St. Paul daily globe., 1889-01-21
but the means of increase cut off.-Dal-

The market is asking us for graru-
lated butter, says Mr.. Gould, and if we
will ill the boxes with the best granu-
lated butter, and then take butter
ladle and smooth it all slick, we have
lost that granulated surface and lost a
point with the buyer. So instead
of that, let us take stout string
and leaving that granulated surface
without any further working. Use new
muslin to put over it. The market
doesn't pay us any more for old muslin
with buttohholes worked In 1t. Then
cover 1t, put it away from the light and
air as quickly as possible, and keep it
in the best condition for the market.
Next month the early lambs ought to
come. The first hour of life is the most
important, as it is then that the cold
may destroy the little creatures. Have
a warm place and be on the watch for
weak lambs. After they are able to be
on their legs and can secure milk from
the dams they will take care of them
selves if not exposed. 1t is not ecOno-
mical 10 have too many ewes together
during the lambing season. Give them
plenty of room.
What rot some Shorthorn breeders
have in their composition. The Farmers S
Review SAYS: 1--WE do not, however,
look for the making of meat-and-milk
or beef-and-butter race of ShOrthOrns.
Let us keep the two separate-raise one
class for beef production and another
for dairy purposes" So long as this
foolish position is maintained there is
| no hope or prospect of redeemlng the
| best breed OF cattle the Lord ever made.
An ardent admirer of the Holstein-
| Friesians contends that experiments by
! PIOf. Rhoda and others in Europe and
| America have shown that the Holland
| breed can produce milk at much less
| cost than other breeds kept in same
| stable and on like food, and that they
not only vie successfully with the pure
butter breeds, both in quality and guam
tity. but that they are pIOtitably bred
and grown up for beef.
A l.. Crosby says ''stir cream, and
stir frequently" John Boyd says don't
stir it at all after mixing the two skim
mings of each day with his famous
| cream while it is ripening. Hiram Smith
does not believe in stirring cream.
Strange how dairy doctors differ, and
stranger withal that each and all of
these gentlemen can make prime gilt
edged butter.
At Alton, ILL.,, a dairyman reported
that in 1888 he fed 110 tons of ensilage,
the expense for which Gncluding cost
of silo, filling, growing, etc. was 81
cents per ton, on which he fed twenty
five cows for six months. 1t was grown
on less than nine acres OF ground, the
cost per COW being less than $3.50, or IS
cents per month. Such report places
enSilage at the front as an economical
food.
The white guinea fowl is more do
mestic in its habits than the pearl
guinea, and if hatched out by a common
hen will give little more trouble than
ordinary fowl. The young are tender
at first, but if properly fed, and not al
lowed to ramble too much, they soon be-
come hardy. The red head, white
plumage and yellow legs make COM
bination quite attractive in the poultry
yard.
The most disagreeable thing on a
farm in winter is mud, and, although it
cannot be entirely avoided, yet some of
Its disadvantages may be overcome by
carefully draining every location that
allows an excess of water to accumulate.
When the cattle are compelled to stand
knee-deep in mud there is loss of ami
NAL heat, and greater proportion OF
food will be required to keep them in
condition.
New York city is a great place for
trusts. The latest is one to control the
price of cheese. 1t is true it does not,
many cheeSe-makers scattered over the
country, and so many central markets.,
that the probability is the trust will not
be able to materialiZe-at least to con-
troll the output of the country.
Celery should not be handled while
frozen. Plow it out in the afternoon
when thawed out, and send it to the
shed so that it may be trimmed under
cover in case of bad weather. A good
plowman will easily plow it out by
taking two bouts having around the
row and then running the ploW deep
directly under the roots.
OF all the nutrients fat has consider
ably the highest heat, muscular power
and fat-producing power. AS heat
producer it has about two and one-ffth
times the potency of the carbohydrates,
pound for pound; and as fat former
the comparison, If exact figures could be
obtained, would probably show not very
much less in its favor.
The cellar cannot be whitewashed too
often. 1t not only renders it clean.
light and cheerful, but assists in pre-
venting decomposition, as well as diSin-
fecting it to certain extent. Thepuri-
fication of the cellar is the most import
ant matter of housewOrk in the winter,
as the cleaner the cellar the less liabil-
ity of disease.
Isaiah Everly. near Patricksburg. died
of milk sickness. His wife is also seri-
ously i'll with the same disease. Several
animals have died or are affected.
Twenty-Five years ago milk sickness
prevailed Oh the same farm. The re-
currence after so long time is myS-
terry and the nelghborhOod is alarmed.
Ar excellent way to utilize dull days,
when but little work can be done, eS-
pecially during cold OF rainy weather,
is to sharpen all the tools and imple-
ments, so as to have them ready for
spring use. Give them thorough
cleaning, Oil the machinery and keep
them in dry place.
Let the cream ripen, but do not let it
rot. Cream is ripe when a moderate
degree of acidity has developed. 1t re-
0uires watchfulneSS. No absolute rule
can be laid down as to the time cream
requires to be rlpened. Temperature.
and it is said even the COW, has much to
do with 1t.
If dairymeu would continue to sue
cessfully meet the close competition
which is sure 10 confront them and have
profit left. they must always be rea dy
| with the best COW and the cheapest food
to supply the best article of milk possi-
BILE for the end for which it is to be
used.
Although corn ensilage is cheaper
than any other, it is safe to claim that
| our red clover, if stored in the silo and
fed in a succulent condition in winter,
will not only give better results with
stock but be more acceptable as food.
| If fed in connection with corn it will
prove an agreeable change.
While the country has been swamped