New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-01-04
THE AGRICULTURAL WORLD.
INFORMATION OF PRACTICAL
VALUE TO THE FARMER.
The Problem Of Soil Moisture
- Sheep and Nature--The Milking
Stool--Horse Notes--Dock-
ing Horses ails--CIeaninE
the Cow Stable,
. The Milking Stool.

The Milking stool.
Cold weather, cold cream, butter
won't come; remedy, thermometer.
Not that the thermometer will
warm the cream, but it will tell you
when it is too cold - /" -
What is the right degree for churn-
ing? .....,
Don't know; you must find out
what degree suits your cream. -.
Experiment, try different degrees till
you find the one that will bring the but
ter in time and be all right as regards
texture.
Churning the butter at too high
temperature will make the butter too
soft and unpleasant to handle; it won't
print nicely, neither will it pack solid.
ly.
And if it is gathered in the churn
you will have hard work to get the
buttermilk out OF it.
When churned too cold the butter
may not only be a long time coming
but may remain in very small grains
and refuse to gather; then you must
put some mot too hot) water in the
churn.
! This will make the small grains grow
into larger ones.
Better to churn at just the right
temperature and have no trouble or
lost time.
! Hyou are selling milk aerate and cool
it as soon as it comes from the stable,
then it will keep longer and carry bet
ter.
In selling milk at retail stir we'll
when you get to town so that each
customer will get his share OF cream.
A "Low Down. milk wagon will
save you much labor in getting IN and
out OF your wagon.
For use in cold weather have your
wagon as warm as possible, then you
needn't drive the horse so fast so as
to shorten the time of the trip.
Try your customers on the bottled
milk question and see if they won't
pay a little more for rich milk in bot
ties.
4 Test them on the egg business; they
might as we'll buy eggs from you and
tten it won't cost you an extra trip
to market your eggs,
! When you have any milk unsold
give it to the hens, then you can sell
it in egg shells; but first get the cream
out Of it.
! Plant few hundred strawberry
plants next spring and sell berries to
your milk or butter customers.
Haul out the manure for the straw
berry plants this winter and plow it
under; make the soil very rich.
The COW, the hon and the straw
berry plant won't interfere with one
another if their owner understands
how to care for each.
Sell first class milk or butter and
large and fresh eggs and Strawberries.
1t is the aged egg that turneth away
the good customer, while the fresh
clean egg causeth him to smile.
Verify, the man in the city knoweth
a good thing to eat when he seeth it,
and is willing to pay thepefuB thereof.
Have nothing .low down" about
you business except your wagon.
= If you have nothing else to be
thankful for on Thanksgiving give
thanks thanks that the election is
over.
Be thankful also that you are not
nearly as bad off as hundreds of thou
sands Of Others.
Don't get into the habit of always
comparing your lot with that of those
so much better off, look the other way
sometimes, look low down, but don't
get a low-down look on you.
Be thankful that you are no worse
off than you are; strike balance and
see where you would be if you got
your deserts-but none of US are I'M
partial enough to do that, though we
might make the attempt. g..
Horse Notes.
Dent neglect to have salt within
reach at all times:
Give the horses few potatoes fire.
quently. 1t will help rid them of
worms.
Never be satisfied with your horses,
if their coats stare and they appear
dull.
No lesson of greater Importance can
be taught the colt than of standing
still while one is entering or leaving
the wagon.
Study the disposition of your
horses and colts. Treat them quietly
and kindly, and keep them clean;
gain their confidence, and they will
never 60 back on you in tight
place.
Much can be learned by observing
nature: A horse will never stand fac
ing wind in a pasture, but will always
turn his back. A horse heated by
driving can be foundered in few min.
utes by standing facing the wind or in
a draught.
The time to begin the colts educa-
ton is immediately after weaving.
Teach him to lead and obey the
word. Tle future usefulness of the
horse depends largely upon the kind
ness and thoroughness of these first
lessons. Don't confine him on a
plank floor, but give him run in a
yard every fine day. -.
Look out for scratches. Many q
fine horse is ruined by allowing the
legs to 60 dirty. 1t takes only q few
minutes to wash them clean and rub
them dry. 1.-THE skin begins to crack.