The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-07-28


an impure water supply, and that q
shortage in quantity will be attended
by an immediate and corresponding
sd1slmlnutlon OF the flow; indeed, it
would would seem that the Importance Of
water as an element in milk produc-.
ton IS represented by the faction rep
resenting it's value as Constituent,
says j. B. Harris IN Farm Journal.
Some people seem to think that ma
.ture made the COW filter. or rectify-
ing apparatus, into which any amount
OF stale, uiiwholesome and impure
water may be introduced with i'm
punity, but the experienced cheese
maker knows better. In the course
OF an extended experience as a
cheese instructor in Canada. Scotland
and the United States, the writer OF
this article has met with more diff
Guilty from bad water than from any
other cause. 1t is a fact that in nine
tenths OF the pasture througout the
dairy belt there are low places,
swamps and frog ponds, at which, in
the course of the season, the cows are
compelled to resort to quench their
thirst. This ought not to be. No
prudent dairyman will permit his
dairy to drink at these places. They
should always be filled 4 up or fenced
out and an abundant supply of pure,
living water be furnished at whatever
cost. 1t requires from 1 to 31lbs.
more OF swamp water milk to pro-
duce pound Of cheese than it does
OF pure water milk, and it always en-
genders gaseous curd and cheese Of
loathsome flavor.
A Remarkable Crop or Potatoes.
A very remarkable experience in
growing potatoes is reported from La
Rochelle, France, which we take the
liberty OF accepting with some grains
OF allowance. The statement is
made that the crop grown amounted
to ~ tons of tubers per acre, which
IS from 1,4o0 to 1865 bushels, de-
pending on whether tons were "short"
tons OF 1000 pounds or '.long" tons OF
2,240pounds. We arehardly prepared
to believe in such q crop. but the
plan by which it is alleged to have
been done is given in full and is worth
trying. The French potato grower
gives the soil deep tillage, selects sound
seed potatoes Of moderate size, plants
them whole and manures literally.
Plenty Of people have done all that
without getting a 1900 bushel crop.
The only thing besides which the La
Rochelle man did was to steep the
seed potatoes for "a hours in rs gal
Ions ofwater to which six pounds ofthe
sulphate OF ammonia and six pounsd of
the nitrate Of potash had been added.
After the seed had been stepped in the
solution for 24hours, they were taken
out and left for "a hours before
planting, to permit thegerms to swell.
The stimulating effect Of the bath is
the agency to which the marvellous
yield is attributed. 1t is a big Weld,
and only a trial will determine which
it is. >
An Experiment in Corn Growing.
At several experimental stations
last year trials were made of
the result from depriving every al
ternate row of corn OF it's tassels. In
every case the trail showed an increase
OF grain on the row from which the
tassels were removed. Nature has un-
doubtedly given the corn plant far
more pollen in it's tassels thanis need
eo to perfect the seed. It had to do
so, because as nature plants corn it
usually puts one grain in a place.
Under such conditions probably not
one-twentieth OF the pollen would fall
on the silk, and if there were much
wind at the time much less than
that. Now corn is planted in rows
and hills So that each hill helps to
fertilize Others. 1t is well worthy of
experiment to find how many of these
stalks can be deprived of their tassels
and leave enough pollen to fertilize
the crop. If there is a little less than
needed it will probably result in better
seed, the fertilized grains crowding
over into the spaces that have missed
their pollen, and thus producing round
well developed grains, instead Of those
usually compressed in the middle OF
the ear.
Advantage Of Sugar Beet Cultiva-
ton. ~. .
One great point OF advantage to
farmers in the cultivation of the sugar
beet is that,they have, in advance of
the planting OF the crop an absolute
guarantee OF his market and price.
This removes many OF the elements of
uncertainty which surround the gen
eral operations of the farm. If the
cultivation OF the beet is well under
stood the grower may reckon with
considerable certainty upon the cash
value Of the crop from a ivennumber
OF acres. About the only unknown
quantity for which he must make al
lowance will be the state of the wealth
er, and where irrigation is practiced,
as it will be in many beet growing dis