter made upon our farms is improving
The little details entering into the MAXIM:
Of good butter are being better understood
aud adopted by all who desire good prices
in the market. Ali are beginning to know
that cleanliness III every thing is one Of
the prime elements i'll successful butter
making, but it embraces many things
the purity of the room in which it Is IN a'ic
complete ventilation of pure air the
sweetness of Tia" chuIn and of eve: Y
bowl or vessel used iii working it
and the separation of the butter room
from the influence of the kitchen, steam
from the cooking stove, &c. In packing
and carrying to market equal care shonl!
be taken that it will not become i'm
pregnated with impure air, etc. There is;
nothing in the way of food SO sensitive ~;
butter. One of the reasons that it is ~,
seldom first rate butter can be purchased
at the stores is, that though it may De
made after the best methods. it becomes
poor being mixed up with the other att
cles in the store, and hence loses all ils
sweetness and freshness. Butter for sale
should be separated from al other things,
and kept in 4 wcll-aircd :lnd perfectly y
clean closet, and then confined in vessels
SO rs to exclude rs much as possible the
surrounding atmosphere. II these hirt$
We're taken advantage of, we should have
far less cause of complaint about bad but
ter. IN fact, it is the only way to drive
oleomarga arinc out of the market.