The Portland daily press., 1896-07-29

afraid of anything he does not plainly
see, or does not comprehend the nature
of, and hence he must either be prevent
cd from seeing objects at all, or he per-
mitted to see them plainly.
1t pays the beginner to buy eggs to start
with, and it pays the breeder to buy eggs
for the purpose of introducing new blood
in his flock. The sale of fine eggs is real
ly the base from which to extend and
improve the pure bred poultry industry.
1t has been shown that cows without
salt for @ week shrank about Is Der cent
in quantity of milk, and in quality also
that it turned sour In much less Tina
than milk drawn from the same COW ;
when receiving salt every day. This
shows the Importance of giving them a
regular supply, and they should always
hava ACCESS to 1t.
One of the most useful and convenient
hings for the farmer to use in case of
wire cuts on his horses Is carbolio acid.
Of course it should be diluted in water
in the proportion of about 10 to l. 1t
costs but little and should always be
kept on hand. 1t is also good for dis
infectant.
Plants, human e beings, and animals
need sunlight. fresh air and exercise 80
keep them in proper health If denied,
weakness follows. There is tendency
to coddle our COWS too much, to blanket
them and to heat their stables, and even
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Much of this is a mistake, and is not
called for, even for the high ends for
which we aim.
The cow should be bred with as much
care as the mare. 1t is better that those
owning one to four or five COWS should
join and buy partnership animal of high
merit, rather than buy cheap bull for
each farm. Two farmers with ten COWS
between them can better afford to pay
$3.50 for choice, pure bred bull, than
$50 each for two common bulls.
The woman who has knack for the
business is the one who will succeed In
the poultry business; and women have
more than an equal chance to succeed,
for women, as a rule, possess more perse-
veranoe, gentleness and other eualifioa-
lions that are dependent on success
though in many cases she might lack the
business tact to dispose Of her stock In
trade to the best advantage. But women
should have some practical experience be-
fore launching out very deep.
Hoard very properly says that the farm
ers have not yet furnished the conditions
whereby they can make the most profit
out of the creamery. They are furnish
ing half the amount Of milk they should
furnish. There are, thousands of farmers
with 200 acres of land. who are keeping
not more than ten to fifteen cows. The
making of the milk from these few COWS
costs them nearly don BILE per pound what
1t would if they made four times as
much.
Many people have somewhat vague
idea OF the mode of making and compost
ton of filled cheese. 1t is described to
the committee at Washington as being
a sort of lard cheese, without a particle
of butter fat. In it's manufacture seventy
per cent of SKINNED milk, and thirty
per cent of neutral oil, made from b og
leaf, or unrendered lard, are used To this
is added certain coloring or favoring
matters, then the rennet Is put in, and it
are madessinto cheese. The cost is approx
,nately four and one half cents q pound
to manufacture.