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The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
MILK AND BUTTER TESTS 81 \

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Dairy Farmers Unaware of What
Should be Their Greatest Con-
Germ. ss5 IL Sa
No one can doubt, says tire Mark
Lane Express, that there are atf1uent
milk yielding cows, which are not re-
munerative butter making cows, and
that every dairy farmer should ascel-
tain whether the individual animals in
his herd adapted for the purposes to
which the milk is applied; very few
do this, and great losses are occasioned
in consequence. Inc fact has been
shown over and over again that unless
the separate Weddings of each COW be
weighed after milking, periodically.
the. owner would be ignorant Of the
ani1nai's performance. or whether her.
yield is up to the standard requisite to
give profit or not. Keeping each cows
milk separate for butter making would
be tiresome. AS there are chemical
tests and instruments for aScertaininG
the composition Of milk, it is far easier
to resort to them than to adopt the
other alternative. In the generality of
cases, however. nothing OF the kind is
even attempted, and the dairy farmer
remains totally unaware of what ought
to be his greatest cOncern-the indi-
vidual capabilities of each COW he
owns to do what he expects from her.
Hence, the utility of butter tests and
milking trials to show now very va
ried are the Weddings of cows, both in
milk and butter, and how much better
certain varieties are for butter making
than others.
At the Tring show, Capt Brands.
Jersey COW. Joyful Girl. gave A
pounds of milk per day, which was
about ~ gallons GEnglish gallons; but
this milk was rich enough in cream to
noduce ? pounds 1OA ounces Of but
ter. : Mr.. Buckmaster's Shorthorn,
Strawberry, however; gave as much as,
Is pounds s ounces Of milk, yet yielded
less butter than the Jersey. In 0pG
instance, another shortthorn yielded
only pound 8 ounces of butter nom
80 pounds 10 ounces of milk; and still
another only l pound 5 ounces from
4G pounds - ounces of milk; conse-
quently the animals ought to be adapt
ed to the purposes the milk in istended
to serve. AS a rule, Suorthorns. al
though in many cases the best animals
that can be kept where the milk is sold
or converted into cheese, are not so
profitable for butter making as Jerseys,
and we may add several varieties.
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Fig. 2.-EiEht-Pen Hog House With
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Fig. 2.-EiEht-Pen HOG House With
Glass Windows -.~r
Is wanted, a double, row Of pens may
be constructed, that will admit sun
shine to all the pens through glass. 1
have noticed several built after the
style shown in the annexed drawing.
which was made from one just put UP
by William Breedlove of La Belle, Mo-
The size for eight pens is twenty-four
feet long by twenty feet wide, which
makes the pens six by eight. feet, with
a four-foot hall running between their
two rows. The main elevation. see
A a in Fig. >, is six feet, there being
one window in the same for each pen.
The second elevation at B 3 B is four
feet, the windows placed in it admit
ting plenty of sunlight into the back
row Of pens.
Fig ! is an end view of the same
building. The rafters, A to d, are elev-
en- feet eight inches long. and joined
with the siNteen-foOt rafters B Il at
eleven feet eight inches from cave The
short piece B G is attached to point of
long rafter, and to short rafter at c.
The space along the rafters from G to
"A is not sheathed, go there is very little
to obstruct the sunbeams. Inc gates
to the several pens are placed along
the hallway and should be just foul
feet wide, so that when opened they
will reach across and close the hall.
way, which will be found a great con
venience in handling pigs, as it enabl es
one person unaided to sort out and
separate a number and arrange them
as he may wish. ... ''-
AS to floors for pig pens. there are
divergent opinions. That the dirt doo1
is the healthier have no doubt, but
it is far more troublesome to keep in
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His Reason.

