The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-15

to the nest VIII then be only on the
legitimate business of laying. If fowls
have. an unrestricted range. the insects
and other attractions of the field will
answer the purpose of an artificial
scratching place in summer; but in
rough, wet weather, or in winter, the
fowls must be employed indoors to pre-
vent forming bad habits, orr TO cure
themif already formed. y AH-tlfe grain
remainingFat the scratching place sat
night very likely will be ctieyoured by
rats and mice. g However,,A by exercising
a moderate degree of calculation, one
will contFive to throw down just enough
in the morning to last till the middle of
the afternoon, and the remainder of the
days allowance can be given before
dark. - ~, !, 80. :. -. Z.
The DEMAND FOR HEAVY HORSES
During the past 10 years there has been
great change in the demand for horses
10 this country. Formerly nearly every
one bred in relation to speed and endur-
ance. Nova large proportion of farm
ers breed with view of increasing size
and strength This change is mot the
result of caprice. There has been a
steadily, increasing demand for heavy
horses, and a Corresponding falling off
in the demand for light ones. Fashion
has had little to do in this matter.
Heavy horses are wanted because they
supply an existing want. From present
appearances it will be many years be-
fore the supply of heavy. horses will
equal the demand. The country is now
well supplied with horses. At no. time
IN its history, perhaps, were there as
many horses to given number of in
'habitants as at present. Small, work
horses are low, but heavy draft horses
continue to be highs The importation
of llClydesdale and Percheron-N Norman
horses Increases every year. The first
that were brought over were regarded
as very uncertain ventures. At present
they are of no doubtful Value. The I'M
porters of horses from France and Scot
land have suffered none of the reverses
of the importers Of short-horn cattle.
With rare exceptions they have become
rich. From present appearances we
shall. soon be sending Clydesdales to
Scotland and England, and Normans to.
France and Belgium. The value OF.
heavy draft horses was recognized in
the old world before it was in the new.
Now. that their worth is appreciated
here, all persons having teaming TO do
seem anxious to procure them. In this
city the average size of horses appears
to increase every season, and the ike is
true in nearly every city in. the entire,
country. Large horses are less liable
to injuries from the swinging of the
poles of wagons than small ones. Their
bones are fTmer, and they are common
~ more hardy. Large horses are more
economical as respects harness, stall
room, feed, and work required TO take
care of them. A large proportion Of
the teaming now done is over short dis
tances, and it is more important to
draw a large load than to make the trip
quickly. Before the Introduction of
heavy draft horses, the teaming vim the
billy and tinlbered portions of the coun-
try was chiefly performed by oxen.
Now oxen are being superseded by
heavy horses in all these sections Per-
sons travelling for business OF pleasure
now ride in ears. instead Of stages.
There is still a large demand. for horses
of moderate size for drawing street.
cars, but. breeding stage horses, is a,
business Of the past. In all the coun-
tries of eastern Europe heavy horses
are taking the place of light ones in
general farming operations. That
American farmers will soon generally
employ heavy horses in field work seems
certain.-Chtcdgo Times.
4 SOME NOTES ON BUTTER. Butter is
not a manufactured article in the sense
that cheese may be so considered. Thee
former is, strictly speaking, "a product
of the dairy; the latter is that and more
too. The one is practically unchanged
in the manipulations through which il
passes 1.-The other, by the introdn ctior of
q foreign substance and by the change
wrought by heat, is more completely
manufactured article than butter. Yet,
Notwithstanding this, butter is. less uni
form, in qualify than cheese, although
one would think, cepsideringf the differ
ences in the methods of making, that
the reverse would be the case. Between
ssgilt-edged I" and grease butter there
is wide gulf into which is plunged all
those. grades of good, common, poor,
imperfect and bad articles of conglom-
Grafton called butte, and which make
up the ninety-fvei per cent. of the but
tiers which find their way to the mar
kcts; for, strange as it may appear, only
five per cent. Of all the butter received
at our great markets throughout the
country is Of such a character as 10 pass
for first-class or the real "gilt-edged ar
ticle - Z his last. the perfect butter, is that
which always commands the highest
price, takes the strongest hold on the
appetites of men, and isnever found in
market in too large quantities. Poor,
butter is always .despised. 1t
is an outcast. The poorest laborer, who
earns enough to pay for a good living
every week, will not eat it. It's rejected of
men, and itjwould have been better had
it never been made. The system jof4
creameries and the improvedsmethods
in our best private diaries
have led, iRsrecent years, te the produce
ton of butter Of greater uniformity, and
of generally higher grade than was COM
monty put upon the markets dozen
years ago; yet to-day the criticism upon
the butter in our market is that it lacks
uniformity, it is deficient in high quail
ty, and not enough of it comes up to the
mark of ga No. l." Some |
of il, much of it, does, ofrcourse;s but 1
there is too much poor butter handled |