The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-08
or YY7EHEsT TO FARMERS

The mo issue between good butter phi
| losophy is the most arrant dairy humhuS
we have met with In IA long time. We
| have expressed our view Of il in another
note, but there are other thoughts con-
| nected with the real issue of butter maxi
/ ing that sh0ald be frequently stated As
| mentioned in another place Of this issue,
| the controlling factor In dairyinS is skill
| Ii is the ultimate of every step toward the
production of superior product. N cream
| ing. churning. working and packing its inn
| portance is obvious. and in meme Of these IS
| it more so than IN working. II is at this
point that the really sklful butter maker
| impresses his ability ON his product. AZ
this stage the skilful man determines the
quality of the article he makes. Two MAX
! ers supplied with portion Of the same
| churning will by their individual methods
OF working produce an article Of butter
of varying degree of quality. The motc
skillfu man viii give to his product mat
superior degree Of finish that IS easily
| distinguished from the comparatively in
| ferior article OF his competitor. The issue
| is defined sharply by skill The possession
of good cows IS important. bur the crisis of
dairying is the skill OF the maker Of the
product be IL cheese or butter. Improve
ment In the character Of the herd is ~
weghty matter, but sim srea Ter improve
| ment in the efficiency Of the daryman on
| the llEe OF skilifuliy handling his product
| at every stage Is the desideratum OF profit
| able dairyins at :arm, creamery and fac
! tory. II is all very well 70 urge improv-
| ing the dairy herd, but unless il is accom-
| painted by a corresponding advance in
| knowledge Of his calling the part OF
the herd owner there is no genuine pro-
| gress.
The chinese tree Of heaven. aillnthus
| glanduosa, was formerly a very popular
| shade tree in the lighter soils Of this state
| but owing 10 the anything but paradisical
| odor given OF by some OF these trees when
| in bloom its planting has been nearly dis
| continued. says Gerald Mccarthy of the
| North Carolina experiment station. The
| odor, though disagreeable. is not poisonous
| or dangerous. The ailanthus is a deoecious
| species-the male flowers are borne on one
| tree, the female nowcrs on another. II rs
only the male flowers that give OF the dis
( agreeable odor. Ignorance OF this i-o-
caused the extensive planting az the male
tree. with the result indicated. The odor
Of The female tree Us scarcely perceptible.
This is one OF thct most graceful and
peculiar of our ornamental trees. II thriNes
remarkably we'll on the poorest and driest
soils; il H. OF rapid grow th and Is not sub
ject TO any disease or insect attack, $50 far
/ as known The tree deserves 8 place upon
| an lawns OF considerable extent. bus should
| not be planted too near the hoase nor Dor
/ dering a walk. IL appears best When seen
I from "a little distance. Trees should be
bought from reliable nurserymen only and
( the female tree alone should be planted.
| II is n good plan to plow the garden after
I summer crops are of to bury tae small
weeds that otherwise VIII seed before lfost
! destroys them. wisely advises The Ameri-
I can Cultivutor. If the sections devoted 10
! early and lat. vegetables are kept separate
I tn fr ~ "A he
moval of peas beans and small early truck
| I. may be nearly November before cabbage,
| turnips and other roots are ready 10 be
harvested Bur ia every case after pow
! ine. whether early or late, sow rye Tor
winter covering TO the soil. II VIII not
preveut soil freezing but rather make the
soil freeze more boy keeping It from FORM
ing "A crust, and SO excluding the rains that
fall on il.
nv trials or manuring peach trees in New
! Jersey IL was found that nitrate OF s"da' az
| the rate of $50 pounds Co the acre, produced
no perceptibIe results; 80 pounds of super
! rbosphate u the acre added about 80 per
cont. ana $50 pounds muriate of potash 70
( the acre iuubled the crop. With an thes'
! fertilizers applied together the crop was
more than doubled. An acre To which
I twenty two-horsa loads Of barn manure
| was applied yielded three times as much as
/ an unmanuv-d acre.
California farmer recently wrote:
"NIind is more than muscle. \ mule has
four times the muscle OF a man; use the
muscle Of the mule. ] was la 81. joseph.
Mich. and saw asparagus for sale. One
lat was roughly put up in boxes TO he re-
turned. Another in neat, white boxes,
which did not cost half of the other. was
put up neatly in punches, tied by red tape
! in neat bows. tied, no doubt by a woman,
/ ami brought 40 per cent more and cost less
/ than tho other. Curiosity led me 10 the
! home Of the man. / toual him doing loss
I hard work and showing more general pros
perity than his average ne!ghhors. also
I knew q milk dealer who kept an account
/ with his cows. each having a separate ae-
count and the COW that did not show a
profit was sold to the farmer Who ala not
/ keep books"
! II ths tomato vinas sra pulled out of the
! around ana placed in some shed or cellar
I where light frosts viii not reach them the
/ fruit wiz grow and yipcn several weeks az
/ ter the vines ont of doors have been entire
! Iv destroyed Sometime when frost comes
/ early cloth may be thrown over III to-
I nlato plants for one or two nights until Che
| danger is passed. Eut they can De Kept -n
( good condition ia barn basement Tor sew
/ oral weeks after tomatoes fresh from the
/ vine are possible IN amy other WaE.
4 pear tree in Salcm. ORE which was
/ planted in 1917. is seven feet in circumfc~-
! ence at the base ana limb seven feet from
/ tho. GROUND measures four and ouc-hcU feet
around 1t is nfJy feet hign ana is cN-
/ pected this fall To bear about one hundred
/ bushels Of fruit.
! George NJ. Allen. Washington county, Pa.