Marcu 8, 1856.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
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dfor her progeny, th th by Ja good saparphpaphato this state of things will remain | Th hould b 
simply thrusting the sharp end of } her body into littl tonse must take placeas soon as pn in tin vessels suited to th i f changing 
hich she drops an purchasers o 2 d which should be done every day, and a flat piece of 
egg. not sufficiently ol g from the dealer an analysis 
to Mies ya larvee it oan be sis eous to try | his su ae any "te would b unjust to the manu- |w which th airymaid should. use whenever she has 
tering the infested spots with bia jaich wae of iy facturer to insist on a perfect agreement between the eppartnttiy by stirring it pih requently ; this erini 8 a 
or even strong li eas a of estroying | resu ults of the anglrses as supplied by him and those | skin from rising, which is a disadvantage to the butter. 
them. Their skins are, howev! examination of the bulk of the purchased | The cream should be churned twice a ser , when the 
the safes rie ve ould be fear: fsa sa or burning pnp Differe nees of two or three or even | butter is taken from the churn, loth that has been 
th J..0. We Pay er cent. in the amount of phosphates may occur | scalded and afterwards pi to lie in cold water should 
samples taken from a large heap of super th an absorb all the butter- 
In reference to the meeting this week of the phosphaia, But if the differences are much larger it milk if wrung dry and t he beating repeate ed three or 
times ; after this a quantity according to tante’of 
London Farmers’ Club we gen space only to say] with that skill and business like manner which enables | fine salt should be added, a 
and worked in with the hands, 
that Mr. Jackson’s paper, 0 Geriu EE several of our best makers, always to su pply super- | when it will be ready for making up into any form 
Sth Ja Als arte phosp pha oof a a > compos qikat quite sufficiently uniform | required, without the use of water. he process of 
ment between landlord Ai aint ill 
an efective and often amusing pyon 
a tenancy at will as well as those 
AR the purchaser that he has ob- | washing it is by 
some pe 
ich are inse or making good butter, and that t 
m it witho 
hic 
parable trom the lease. ea advocated the establish- ET is strange that men in the habit of buying and | | properly extracted from 
s of a tenant-right o 
enan 
by a long notice as me best style af bargain forgthe and often are content to ‘buy re cat in ag. | 
3 i+ b bu 
t using a tity 
more atten their own interest, | water, but if we eLa oe be tried after the mode of 
the b If makin; e 
been ascer- 
arming 
on the meee between landlord 
on the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND’S es 
animated diecution ensued, which we hope to give 
next week. 
nna amd L 
BONE coat AND SUPERPHOSPHATE. goon any req vied is mentioned „no Sati answer can | ‘to it, Some persons a kire 
e to direct attention in tlie colin be g manure depends | oh a method of making “putter hey ef oy me +o 
hic 
by aaa Several of your correspondents have eE 
l 
ted me as having fixed the value 
e 
and teyaut | i yin Sea visieir! Ap and e compan’ ies—to ned from many years’ 
tates. 
manner in which the presi: on “a manure ” i i] r time 
ate. 
he butter made 
experience 
An | drive a lucrative trade n artificial Bees The vague | {eas the page vi A water retains its sweetness a 
‘ood s longer when „water is err and it does not 
tha 
t this should be the case 
pepis is fraud with mischief. A gt to Rg geet pa pp 
question “ what fe ne 1p pP? | when 
e P raai 
R 
z 
ir ow 
ay for a superphosphate al 16 per | is 
do not know from 
their information, since 
Ls t 
t i hich i ld, for nitanod 
. a statement. It strikes m p owever, that ae error 
of Y = 
at ms per ton 
repre P cei 
= mE t d that cent, a soluble Ept 16 per cent. of isp ble phew ? | market, and can only be pro cured b peaking it at 
3. "per on, and that of oe ae at 6l. Per! Or the question may be reversed, a asked > Wha at |a dairy. 
