The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-05-06
FOR FARMERS.
FANCY CHEESE MAKING.

written by Col. T. ID. Curtis, of SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, on Fancy Cheese
making" which was awarded the first
prize of SIS, by the Wisconsin Dairy
mems Association at the late conven-
ton at Lake Mills.
"Pure whole milk from healthy
COWS in sweet pastures or fed duly
balanced ratiOns in stalls, is requisite,
The more directly it goes to the vat,
the better. If kept over night reduce
the milk to 90 degrees. An agitation
to keep the cream from rising is de-
sirable. Mix nights and mornings
milk when ready to work. If cream
is to be incorporated warm it and pass
it through wire strainer. Heat the
milk slowly to 81 or 80 degrees. Ada
your coloring matter and rennet
enough to begin cOaguiation in ten or
twenty micutes, as desired. Cut the
curd as soOn as it can be done without
waste, as fae as beech nuts. Slowly
raise the temperature, gently stirring
all the white, to 6S degrees. Hold it
there to end. Draw the whey az
soon as there is the least sign of acid,
or before. Get sufficient rennet action
to expel the whey before the acid de-
velOps. This prevents the phOsphates
from washing out, and insures d.
gestible cheese when properly cured.
if you chedder and grind or not, thor
ougly stir and air the curd, to get rid
of bad odOrs and develop flavor. Put
to gress not above 80 degrees, and
place it in an even tempered curing
room at 60 to 60 degrees. Avoid d.
rect drafts of air and carefully turn
and rub the cheese which will be
prime"
GRASS GROWING.
The Old saying, no grass no cattle,
no cattle no manure, no manure no
crops, is as true to-day as when first
spoken. Grass takes care of him who
sows it. The meadow is the master
mine of wealth. Strong meadows fill
big barns. Fat pastures make fat
pockets. The acre that will carry a
steer, carries wealth. Flush pastures
make fat stock Heavy meadows make
happy farmers. Up to NV ears in soft
grass laughs the fat OK. Sweet pas
lures make sound butter. Soft hay
makes strong wool. The grass seed to
sow depends upon the soil, and here
every man must be his own Judge.
Not every farmer, however, knows the
grass adapted to his soil. Ir he does
and seeds by the pushed, or other
measures, he is apt to he misled.
SHEEP sCAB.
Scab is highly contagious Sheep
are sure to take it, if only d fence be-
tween sound and infec: led ones. If will
develop in eight days after contact 1t
is readily cured. Soft soap 2 lbs,
palm oil h., crude carbolic acid l
pint, American potash 4 or. Melt
and mix in two gallons of water. Then
dilute in five gallons of boiling water.
Part the wool and pour it ON from a
can with small spout. One application
is enough, but the entire surface must
be covered. The above are the pro-
portions of articles to use. Mix up
as needed, according to number of
sheep.
LIMA BEANS.
A correspondent of the Farm and
Garden has discarded poles in grow
ing Lima beans. A liberal supply of
manure is placed in deep burrows,
mixed thoroughly with the soil, and
seed dropped every four inches in
rows three and a half feet apart.
When well up. the plants are pushed
with heavier stuff than for tall peas.
The vines having reached the top of
the support are pinehed In, which re-
preston results to the advantage of
the crop. BY this method he gets a
larger product from. a given space
than in the old way ane has smaller
surface TO hoe. .r.s. t.
CASTOR BEANs-A MOST PROFITABLE
CROP. |t
The failure Of the wheat crop in so
many sections, and that of the corn
crop in others is directing the atten-
ton of our best farmers towards diver
styling their crops. % n 80.
The value of " heat and corn is de-
pendent upon the European markets,
but owing to the protection afforded
by the tariff to castor beans, there is
a constant and growing home demand
for this crop at profitable prices. St.
Louis is the chief manufacturing
point for castor oil, and the market
price there now for castor beans is 50
per bushel. 1t is crop as easily
raised as corn, and is cultivated in
similar manner. Seed beans can be
obtained of any of the regular seed
merchants in st. Louis, and but one
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