The National tribune., 1891-12-31

we'll prepared, the ground feed mixed evenly
with the cut hay. given in two feeds morning
aud evening. with long hay at nOon-or they
may even have straw ut nOon-these horses
should keep IN fair condition and come out
ready for the hest service in Spring. l-Celtira-
Tor aud COuatry GeHtlcn4n.
HENS Or PULLETs FOR LAYING.
Whether to retain the old hens or to hatch
early pullets. Is one of the unsettled questions
in keeping pOHltry, says PoHltrg Yard. The
fact Is, both the old hens aud the pullets may
lac preferred, according to circumstances That
the pulleis seem to excel the hens at times is
true, but the matUred hen is better for breeding
purposes than the pullet. The hen, after she
begins to lay. will often grow fat. aud will TO-
main so a very small quantity of food. It's
difficult 10 reduce a fat hen. except by actual
starvation, especially with some breeds. and
this Is the difficulty, though unknown 10 some,
that induces them TO discard her for the pulet
as the Pullet from doiag the double duty of
laying and growing. aud taking more exercise.
does not fztten so readily. The chicks from
eggs produced by hens are nearly always
stronger and more vigorous than those pro-
duced by pullets. and the hen lays a larger egg
than the pulet- The claim that the hen will
not lay as many eggs the second and third years
rs the drst is not true. The hen simply fattens
more readily 3 as she enters her second year and
| becomes aged. IL fed judiciOnsly, she should
we'll rs retain her EisOr until she is five or six
years old.
RAISING TURKEYS.
Raising turkeys Is a profitable industry, says
the Western dgriealiHrist The product Of a
! couple Of hen turkeys. IL rightly managed,
| pays better than the product from n couple Of
acres Of grain. The Bronze. Silver-Gray or
Narragansetts arc hardy, heavy, aud handsome
4 fowls 10 keep. There is little danger Of losing
money by the experiment, if one observes u
few simple rules in the beginning. First, pro-
/ cure healthy and robust specimens. not akin, for
breeding. Feed the young pouts after being
hatehed with hard boiled eggs crumbled fine.
| Later. feed curdled milk and crumbed bread
mixed with milk, alternately with meal baked
or soaked in milk. Keep them from rain, wet
grass. damp and cold places until they have
| feathered out Then encourage the hen and
| brood TO 20 of and pick up insects, seeds, and
fallen grain until the early frosts limit forag-
| ing.
WHAT IL PERFECT BUTTER.
We are asked TO give the markings of per-
| feet butter, and reply that experts, as q rule,
1 have sort OF unwritten law in the matter Of
| marking. but in the main il is substantially
this: Flavor. the nutty, sweet, pure taste Is
/ marked 40; working, printing, or packing is
\ 20; sOlidity and frmness, -; texture or grain,
/ the breaking like cast iron. I2; color market
demAndl, 8: salt, o. decided by taste of con-
sumer; moisture, brine, and freedom from salt
/ crystals, 8; total, 100. 1t Is hard TO tell just
what nutty flavor is. IL has to be eneouu-
tered, but this aroma is not fat, stale strong,
or evasiye. but just " rosy " and tony" Two
persons will not agree upon all points where a
/ lot of fancy samples are shown. but poor but
ter is agreed upon instanter. Fine butter has
/ its characteristics, and no two samples will be
| just alike aud have friends accordingly. 1t
may be said that very fine butter is not made
| n mr. iq ri BgH aga
/ as ripe, and is not very highly saltod. washed
free from buttermilk, not worked much, and Ia
packed away from air aud light soon as pos
sible.-Prdotioai Farmer
AN EXPERIMENT.
The New Hampshire Experimental Station
has been experimenting with foods and their
influence upon the character Of milk. aud
among other things aseertained that gluten
| meal produced softer butter than corn meal !;
that the cream did not ehurn out as perfectly
/ as when corn meal or cotton seed was fed that
good silage produces u softer butter than good
hay, but is superior in flavor and texture; that
cotten-seed and gluten mixed make q grand
ration, and that hardness OF the butter is due
/ more TO the food than 10 the proper balancing
| OF the nutritiye iatio. All this shows that the
feed IL OF a nutritious character and wholesome,
affects the butter very little. There is very
| little doubt that our feeding tables will ere
| long be widely extended, and will include
| some foods now discarded, and what we now
call balanced ration will be remodeled; that
| Is, sound food, wholesome and free from con-
taminAting substances. will be the first and
chief questions. and then the COW will be left
| with some work TO do In her laboratory. The
| reagents she uses tell with absolute certainty
starch from sawdust and clover hay from
swamp muck. Onbinations Of food, like that
noticed OF gluten aEd cOitOn-seed, will be for
mulated and found excellent, and iArm-grown
crop yet more appreciated.
| PEAS.
An Ohio Farmer correspondent praises his
novel way Of securing peas in perfection with
little cost Of labor "Plant them with pOta-
toes. few in each hill. about rs many as you
would Of beans in hill. We plant with our
early potatoes only, about one or two quarts to
half an acre. and we never could see that they
did the potatoes the least harm. The potato
vines hold the peas up sufficiently, so that they
bear well aud need no bushiug. We have raised
them this way five or six years. have had abun-
dance Tor our own use, good many TO give
away, aud good many went 70 waste on the
ground"