| 
When calves are intended for weaning, which is 
| usually don e this month, 
‘ola season, pms should be sele ra from the and 
the farm 
or as early as convenient in 
ef that a 
ees ime I believe a oldest cows, 
of tried constitution, 
a n 33 per cent. 
which is rendered soluble by acid, ca obi d in | to thrive 
manure mark 
‘ . . 10s. i&c. It has been p 
z “Tournal of Many samples lately analysed by me, and sold at that | calves a small quantity 0 t 
price, he owever, have shown me that only few were | nu apd when riya and especially so for the 
e 
tnem, 
n 
trials upo h oreg 4 
s upon 1 a Bos ah Ever: buyer | month or six weeks. 
the pr 
abou of phosphate of song one half of | heifer’s first and second calf are ors so strong and likely 
n be 
‘other mai 
Swedes, I aan a oe i 
edes; 1 ui one- on ii Pry Se iiei bmn ot sngoreongtinte for "whieh 7. to T 10s. is asked, ing, aad the same quantity in the eer will 
there s the 
The exper made in 
was pure railed at that time at .5/. 12s. per ton, and the 
TETE hate, made on our farm, did 
per 
pone. 
cost us 6l. 133 p | 
be as 
will generally take well atter they are 
} ll | taken Tom the cow, , before they d dain well without 
tience and care is 
f p Sait oe — halt of which 
is r ERE pluble by aahi Unless 
| g uch patience 
| ired by the ttendant bP pater iva to do this, 
oned b 
Thes will observe are stated as plain 
matters aes fact, ghar 8 I cannot ahadi tand how wi observed, hen — the risk o [an often o a y their neglect, 
ean infer from such a statement ong cola to fix the | Pt worth, it may be, half the e money which e has paid Pe fering gos pian ny ibe i by h 
bone-dust for all seasons at 5/. 12s., and that for it. Most dealers, for obvious ns ongly | to take mi Sach shows great 
of sup sgl = T) to ery farmer knows | Object to such a reasonable guarantee ; b tinasmuch stupidity in “the holder of it. “The. oliiedts of a calf 
that bones have value, and that there aes who ft pnt omp mi gat pe, ting very ; peat it is signs Mr | ae by 
a request, the purchaser of superphosphate has only to | any change, and scouring soon follows a little fastm 
wen halite e superphos spate ike t that nt which in me a blame himself if he does not rh good a manure as in | aggravated by the irritation and fear of losing its 
siderably more. all fairness he is entitled to ask. Aug. Voelcker, Ciren- | Pompe vaha ofte peera the gos rE 
Whilst speaking of t commercial value of super- cester, Or sever: S, if i not cos heir i za 
phosphate, I may hase that the question Tas fre. little patient teaching, and ye observation i 
quently be ut to me :—What ought I to pay for a DIARY Y OF A a: DAIRY YF ARM. natural habits and instincts being quite a in 
good superphosphate? No bon fa vm were a eae ing the oung kg y W 
q 
dust, i 
e-dust, or unmixed nitrate of fs varies M but Ha = must of course ma ily ice the time bet ge ne quart of best 
in composition, a definite answer c 
as the most heterogenous mix are sold 
saa the | commences in this mon A great proportion the Ge ae’ aa 
common name of superphosphate and as manures, its milk i is en pn sion fortnight as oe for the calves, men d equally EE BE g pep cis | nihan to keep 
not intende: fattened. they in good growing 
epon must greatly vary even if iy 
is prepared | even if they If t 
ii 
oO 
Ee 
Eg 
P 
=P 
+. 
them 
condition. Both the meal and 
no 
only | from bones | and oil of i vitriol, and as a p ave; ot erie St ati hey are so’d to |`? may be ery in the same way, 
t prop 3 4 : seed 
Hian, 
it is evident | the butcher. The milk thus yin season is n 
nsidered of importance 
t the above atian is 
that 
the following :—“ What ought | I to give for a good | if 
horse, or a soca watch, or a good house ?” 
