RURAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1843, 29 April 1884, Page 3

RURAL NOTES.

Potvtols intended for seed should be kept in a cool, diy place, so that they will not spiout. Potatoes that have spioutod aie weaker and more inclined to disease than those that do not spiout until planted. A New Jeisey f turner says that he gave a diessing of salt (eight bushels to the acie) to land badly infested with white guibs, and ior thiee yeais after raised good ciops of corn, which was impossible pievious to this application. Theie is probably no feed so good for laising good dairy animals as warm skiinimlk with a mixture of modeiatc quantities of ground oats scalded. The milk and oats contain a laigc amount of muscle and bone matenal, and, as a consiquence, we have a cow with an excellent constitution, and a good-sued fiame. If towls are not allowed full range they should ha\c a meal of soft cooked 01 gioiuid tood given them eaily m tlie morning, asaftei their long fast it satisfies their immediate wauls. On the same piuiciple, gi\e the whole giain in the evening to pievcnt hunger tlno'igh tlie night. Do not forget to supply your fowls, especially tho^-o that aie confined, with fiesh bones., well ci.ickcd. Large, eo.iibo pigs aie no longei fa\ouiities. Dealeib piefci poik weighing fi oni two to tin ee bundle I pounds. The Mai) land Faimu says that the bise of the boms and tho m^ido of the ears of a cow b 'ing good golden ye low blie is sine to bi' a good butter cow. Moie than JOO fetillions ate now annually iiupoited tioui fiauee to the United .States Tho hist cioss of a Puiohe-ion stallion *\ith a natne maie, it is claimed, doubles the selling value of the colt \v hen matin c. Common looh'ng felt makes a cheap and duiable lining ior a poultiy houtc. Besides, adding to its waunth, the tai in the felting is unpleasant to the insects which maj infest the biood. 'I'm vessels so worn that the iion is exposed aie not lit for use in the dany, and should bo discarded. Sour eiea'm will be unpleasantly aflected by lemainiiigm contact with the iion. It is now an established fact that emulsions of kciosctic ai c oui best insect exteiuuii.itois. Its use, howuvei, by tic old methods was quite labonous and un eeitaiu. This woik is now much lightened and lapidity gamed by fie t^e of bellows, which pioject a fine spiay lot si\ foot, 3) that vines, '-m ill tree", 01 plants infected with insects nay leadily be icached. A wuter sugge-ts that we sometimes feed otu poultiy too well and get oui fowlbtool.it. The Plymouth JJoeks are notonou^ foi dlwajs being i,it, while the Leghoins aie sud to be never so. A Biahma chicken will not fatten peifertly, but when giown takes on fat -jui< kly. To leduce the fowls in llesh without depii\ ing them of food may be done by toi ting them to bciateh foi aln ing, and gne them oats onoo a day. Select a diy poition of the the \aid and co\er it with stiaw or spade it up, covering the wheat oi oats and compelling them to scutch, feuding only once a day, and that at noon. Watch the fo«\ls and do not cany on the the piocess too long. Rufeiung to the di ought in New South Wales, the Sydney Mail of March 22 &ajs : Hie piouiiacs of tlie liist half of tliis week ha\e not hi en fulfilled. The thought isnot yet ovcicomc. Our ta'>le of lainiall shows that in no disfcnct was the lccoul heavier than Hm. Many localities lcceived no inoibtuie. Mhe toast was as a whole bc>t favouietl Of the far out distncfs Wentwoith faud well having ugisteicd llf point. Kiandia legistered 1 '33 point. By the few tli ops winch had fallen west of tlie coast the glass has been stiengthened, and n.any paits of the south coast are in uood condition. A gencial lainfall of many inches is the special lequtiement. If i he close of the month does not bung it the position will be ciitical. Of couise theie aie paits of the Colony in which the losses of stock this yeai have been enormous. Foi instance, a reliable authority wntes fiom Walgctt : "Fiom Breeza to Goodooga is one vast waste. Thousands of cai cases sui rounded each wateihole." The pastoial intelligence and official icports depict the outlook in colcuis which aie quite as gloomy. It may be truthfully observed that pastoiahsts aie experiencing one of the woisfc seasons ever known in New South Wales. A new process in butter and cheesemaking, known as the vacuum process, is vi use at Colchester, Vt., and shows lesults of muili mteiest to chcescimkers and creamery men. L.irge hoiizontal eylindf'is, mto which the milk is put, are heated by sttam to a tfmpcratuie of 105 degiees in a few minutes' time, then the steam is turned oft and cold water applied, i educing the milk to 40 devices. When iho cooling pioccss is begun an air pump is applied, exhausting the air in the cylinder till the guage shows a pie<-sute of about 131b. Tlie milk stand-, for 18 houis, and is diawn off into a vat, where the buttermilk iemainm« after the cieani has been chinned is added, — and a process, difloting little fiom the ordiniry acitl piocess, converts the milk into cheese. The \acrnm, it is said, results in the c\ti acting of offensive odouisand destiuctive geims from the milk, and facilitates the lising of the cream. Analysis shows that only one and a half per cent of fat lemains in the skim-milk ; but, nevertheless, the cheese is not poor, but shows 10 per cent of fat and 8 per cent of milk, sugai and extractive matter. This result has not been explained but the theory is advanced that in the piocess seme of the albuminoids are changed to fat The financial results of the new method of treatment are very encouraging, 1001b of milk yielding 4^lbsof butter and 9}lb of cheese. It was exactly one year on Monrhy (writes the Lyttelton Times) since the departure of the first cargo of frozen meat from Lj ttelton for the Old Country. \ tew statistics illustrating the work since done in connection with the industry may theiefoie be of interest to our readers. On April 7, 1883, the ss. Biitish King left Lyttelton with a cargo of 6198 carcasses of mutton. Since that day over 80,000 sheep and lambs have been despatched from Canterbury to the English market, making a total of 86,795 exported in 17 shipments. In addition to these there are now 12,296 carcases either on shipboard at Lyttelton, or at the Belfast works awaiting shipment. The grand total of sheep and lambs killed at Belfast for freezing purposes during the year is thus 99,091. Twelve months ago 215 sheep were frozen every day. Now the average daily rate, while the works are in operation, is 430 carcasses, exactly double the number disposed of at the beginning of the period. Tlie London correspondent of the Dunedin Evening Star has the following on the frozen meat trade :— lt is distinctly gratifying to all that the repeated suggestions of the Press to the effect that speciil depots for the open sale of New Zealand frozen mutton should be established in the poorer parts of London are at length bearing fruit, thanks to the efforts of sundry, semi-business folk in the welfare of the many povertystricken districts of this great city. The South London Fish Market, which is situ^te^ in ifi? {tensely-populated lifew

Kent road part of the city, was the other day opened as a depot for the sale ot New Zealand frozen meat, and seems likely to de\ clop into surprising success. The icsidents were at once taken by the appearance of the mutton, which is very diffeient to the American stuff, which they have with leason leaint to shun. In a few hours more than a score of carcasses had been cat up, and before the market closed not a scrap of meat was left unsold. I am told that they are now doing a roaiing tiade, which incieases daily. The South London Fish Market seems especially well suited for a depot, as it is already fitted with chilled air chambers, in which a large number of carcasses can be stowed comfortably.

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