The record-union., 1892-02-09

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the COW produced two pounds and ten and
| three-fourths oonces of butter, she only
produced about four and three-fourthS
quarts of milk. Whether it is an advan-
tage TO have COW make a large yield of
one product and but little of the other is
question being discussed by the advo-
Gates OF the rival breeds. The Holstein
| advocates claim that milk is a valuable
| product as we'll as butter. and that when
COW yields large quantity of milk, and
! also produces large weight of butter, she
] is more valuable for that reason. When
1t is known that some Holsteirs yield
from forty to fifty quarts of milk daily,
the claim IS entitled to consideration,
| though the Jersey will also retain her
many friends as one of the best butter
| producing breeds.
FARM NOTES.
! Taking the cream out of milk intended
! for cheese may increase the amount of
! butter for market, but it lessons the value
/ of the cheese. There is a wide field open
4 for the manufacture of good. full-cream
cheese.
! Dairy schools are now being established
/ in many of the Western States, and are
well attended, In one such school in
! Iowa there are one hundred pupils. This
| Is an encouraging outlook for good butter
in the future
y few hens, fed on table scraps. will
give larger profit, proportionately, than
a large flock fed on grain, not so much
| because they receive more food, but be-
cause they secure a greater variety, and
are given more attention.
There is large demand for trainers of
ability and sobriety from all over the
country: There seems to be an increas-
ing desire on the part of hundreds of
! owners to develop their horses, a fact
which must be extremely gratifying TO
breeders.
Give the hens drink of warm water
early in the morning, on cold days, and
II will invigorate them. Poultry should
never be compelled to drink ice water, as
the cold water must be warmed by the
body. 1t saves food and promotes health
TO keep the bodies always warm.
a correspondent of the Journal Of Ag-
| T5cuttUre selected two hogs Of the same
size, weight, age and thrift. To one he
gave an ounce Of salt daily, to the other
none. The one salted had much keener
appetite than the other, and in three
months weighed fifty pounds the most.
We have this remark from one who
appears TO be able to speak with some
authority on the subject: Even during
ali excessive demand for wool the finer
grades generally increase in value more
than the commoner grades, and in times
OF depression the finer grades are always
the most profitable"
Winnsborough, 5. c., has canning es-
I tabliShment run entirely by the ladies of
tne town. 1t IS directed by one Of their
number, is operated by their own hands
III every detail OF its varied work, except
tending the boiler, and is a model in every
department for neatness and careiuneSs
| IN all the arrangements and methods for
handling and preparing its products.
There are three things that our com
mon schools should be compelled to DO:
i First. get the young III love with land and
1 home-make home so intensely interest
ing that the children wilt prefer it to
/ all else; second, teach them TO mas agri-
! culture profitable: and third, make farm
life Intellectually and morally on level
with the best possible Lille elsewhere.
A correspondent of the Maine Fu7'n1er
cures collie i'll sheep by dissolving two
! tableSpoonfuIS OF epson salts IN about
! halt-piHt OF warm water, and adding one
teaspoonful OF essence of peppermint.
! open the sleeps mouth ana insert q
small funnel in it. The boy pOurss he
salts while l hold the sheep. Ia about
two hours the sheep viii be all right.
The old Romans were level headed and
! knew some things which a great many
! people OF to-day haven't found out. Cato,
/ the censor, SAID: Our ancestors regarded
it as grand point in husbandry not to
! have too much land in one farm, or they
| considered that more profit came FROM
! holding little and tilling it WELL You
see, this was old in Cato's day, as he says
| ''Our ancestors regarded it," etc.; but it
| is new now.
Milk fever, at the time of calving. is due
more to previous high feeding Of the cow,
after she dries off, than to any other
cause. AS soon as the COW has ceased to
| produce milk the carbonaceous elements
OF the food tend TO the production of fat
But little grain, except u small daily al
lowance OF ground oats, should be given
a dry COW, but she should have plenty of
hay. Much, however, depends upon her
condition.
The French law subjects every stallion
used Tor breeding purposes to a close eN-
! animation asIto sOundneSs and ability and
issues certificate good for one year, with
the provlso that during that time the stall
| lion will not have the liberty TO be entered
/ i'll any race. Such stations as seem wor-
thy are endowed with a pension of from
500 to $50 per year by the Government.
! but the owner is not allowed to charge
over $50 for the service of the animal
a good pure-bred ram is within the
reach of eNe cry farmer who owns sheen.
and the tlockmaster who uses a grade or
| inferior ram is losing several times the
! price Of good one, even if the grade
costs him nothing. The use Of good
! thoroughbred ram is the only practical
means most farmers have of finally get
ting Il good, well-tormed even flock of
! breeding ewes. My experience in sheep
| breeding has taught me that if want no
! black lambs L must keep black dogs away
from the ewes.-R. G. A., in Rural New
! Yorker.