Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-20
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HoLsTEIN, or Dutch, cattle are pre-
ferred for dairy purposes by the farmers
in the southern part of Sweden.
II is the experience of old stockmen
that when corn is the highest is just
when they can least afford to feed mere
~ enough to keep stock from losing
flesh.
An exchange says that Westernranch-
men claim that hornless cattle can be
raised and marketed on the plains at
from 10 to 90 per cent. less than any
breed of horned cattle. 1t would be
very interesting to know where and'by
whom such experiments have been
made. The introduction of polled An
gus cattle into America is Of compare
lively recent date, and it is not general
ly known that these cattle have yet Sc
cured position IN the far West.
TIE Western ranchmen, while prefer
ring pure bred bulls for purposes Of
crossing upon native stock, do not hest
tate to say that they prefer broad backed
and blocky grade bulls to inferior, mar
row, leggy pure breds. This preference
is very readily understood. Individual
merit and not a simple pedigree is what
the great ranohmen of the plains de-
mand, and the growing prejudice against
short-horns as o class is undoubtedly
owing to the fact that many young bulls
which have been shipped to the West
were Of very inferior character, and
the INSCRIPTIONS breeders who have
thus created this prejudice are response
bic for the partial decline in the popu-
larity Of short-horn cattle in that sec.
ton.
AN agricultural exchange says: Every
paper IN the United States ought occa-
sionally to keep the fact before its read
ers that burnt corn is o certain and
speedy cure for hog cholera. The best
way is to make pile of corn on the cobs,
effectually scorch it, and then give the
affected hogs free access to it. This
remedy was discovered by E. E. Lock
at the time his distillery was burnt in
Lewiston, H., together with large lot
of store corn, which was so much in
iured as to be unfit for use, and greedi-
ly eaten by the hogs, several of which
were dying daily After the second day
not single hog was lost, and the dis
ease entirely disappeared. The remedy
has been tried in o number of cases
since, and has never failed.
IEE AYRsHIREs. Prof. Sheldon, the
author of "Dairy Farming - says: Gin
estimating the relative value Of cattle
for the dairy the size of the cattle and
the quantity of milk they will give per
head are the considerations which too
commonly swamp all others, while the
cost at which the milk can be produced
per gallon is too generally lost sight OF.
Suppose, for instance-and it is quite
reasonable to do so-that an Ayrshire
cow will give Us much milk and yield as
much cheese or butter as shorthorn,
and that five Ayrshires can be kept on
land that would maintain four short
horns, then the gain would be decidedly
IN favor of the Ayrshires. Or suppose
that a COW of one herd weighing 900
pounds would yield as much profit in
the dairy as one OF another breed
weighing 1900 pounds, in this case the
300 pounds of the larger COW would be
kept at dead loss and the advantage
wouldagain be in favor of the small one. y
How TO DRESS A TURKEY.-f poui.
try raisers generally would attend to the
advice given in the american AgricuM-
artist by q turkey raiser of great ex-
perience they would have the thanks OF
every practical housekeeper. His plan
is as follows: The turkeys are fed as
usual the night before butchering, and
in the morning are driven in upon the
barn floor as soon as they come from
the roost, and are made secure. Their
crops are empty, and they can be caught
as they are wanted. Make a slip-noose
of strong cord for each turkey in an ad
joining stable or shed, put the turkeys
legs into the moose and with small
pointed knife stick the bird as near the
head IS possible. AS soon as the bird il
dead strip off the feathers, pinfeathers
and all. Cut the neck off rs near thu
head as possible, remove the wings and
draw the entrails before taking the bird
down. The turkey is hung up alive and
taken down ready for market. Lay the
bird on his breast or side upon a clean
board to cool. Turkeys should be care.
fully handled in dressing to avoid break.
ing the skin, for it rubs off very easily
when they are warm. Remove all the
pinfeathers and pack the birds, wher
sent to market, IN clean straw, so thai
there viii be no marks Of blood upon
them. Handsome, clean dressing viii