Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-10
FARM NOTES.

Pieces Of Inform atiOn and News Valuable
to the Agriculturalist.
As a general rule Professor Ford found
the Weld of butter grew less the lower the
temperature OF the milk before setting
When milk set in ice water directly after
milking gave 100 pounds, milk that mad
been previously cooled to 6S' gave So'i
pounds, 90 gave 81 pounds and AS gave
86.3 pounds. A means Of restoring tn
original qualities Of such milk was found IN
warming the milk to about lOf0 before
setting.
The records of Holsteins for butter and
milk combined may be shown BY that OF
Pride of Twink, who, on grass alone, gave
eighty eig ht pounds of milk in one day, from
which was made three and halt pounds Of
unsalted butter. During the sumner Of
1883, at 10 years of age, after having given
birth TO twin calves in August, she produced
thirty and half pounds of butter in t9Ir-
teen days. She is the property OF j. W.
Stidwell l. Co., Of Troy o.
Saws the Planter and Stockman: There
is scarcely farmer in the country who can
not add to his income, as well as to the de-
icscies Of the table, BY the careful manage
ment of a few swarms of bees. The work Is
light and much of it may be done By wo,
men. The business Is not as mysterious as
many suppose, and knowledge Of all the
details necessary may be acquired IN very
short time. The profits compare favoraoly
with other agricultural pursuits.
In order to have strong, wei developed
fowls the chicks should be fed often and all
thew will eat of nourishing food. Meat and
bran mixed is a good food, but l would net
feed small chicks corn alone in any shape
Whole wheat, after a week old, is an excel
lent food. Let them have access to fresh
water at all times Well aud regularly
marked plumage OF The fowl depends great
deal upon the manner the chick was fed, as
that can be starved as well as the body.
If COW is deep mixer, and not inclined
TO dry of before calVing time. do not seek
to shrink the milk suddenly, either By ceas'
ing TO milk her or By starvation. Neither
should she be physicked or her udder bathed
with astringent washes; this has the effect
TO throw the milk back into the blood, caus
ing congestion, inflammation and compli'
cations. Give dry food, including plenty o.
bran, and milk her right along, but month
before her cal7iOg time feed the milk TO toe
hogs.
The famous system of rotation, now quite
general throughout England and Scotland
| With occasional notifications, is as follows
The first year, clover and mixed grass seed
the second year, wheat; the third year
turrips or rutabagas; the fourth year, bar
ley, and then the same course again. An
other innovation is to add another grain
crop, cats, making a 6ve-years course, and
so Efficient has this course been that it is
calculated that the grain crops have in
creased one.fourth.
So many improvements of Inventions
have been introduced in the setting Of milk
for cream that the term Swimming has
become q misnomer. In both deep and
shallow setting arrangements have beer
been made in several Of the patent cans fol
drawing out the milk from the bottom and
leaving the cream. Glass gauges are set IL
the vessels so that the exact depth of the
cream can be seen, and the milk draw
down close to the cream. This is an easy
and more complete method, compared with
the skimming process.
1t is always better to spread manure as II
is drawn. than to put it in heaps. Wher
put in heaps large portion Of the soluble
matter is lett in the ground under the heaps
and makes these spots too rich, and o.
course deprives the ground of its proper
share. When it Is spread as drawn there il
no waste, the soil is equally benefited, and
when the ground is worked over in the
spring with the cultivator or wheelharroW
the whole is we'll mixed together. There is
also saving of labor, as one handling is
avoided.
The colt should be handled with the hal
Ter until two years old, when the bit may be
put on, but should be very carefully adjust
| ed and used. Many valuable horses are
| made unpleasant to deal with because of the
careless and it may be brutal use Of the bit
when the mouth is not accustomed to it.
| The colt may be used little in harness al
from two to three years old, and gradually
educated for whatever purpose he is best
adapted. 1t is too late in the history Of
horse breeding to try to breed and train for
heavy draft and speed in the same horse.
The "smuts" are kind of fnngi-s kind Of
Gowerless plants bearing some relation to
mushrooms and tOadstooIs They are prop
gated by spores, which are simple cells and
,uewerirg to the seeds of Towering plants.
rlese spores float about and give rise to
rev plsnts when they find favorable coudi,
icns FIR growth The smuts are very close,
Y allied TO the rusts, which are propagsted
N toe same general manner The best rem.
jy for most such fungoid plants is to burn
lie plants or parts affected, which prevents
he sprt ad Of the disorder.