No. 11. 



Princess Strawberries. 



351 



If the true interests of the State were con- 

 sulted, the tolls upon dairy salt would be re- 

 duced to at least the same rate of our own 

 salt. 



There is another fact mentioned in this 

 communication, which is entitled to peculiar 

 regard by all dairymen. Mr. Hall says, "he 

 made experiments to ascertain what effect 

 different kinds of feed had upon the quality 

 and quantity of butter produced from any 

 given quantity of milk." 



" From 1500 lbs. of milk," he says " weigh 

 ed when feeding green corn stalks in addi 

 tion to feed obtained in the pasture, I ob 

 tained a little over half a lb., from each 100 

 lbs. of milk more than the average produced 

 through the season, and the butler was of a 

 superior quality," 



Our dry warm summers materially lessen 

 the profits of the dairyman, by drying up our 

 best pastures. True economy would dictate 

 that he should have something at hand, that 

 would easily and at a cheap rate remedy the 

 evil. The experiment of Mr. Hall and others 

 demonstrate beyond all doubt, that Indian 

 corn is one of the most valuable crops grown 

 for feeding green, and the committee would 

 remark, that some of the most valuable re- 

 sults have been obtained by planting in drills 

 three feet apart, and working with a cultiva 

 tor, rather than by sowing it broadcast. 

 For the Committee, 



T. C. Peters. 

 Albany, January 20lh, 1848 



Statement of B. A. Hall. 



In the operations of butter making, the 

 season past, I have made some experiments, 

 to ascertain the exact degree of temperature 

 necessary to produce the very best butter. 

 Previous to trying the experiments, I became 

 satisfied that one great cause of bad butter, 

 was the high degree of temperature at which 

 cream was frequently kept and churned. I 

 applied the thermometer, and churned the 

 cream at different degrees, varying from 55° 

 to 66°, and found I invariably obtained the 

 best butter when the temperature was below 

 60°, — say 58°. The great anxiety of dai- 

 rymen to churn quick, is at the expense of a 

 first rate article. Any person at all conver- 

 sant with butter making, has observed the 

 whitish yellow colour and oily appearance 

 it will present when taken from the churn, 

 whenever the cream has been, or is too 

 warm, when the operation of churning com- 

 mences, thus forever destroying its rich fla- 

 vor and keeping properties. The buttermilk 

 cannot be expelled without working too much, 

 which makes it sticky and oily. On the con- 

 trary, cream taken from the milk at a proper 

 time, kept and churned at 57° or 58°, will 



require more time in churning, but the but- 

 ter will present a high and rich colour, will 

 be firm and hard — will not stick, and will 

 readily break when being separated. The 

 butter milk can be at once expelled, which 

 should always be done before the salt is ap- 

 plied, so that when it is subsequently work- 

 ed, which should be very little, nothing will 

 be expelled but a little brine, slightly disco- 

 loured. 



My dairy has been composed the past sea- 

 son of 27 cows. 



The produce of my dairy were as follows, 

 viz: 3,736 lbs. of butter, sold in the Boston 

 market by C. P. Adams, at an average nett 

 price of 2^ cents, $1067 13 



29 calves, averaging 37 days old, 151 83 

 Cream and milk used in a family 



of 12 persons, 16 cts. per day, 58 30 

 Skimmed milk and butter milk 



fed to hogs, 224 days, $1 40 



per day, 316 40 



$1,593 66 

 The quantity of butter to 100 lbs. of milk 

 was a fraction less than 3 lbs. 5 oz. 



My sales of young pigs, which were fed 

 on the skimmed milk and butter milk about 

 two months and then sent to market, amount- 

 ed to $236 65 

 Pork, lard, &c., 1640 39 



Nett amount of sales, $1,877 04 



Amount paid for hogs, 842 00 



Amount to credit for feed, $1,035 04 



I have not yet hauled out their manure, 

 but think I can safely estimate it at 450 

 loads. B. A. Hall. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Prince's Strawberries. 



Editor of Farmers' Cabinet, — You no 

 doubt have noticed the offer repeatedly made 

 by Mr. Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati, 

 of $500 for a staminate strawberry that will 

 bear a good crop. By reference to the Hor- 

 ticulturist of the ensuing month, you will 

 perceive that I have accepted his challenge 

 to produce such an one. I wish now to in- 

 vite you and all other amateurs of the straw- 

 berry to visit my collection when in fruit, 

 from the 10th to the 15th of June, and I will 

 guarantee that all shall feel satisfied that 

 the time has not been mispent. I now an- 

 nounce that there does not exist upon the 

 earth any collection of strawberries present- 

 ing any comparison to my present one, and 

 those who will inspect it, will wonder that 

 they should have been misled by cultivating 

 the trash sent out from Europe with high 



