Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1906 — HINTS FOR FARMERS [ARTICLE]

HINTS FOR FARMERS

A Cause of Poor Separation. From experiments in Sweden to determine the cause of the unsatisfactory results occasionally noted in the separation of milk it has been shown that when the milk has been strongly agitated, as in certain methods of pasteurization, before separation a lower percentage of cream is obtained, says American Cultivator. In the skim milk when separated under good conditions the percentage of fat should not exceed 1 per cent If the milk has been previously agitated this amount may run up to 5 per cent. The explanation is that during the agitation some of the large fat globules are broken up into smaller sizes, although some may increase their volume. Very minute globules are separated with difficulty. The smaller they are the more effect has the stickiness of the milk upon them. The same difficulty is also noticed when dealing with the milk of cows that have been long in milk, the fat globules of their milk beiug much smaller than when newly calved. The conclusion drawn from the experiments is that milk intended for buttermaking should not be subjected to any violent agitation previous to passing it through the separator. Preventing Tomato Rot. Replying to an inquiry as to tomato rot, Professor Gulley of Connecticut says in American Agriculturist that the disease attacks the fruit from half grown till nearly ripe. Usually it is bad on the very early kinds, as the conditions are best at that season of growth—that is. hot combined with damp weather. The remedies are mostly preventive. First, get the vines up off the ground, where they can get plenty of dry air. This alone will often do much to control the trouble. Several sprayings at intervals of ten days about midsummer with bordeaux of strength will keep the vines free from blight and strong to resist this disease. There is also some evidence that It helps to prevent rot. Cora Cultivation. Opinions are strongly formed as to the proper number of plowings a corn crop should receive, writes an Ohio farmer in National Stockman. It may be wise to say that corn should be plowed as often as it needs It and never laid by. After the corn becomes too tall to be worked with the double cultivators Jt will be found profitable wherever possible to stir the surface with a one horse cultivator. Cultivation Is corn. Gluten Fur Dairy Caws. The experience of best feeders shows that the most economical method of using gluten Is to feed It with bran or

cornmeal at the rate of from three to five pounds dally. A good ration for the dairy cow would be gluten meal three pounds, cornmeal two pound*, bran two pounds, which would be fed with about thirty pounds of roughage, preferably two-thirds silage. Cor. American Agriculturist

The Be«t Calf Fee*. Separated milk as a food for calves when fed direct from the machine makes a model milk food. Careful experiments show that practically as good calves can be raised on separated milk direct from the machine as can be raised on whole milk, provided the butter fat lost In the removal of the cream is replaced by linseed meal, cornmeal or flour or molasses.—American Cultivator. Profit In Hens. There is a profit in every flock of bens except for the lazy man, and such a man never would make success at anything worth mentioning. Do not consider poultry on the farm as a side issue in the business, but consider it as an Important part of the farm. It takes but a small capital and gives the greatest per cent of profit.