Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-28

Cifdi octectioH 10 THIS plan is that shower
will seriously damage. If cut and bound
they must be carefully shocked up and
capped and. let stand three or four days. so
as to cure it well before hauling in.
Then, if run through cutting-box and
fed in tight managers, they make very
cheap food and are of good quality.
1t is best to prepare ahead, get the cut
tiers and arrange time in which to start.
Where considerable number of stock is
/ TO be fed the power-eutters will be found
the most economical, but for small num-
Der heavy hand-cutter can be used, and
! can be made profitable More profit can
be secured from oats in this way than to
thrash and feed the grain and let the
stock eat what they will of the straw
Prairie Farmer
CARE OF MILK.
Good cheese depends upon good milk
An expert maker can produce passable
cheese from ordinary milk, but it lacks the
peculiar favor and keeping qualities of a
first-class article. He is obliged to develop
so much acid to kill the gas and faint that
the oils and butter fats which give the fine
flavor are destroyed. More milk is con-
sequently required for each pound of
cheese, involving direct loss to the farmer.
The bacteria that spoil milk are so small
that thousands of them occupy space no
| larger than the point of a needle, and
multiply so rapidly that millions are pro-
| duced from one in a short lime. Milk is
| especially adapted to their growth, and a
small quantity will furnish food for their
rapid development. They adhere to the
surface of vessels that have contained
milk. With this fact in mind, the ne
| cessity for thorough cleaning is apparent.
1t has been shown that no amount OF
| washing in cold or warm water will re-
| move all the bacteria. 1t is necessary to
use boiling water, and let it stand in the
vessels for short time This will destroy
| be exercised in scalding all implements
used in the dairy.
Another question How shall we care
| for the nights milk in order to secure the
| best results? Some cool it; Others aerate
it. The farmer is generally inclined to
| cooling, as it is easier, and the milk will
not sour. 1t has been shown that the ami
NAL heat in the milk, when it is drawn
| from the COW, has no connection with the
animal odor. If the milk is cooled with
ice the heat is reduced, but the taste of the
milk reveals presence of the animal flavor
and the odor will reappear when warmed
There is only one way in which milk can
be properly cooled for cheese. That Is by
| exposing it to the air until its temperature
is the same as the surrounding atmosphere
| The duty of the cheese-maker is to give
the producer the necessary information
and co operate with him, that a perfect
milk may be produced. The produce,
should follow the advice carefully, as i
would largely increase his income-Amer
icdn Agricuttarist.
KILLING POTATOES.
Experiments made BY us twenty wears
ago and more showed that the common
and almost universal practice of drawing
the earth up in small hills around the po-
tato plants was attended with considerable
loss. The practice was founded on the
erroneous supposition that all the roots
and tubers were confined within narrow
space comparatively few inches around
each plant, and that deep bed of earth
in narrow hillock was Just what il
wanted. On riding through the country
more of the potato fields aud gardens are
seen still to continue the practice
The great mistake thus made may be
observed by digging down few inches in
the spaces between the rows. 1t will b,
found that while the plants are still young
and before the tubers have formed o.
grown to any size, the horizontal root
have met and crossed each other between
and in the three-foot spaces. By killing
the plants the earth must be scraped or
plowed away from these spaces and the
horizontal roots cut off or laid bare. Thi
treatment will necessarily reduce tn,
growth Of the tubers, which, although nea
the center of the hill, are fed by the roots
The experiment is well worth trying
Select three or four rows and hill then
well up. Select three or four more, anC
let the soil be kept well cultivated ant
kept mellow and fat. Count the bushels
of each when dug and it will be found
that those from the fiat rows have from
10 to 20 per cent the most potatoes.
There may sometimes be very peculiar
conditions of the soil-shallow soil O.
rock, or otherwise-which may modify tn,
result; but for common ground plowed at
good depth, and planted deep enough
there can be but one result. We observ,
that the Michigan station has modified
this test by placing manure between tn,
rows where the long horizontal root:
could feed from it with better return
than by manuring it under or over the
hill.-Country Geademn.
FARM NOTES.
The surest way to remove paint is b,
the use of turpentine. If used immedi
ately the paint will never fail to be erased
During the warm days of summer ia
hog suffers severely. Avoid grain, anC
feed on grass or succulent food of any
kind.
Take no heed to those who tell you tina
fruit trees, plants and vines will bear a
well without cultivation as WITH but re
member that cultivation should be given
early, and that ill-timed, injudicious cult
walton is worse than none.
As the roots of red clover equal two
thirds the weight of the stalks the pillow
ing in of a clover sod leaves in the soil
large amount of valuable heterogeneous mat
ter which cannot be so cheaply procured
in any other matter.
How to cheaper the cost is to apply tn,
cost where the product will be the largest
1t is not profitable to feed some animals
for pound of food given to inferior stool
will cost just as much as pound of foo,
given to choice animals.
Glover should be cut Just before thu
heads begin to turn brown. To cut i
sooner is to loose a portion of the nutri
tious matter, while to cut it after the bios
some turn brown is to permit it to become
| mora urnodx- a,,J la,c
There are one thousand farmers work
ing like slaves and competing with eacl
other to make low-priced butter wher