RURAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3260, 20 May 1893, Page 2 (Supplement)

RURAL NOTES.

' Loxo and Laro'k Mii.KKns,—A good dairy cow, when kept properly, ought to frivo milk for ten months, and cows colebrntod for their largo yield of milk, are linn- lly Innp milkers. SoURBITTTHnMILKASD S\VRKT CffliAM. -Do not put sour buttermilk into sweet cream. It will be likely to impart a butter-milk tasto to your cream, and injure tho flavor ofjvour butter. Goon Burro Pays BaT.-Bntter that is produced under the best conditions —good stock, good feed, good care, etc -not only brings the best price, but is also made at tho least cost, Tho profit accrues at both ends. Roots as Fooh.—Routs should havo a place in tho economy of the dairy, but should not be used for too exclusivo feed-, ing, or it will bo apt to roduco the condition of tho co"'. The result would also bo a large flow of milk of poor quality. Wiies the Cbbam Sours.-If orcam is slightly sour no harm is donc-in fact, it assists iu tho better nnd more coraplcto separation of tho butter-but the cream should never bo allowed to pass the first stages of acidity, else the butter globules may bo themselves attacked. IJisrosixo oi' A Cow .-Before disposing of a cow be sure sho is not fully up to tho standard. If butter is the object, it is not the cow that gives tho greater quantity of milk that makes more and better butter than the others, Tho quality of tho milk should be considered, ns well ns tho cost of tho product in care and feed, Nervous CosniTtON and Ynm.-tt has long been recognised that the yield of milk is rcaterinlly affected by the nervous condition of tho animal, but only within tho last few years has it been demonstrated that the quality of tho milk is moro affected by nervous ohnnges than is tho quality given—Prof, S, M, Bibcock. Carr of tub Caw, -Because a calf is willing to help itself nlong by eating grass is no reason it should bo left to shift for itself en that. 1 Milk and meal will pay a good profit if given to the calf in addition to grass. In fact, wo hold the' grass should be simply a supplemental food. Milk istho natural food of a young calf.' If the fat is taken out replace it by oil meal, :, >■'■ Rapid Miunwo.-Itis a well ascertained fact that mora milk can bo drawn from tho udder of a cow during the milking than cau bo hold in the udder nt any nuo time.. This is because the act of milking excites tho activo isecretion of tlio milk.,' When one begius to milk, the milk comes slowly and the udder nnd teat's are soft and only partly filled. After a short liine these vessels are found to fill rapidly, nnd tho milk lows with a moro oopious. si ream.. The more quickly this is drawn off tho greater is tho How; so that the milking should bo done as rapidly as possible, TIIE HARROW;~Tho harrow is a neglected .implement with farmers, There iire.somo men who seom to think, the spring is its only season of utility, and its only liso is in seeding time; biit the moro progressive farmers are learning to put it to other uses, such ns harrowing maize nnd potatoes lightly just ns they begin to show above ground, harrowing down clover nnd weeds preparatory to ploughing them under —of course, running the harrow in the same direction the .plough is to go-aud other uses too numerous to mention, sayo tho " Wiscounis Agriculturist." The ono uso which should bo emphasized,- just' now, however;' is its employment in tlio preparation of, tho wheat ground for 'seeding. 'You cannot' uso the harrow too much here, Go over and over the field ns often ns possible, and there will yet be pieces whero another turn of harrow will benefit, No other implement will so fine and firm tho soil nt the Siimo time, and it is in such a seed bed fino on top nnd firm benoath, that the wheat must be placed if you nre looking for a good crop. No other aid-fertiliser or anything olse—will malto amends for the nbsenco of this,

Licb IX TjIVK Stock.-A correspondent says he has used keroscno emulsion with good effect. Ho says ho has used it on horses, pigs'and sheep. Tobncco decoction,: crude petroleum and 'he various commerJil dips are loss cllioient, not so wholesome and more costly, Kerosore emulsion not only kills all tho lice, lint also nilfl'oi' eggs, anil if the stable bo we'll HDi'inklcd with tho emulsion a*, tho same time the animals arc treated, tho application wi'l need to bo .repeated, only at rare interval', Ag,\in, brushing tho animals thoroughly' with soap wash seems to demise tho skin nnd make flic coat moro bright and glossy.' Tho soft soap emulsion is.best for this. The more liquid nature'makes it easy of manipulation in cold weather, and'the'largo quantity of sonn is viry cleansing and wholesome. To apply be uses n common brush in case of cattle, horses or pigs; in case of sheep, dips into the warm: diluted emulsion. : Formula I,—Soft Soap and Kerosene Emulsion: Dissolve 1 quart of soft soap into 2-i quarts of boiling water, Remove from tho stovo and when still boiling hot add 1 pint kerosene oil, agitato violently at once by pumping the liquid back into itself through a smnll nozzle, or by otlior means, until n creamy mass is formed, which is the emulsion. This should not require more than from three to five minutes'agitation, Befnro using add to this nn equal amount of water, and mix thoroughly.

Does FnmT Gnowixb. PAY?-What a question! 'Yet it is ''sometimes asked seriously, It seems to ho on a par with another droll enquiry, il? llfo worth living? It aU.depends, don't you see. The life of a spendthrift or a scoundrel is not worth much; nor is tlio life of an illmanaged'orchard, mismanaged by an iraorant jackanapes, vory much better. Fruit growing bears a great resemblance to most other avosntions. Who wns the painter who replied to tho, question of a tyro, "how ho mixed his colours?"— "With brains, sir." In'our wanderings up and down the planet, wo are apt to come across all sorts of plantations, which are provocative of laughter, or tears, or— No, wo won't. But lets us consider. First, in ordor to grow good fruit—which is the only kind that will pay—you must follow up the necessary conditions. You must keep tho land in a high state of fertility, which cau only bo effected by regular manuring, that is, by top-dress-ing with tho best fertilisers at least once a year. Of course wo inclndo in this the absenco of weeds, or any kind of urowth, upon the land which is cropped with fruit-bearing trees, If tho trees do not pay, away with them; if thoy will, give thorn a fair olinnon. Fruit is every year becoming more plentiful, and the increased consumption; keeps pneo with .the supply. If this condition, forbids.just profits to the individual in fruit culture, it improves the chances for tho many, and makes for the best interest of agriculture at largo. ;It is better that many should acquire a omnipotence than that ono should mnko a fortune, and it is ono of the kindest influences of Providence that tho most wholesomo nnd delicious of human food is within tho reach of the moat lmmblo nnd impoverished of mankind. As our population inoreases, tho orchard, the garden, and tho dairy will moro and moro take the place of tho grainfiold.' There is no four that wo shall-want bread, and there is no fear that wo may havo too much fruit. . ,