Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1885-06-05
FARM AND GARDEN.

T,.a threat mass of the butter pro-
,..aad IN the country Is made on farms;
vs IN mass of cheese is made in
~ facSries}
A New York dairyman says he is
convinced that every bushel of wind
II III apples fed TO his COWS was worth
Y, pound of cheese.
HN A beef animal is like an apple--tirst
Nhe green stage ; second the ripe stage
e. third the over-ripe stage-wLen it
: Xgins to deleriorate.
n lventilate, light. and make wacm poul.
n try houses, and don't feed hens all
corn il you want them TO lay. Put
sulphur in the dust bath. Provide
lime.
Feed the poultry just before it goes
to roost, and again just as soon rs it is
light enough TO see. or leave the food
where they can get it themselves in
the morning.
The cost of feeding fowl for a
year is from ninety cents to one dollar.
Two dollars per fowl profit can be
Two by good management and knowl-
.f the business.
,hard which is so large that
Mean not be had with which To
Ense'it is seldom profitable part
alarm. 1t pays to raise only so
.rvrees rs one can raise well.
aalf-blooded Southdown, the
~ SIS upon Merino or a long wooded
taeep. makes very good mutton. The
- second cross is still better. The third
cross is hardly discernible from the
/full-blood.
Sir j. Il. Lawcs says the carbon
which is only another word for vege-
table matter, alive or dead-appears
to be the only medium by which nitro
gen is accumulated in the soil TO be
used again by living vegetation.
Carp culture is destined to bring
our native water lilies into the promi-
hence to which their beauty and deli
cate odor entitle them they serve the
double purpose of feeding the carp
anu helping to render attractive the
country home.
n. The manure from the fowls, if all
saved. will be worth 40 cents per fowl.
1t should be taken up with dry muck,
plaster or road dust. Such manure is
TOO strong to be freely used in the
hill, but should be spread broadcast
and narrowed in.
In one of the best dairy sections of
800 COWS supplying creameries with
milk was only little over 140 pounds
per COW. This is probably the aver
age for all the COWS IN the country.
good judges placing it at about 125
pounds.
A New Hampshire farmer keeps
enough Yorkshire aud Berkshire swine
in his large orchard to keep the wind
I falls well cleaned up. The swine are
fed grain, and keep the land SO rich
that the trees bear every year. Sheep
can also be protitably pastured in the
orchard.
At the Winthrop (Me.) cheese fac
tory, the average make of cheese dur
II ing the season has been pound from
eight and eighteenths pounds of milk,
the cheese being weighed While green.
I This is larger per cent than is usu-
ally made, nine to ten pounds being
nearer the average The cheese has
brought top prices and given good sat
isfaction.
Lack of water will make the fowls
light, however literally they may be
\ fed. In an experiment where some
fowls were killed twelve hours after
feeding, but without water, the undi-
gested corn was found nearly whole
in their crops. Where they had &C.
cess to water the crops were empty,
q, showing that the digestion had been
Frapid.
A nurseryman asserts that apple
trees which have straight and upright
tops have roots of similar character
and that those which have low and
spreading tops have bushy roots.
Even the color and peculiar markings
of the bark of some varieties extend
to the roots. The ndrseryman is
therefore able to distinguish several
-. varieties by their roots alone.
A good many seeds will keep for a
ew years, but the less dependence
gardeners put upon them after that
pthe better. Peas, beans carrots. let
tuce, beet and caulflower are not good
keepers. Marrow peas and kidney
beans are particularly untrustworthy
after the first year or two, and al
though it is an economical practice to
mix seeds left of the last years stock
in garden supplies, it is not safe to
carry it very far. Ii the weather is
the least unfavorable, old seeds rot in
- stead of growing.
The fashion in wheat has entirely
changed since the roller process meth
cd of manufacture has come in vogue.
Under the present plans the gluten of
wheat is most highly priced, and as
this is really the best part of the grain,
it is unlikely that the old preference
Tor starchy wheats will ever come
around again. When first introduced
the old-fashioned Mediterranean, wit
its long, dark berry. was regarded
inferior. Now,it is among the be
outselling the choice white varieties,
from which our white flour was former
II obtained.
The loss from feeding grain whole
to domestic animals is well understood
by intelligent farmers. Some have
found by careful experiment that
grinding corn increases the value as
seven to five, when fed to swine, max
ing gain of forty bushels in every
100, or 400 in every 1,000-a matter of
no little Importance to farmers who
feed TO their animals large quantities
annually. Another careful expert
menter, who weighed and measured
accurately, assured us tnat Jy grind
- ing and scalding together, he doubled
the value of corn fed TO swine.