The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-22

An English magistrate is needed in

An English magistrate is needed in
Austin, as witness the following:
The other day two farmers were
heavily fined for supplying to a Lon
don vendor, milk adulterated with
water. The cases were important
from the fact that the milk sellers
who serve locality generally obtain
their milk from dairy farmers in the
country. Frequently the defence
made by these parties has been that
they had sold the milk just as they had
received it. The difficulty has often
arisen in tracing the milk from the
farms to the various railway stations
in London, to which they have been
consigned. The mode of defence, as
rule, that the milk had perhaps been
tempered with on the Journey. In
the cases before the magistrates at
Lambeth this theory was unavailing,
as an inspector travelled all the way
with the milk-cans to London, and no
one tempered with the pals on their
journey. The inspector, however, took
sample of each, and in one there was
10 per cent, and in the other Is per
cent of added water. In one case the
fine was $40. with 8 guineas costs,
and in the other a fine of 5 guineaS
and 8 guineas costs
A machine, operated by clock-work,
is in use in England for feeding any
number of horses at any hour. 1t
works like anjalarm clock, and would be
the.thing in Texas during cold wealth
er. A currying machine is all that is
needed now to do away with the
groom.
The Rural Record of Chattanooga,
Tenn, has the following item, which
should be pondered by every man
who orr 4fSS, Or contemplates C..-.l..s, a
COW in Texas:
longing to Mrs. Wade, of Az TIA
Ga, dropped fine heifer calf on
Wednesday night. A number of lead
offer of $4,000 has been refused for
Tenella, and the calf would bring any
where from $1,000 to $50OO."
And yet many people tell you to
buy good stock, because they cost sc
muchp
And then the following from the
Nashville Sunday Journal: cat the
sale of blooded stock at Major Camp
bell Browns farm. 90 horses brought
$3.50; Is Jersey COWS brought $5195
difference in favor of horses, $188
The Is highest priced horses brought
$1,000, which was $1295 less than the
sum realized on the IL COWS. The
highest priced horse was S405; COW
$40.
Almost any family can easily feed
a cow on the waste" from the
kitchen and pantry, such as bread
meal, grits, potato and apple bearings
etc. Cows should have as large q
variety of food as possible. The more
kinds of food given the greater TIT
amount eaten and the. larger the pro
duct of milk and butter. Familes
that keep but a single COW usually
have one of superior quality, and il
many cases its superiority is mainly
due to the amount and variety of re
fuse feed. Potato and apple parings
are generally eaten, together will
many odds and ends that in larg,
dairy would be wasted or thrown int,
the sWill barrel.
The well known fact that GOV
will give more milk and make NOR
butter on bright sunshiny day thai
during one of dull, dark character i
a strong argument in favor of havinj
our winter stables so arranged tina
the animals get the benefit of plent
of sunshine. If possible, have tn
COWS on the south side of the barr
and provide plenty of windows.