The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-28

pearng human infant. There have been
many cases Of sad affection from the use
of the latter
ADDRESS OF DR.. LoRINe, COMMISSIONERS OF
ASRICULTVRE
The United States Commissioner of
Agriculture, DIR. Loriag, in his address at
Atlanta, said: To increase the prodac-
tlyeness of the cotton crop, and ad-
vance agricultural Improvement generally
through the South, he would rather re-
duce than augment the area on which
cotton Is grown, and by means of the
AIDS and facilities afforded by diversified
husbandry, add to the actual amount bv
heavier crops The average amount In ten
of the cotton-produeing States is not one
bale to three acres, while instances are
cited where under good management one
bale has been obtained from each acre.
The instances given of Southern farmers
becoming encumbered with large debts,
are where cotton alone Is cultivated over
large areas, and where grain and other
products have been purchased instead of
being raised by the owners. The esti-
mates are furnished that the cotton States
were Obliged to purchase last year over
2s6,000,000 bushels of grain including
l66 100000 bushels of corn, ~ 2,oO0, 900
bushels of wheat, 1900, 600 bushels of
oats, besides 100000 tons of hay. This
deficiency is ascribed to insufficient culti-
vation, which is indicated by the returns
of the average yield of corn in those
States at only l3t bushels per acre, oats
at IL bushels and wheat at 10 bushels.
For the improvement Of both the cotton
and the grain crops, Commissioner Lor-
ing recommends, in connection with mix
ed husbandry, more perfect tillage, and
the use of few dollars per acre for such
fertilizers as ground bones, ashes of every
description, mari when ii can be obtained.
vegetable deposits from along streams,
cotton-seed meal and refuse from oil-milIs,
and even the cOmmingling of soils from
unlike portions of the farm.
ENGLISH RULES FOR BUTTER-MAKING.
/. The cream should be removed from
the milk before the latter has become
sour. The reason for this is easily ex-
planned. As soon as the milk begins to
turn curd is produced, and it is then
impossible to remove the cream without
taking off some of the curd also. Curd
means cheese, and if curd is made up with
cream into butter, the latter must neces-
sarily have cheesy flavor, and will in a
short time become " strong and very in
ferior in quality.
?. AS soon as the butter makes its ap-
appearance, and while still in a granular
state, the buttermilk should be run of.
Plenty Of cold water should then be
thrown into the churn and the butter
washed by turning the churn a few
turns; two or more lots of water should
be used until the butter is thoroughly
cleansed. Butter is frequently damaged
by over churning. 1t is quite an error to
suppose that after butter once forms more
can be obtained by further churning.
Every revolution after the granules are
about the size of Indian corn or small
nuts deterlorates the quality.
3. Butter should not be touched by
hand. The water should be expelled by
means OF butter worl.e-.
No animal on the farm pays better for
good keeping than the COW.
Cows purchased from rich lands seldom
do well on poor soils
One COW, well fed, will produce as
much milk as two carelesslv treated: the
former will be kept at profit, the latter
at loss.
The best economy is to keep cows in
such a manner as to make them give the
greatest quantity of milk with the great
est profit.
Carrots and other roots cause cows to
give milk in abundance and of good
quality.
One kind of forage, even the best, may
not furnish in suitable proportions all
the elements necessary to produce the
best milk; therefore, give a large variety
of food, but guard well against anything
that will taint the milk or butter.
Pure water at regular intervals is es-
sential to the best results.
Cows which are near calving should be
fed with substantial food and lodged in
some clean, warm apartment by them
selves let their drink be lukewarm for a
day or two after calving q.
Great mixers paw as they 90. but sell
dom carry much flesh on their bones. 1t
is not good policy to allow COW to lose
a single pound of flesh it costs money,
and will cost more to replace it.
Cows seldom yield their milk kindly to
person who is not gentle with them.
Cleanliness in the dniry is sometimes
classed among the cardinal virtues.
sUNFLowER SEED FOR POULTRY.
A correspondent, Mrs. NJ. J. c., Otter
Iowa, gives her experience in raising
mammoth Russian sunfower seed for
poultry and for stock. 1t is eagerly eaten,
makes the hens produce eggs plentifully,
keeps the feathers glossy and elegant
Our correspondent has grown it success
fully on variety of soils and even in
fence corners, and regards the stalks to
be used for kindIing wood as by no means
unimportant- In conclusion, she adds:
I" 1t grows to double the size of the COM
mon South American variety, and far ex-
GELS it in the large heads of nice black
seeds, if cultivated like other grains and
kept free from weeds. / raised heads
larger over than a water pail, and very
heavy. | plant patch every year for
my chickens. If you plant near your
barn the poultry will live and grow fat,
and one would be astonished at the
amount of eggs produced. 1t takes three
quarts for an acre, and plant as far apart
as corn"
ARIICHoKEs.
Prairie Farmer: In answer to a cor
respondent asking for information in re-
lation to the cultivation of artichokes, we
reply, that if seed is plenty plant whole
or half tubers in rows FIVE feet apart, and
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