The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-04-13

Any sort Of tester is better thsn
none at all. Take as many glass tum-
blers Of equal size as you have cows,
aud I'll each to the brim with milk from
one cow: Let these stand for u hours,
and you viii get a very fair idea of the
cream or butter producing capacity Of
your several cows. This Is not equal
/, Babcock tester nor ehurn, but
the butter will soon follow.-Rural
World.
II is not 30 generally known as it
ought to be that souashes may be pro-
cured several weeks earlier than is pos
sible in the open ground by planting
the seed In an inverted sod and put
ting it ia hotbed until the seed ger
inmates. Then take it out and set the
young plant in the open ground, where
1t is to perfect its fruit, enclosing it
with box, which should be covered
with heavy mat at night to exclude
the cold. In this way the squash may
be advanced several weeks in readiness
for market, and will sell for enough
higher prices to make the experiment
highly profitable. = American Guilt
vator.
The draught horse never has so hard
and sound hOof as the horse used
from colthood to rapid driving on the
road. He not only needs 10 be kept
shod when driven, but the greatest
care should be taken that he never be
overdriven. It IS not in their lungs,
but in their feet, that dranght horses
most often go wrong when used freely
on the road. Their weight units them
for rapid driving, as even if their feet
were sound the extra weight with
which each foot would come upon the
ground means a jar not only to the foot,
but to the entire system. But in most
cases it is the feet that usually give out
after hard driving on the rOad--Amer-
lean Cultiyator.
The best art is simple in its express
sion, and the highest form Of art in
gardening is perhaps that which, TAX
ing advantage of such natural eondi-
tions as it finds, makes the best OF them
with the smallest expenditure Of labor
and money. Simplicity of design
means not only economy Of eOnstrue-
ton, but what is OF even more import
anee, economy of maintenance.-Ciar-
den and Forest
Every farmer should see that his
barns and contents are well insured.
Nearly every day the daily papers con-
tain accounts of fires in rural districts,
barns and contents and Outbuildings,
and in some cases the whole seasons
crop going up in smoke without a cent
of insurance, leaving the unfortunate
farmer penniless. Fire and life insur-
ancs are two things that should never
be neglected. The cost is trifling CON-
pared with the benefits in case of ac-
eident.
Bear in mind that when using oil or
grease of any kind on fowls only little
should be applied, as grease will some
times destroy chicks. AS a spray for
poultry house use kerosene emulsion
(or kerOsene), adding a gill of sassa-
fras oil and half a pint OF crude car
bolic acid to gallon of kerosene or
emulsion. Two or three applications
will destroy not only the lice, but the
"nits'' and eggs.-Mlrror and Farmer.
The tart of the gooseberry is gener-
ally SC well liked that it is surprise
that more of this fruit is not generally
grown. Undoubtedly the fact that the
gooseberry bushes are extremely liable
to mildew is one reason why this fruit
is little cultivated. American summers
are too hot and dry for it. For the
same reasons few gooseberries are
grown in France, while the fruit is
common in England, Scotland and
Ireland. 1t used to be saying that
grapeyines and gOoseberries could not
be grown in the same climate, bat If
goOseberry bushes are planted in low
moist and shady places and are mulch
ed in hot weather, the tendency to mill
dew will be lessened. The mildew itself
will be destroyed by spraying with
Bordeaux mixture, which can be done
early, without any danger of injuring
the fruit.
Vice Director Glazier of the Okla
homi Experime Station. says: As
to time aud manner of grape pruning,
there is no little discussion among vi
tieulturists. We think there should
) be departure from the old beaten
paths Of our Northern neighbOrs. In
this latitude we can safely prune our
vines in early fall, without fear Of the
winter destroying Ir remaining etnes-
Toe ObjeetOr urges that the faI! I!2runed
vines will force their buds out earlier in
the spring than vines pruned, say, in
: February. We are qIite sure that this
error is misleading, as evidenced by
the fact that grapes will PIT forth buds,
and bloom as well, with )It root action.
: Again, if pruning Is left u1til late
: spring, a large reserve force is lost aud
cast away by the nselless canes Vine
yards occupying proper altitude are
; not often exposed to late frOsts. We
believe that the safer course to PURSUE
is t. pcuns in the fall, thereby con-
serving all food material for the years
> crop.
Buttermaking hss undergone many
changes of late years in the line Of
washing, sailing and working. Form
erly it was chnrned until il was one
y solid mass; il was washed once, salted
Q and worked. 1t was thought best to
3 ehurn at temperature of about 81 DE-
gree5, but grAdGally the temperature
has been lowered until nov it is not
unusual to chnrn as low as IS degrees.
= A low te nperature his many advan-
tages. TIE loss in butter fat will be
less, the butter will neel less washing
and have better body than when ehurn'
n ed at a higher temperature. With
proper preeaution, the loss of butter fai
in ehurning nest not be more than