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Helianthi as a Food ro^ Stock. 



937 



7. Before being packed with the butter the tubs or casks 

 should be steamed or thoroughly scalded with boiling water 

 and afterwards allowed to cool. They should then be carefully 

 lined with parchment paper of the best quality. This paper 

 should be neatly rolled and placed in scalding brine the night 

 before it is used, and allowed to remain in the brine until next 

 morning, when it will be cold and ready for use. 



8. In filling up the casks small quantities only should be 

 put in at a time, and the butter should be made firm and 

 solid by being well pressed with a heavy wooden packer from 

 the centre outwards, so as to exclude all the air. 



9. At the top of the tubs no space should be left, and the 

 butter should be covered with parchment paper and also a 

 piece of muslin. 



10. In nailing the lids care should be taken that the nails 

 do not protrude inwards, as otherwise the butter is liable 

 to be damaged when it is turned out. 



11. To prevent the packages becoming dirty in transit 

 and also to preserve the butter in hot weather, the casks 

 should be wrapped in canvas covers. 



12. In order to distinguish Welsh butter from other kinds 

 it would be an advantage that the tubs or casks should be 

 branded by means of an inexpensive printing brand with the 

 words, in English, " Welsh butter." 



A new fodder plant, a cultivated form of the plant Helian- 



thus macrophyllus, has been sold during the last three or 



four years under the name of " Heli- 



Helianthi anthi," "Helianti," or "Salsefis." It is 



as a Food . . , t1 . \ 



for Stock a P erennia l species 01 Hehanthus, allied 



to the sunflower and Jerusalem arti- 

 choke, but produces tubers that differ from those of the 

 Jerusalem artichokes in being slender and spindle-shaped. 

 The plant is remarkable for its enormous production of 

 tubers and generally luxuriant growth. The stems above 

 ground grow as high as 9 or 10 feet, and may be used as 

 fodder, either green or as hay or silage. If the crop is not 

 cut for fodder the growth matures and then dies back, while a 

 heavy crop of tubers is produced, which may be fed to horses, 



