The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-27

per bushel, they are worth only % cts.
per bushel on the vines, and the hogs
can gather them just as well az not. At
25 cts. per bushel for peas, the pork in
the above test would have cost less
than 81 per 100 when fed on peas alone
and only 50 45 when fed on peas and
corn in equal mixture.
At time of Strengthening, it was no.
ticed that those pigs which had received
peas in their ration produced pork with
a much better balanced proportion of
lean and fat than the others, and the
pea. fed pigs also had larger and
healthier hearts, lungs, and bones than
the others.
Another advantage of the pea ration
was, that the manure resulting from
peas in 48 hours contained 70 per cent.
more nitrogen than that resulting from
corn in the same time.
Peanuts are also rich in nitrogen or
protein, and they are cheaply produced
in Alabama and may be harvested by
the hogs themselves. Like cow peas,
they too enrich land by gathering nitro
gen from the air. One advantage of
COW peas, however is that they may
be grown as a catch crop, in corn or
after oats, Irish potatoes, or other early
crops.
Bulletin 38, of Pennsylvania Station,
gives results of tests of hand separators
for extracting cream from milk.
Those tested were the Mikado, EN-
pire and National, all Of which are of
new introduction and considerably
lower in price than the others. Also
the Baby No. 8 and the Humming
Bird, both made by the DaLaval Co.,
and the o. s, No. 5 and y. 8. No. z, or
Midget, both made by the Vermont
Farm Machine Go.
Each machine was given IL TESTS
under favorable conditions, and 6 under
such uufavorable as cold milk, slow
speed, etc. ALI were sent direct from the
manufacturers and were operated in
the 6 favorable tests strictly according
to instructions sent from the factories
There was little difference between
them in the completeness Of skimming
or per cent. of fat recovered from the
milk. Excepting the Hummipg Bird,
all fulfilled the claims Of their manu-
t%acturers al to quantity Of milk run
through per hour. Excepting the
Mikado and Baby No. 8, all did about
as good work under unfavorable con
ditions as under favorable conditions,
but all did a wider range of work than
their makers claim. There was no diff.
ference in the quality of cream turned
out or in its churnability. The low
priced machines did as good work as
the older and higher priced ones, but
seem to be less substantially built and
therefore less durable, and they make
more noise. The widest difference
noticed was in the ease Of operating
them per 100 pounds capacity those
tested standing in the following order,
the easiest first: 1 National, 3 Bsby
No. 3 and Mikado, 3 Empire, 4 Hum.
ming Bird, 8 U. s.. No. 5. 6 q. s. No. Z,
Bulletin As, of Arkansas Station,
treats Of the Decomposition and Preser-
walton of Milk. Like meats, SOUPS,
and other slbumenous foods milk uffers
a favorable breeding ground for the
multiplication of the bacteria that
cause fermentation, putrefaction and
4 6nRnv Thn1o honEowTo ovTc% hx VoS11S%1n
in the invisible particles of dust that
float in the air and cling to the surfaces
of vessels, animals, etc. While warm
weather is favorable to the develop
ment of most forms of bacteria the ap
plication Of a high degree of heat kills
them. Hence, the simplest, cheapest,
and most effective means Of preserving
milk is 10 exercise the most rigid pos
sible cleanliness, scald all vessels used,
heat the milk as soon as drawn, to
abouT IT'S degrees, and then rapidly
cool it by setting the vessel in cold
water, and keep covered or sealed from
the air and as cool as possible till used.
Such chemical preservatives as farm
ain, ~salicylic acid, ETC., are more ex-
pensive add less effective than heat,
and are generally considered harmful
to health if not absolutely dangerous.
HORTICULTURAL.
Bulletin 134, of Ithaca IN. Y Sta
ton, gives results of experiments in
growing strawberries under glass.
The plants were grown in 81 inch
pots plunged under the runners in July
aud August. After two weeks they
were taken up and transferred to 4