The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-09

and the result is that from a costly
animal only few messes OF beef may
be enjoyed, while with flock OF go6ts
a kid might be killed every few days
and no one feels the loss. Stockmen on
the ranges in a great many grazing
countries keep a herd of & 1ats solely
Tor this purpose. One of the largest
Panhandle range, several thousand
goats. and IL is not found that they in
lure the range at all, and as they require
no attention. the profit derived from
them Is no small matter. Many other
stockmen have used them the same
way and all agree that il IS a great saw
ing IN ranch expenses to have them
around.-Ex.
II we watch the fowls, they will. says
the London Lire Stock journal, easily
tel rs what they desire. III YOU are
feeding corn. throw down a few hand
fuls OF oats: If they greedily take the
oats and leave the corn. Il indicates
that they require something sise. Try
grass, meal. ground bone. pounded
oyster shells, cooked vegetables. all of
which they viii accept or reject, accord
ing 10 their requirements. Feed regu-
larry. and never more than they Will
eat up clean, for they will walk away
from the food as soon as they have
enough; never leave il on the ground.
Feed early and late. and let them get
hungry--that Is, have regular intervals
between meals; the practice of keeping
food by them all the time promotes an
excess OF lat. Allow as much exercise
as possible. Throw hay upon the floor
or in the yard; place in II a few hand
fnls OF some kind of grain that they do
not receive often, and let them hunt
and scratch for IT, Feed growing chicks
literally. avoiding too much corn. Oats
ground and warm in the morning is
one of the best foods that can be given.
Always give whole grains at night. In
summer give no corn but once or twice
q week: vegetables and grass are much
better for them. Laying hens must
nave milk or meat. Eggs cannot be
produced without heterogeneous material
in some shape. Bones are almost abso-
lutely essential. Above all, give pure,
clean, fresh drinking water.
A noted and practical English butter
maker attributes the bad keeping quail
ties of English butter to the want of
cleanliness. and states that unless that
cardinal point had care and attention
all attempts to make first class butter
would fail. II is recommended that all
utensils which had contained butter
milk should have three washings-6rst,
well rinsing with cold water; second,
well scalded with boiling water; third,
again washed with cold water. The
need for this order of washing arose
from the factthat very minute particles
OF acid matter out Of the buttermilk
would be sure TO be found in the Joints
or creyices OF utensils; and If the first
washing was by boiling water, it had
tendency to drive in some acid; hence,
| first cold and then hot and then cold
again. All the utinsels should be rinsed.
scalded and then well washed with cold
water; and this should be done Just be
fore they were used, and il was better
give second washing Just before use IL
the utensils had stood unused. Another
enforcement of rigid cleanliness was
given in urging that the human hand
should never touch the butter in any of
its stages of making. However clean
the hand, there was 4 minute perspira-
ton ever exuding through the pours of
the skin-so small as not to be discov-
cred. but still il was not the less certain
that it was always going on, and, Of
course, it must get into the butter.
There were now wooden utensils neces-
sary for every stage of the operations
in butter making, so there was no ex-
cuse for using the hands. But in case
any dairymaid should not have access
to them, the hands might be prepared
in the following way: First, well wash
ed in warm water, next in cold. and
lastly in buttermilk. Bad keeping but
ter was greatly owing TO the use Of the
hands. and also, of course, to the want
of attention to the most thorough
washing Of utensils in the manner
recommended
In closing lengthy article discussing
the question why corn rots in the
ground, DIR. E Lewis Sturtevant, direc-
tor of the New York Experiment Sta
ton at Geneva, New York, says: In
this matter of seed corn. we may sum
up the conclusion gained by experiment
and experience as follows: First, kiln
dried seed. or seed dried at tempera-
ture of 80 degrees, perhaps more, is
preferable TO seed from the bin. Second,
that every farmer can afford IN exercise
the utmost care to avoid selecting
moldy seed. or seed from a moldy lot Of
corn. Third, that compacting the soil
over the seed as planted, it being pre-
sumed that the soil is in a ut condition
for planting. will be found to compen-
safe in part for inferior quality Of seed,
and with the best often will, under GER
tain conditions Of soil and climate, be-
come an important factor toward OBJ
tanning the full stand which accom-
panies maximum crops.
Another authority says: There are
some good arguments in favor of rolling
corn ground Immediately after plant
ing. 1t compacts the earth around the
seed. thus insuring more speedy ger
mination. The surface being entirely
level il removes the marks by which
crows and other birds find the grain.
Again, rolling checks the work OF the
cut worn. which does not find the hills
so readily as it will by following in the
rows left by the marker.
A practical farmer says: IL is not
necessary that should give you minute
instructions for the cultivation of corn
as you all know as much and, perhaps,
more about il than / do; but il may be
that can warn you against the mis-
takes which some Of US have made. Do
not plant Kansas seed, but rather use
seed which you know to be adapted 10
this latitude and the soil of your par
ticular neighborhood. Do not plant
any sod unless a eamUlQ has been test