Good COWS, with good feed. pure wa,
ter, comfortable quarters, and we'll
naae butter and a good market are eS
sentials to dairy success.
| &The Vermont station found three
times as much loss of fat in churning
cream with small fat globules us in
that having large glObules
| The best dairy cow. says a writer, is
ti:, one that yields the greatest amount
| Of butter fat during the year, at the
| lowest cost to her owner.
| Prof. Henry of the Wisconsin ex-
| pertinent station thinks the quality of
milk as to favor or taste is directly
! af1e cted bv tho food. but that feed does
not Influence the richness or poorness
of tile milk.
Some dairyman gives the following
sensible advice: Don't jerk when milk
ing. Don't dawdle and tell stories
Be patient but business-like Get into
the cows good graces. If you can't
do that you are not the one to milk
1ll, cause Of sour milk is bacteria,
and tic bacteria find their way into the
milk by means Of dirt, so we know
when we are keeping dirt out of the
mix we are taking menas to prevent
| it Incoming sour.
Iref. w. A. Henry, Wisconsin, says
Canadian cheese is taking the place Of
American cheese in the markets Ct
G.eat Britain because of the fact that
| a large amount of filled American
cheese has been palmed off in foreign
mark cts.
An exchange gives this pointer on
general sailing Of all kinds of hard
cheese The rind of the cheese must
be closely observed. II too soft and
thin more salt is required to firm it up;
! il, Oh the other hand, the rind is hard
aud thick, less salt must be used, else
the salt is prevented from permeating
the cheese.
To prevent mites in cheese, the Dan
isll station WhiteWashes floors, walls
ana ceiling Of the curing room till all
mites are destroyed then gives the
cheese a twenty four hour bath in lime
before placing in the curing room Dur
ing the fourteen days in the curing
room the cheese is wiped off daily and
| is then thoroughly scraped and washed
! in brine rs. 7
Daily analyses of milk at the Yer
mont experiment station for a whole
year has demonstrated that milk gets
richer as the weather grows colder,
and poorer as the weather grows
warmer. OF course such a condition
can only prevail with Well-kept cows.
Again. cows on early pasture made
more milk and better milk than during
confinement in barns.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
American Butter Abroad

1t is gratifying to know that there
IS one American product to exclude
which, Great Britain has not yet taken
any steps, and which that country
tirds OF even better quality than like
competing products imported from
other countries. Our British cotenl-
porary, the Farming World, refers
TO the fact that the president OF the
Board of Agriculture has been test
ing imported butter 1t says:
One of the laudable steps taken by
the present president Of the board OF
agriculture Since his accession to Of
flee has been to test the butter i'm
ported at the time it is landed at our
ports 1t is stated on good authority
that since September last the experts
of the board of agriculture have an
alyZed :291 samples of imported but
ter, aud that in no fewer than seven
ty-nine instances adulteration in the
form of an admixture of foreign fat
has been detected. The whole of the
adulterated samples came from the
continent Of Europe, butter from the
United States aud the colonies having
come successfully through the ordeal
CT analysis. The chief offending
S SOuAlIleS WE'RE @NTeIuiauy ana 6Ollauu,
but Russia and Denmark also fur
nished some impure specimens. Now
it is a most unfair state of matters.
both for the home producer and CON
sulner, when no fewer than u per
cent of the samples tested are pro-
ncunced to be adulterated. Marga-
rine can be produced protitably at
from 4d to sd per pound. and thus.
when any considerable proportion of
butter is lniXea with that. or even
with cheaper form of fat, it is sobvi-
GUS that the foreign producer pockets
more from his COWS than appears on
the surface. Stringenu measures
Should be adopted in dealing with
this startling state OF matters
We are glad to know that American
hltIer has thus far made so good a
showing. The British board Of agri-
culture has hitherto contented itself
with warning the parties in whose
hands adulturated butter was found,
but. hereafter the confiscation OF the
adulterationS is advised.
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was limited to one-half Dushel. In one
oI,lWo instances when potatoes were
req. with oat straw and pr;Jar arie, hay
Wlthont grain, the COWS went almost
com mpletely dry. This is a result that
would surely expect. The potato mas
q very minute quantity Of digestible
protein, OF flesh forming ana milk pro
duclng food, neither has the straw and
prairie hay very much Of this essential
element of protein. The potato ii,
largely starchy, and is useful as a heat
producing and fat forming food, being
also very valuable when fed to dairy
cows each day in limited quantity,
loving own to its succulency, which is a
very essential factor in our dairy cows
feeding during the winter time They
require some field roots. as potatoes,
carrots. mangels, beets or some oil
meal III their winter ration to keep
Thelr digestive and assimllative organs
IN good condition and to have cooling
and laxative effect on the whole sys-
TEN. About one-half bushel Of field
roots per day or one and one-half
pounds of oil meal for each, will be
sufficient for this purpose. Their value
cannot be estimated, when fed as
above. by their percentage composition.
Northwestern Farmer.
over 800 Pounds Of Butter Per Cow
Ny COWS averaged 273 pounds of
butter eacE in the year 1891, the next
.ear 800 pounds. in 'o3 made :}97
pounds. and last year averaged 52l
pounds of butter per head of nine
cows My dairy was begun in 1884,
with three-quarter- blood Jersey COW
pred to a thoroughbred bull. and 1
raised the heifers until '91. That
year began feeding part of the milk.
pack to the COWS, With Il small grain
ration, and Sowcd corn in it's season.
Ihls worked SO well that the next
year ] fed all the milk back to the
cows except in June, when no grain or
milk was fed, and the grain ration
was increased over the previous year
and the fodder was from corn planted
IN hills instead of sowed. In 1898 the
reed was the same, through June and
al, but the grain was increased The
hlSt three years some of the stock
were heifers: tho fourth year sold the
young COWS, and bought the best cows
- could get increasing my dairy to
hlhc COWS The grain ration was
again increased. In the fore part of
the season, when the feed in the past
ure was good, the COWS yere yarded at
icon, Kept until milking time, fed,
and then allowed to feed about an
hour, and then put in the yard until
morning. Unless did this the cows
would not eat the large ration of milk
and grain: the green feed was the
same as the year before The grain
was corn meal, linseed meal and
wheat bran. l do not give the weight
OF ration, for it varied according to
time of year, but it was Il liberal one.
e. II. Cornish, Milford, Otsego Co.,
n. Y. . ~
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e H1/ ne ~ So rs
: 'lPHUMeR
1 His Proner PInc~