s 
“Ohjesk debi red are stated, the adjective 
good l J 
vague in its orm nt admits of all zeri it | tion to using it 
unsatisfacto: milar case h 
eri o 
becomes | cheese that is made from the early milk, another objec- | eae kg eS 
some heat 
od give it the waztith 
with 
is the “unnertality of: the ‘yenitity pi new milk, 1 quart of ba should be given 
c uarts of 
may cath oe Be sim . | brought into the dairy after the calves have had their q this li quid to e 
; us in su irait: ate, or this imblittthe “Vie ified rtion, which renders the supply too i lar for | 7 ars r : 
pasii that it can be prepared at any | making on with a rima On every account, ey es gape ye eve the eke: 
price, from 3/. upwards to 12/. e commercial value | therefore, s considered most desirable to use the fo oA m, "m ware! Ek ing to secure their 
of it depends chiefiy on the amount of soluble phos- co entirely ‘for butter. Sometimes when the dairy is res i page h ‘gid ding to ter produce of 
phate and ee on that of insoluble phosphate of bn ery early, persons are induce d to begin cheese good ag “ems cps 7 ap ms <a plied 
con‘ained in in Thus a sample containing 20 per Me A ng towards the end of this month, but in that case pee ta its pe aa dekie tanto in the b 
of s pl ill y better than another cap only for family purposes, when at leat half the cream fe nbd oat 3 th pod ge a be prevented by putting 
containing aly 10 per ce A taken from it, and even then it is very subject to pe oe o asali of slate, f finely po need, 
‘onl r cent. of colnbi pi ato To prevent this m =P en have been pete tt E in cha. s pahta Si cream immedi ately it is taken of 
i tin Sael to Path in 
with A preceding A would be termed poo! 
d with a fourth sample, acti th 
r, but com- | one of simple ied has h with the milk „placing it ina t 
nstantly 
on ly 1 per | much success. r the Tennet i is sput into the mil add r, and pet! 
t. of soluble phosphate, th I wh g os ate 
I Š hota ahs and until it cools again ; about half an hour is 
It se not be supposed heating a for the whole "About a teaspoonful 
and have nothing rg do an what stl The ew milk after the cows have aver ou not be of common salt and half the quantity of saltpetre has 
occurs it the manure market. Indeed the differences | bro mah i into the dairy to be set up for Se under Proved of use in preventing any or 
in the relative proportions of soluble pllbsphate in | three di yas vit not all aaa by the calves it is useless Ree in butter ioned by the food of the cattle, 
differen t samples of _Superphos} sphate I have fre 
o example. And let it be observed. that 
not only the skimming akd ne oa every twelve hours the flavour ae 
the butter is better than when Pr aater = ‘on the milk pec 
req ntly excepting for ti or the pigs; ter the third day it may be a of milk, when 
porn n being put into the proportion of 2 gallons of mi i 
‘andi ir ney ee or ta brought in warm from ve cow and placed in pans 
vessel provided to to 
q 
on analysis | twenty- Tir Aiba rs, which is opt, 
P hospliate, but occasionally I bave found 
even the most aN baniplés wretchedly poor in | with the idea hir "hey Ardy a i pitata er Leper on of 
ae Seg gh iti is quite true that the cheaper butter from one hick, than from two thin weiss | ne ities ‘ 
ree, ‘igh prices, it is equally us is doubtful, the difference is not equal to o the improved | e with no Guano in it—Some since a 
- y ld in th lity of the butter if the cream has not been allowed friend of mine had a sample St yin ee 
which are not warth half the money o remain on the milk more than twelve hours; this Hull Mighty recommended as rate quality, e 
mic id or then As Jong turists will baii miëht bas been tried on succeeding weeks, when Hearing not ete dd T took 1i auber 
ef to supply | the butter has proved decidedly better by the mode of was, advising my friend not to buy it. Dried iman oven a 
the’ dedita oF the 
