FARM AND GARDEN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4509, 29 August 1893, Page 2

FARM AND GARDEN.

Scalded Ci em ut, the Separator. We take the following from an English paper:—The farmers in the | We?t of England hold strongly to the belief that the Devonshire system of raising cream produces more butter than any other process', beating even the separator. The scalded cream process is used not only in Devonshire, but also extends to some parts of Somerset, and, with the view of proving nnder careful test which system yielded the best results and put most money into the farmer's pockets, a trial was recently arranged aod carefully conducted whilst thu dairy school of tbo Somerset County Council was located at Wivfliacombe. Twofarntersin thoneighbourhoodhaving mixed the whole of their milk together, divided it into two equal portions, ono half of which was sent to the dairy school to bo separated by the Laval hand power separator, supplied by the Dairy Supply Company, Limited, of London, and the other half was set for cream in tbo Devonshire manner. Needless to any, as it was known that the cream would bo churned and the results compared, the dairymaids who oonducted the teste Oftcb used their very. best endeavours to secure the best results for their own systems. Two tests were mado with milk from Mr Han« cook's farm. In 'the first oase 7 gallons of milk were submitted to each System. The separator produced 21b 14t|oz of butter, and the scalded cream 21b GJoz, leaving a gain of B|oz in favour of the Laval aeparator. The second teat at Mr Hancock's dairy was with 6 gallons of milk, when the separator produced 21b of butter and the scalded cream 21b BJo<<, a gain of Boz. A third*.test conducted at Mr Edward Bidson'fl dairy with 5| gallons of milk showed 21b llioz of butter by the separator and 21b 4f oz by the scalded cream, equalling a gainof6foz, Tho cream from each trial was churned separately, and as far as possible under precisely the same conditions, so that the only reason for the result must be that the separator obtained creqm containing more butt;r> It is a well kuown fact that the Devonshire system always produces a comparatively large quantity of caseine or cheese natter with the cream, and this materially detracts from the purity and value of the butter, a drawback which is entirely absent when the separator is used.

At the experimental station of tbe University ot Illionoia, during several years, oxpcrimenCe have been carried out and,results tabulated as to the best quantity of seed and depths of sowing for wheat and oats, The results are thus summarised:—What gave the greatest yield when sown at the rate of five to six peoks to the acre, With seed sown at different jdeptha-rone inob, three inches, and five itiches-r-the one inch' gave slightly the beßt yield, though it

I was considered tbat probably }wo linohes. deep would bavo been better than , only one incb, Oate gave the ! greatest yield when sown at the rate of two and a half bushels fo the acret In the trial of the depth to sow, Bead was planted from one inch to six inches deep, with the result that there was a gradual reduction of yield in proportion to the deptli of sowing.