The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-12-13
BrOad.CheStel Horses.

BrOad.C .Chested Horses.
"Wina," says az old horseman, 'sis
the grand secret Of fast horse. Good
lungs will cover multitude of faults !;
whilst, on the 9th r hand, perfection
OF shape and form are useless when the
wind is out" The chest, therefore, in
all cases should be large and cap,cious.
In shape it may vary somewhat, acord-
ing to the service to which the horse
is to be put. II he is kept for slow
work and heavy drawing, the chest
m,y be nearly circular in form, be.
cause his shape is the one for strength
and bulk, to receive and bear up
against the pressure Of the collar !:
while at the same time sufficient room
is secured for that expansion of the
lungs caused By slow aud regular work
But if the chest is circular, let it be at
the same time deep, or else the lungs
may be cramped. A horse wi h a
shallow chest is worthless for any pur
pose The rule, then, is this: For
draft horse, circular but deep chest;
but as you pass through the different
degrees of speed. up to the racer and
trotteI. the chest must increase in
depth; compared TO its roundness. until.
for the highest rate OF speed, you mus,
have a chest as deep as grey hound
and at the same time not lacking in
breath. Every breeder should keep
this rule in mind when selecting his
brood mares and stallion, for he may be
sure that shallow.chestcd parents never
beget deep chestcd colts
Cream from MIX or Milk from Cream.
This question was asked not long
since in Land and Water:- Do our
readers who are interested practically
in dairy matters take the cream from
the milk. or the milk from the cream"
Mr. & G Buell., Of Rock Falls H.,
takes up the question aud discusses it
in this sensible way:
'.ls seems at Grst sight that il would
come to the same thing in The end
whatever method was adopted; but
can assure your readers, that the litter
process is very much the most advant-
aseous plan both ia respect to quick
ness in .s..s operation and also in he
greater qt:antity Of cream obtained
from tie milk. have 5 eli several
articles in different dairy journals of
drift similar to the above and Judge
ing FROM aiver,is 'mcnts that have
seen dairy utensils for setting milk fer
cream are actually being foist,d up' n
the public, which provide for
ire wing the milk from under the
cream. leaving The cream in the bottom
of the vcs3c.. Now it would seem as
if q parl,r or { flee dairyman c,u'd see
the insnperabie obj ctions to this met.
90 Of handiing milk; net because it is
nor labor saving, but because it is fiji
thy yes absolutely filthy. to the ex-
tent that if there is any filth whatever
in the milk by this method it is ali
sure to go INTO the butter \ nea,
dairyman is supposed to strain the
milk of his herd. What fo:: Whv.
to seperate from it ,a,at which would
otherwise injure the butter. IL.
strains not only once hu, twice at leas.
ana the last zine ua'ly through
good cloth straiEer. a"d lcu5iu :. :.1.::.
Hairs are very liable to be in the
milk. at some Seasons are sure to be.
even with the most catetul mii;,,nc.
Cows 10 not lie o. clean rucs. not al
ways on Washed and busted ioo,s
They ate said sometimes to repos. Oh
fhe soft aud velresy turf, but even in
.h!s ease more "r less clay. sand and
rivel, to name nothing less clean, is
iiabl, to lie afouni loose, aud ,her do
sometimes travel dusty or muddy roads
even if they do not wade muid,
,!oughs In any or all of these eases.
more or less dirt will be Transferred to
he milk pail, and The traces OF it will
be found in the bottom OF the milk
pan. The amcun. viii be il inverse
ratio to the cleanliness of the former
york. Any one knows this who ha,
elhp'iCd the soar milk, and no such one
will recommend the practice named a,
thu beginning Of this article. Tines,
,ud other objections. such as tn.
cream adhering to the large surface OF
the vessel ard the consequent waste
But the leading objection is that more
of the fertile elements of the field
barndard and stable is retained in the
butter
Let me describe to your readers
method Of using cloth which has pro
we'd very satisfactory to me. Take
tin strainer with faring top aud mp.
right rim at bottom piece, iato which
it is inserted. Let the top part be less
faring and the bottom part larger in
proportion than in tie ordinary tin
strainer. Have a rim or ring Of tin
one an | half inch or two inches wide,
constructed SO as Jest to fit.into the
top ofthc trainer. Nrw place over
'he top Of the straincr frame, your
:lo,h. having it a little baggy. press
the rim into its place, SO as to hold the
cloth secure, and go ahead. With
his strainer no accidents are likely to
occur