In an Irish court recently IN old man
was called into the witness box. and
being old and just little blind, he
went too far, in more than one sense,
ana, instead Of going up the stairs
that led to the box, mounted those
mat led to the bench. Said the judge,
ood-humoredly: .s
3 rs it a judge you want to be, my
good man?'' ks# Il 3
All, sure, your honor was the re
ply, IN m an ould man now, and mebbe
it's all I'm fit for.''
The judge (who shall be nameless,
Tor the bench must be supported, even
70 n Ireland had no reply ready. Van
ity Fair.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
A Love of CandOr.

impecunious Mani wish you would
be SO kind as to lend me S.. I'll pay
you back in a few days.
Candid Friend-If you had asked me
for the loan in a candid and straigh-
forward manner would have lent YOU
the money, but asking me in the way
you did causes me to distrust you.
lmpecunicus Mani don't under
stand YOU.
Candid Friend-You asked me to be
SO kind as to lend you $5.
Impecunious Man-Yes.
Candid Friend-If you had been can
did you would have said to me: BE
SO stupid, be such an ignominious ass,
such hopeless idiot as to lend me
S5, and you might have got=it. Texas
Siftings .7.e5
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
Cheap by Comparison.

''It's all wrong said the old man
from the country. "Young men nova
days spend too much money on the
young women in whose eyes they are
anxious to find favor. Courtship is
altogether too expensive
"On the contrary" returned the man
of the world, '.it's comparatively
cheap
Comparatively
..Yes. It's lot cheaper and more
satisfactory than paying alimony.''
Chicago Post
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& A Personal Inquiry.

Ny son. said the passenger in the
silk skull cap, putting his head out Of
the window as the train stopped at a
country station, what is that stuff
PILED up in the long building over
there on the othe: side of the track ?'
That's corn," replied the boy with
the faded hair and jeans trousers.
who was lounging on the depot plat
form. Say, be you editin' some farm
ers' paper?'' Chicago Tribune.
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sIoG HOUSES AND PENS.
Some Us

Some Useful Information About
Their Constructions.
Hogs are the most difficult of farm
animals to provide winter shelter for.
They pile mp and get the mango, sore
throat, quinsy, thumps, etc, to say
nothing of Swine plague and cholera.
1t is always something to give satisfac-
ton when the pigs can go out into the
pastures in spring time, to get fresh
air, sunlight and exercise, and enjoy
fresh sleeping quarters. The owner
always expects them to do much bet
ter then. Neveat heless, winter quar-
ters arc a necessity, and in their con-
struction we must have respect to the
natural requirements of his pigship.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
DrowninR His Trouble.

Jones-Poor Brown is in a bad way,
I'm afraid.
Smith-Yes, / fear so. Stomachic, is
it not?
Jones What do you mean?
Smith Why, when / saw him last
night he told me he was trying to
drown his trouble, and from the way
he went about it I thought it must
have been situated there.-4A1ly Sloper.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
His Reason.

