Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-06
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p1LuTING MILK.

p1LuTING MILK.
-. three years ago there was
SONY ssi said about the enectiVeness
q 1arutlng milk to secure sne
q Ing Of creami that one quuIi VI
faislne AZ 100 degrees auueu " .ifSe
sslei ~ fresh drawn milk, and set IN
quarts " would in thorough cream
open pai about that Of deep setting.
ing equa .,Ieators of our great dairy
he ih sI5 not Indorse the plan, and
thooIs been heard of 1t lately,
little na ,be practical Farmer has had
ihoukn - In the matter. notwith-
rs eplA the late New York dairy
sanlih.tf,, one of the delegates, j. ID.
sonven" noted dairyman. claimed
sm'n, vas. and had been, diluting
MAJ lain. m nom his dairy for two years
NC .n and with frequent testing
81 M Babcock tester hau lounu
wy ,ss losses OF fats in Dreaming by
~ Va alntlon process did not exceed one
VIZ ns,h AZ / per cent, which was even
itntn yN,n Inc work of the separators.
elSsssi ,nis looks all right on the sur
Nnhe .Sars is q point overlooked, that
ace, .",ntnees. One-fourth lof this
Pn,,lt would be water, so that
sAnl. . II one-tenth should read one
Af; sns-fnurth: and the time of the
ana o ,ronId make some difference, as
yesI WINS more perfectly when the
nllA haya summer succulence. In
COVE sections dairymen are stu In
man, ,hat dllution does help In open
tsA" eream raising, and here comes
ps aa, Ia them from high source that
XIV are not wholly mistaken
CULTIVATE THE ORCHARD.
sa-la I'D
nN,sssor ID d. Voorhees,. SHOULD not
Piels, 1W,, be the destruction of weeds,
", 10 assist and promote the work
". !. ,he natural agencies-sun, air and
" w. plowlng exposes not only new
' ~, Of soil directly but permits
~ action at greater depths, thus
i.s.saeinr the proportion Of plant food
Ma available. and constant tillage
= rednclng the evaporation from the
.srisca retains the water In the lower
I.rsrs. where the roots are located,
"A the stirring and changing OF the
s,i PARTICLES permits a freer move
ment Of the water in soils naturally
hard and tenacious,
rssted statement that tillage Is ma
rara while the lack of cultivation
,.sults in a poor feeding of the plant,
I'M with mineral constituents and
i'm water. The removal Of weeds,
therefore, becomes a secondary object
md Is thoroughly accomplished when
M cultivation is carried out for the
purposes indicated.
observations made the past season
f5rclbly Illustrate the value Of follow
lng the principles already laid down,
and the losses that result from a care
tss method of cultivation. A single
tsHHfF1 Illustrate
point. Two peach orchards, twelve
acres in area and 1--WE years of age,
we're located on soils similar in char
seter and we'll adapted for the fruit,
md Of high natural strength. In each
rase the farmer had taken pains to
select good varieties and to set the
trees properly. In one case the orchards
we're pOwed but once n year, some
tmes'harrOwed and sometimes not, as
tine permitted; the land was fun OF
vasds and grass and the soil hard
and dry. The principle acted upon,
though perhaps the grower was not
conscious Of II, was that fruit did not
require the attention necessary for
other farm crops. In the other case
The farmer appreciated the Importance
] o. good care and attention. The orch
ards were carefully plowed early in
tpring and shallow cultivation prac-
tied one team being kept until July l
OF later constantly at work with the
harrow, The land was free from weeds
and the surface soil fine and mellow,
and at no time during the dry summer
vas there an absence of moisture n
few Inches from the surface.
Mark the result. In number one the
trees were small and foliage of sickly
| yellow cast, and though wcll-loaded
with understood fruit. 1t ripened pre-
naturely; only a small proportion was
N for market and none wou / grade
ifst class.
In number two the trees were large
and strong; the foliage deep green,
healthy and vigorous; the fruit set full.
ana nearly all would grade as 'frsts,
both for size and color In the first
.ass the trees did not average one bas-
te, each Of inferior fruit; In the sec
ohl they averaged over three Of fine
iriit which. even In season regarded
y unfayorable, brought good prices.
me conditions Of soil, climate and To-
ssuon were as nearly as possible iden-
ngal, the difference in result due al
most entirely to care and cultivation.
,nee but little manure was used in
ether case.
Case number one represents the
Practice Of considerable number of
~ hull growers. II truit growing
vs. not pay the fault In many cases
We yes not lie so much with the condl-
u'ns as with the grower"
soNE PHYSICAL CHARACTERS OF
SOIL.
suhson Is the lower part of the soil
r,gond the reach OF the ordinary plow
spen the suhsoll depends the natural
= I.ahege OF the soil. II II Is tenn-
agas clay then the drainage must be
snnsey artificial II sandy or gravel
w lhe other hand. The wntcr may
eafrled away too fast from. tine sur
.,r A rocky subsoil indicates thin
III ana o low standard Of fertility
~ common in elevated regions.
Nv ~ Top OF the subsoi nt least IN al.
IN. s every case, ought to he pc lodi
ny surred Out not as n rule thrown
s,, me surface. 50 as to lraalS The
~ pan which always tends to form
oslow the level of he usual eul-
Mn lg Instruments. or to destroy tn,
~ nvFe Injurious pans Of iron pYidC
a. wv, or calcareous matter and soil
~ ohmon cause for the had work.
l,isnl Welns Is to be found In the ex.
~ y, % any one Of those pans at The
NJ. me suhsuil. The roots Of rlf 8