THE FARMEKS" REGISTER. 



686 



oli make cxcelleni looJ (or ihe caiile. The ina- 

 lurity ol' ilie ear is readily liiBcovered by ilie dry- 

 ness ol" llic eiivelojie vviiloh eiiclutes lU They 

 ilieu gel il up at a dry season, cuiiint!; llie slalks ; 

 ii is pui in a granary, or what is belter iC ilie 

 }ear lias iioi been a warm one, they lie it m bun- 

 tWes, and hang ii up in the snn, or in a covered 

 |)lace, that it may become as com|ilelely dry iif. 

 possible. The cultivation ol' corn has the ad- 

 vantage ol' ameliorating* the land, by the dimi- 

 nution ol the wa^ie lanas (jacheres) and by ihe 

 (requent plouizlnniis and vveedings that it re- 

 quires. Tile varieties ol this grain are very nu- 

 merous, they are ol' all colors ; those most esteem- 

 ed aie yelioiv and whiic. The niosi coinmun 

 corn in France is ycHovv and lias large grains. 

 They cultivate in the depatiaient ol Landes a 

 beautil'ul white corn with an ear stouter and more 

 conical than tlie aiore-meniioned variety. It is 

 more Ibrward, and ol' an excellent quality. There 

 has been recommended in the lasi lour years a 

 Pennsylvania corn, apparenily more forward than 

 ours, and on thai account is ol" more value to our 

 centre departments. 1 have received lately from 

 the United Stales, under ihe name ol' <S'to»a;corn, 

 a variety similar to the preceding, but wiili 

 ears and grains much larger. Also a pearl corn, 

 wliile, very small and very nice, but ripening 

 badi)'' and which appears peculiarly adapted lor 

 Ibrage on account of the great quantity of stalk?; 

 and leaves. Among the earliest varieties we 

 will mention the two lollovving as the most worthy 

 of notice. 



3Ja'ls quaraniain, quarantine corn, is not so 

 tall, and not so productive as the common corn, 

 but much more precocious ; Ibr instance, in Pied- 

 mont it comes to maturity when planted in June 

 and July on the eiubble hdlds from which a crop 

 of grain has been reaped. This quality permiis 

 it to be cullivaied much more to ihe north itian 

 the larger varieties, and renders il truly interesting 

 to our country. 



Mats a poulet. chicken corn. We owe this 

 preity kind to Mons. le Comie Leiieur who 

 brought it from America. 1 1 differs Irom the last 

 named in that it is smaller in all its parts, and 

 Btill more piecocious. The smallness of its grain 

 and the use to which it is put are indicated by ihe 

 name. In respect to iis [iroduct, ii cannot be 

 compared to the quarantain, bat it possesses in 

 a still greater degree, all the advantaires attached 

 to a remarkable precociiy, which renders it truly 

 valuable. These two varieiies should be planted 

 thicker than the larger species. 



In the norihern pans of France, corn, consider- 

 ed only as forage and without any view to the 

 gathering of the grain, offers one of the most pre- 

 cious resources imaginable, tor green food in the 

 Btables of oxen, cows, and even horses. By 

 planting it successively, every fifteen or !wenty 

 days on the waste lands, Irom the firsi of May lo 

 tlie middle of July, they procure during three of 

 four months an abundance ol the best green food 

 that can be grown. It is necessary lor ihi^ to 

 manure the land in the sprins, or the corn in the 

 hill. Plant it in rows about two leet apart, and 

 with the plough and the hoe care should be taken 

 lo keep the land in perfect order, in which case 



( an excellent C'op of wheal may be obtained alter 

 ' ihis crop. Il should be cut when ilie male flow- 

 ers (the lassel) begin lo show their points at 

 the top of ilie plant, and j on may continue lo cut 

 alttr il IS in lull lassel. Il there is a pii|ieif]uity 

 ol il, tne surplus should be dried, and will make 

 a good lood lor catile in the wiiuer. I can- 

 not, aficr my exiierienie. too highly recomiiieiid lo 

 f.rmeis this mode of using com, which adds 

 to tlie advaiiiage of maintaining the caille lor 

 many months, that of a great augmentation of 

 manure. 



PHKSKKVATIOK OF DUTTKR. 



From tlie Agiieulturist. 

 Henry Wood, of England, has transmitted lo 

 the council of the Ri<yal Agricullural Softiel}, a 

 jar of butler, as a specimen of the successful muje 

 adopted lor its preservation when the article is in- 

 lemled for e.xp.iit lo Ibreign climaics. 



Mr. Wood informed the council that this bulier 



i hhd l>een prefiared on the 19ih iiisi., according lo 



'■ the process adupied in easiern counlries, where it 



! was used lor culinary purposes instead of hog's 



1 lard, which the Mahomeian law prohibited, ami 



i would keep lor any length of lime in a fierlect 



'state of preservation, alihough il contained no 



I salt, or oiher adiiiional substance. This pre- 



iservative stale of the builer was induced by the 



! removal of scum, and tfie dissipation of the 



I watery panicles of fresh butter, effected by the 



\ gentlest possible application of sufRcieni heat to 



I produce the result. Mr. Wood slated ihat in 



Asia this ijenlle heat was obtained by the naiiveB 



I by tilling a large open eanhenware pan witli pow- 



Ideredand weli-dri.d cow-dung, ami then selling 



fire to it, introduciniT into ihe midst of the burn- 



iiiii cow-dung an eanh^^n vessel coniaining the 



l-uiter, which became melted ; and when the 



SiUin, as it rose, had been successively removed, 



i and the waiery particles driven c>ff by the heat, it 



j was poured imo ajar, and preserved lor use. Mr. 



1 Wood suizgesied that a sand-baih, (iroperly regu- 



; lated, mij^ht answer the same purpose as the dried 



covv-du:ig, and as ihe process was so very simple, 



i there could be no difficulty in preparing ii ; and 



I that, when once prepared, the butter never " be- 



1 came lainied." Mr. Wood slated that he car- 



! ried with him lo ihe Cape of Good Hope some buf- 



!ter prepared in ihe same way, at Col. Skinner's 



I farm at Hansi, lo the westward of Delhi, a year 



' previous!)', and whiidi was pronounced by the 



agriculiorisi, Mr. Duckett, and others, to be su- 



I perior lo ihe salted butter of the colony ; and, fiD'." 



I culinary purposes, far fcupeiior to lard. 



This does not tally, I think, with the experience of 

 Virginia corn planters. — Trans. 

 Vol. IX. -57 



INCOM BTSTIBLK WASH. 



From '.lie franli'm- Farmer 

 Slack stone lime in a large lub or barrel, with 

 boilinij water, coverinor the tub or barrel, to keep 

 in all Ihe sieam. When thus slacked, pass six 

 quarts of it through a fine sieve. It will then be 

 in a state of fine flour. Now, to six quarts of this 

 lime, add one quart of rock or Turk's Island salt, 

 and one gallon of water, then boil the mixture 

 and skim it clean. To every five gallons of this 

 skimmed mixture, add one pound of alum, ball' 



