Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11

the farmers WILL by the adoption oil
this method, know what kind OF chicks
to expect, and what they should be
when ready for market, but If he does
not mate a flock for the purpose, using
the eggs from all of the hens on the
farm, his chicks will be OF all kinds,
sizes and colors, with no uniformity.
and will be but a lot of mongrels OF
which he knows nothing and cannot
expect good results therefrom.
BroiIcrs.
1t has long since been proved that
exclusive brOiler plants are never long
lived. OF course there are exceptions
to that rule, but the exception comes
only where the broiler plant has some
good reliable egg farmer raise the eggs
for him. says an exchange. But to
gather up eggs here and there, no mat
ter how the fowls are fed and
kept, nor to what variety they belong,
is a risky piece of business. When
common eggs are used, the broiler
raiser has all sorts of blood to handle.
He finds all sizes and weights at the
end Of three months and very often is
compelled to feed one-half OF the lot
another month in order to get them
up to the desired weight. But when
the man uses his own eggs, or, in 9TH
er words, when he uses the eggs from
one breed, or one cross and feeds and
cares for the stock for fertility, he is
sure to have uniform lot and meet
with better success.
Spotty Butter.-Sometimes impurity
in the salt will make the butter spotty
this disfiguring being the effect of
lime in the salt, and this is common
impurity in the cheap kinds of salt
The lime in salt of course will exist
mostly as chloride, and this will have
the very worst effect on the butter,
bleaching it in patches or streaks, and
giving soapy texture or favor to
it. Sometimes there is gypsum in the
salt, and this has. as have found, the
effect of making round spots in the
mass of butter wherever there is
speck of this sulphate of lime. There
cannot be too great care taken to pro-
cure the purest kind of salt for dairy
use; and it should be ground as fine
as flour. so that if any impurity does
exist in it, it may be evenly spread
through the butter, and thus the color
escape injury. Hard water, too, is not
fit for washing the butter, on account
of the impurities in it being mostly
lime or gypsum, both Of which, as said,
are injurious to the butter color.-Ex.
Effect of Light on Butter-Light has
an effect on the butter color. The dairy
in which the butter is kept while maxi
ing, or resting and for the final working
should be darkened by shades, so as to
avoid this effect. Or the butter should
be protected by cover impregnable to
the light. The light has a bleaching
effect, and this Is especially marked
when the butter is put away in
gashed or fiaky condition, by which one
side of the fakes is exposed to light
and the other side is in the shade. MY
practice has always been to cover the
butter in the bowl with doubled tow
ell, to protect it from the light, how
ever dull it may be.-Ex.
Transporting Eggs-The cost Of
bringing eggs great distances is less
than one would think. The large shin
ments reduce the cost of freight II
costs about y cent per dozen more tn
ship eggs from Ohio to New York citv
than from the vicinity Of New Yort
and only IA cents dozen more tn shin
from Iowa. 1t is generally the sunnlv
of eggs from the western states whioS
nxes the price in the eastern markets
The western shippers are very active IN
their shipments through the months ~
March. April and May. During these
months eggs. pour into New York NJ
the rate of 100000 to 5000 900 per dav
FAN Cows.-The amount of butter
per cow for the year is said IN ho
greatest for the COW which calves IN
September or October. and she brings
the added advantage of producing the
greatest milk flow at time of the wear
when it Is worth the most money Az
a rule the farmer then has more time
to give to the details of butter making
and properly stored food is lust a.
cheap as summer proyender.-Ex.
Swedish Method of Raising Cream
BY the Swedish method no time ;s
lost; no labor Is required by the dilu-
tion process of separation, and all the
cream is saved. AS soon as the milk IL
mixed with cold water the separa-
ton goes on naturally while the farm
er Is attending to other duties.-Ex
Do not purchase trees of irrespons,.
Bile parties. Be sure that the trees w,
buy are Of first quality and fr...s