The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-03-14
ALL AROUND THE FARM.
THINGS THAT FARMERS OUGHT
TO KNOW.
How 10 Prevent Insects From Obtaining
Winter Shelter. Butter Making.
Other Farm Notes.

On!v tne common geese have the male
and females different in plumage. All the
pure breeds have the sexes colored the
same The Toulouse is the largest, and
the China the best Layers. The emblem is
the best for feathers, bting pure white in
crop 4 cross OF the Toulouse gander and
Emhden goose makes the best for market.
A swinging door for the euttancr for
swine they >"on learn to operate, and it
keep out SNOW and much cold. 1t is hung
from the toy and ruhs on both les as it
swings in and ont.
Professor Roberts. OF Cornell diversity,
says here are three implements aat should
inc IN every cow stable the ~ales. the
Blhcock milk test and the shot - al. Often
times the profit OF herd of 10 COWS is
j. ing made lay six.
The beginning dAiryman must outline
some method for making Il profit out OF the
by products of his dairy. These will CON
of skim milk. butter milk. or whey. They
can all be Ted back to the COW to make
more milk, and, i'll the opinion OF many
3airymcr. this is the best disposition TO
make of these articles
4 hothr' Wien properly made, will hold
heat Il considerable time. Get good stable
manure. H,iL if it he srlrcr. mix some
Il.
make Z splendid and lasting hrd providing
the mate ial is we'll packed down. Soil
for hotbe,ls ought to he prepared i'll the
fall. At dis season, ~ 4 rule. everything
is frozen up. y liberal amount al old,
dpcaycd manure that is well rotten down
is lust the thing to mix in with the soil
Seeds will come up well in Il compost OF
this Am. Gardening.
Every now and then some huttermakcr
reports that his butter will not come unless
he churns AT temperature of slXty-!ive or
seventy; that some peculiar change scrms
to have taken place i" his cream. In such
cases it is much more likely that . change
has taken place in his thermometer and the
he one is of five to ten degrees. So
many Of the cheap floating ;hcrmolaptcrs
are inaccurate that it is dangerous 10 use
one that has not hccn compared with
standard. Farm and Dairy.
The preparation OF peppermint is cspec
tally an American industry. The pepper
mint is cut wien in bloom, like hay, dried.
placed in close wooden watts anI steamed.
The oil cells burst aud the oil passes up
ward with tive steam. which is condensed
and conducted into Il receiver. where the
oil rises and j. dipped oil 1t takes about
800 pounds nt ,lrY prprcrmint tn produce
one pound # oil An acre of land yields
from sin to ten pounds of oil often more
even as high ~ 80 pounds New York and
Michigan produce the most. -Co,rcs non
denc, Monthly.
N. V. ,,iugerland, OF Cornell University,
in the American Agricultursts. states the
burning Of fallen leaves and other rubbish
in or near fruit plantations of any kind
will prevent many insect pests from obtain
ing winter shelter near their food plants,
and those pests already in Information will
he killed. Many OF our worst insect pests,
as the plum curculio, thus hibernate in
rubbish. 1t is good practice to scrape off
the rough blrk from the trunks and larger
branches of fruit trees, for many caterpil-
lars of the coding moth then in their
little cocoons of silk, the ALTERNATING
adults of the pear psylla and the hibernat-
ing eggs under the scales of the oyster shell
bark louise and the scurfy bark louise will
he dislodged OF killed. A coating of white
wash OF some similar wash will tend to
keep the bari, clean, thur rendering it less
attractive as u alternating place for Insects.
The Practical Dairyman says: Standard
butter is butter containing 80 per cent. of
butte. fat The other 20 per cent. is mois-
ture and foreign matter like salt, casein
and butterinc. But butter that comes only
up to the standard can hardly be classed as
good butter and will not keep we'll. 1t
contains either too much moisture OF too
much foreign matter If too much OF the