"Whatever drove YOU to marrying
fourteen wives" asked the judge, re-
garding the prisoner with more than
ordinary interest.
Thirteen was such an unlucly num-
Der to stop at, your honor" answered
the penitent prisoner. wiping his eyes
with his coat sleeve Chicago Trib-
uEe. r.- -.-
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Not I'm in French

''1sn't this line incomplete?" asked
the foreman of the rural editor ~
what line? E.
''This--where it says: Alexandra
Dumas tils?'"
The hin,'' replied the editor. with
out looking up. FILLS the bill you
fool, you"'-Atlanta Constitution.
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He Was n Spook.

A simple young maiden of Hook,
Saw a something who said with a
look
Half-playful. half-wan,
Don't you know ME? Ga'on!
You will very soon-l'm spook!''
London Judy.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
Visible

'HistH' exclaimed the king in the
tragedy.
The conspirators. overhearing his
remarks, although spoken in a foreign
tongue, started violently.
"Hist!' repeated his majesty. I'VE
are probably observed. In any event,
Il woman in the audience has just re-
moved her hat."-Detroit Tribune.
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His Regular Tip.

Isn't this rather generous ?'' said the
clergyman, looking at the $50 gold
piece in his hand.
Its what | always pay" loftily re-
piled the Sioux Falls man, who had
just been marie Texas Siftings.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
! Potatoes for Coz.

The feeding of potatoes has been
{ more MOI often brought up for discussion
at the farmers Institutes this, winter
than than perhaps any other question.
q great nlany dairymen have been.
feeding quite heavily on raw potatoes,
as they We're very cheap. The results
have not been Very satisfactory unless,
tue amount fed per day to each COW
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
Rocking Ch1.ru.

said that by the tiale the pilot begins
to thicken'' the cream follows suit
ard before the point is reached where
they ''marry and live happily ever
after the hHttcr is ready to remove
to the cooler.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
synonym for Disiitusio1i

Mrs. Peck--What do you sit there
reading for, when am trying to think
Of a word? Should I say "disillusion-
ed'' or "disillusionized?
Mr.. n Peck-I dunno. Just say
married and let her so at that. In
dianapolis Journal. IS
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Her Only Need

"What can show you madam" said
shopkeeper in the leviathan Diapers.
'.The way out" was the reply. I've
been trying to find it myself for tho
last ten minutes. Ally Sloper.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
The Rocking Churn

AS. will be noted, the churn is ar
the usually irksomc duty of churning
can be combined with pleasant rock
and perusal Of the latest novel. 1t is
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Mother What's that smacking noise
in the parlor? -%
Studious Boy (who goes to schooD-s
It's sister and her young man ex'
changing microbes. y.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
In the Hone,moon

Young Wife-Say. Arthur, how do
you like your outlets cooked-dark-
brown or light?
He--Why, Emma, what a question!
You know you are a blonde.'- File
gende Batter. Il
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
Very Considerate,

'''Well, john said old man Jordan to
his young friend, you have just been
married, hear" 11
Eyes, sir, he answered with spring
morning smile; lust a month ago, and
I want you to go up to dinner with me
to-day" .."s.r
Have you got a cook?''
''NO.' @s ... r-s.... 2.
"Well my boy, s'pose we go to res
! had a young wife once myself.-Tex-
as Siftings.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
Vanity Taken Down

There was once a person from Spain,
Who was naughty, disdainful and
vain; s- IT.,
He felt people feared him,
Till coster girl jeered him,
Observing, eli! I'll have yer cane!'
London Judy.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
Not FinicaI

a coroner's jury found, in the case
Of man kicked to death by mule
that he suffered death by being run
over by a railroad train. The jury
had no blanks about mule accidents.-a
Los Angeles (Cal.) express.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
Carrots and Beets for Horses


