Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-10-28
they eat it or not. or to their condition or
| health -F1ryaer,s Rerte,C

they eat II or not. or 10 tDelr cOnuitioH VI
health.-Fdrnier's ReUte,O.
There is inquiry everywhere for family
cheese There are great many small
dairymen who could meet this demand and
make money by doing it. The English
and Swiss understand this branch of dairy
ing to perfection and they have made such
a reputation for heir little cheeses thai
they sell in America for twice and three
times as much as our factory made.-DR
T. H. HosKINs in Vermont Waterman.
By making cattle shows more popular
BY infusing new blood and vigor into the
management, and BY varying the stereo-
typed program, the special aims OF oul
cattle shows would be triumphantly Sc
cured and their attainment crowned by
lasting public favor. The two-fold condi.
ton of success would be completely real.
lied, and the cattle shows become as loved
and popular as festivals as they unques.
tionabiy are benefcent as theatres OF
industry and skili.-American Culttuator.
Bogus butter is beaten, but it will not
stay beaten. 1t is a dragon of many
heads. No sooner is one Topped off than
up hobs another. The dairvmen who
have been fighting this monster can't rest
yet. They must organize to see that the
law is rigidly enforced and take every
other legitimate means of thwarting this
parasite upon industry. The oleomarga-
rDe makers are proposing to increase
their output, and farmers everywhere
must organize and act to enable them to
keep their market.-Our Country Home
public herd-book is comparatively
new thing. 1t is a fashionable thing too,
but the best breeds of animals the world
knows were made by men who never
dreamed that the time would come when
it would be far easier to trace back the an
cestrv of calf, pig or a chicken than
to determine with certainty the name of
ones own grandfather Those old breed
ers were not trammelled in their selection
OF animals for improving their herds by
the herd book rules of the present day
They could select for known merit without
fear OF rendering their increase unfashion
able.-Ne,o England Farmer.
In hitchng, give rope enough only to
allow the horse or colt to get mis- nose down
to the floor. or very near there. Better still
a plan adopted by MANY attach weight
to the inner end of the hitchiDg- strap,
giving the latter free and easy play over
a roller or smooth substance. The weight
should be sufficiently heavy to insure that
no slack occur in the hitching strap, which
should have no more weight than needed
Colts or horses that have been entangled
in the stall in the manner referred to are
very likely, later on. to struggle fiercely
if, through any mishap, they have trouble
while in harness. Hired men and bows
very seldom have any system in hitching,
but the sliding strap is reliable system
within itself. and like rubber band never
slips Wallace's Monthly.
The American Agrculturist shows the
need of a slate memorandum upon the
farm in this pointed manner by for
getting to make repairs in season, or doing
odd jobs when there is time, much is lost
every year. A good plan is to hang up
slate in a convenient place in the kitchen.
with q pencil attached so as to always be
ready for use. Examine the tools and
machines. and write on the slate what
should be repaired, and what must be pro-
cured to repair them. Also make mem
orandum of repairs necessary about the
fences and buildings. As fast as these are
done, erase the memorandum, adding
from time to time others that may be need.
ed. On the reverse side of the slate, plan
out what chores and regular labor should
be done, stating who is to do it, Have the
boys, hired men and housewife, learn to
consult the memorandum, so that each is
informed about the labors of the others,
and can mutually assist whenever required.
In little while, the vexatious phrase 81
forgot will be heard no more, and the
odds and ends of farm duties and labors
will be as carefully attended as the geuer-
al work -