Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-07-27
AGRICULTURAL.
The Hog Pen.

sobcthcf ihhteTlul lOr lne HOB DeH lWt
pigs furnished with muck, sand, weeds
and sods will manufacture them into the
best manure that can be found, and will
be worth, when the pigs arc six months
old, as much as a ton of the best super
phosphate that sells for $50 ton. The
two pigs will eat in six months about six
ty bushels of corn, worth about $50, con-
sequently the manure will cost only the
labor of collecting and care of feeding
the pigs. The manure, in my opinion, is
worth four tons of phosphate, for it will
show itself in the grass for ten years
that 1 know from personal observation on
my farm.
Now is the time that our country
cousins" are looking for their city cousins
to spend the hot weather with dear uncle
and aunt, for it is so nice to be on the
farm in hot weather, and have plenty of
nice cream and fresh eggs, the children
do so well enjoy the Strawberries and
peas, md such nice roomy chambers, and
nothing to do but get up when called to
breakfast. This has become 30 very
fashionable, and is increasing at such n
rate, that it has become serious qucs-
ton with most farmers what are we going
to do this summer for help to wait on our
company? We all like to geo our friends,
but it should be we'll understood that
July and August is no time to visit the
farmers, for the tired housewife has
enough to do to wait on the family at this
busy season of the year, and the boys and
girls have enough to do, too, without
waiting On company.
Keeping Cows with Profit.
A noted New York daiiyman has this
season adopted the plan of stabling his
COWS nights, feeding each four quarts of
wheat middlings, costing about eight
cents per COW. His idea is that by this
plan the COW perfectly digests the grass
eaten during the day. instead of again
crowding her paunch with an extra ra-
tion of grass the wheat middlings pro-
notes an extra milk secretion, and lastly,
the manure saved during the summer
will return the cost Of the purchased
grain, for it will be ample to well manure
several acres of wheat. Independent of
all this he thinks that in the more perfect
mastication of the food, and the gain he
gets, pays for the grain and even more.
1t saves going for the cows in the morn
ing. and unless the farmer has night
pasture, it saves double tramping of
the field each twenty-four hours that gives
the grass better chance. 1t would seem
that If the matter was reversed and the
COWS turned, during the very hot season,
to pasture at night, the flies, scalding
sun, etc., would be avoided and the COW
afforded an undisturbed occasion to zen
silage" a couple OF hundred pounds OF
green grass. Either way would be bet.
ter during July and August than to sup
pose that the COW can care for herself and
give three gallons of milkper day. While
III the winter at her time of rest, feeding
with hay alone. and standing inside .
fence twelve hours out of the twenty-four
regardless of the weather, is the fashion
with some farmers to ''toughen" theil
cows into extra mixers. Ii one does moi
grow green soiling crops for the cows, try
one season, after the ''ilush" of feed is
gone, of giving each COW grain ration
and with those that respond best with in
creased messes add to it in such cases
and see where the limit of profit i,
reached.
"Are CreamerIes Profitable ~
Professor l.. B. Arnold in the New
York Tribune says: Though creamer
les, is generally carried on, fail to do ex
,, act Justice between their patrons, they
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make no better butter than can be mad
i'll private dairies, they never make any n
poor as many of the private dairies do
Creameries turn out butter of uniform
I grade and excellent in quality, while IL,
) two dairies make alike, which is yer,
8 much against the commercial value o
| dairy butter. No dealer can pay as mucl
| for an assortment of all kinds of butte
81 Ina IaN fnr nf 1 u
E On this account he prefers to give from
to 10 cents pound more for creamer
than for dairy butter, and this ditlerenc
makes the creamery system pay. Tn
7 cost of manufacturing is less at the cream
= cries than in the dairies, and the forme
a average more butter from given quaint
n ty Of milk, because they employ bette
!. appliances and more skill. Creamerie
# also pay by way of relieving farmers
9 wives and daughters of great deal c
o very hard work. They nre, however, nc
= 30 important in this respect as they wer
# few years ago. The Improvement
It which have been made of late in butter
i making appliances have made it possibl
i to raise cream quite as well and as pei
: fectly on the farm as it can be done any
. where, and to do all the work of butte
u making with greater ease and with muc
e less labor than it was formerly done. Th
!, greatest objection to the creamery systeI
n and neor milk alike making the same y,
l. turns to natrops for ennal | Quantities y ,
. each Which, 10 mon;festiv nn;nst Thi
y ob;ect;on il ia believed Viii he obviate
. in t;Se some of tbe mnnogers If II,
!; nr.am.gother;no svstsn in ths West nv
y oJnmto5 s,ooaas,,,i,v a MOVE axoo. nna,hn
y u af d;str;bnt;ner nraoaais onJ - =. Lano
" and hei;eveJ sbat ali VII, in t;me
ie snch an overt creamer;as will hecon