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practical immunity Of the sheep from
this disease, and to establish the whole
someness Of mutton as compared with
many other kinds Of meats.-Indiana
Farmer.
Butter In Copenhagen.


The variations Quotations made
by different man Ractl ers of butter in
Denmark led ia COZ Rblnation etween
a large number otmanufactd ders, and
resulted in the appointmsf of a COM
mittee of eight members who meet at
Copenhagen every Thursday and fix the
wholesale price for the ensuing week.
Their quotations are official and on
their figures the whole trade in butter
in Denmark depends, and not only that,
but the prices paid to the patrons who
furnish milk to the various factories
are governed by the butter quotations
made by this butter committee at Co.
penhagen. Most of the milk is bought
upon the basis of the price of pound
of butter for 50 many pounds of milk,
ranging about twenty-five pounds. In
this way there is practically uniform
price established for milk furnished to
the creameries all over the country.
This committee does not act as a
board Of trade, excepting on the basis
that the product for the week is fur
nished by different creameries, and the
sales that have been made giving to a
certain extent an idea of the amount of
stock on hand and likely to be ready for
the next weeks shipments. The prac-
tice of shipping every week, as in the
Elgin district, is held to be the only
way to handle the product, and in that
way the consumer gets his goods prac-
tically fresh and in the very best possi-
BILE condition for consumption.
The members of this committee
are all connected with practical operat-
ing creameries and the result is that
the prices are kept very uniform and
at the best possible figure for the pat
rons Of the factory at which the butter
was 10 be sold in the markets to which
it was shipped.-Elgin Dairy Report.
Early Maturing Cattle Win.-In
reference to the class of cattle now
winning in the fat stock shows, Bells
Messenger of England. says: The type
of animal now winning in our fat stock
shows is a very different one from the
one seen twenty or thirty years ago.
Then the big. bulky animal. with lots
of size, and patchy with fat, carried the
day. The winner now has to be short
legged. broad and deep, full in the
flank. we'll sprung ribs, and good twist.
His bottom lines should be as straight
as his top lines. and as wide, and he
should have no thick, patchy fat any,
where Experience<has shown that
thick bodied. shoJ k-legged steers, with
full fianks, pay he feeder best. lnd
give best profit 10 the butcher. Big
ones are no>a0hger needed, Shall
sizes are bel with plenty 81 qualityi(
and with youth on their side the mot
is juicy and tender. Age is counted
in months now, instead Of years, and
the change is for the better.
Demand for Butter.-The people Of
the United States eat on the average
about four pounds of butter for each
bushel of wheat consumed as food.
From this it is easy to zee that SO far
as the home market is concerned butter
brings the farmer more money than
wheat, and yet there are some folks who
think the dairy industry, which in
cludes the sale of milk for food. and
the manufacture of cheese as we'll as
of butter, is not Of very much import
ance as compared with wheat raising.
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