Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18

so d. ed as to bring all lie Nn'ter
within half an hour, As to quality, am
fully satisfied that the gentler
ment of cream, The better tue butter,
and hence / prefer dasher-les n'rF
shaking churns. These are also better
adapted to the granular meth Vt Of hnt
ter-makiug' | believe III getting the
cheese and sugar and water tth,ee are
the mischief makers) out Of mv butter
by thorough washing and drniuiu2. IN
the pellet form, rather than by squeezing
or working later.
All considered, feel pretty sure of
getting the best results when [ have u
well-maoe box or barrel (dushrrr--) for
a churn, keep its coutents ut 62 f. by
the thermometer Ono guesswptk). with
judicipus, slight variation either way, ac-
cording to season and other circumstances,
and 80 handled that the butter will come
in just about half an hour, never under
twenty minutes nor over forty. Now N
afraid the question is not answered.
Henry L. Alvord, Houghton Farm.
our Moving Fields.
from the W Eng and F4rmerl
After two excessively dry seasons as
those of the two past years, farmer can
hardly be censured for having a good
many bare spots in bis moving fields.
great deal of sod was killed on old fields.
and in newly seeded lands much seed
failed to germinate, or if it did start and
grow for a while, the long continued heat
and drought proved too severe for it, and
the result is, that there are many hundred
acres that are IN very poor condition now
for producing profitable hay crops the
coming summer. We are glad to believe
that this is not q universal compliant,
for in many portions Of northern New
England farmers very rarely fail on good
land to get "eatch" when they seed
down, whether with or without an accom-
panying grain crop.
In southern New England, where the
summers are longer and hotter, getting
and keeping n good grass sod is not al
ways an easy matter. Fields sown last
spring with grass and grain and many
that were sown the fail previous with rye
and grass, will be found this spring to
have very little green stuff growing upon
them except weeds Now. something
must be done with these idle lands, or
they will prove so much dead capital, and
the question arises what shall It he? In
many cases, the best thing 10 DO Will be
| 10 plpuSu uP uHN ~ so'- 'o".'-' -,
After long experience WIN
with moving and ullnge fields, we some
time ago came to the conclusion that
upon lands that are easy to plough, the
hay crop Is not so far ahead OF other Tor,
age crops il profit, as many farlnfr RS ana
others have supposed. 1t Is more WORK
to plough field twice year, ana CUT
two heavy crops upon 1t. than to SIMPLY
NOW it once for Its single crop, Ou5 we
have found the former method PAID lar
the better OF the two. 80 our ADVICE 49,
in case field has very niue llVlhg grass
upon it, to plough 1t well, then spread on
Il moderate dressing of stable manure or
commercial fertilizer, and utter cultlVa-
ting it i'll well, SOW to spring rye, wheat,
barley or oats for hay crop to be cut
and cured as soon as the blossoms begin
, to show. 1t is not too much to expect
two tons Of good hay per acre from such
course, and on land that Is easy to work.
aud which would not otherwise PfoHuct
: Il half ton, 1t Is plain to see winch VIII he
the better plan to pursue. After cnthng
tue hay the land may be again turned
over and the process repeated, sowing
oats, barley or millet or 1t may be seeded
to grass alone using Of course, another
dressing of fertilizer or manure. ln inns
way, land which might have oeeh 1tau