The National tribune., 1890-10-23
OUR RURAL TOPICS,
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers
WORKING BUTTER.

worked and 1t often is worked until what was
originally very fair article is turned into grease,
especially IL the working is done with the naked
hands of the operator. All that Is necessary to- do
in order to make good. honest butter is to simply
press out the extra moisture and the simplest wny
To do this, If barrel churn is used is TO revolvo
the ehuru for few minutes letting the butter fall
from end TO end OF the Churn, and then taking it
out. The printing or packing will expel all the
moisture needful to market II dry, and will not
injure the grain In other words, the less butter Is
worked ordinarily, the better. Brine sailing con-
slider n great nuisance and a humbug in practical
way, besides being Objectionable on the score of
economy 1t IL better to mix salt with butter while
in II granular state, either in the churn or while
IT ls on tho worker letting 1t stand until the salt
Is well dissolved and has chance to penetrate into
the nterstces of the Rranules of butter. The finer
the granues the easier and more even the sailing.
IL will contain more water, and for this some addi
tiona salt should be added as the extra brine will
work out in the process oil massing and solldiylng
the butter. The butter should be allowed to drain
well before the salt is stirred in.
There is good deal of sound common sense
In tho above, and we are Of the opinion that
Mr.. Walker has the correct method of working
butter. This, of course, will kill the pet ideas
of many farmers who think that the longer the
butter Is worked the better it will be, aud un-
doubtedly they will object to this new theory.
Nevertheless almost the same conclusion has
been made by the Experiment Stations in sev-
oral States, and although Mr.. Walker is some
authority. Perhaps some of our readers have
noticed tho difference between butter that has
been worked for quite a while and butter which
was worked but n short time. AS VIC are de5r-
Gus of hearing moro on this subject we would
like To see what our readers have TO say about
this method. If any wish to reply, let them
sen answer as soon as possible.
sTRINGY MILK.
feet ng and the want of sufficient water, is
rea due to some in1ammatory condition Of
the COW. The feeding Of plants and animals is
alike in this, that the food digested or utilized
depends for quantity upon the amount Of water
supplied and by which it can be dissolved or
diluted. If a COW is stinted in water the whole
system becomes disturbed and an inhammatory
condition is set up which dlsturbs every vital
organ and especially the udder Fibrine is a
product Of inflammation, and when this ap-
pears in the milk il forms stringy clots, which
are elected from the teats with difficulty. 1t
Is not that the milk is too thick because of a
deficiency of water in it. If the system is short
of water the milk will decrease in quantity in
even ratio. But whenever the animal is dis
eased in any way the milk glands in sympathy
become diseased. and necessarily the character
| of the milk is changed. Sufficient and pure
water is necessary for the health Of the COW.
When the health suffers from this cause the
milk becomes impure because in disease every
secretion Of the system is diseased, and at this
season the water supply calls for more than
usual Attention.-N. y. Times.
wINTERINd BEES.
correspondent in the american Bee Journal
has the following to say on Wintering bees:
/ have the bees all ready for Winter before the
nights get so cold and frosty as to candy the
honey In the hive. We winter our bees in an
underground cellar, 40 feet long. seven feet
high aud six feet wide, with n SKI. inch venti-
lator near each end; also three well-ftting
doors. which leave two deHd air spaces between
the bees and the extremely cold weather with
the mercury often 30 degrees below zero in this
Northern climate. When you put the bees into
the collar remove the cover and entrance
blocks leaving only the quilt over the hive
Put two blocks (2x2 inches and the length of
the hiycl under the hive. then put two more
on top ON which TO put another hive, and so on
until they five tiers high. One essential
thing is "A balf-inch entrance. full width of the
hive. aud left opcn; by SO doing there will be
plenty of upward and lower ventilation, aud
the bees will not smother or lack in any way
for pure air. The bottom hive should not be
less than 10 inches from the bottom of the col
lar, TO allow the foul air. If any. 20 settle below
il, and pass OF through the underground drain
which should consist OF not less than two.inch
tiling Bees placed III cellar rs ! have de-
SEflbBI, Win II temperature RAJ IlHE from 40 10
45 degrees. will winter as safely as by any other
method chat hive not excepted. The tempera-
ture easily be regulated by slide in each
yentllatOr.
WHO CAN ANSWER THIS?
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE saw a recent
explanation that the seed OF clover causes
horses to slabber. Now | would like to know
why the seed Of the clover does not cause a
horse 10 slabber in the State OF Oregon? | have
been living here for five years. and have never
seen horse sabber that was pastured on second
of the Eastern States. and / think Illinois the
worst State for clover TO give horse the slab
bers.-J. A. Lone, Glencoe, Ore.
NOTES
Nulching is an important adjunct 20 straw
| berry culture. The mulch not only keeps the
soil cool aud moist in dry season. but il also
enriches tho land. In addition it keeps the
| fruit clean at picking time and when spring
frost threatens the blossoms 10 can soon be
lifted over the plants So as TO protect them.
There is no reason why the barnyard should
| be filthy. The farmer who aims to convert all
waste into manure will have a clean barnyard
for he cannot allow the liquids to be wasted
or wait for the cattle 10 tTample the absorbents
that can more easily DO decomposed in tho
manure-heap. All material for the beds, or to
be used as absorbeuts. should first be cut up or
reduced in some MANNER
Many farmer is daily enviously complain
ing because he has not money enough to buy
a lot Of pure-bred cows. To improve what he
has by better feeding aud care the use of green
fodder crops when the pastures fail, and good
Winter keeping, and so on, would be better for
him in the end than a herd of cows costing
81 900. says The Northwestern AgricuituTist
The scales are rs essential to success as the
pOws or the mowers To intelligently feed
animals they should go on the scales weekly
in order to determine the ratio of gain in pro-
portion to the amount of food consumed 1t
will then be noticed that on the same quantity
and kind of food one animal will gain more
than another, and selection can be- made of
the best. Without scales all is conjecture, and
the farmer will find il difficult to arrive at a
knowledge OF the profits derived from his
sales.
| Maine farmer who is fattening ., 900 head
of sheep, feeds the following rations, says an
| exchange: For breakfast they get 30 bushels
| of corn aud II ton of early-eu hay for dinner
! 10 bushels of roots-tnFnips beets and carrots
| mixed with half ton of shorts; for supper
| the same rs break last-30 bushels of corn aud
| ton of hay. The flock runs together over the
fields, hay is fed on snow or frozen ground, aud
ut night the sheep sleep in the yards, that are
deeply bcdded with straw.
The following is given in Farm and Home :
| The horse that has heaves is apt to cough after
| drinking at first then to cough Mt all times
| the cough being accompanied by kind of
grunt. See that the teeth are in good condition
| feed little OF no hay during the day, do not
feed musty or clover hay at any time, wet