Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-12


pure, but 1t will save money that would
be spent in doctoring the cattle. 1t
VIII also save now and then the life Vt
an animal. Recently, on a big dairy
farm In Illinois, a very fatal disease
broke ou:, resulting in the loss OF
scores Of good animals. Investigation
showed that the trouble had begun
with filthy stables, and that clearly
methods were not introduced till 1t was
too late.
Thinning Fruits. A. Beach, a New
York horticulturist. made some expert
ments last year in thinning fruit. OF
TWO Baldwin trees the fruit on one was
Trimmed and on the other was not. The
thinned tree yielded about IA per Sent
less fruit than the unthinned tree, but
ten per cent more of its fruit graded
NO. 1. Three trees, each of Baldwins
and greetings, were thinned and an
equal number Of like trees were left
unthlnned. The thinned Baldwins
gave about 81 per cent less fruit than
the unthinned ones, but 20 per cent
more OF 1t graded No. /. The thinned
greetings gave about per cent more
1ruit than the unthinned ones, and
ABOUT 10 per cent more of 1t graded No.
l. In all cases the thinned fruit was
SO much higher colored than the un.
tnlnned fruit that its market value was
increased from 10 to is per cent The
tnlnning and picking of the thinned
Irult took about twice as much time as
the picking of the unthinned fruit.
Dirt In Milk.-Quite apart from the
numerous heterogeneous which may
be contained and thrive in milk-and
from some OF which, despite the great
est amount of care, the liquid can
never be totally protected-there are
otner bodies which frequently find
their way into what may even then
be commonly called pure" milk. The
Following substances, for instance. are
stated by Professor Grotenfelt, of Fin
land. to have been found by him in
unstrained milk fresh from the COW:
PARTICLES OF skin, small pieces of wood,
mr. leaves and shavings, parts of in
sects, linen and wooden threads. cob
webs, and other substances which may
easily float in the air. The commoner
impurities. however, are small par
ticles OF manure, which more common
ly fall into the milk during the process
OF milking, the amount generally vary
ing with the state Of cleanliness of
the hind quarters of the cow.-The
Dairy World.
Angora Goats.-For several years
past, In many of the western states
and also in sections farther east. ex-
per1ments have been made with the
Angora goats and the results indicate
that the breeding of them will be
profitable in any section where sheep
are successfully raised. These goats
breed and mature about the same time
as sheep and require much the same
treatment. The fleece of the Angora
goat is worth about 20 per cent more
than that of sheep, and their flesh is
considered by epicures as superior to
mutton. They do sell better than
sheep, as the meat is worth about the
same price and the pelt much more.
Angoras and sheep may be raised to-
gether, as they never cross breed-Ex.
Air Washed Milk. Our personal
practice for some years in preparing
milk for bottling showed conclusively
that the passing of current Of cold,
pure air, washed in the way suggested
from every particle of dust or impur-
ity, did have a good result, which was
proved by the fact that milk so air
washed, as we might say, kept sweet
in the equally well prepared bottles
for four days longer than the unaerated
milk. This practical evidence Of the
advantage of proper aeration and cool
ing, by pure, cold air, goes to show
that If we'll done, in scientific man
ner, the aeration of milk is useful for
this purpose at least; and IL so, 1t may
well be believed that 1t will be found
useful for the butter maker.-Country
Handling a Coffin handling a colt,
its instincts and tendencies should new
er be lost sight of, such as kicking,
and running away from any
thing 1t conceives to be dangerous. It's
faculties of seeing. smelling and hear
ing are very acute, and. are given 1t for
which is the first law
Of nature. The experienced trainer
will be patient, and not require too
much of a colt at the start, but grad
ually bring him in contact with all
dangers, until it learns from
experience that they are harmless. No
or intelligent person will
ever abuse a colt for being afraid of
anything, for 1t simply intensifies its
fear and makes matters worse.
What Breed?-This Is a question
that is frequently asked. In selecting
a breed all must depend on circum-
The man that wants to sup
ply broilers should Of course select
some breed that is not distinctly an
reproducing breed. The man that
wants eggs exclusively should use an
egg breed. Above all things avoid a
40 breed. The no-breed fowl can new
sr be depended on. She may give good
and may not. There is