Carrots and beets are a NOSE excel.
lent succulent food for horses, but de-
ficient in certain of the nutriments.
Proper proportions of grain must also
be fed. Fed along with the grain these
roots are most healthful for horses
But horses at work should not be fed
SO frequently on roots as those at rest.
Work horses require more nutritious
foods, though an occa sionaI feed of car
rotS or beetS is found excellent and
healthful. Every farmer should grow
some carrots or beets for his horses.
Like other domestic animals they need
a succulent ration occasionally to keep
them in good digestion and health.
With such feeding they are found to
have me, glossy. slick coats in the
spring, an nnerring indication of good
condition. This kind of feeding OBJ
viates the necessity Of giving condi-
ton powders, which frequently has to
be done after winters constant feed
ing on corn, hay and other dry concen-
trated foods. A half acre devoted to
growing carrots and beets is very prof
itably employed. Other domestic ami
mails will eat with equal profit all the
horses 1eave--Indiana Farmer
Stock Notes.
The right kind of feed and good care
is better for stock than medicine
In feeding cattle and hogs it is best
to assort and grade them, as the strong
will get more than their share of the
feed
The manure from pigs is of the very
richest sort. being made from grain,
and too often it is allowed to go to
waste. Save every shovelful carefully.
If you start in this season to breed
better horses than the common breeder
is producing there is no doubt but YOU
will meet a good market by the time
you have animals old enough to sell.
When the farmer can't afford mill
to grind the grain he feeds it will pay
to soak it. This swells the grain SO
that it will be eaten readily, and is not
likely to create any sort of stomach
trouble.
Silage is all right for horses if fed
]udlclously. It is not best to feed it
as an exclusive roughness. A little
clover hay is best to feed along with
it, giving variety as well as balancing
the ration.
AS cheap as common horses are now
the farmer should not be short of
teams the coming season. Look around
now and increase your team force to
the desirable point while it can be done
so cheaply.
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
His Wind Was Good.


They were looking over the prize
fighter and enumerating his goodt
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12
Praying for Light,

A story is told of a parson who had
had a call from a little country par
ish to large and wealthy one in big
city. He asked time for prayer and
consideration. He did not feel sure
CT his light. A month passed. Finally
some one met his youngest son on the
street. r.. ss.u...
How is it, JOSIAH said his neigh
Dor; is your father going to B = =.
Well" answered the youngster, jul
diciously, paw is still prayin' fol
light, but most Of the things is pack
ed."-Life. AE -,
The Princeton union., 1896-03-12

Amateur Artist should like to pre-
sent the last picture I painted to soma
charitable institution Now, which
would you recommend? +,
Cruel Lady Friend-The blind asy,
ulm. -
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Excellent replied his manager.
s'He can out-talk a phonograph. 20 Chi.-
cago Post. 4
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bless our home! We're gone to British
Columbia to get fresh start. Texas
Strings.
Assistant burglars.

ge-Prisoner, did you commit the
burglary alone, or with the help Of
others?
.Prisoner---With the kind help of the
Eighty-third regiment band
.Iudge-What? Explain yourself.
Prisoner-Well, you see, Judge, the
band made a halt and all the people in
the house went to the front to listen
so that | worked quite undisturbed in
the back.-Fliegende Blaetter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-07-17

has been in business IS years, part of
the time in New York and at other times
in Texas, Mexico and New Mexico, has
left. New York creditors say, heavily in
debt. His Whereabouts are unknown.
Twelve banks in New York hold his
paper for large amount. and it is esti-
mated that his liabilities, individually
and as an ndorser, will reach 100000.
4 terrible head-on collision occurred
at Logan, la, Saturday evening on the
Chicago and Northwestern. The Union
Pacific pioneer excursion train had just
pulled out to return to Omaha when
fast freight came around the sharp
curve and before either train stopped
they crashed together. Twenty seven
people were killed outright and 10 or
more seriously injured.
\ Boston special to the Rutland Her.
aid says 1t is reported that William
T. Hunt, president of the Continental
national bank: John Graham, president
of the International Trust company, and
- " III u W. hNls nave OlE
lied protective committee to get de-
post of Ogdensburg and Lake Cham
plain railroad bonds with the Interuation-
al Trust company. The surmise is that
this indicates an attempt by the Boston
and Maine road to capture the Ogdens-
burg and Lake Chtmplain line.
In Madison Square garden, New York,
early in the month of August, william
J. Bryan of Nebraska will be formally
appraised of the fact that he has been
nominated for president. At the same
time and at the same place Arthur Sc
wall of Maine will be notified of his
nomination for the vice presidency. This
lin of action, which has been decided
by the notification committee, was de-
termined upon at the request of Mr..
Bryan. who thought it would be wise to
open the campaign right in the heart of
the enemy's country.