Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-12-05
+Agr icultural lore

nlVes from his own stock. n nof
tnefe are parties, especially in the
southern portion of our country whs
make business of raising oueens nj
the improved strains of bees. who sell
at very reasonable price, pedigreed
and tested queens. Many beekeepers
IN the north have found it paid them
10 buy these queens in Quantities
some orders calling for fifty at one
sh!p|C3t. The average price for
THESE queens in Qauntity is not moro
sometimes less, than 81 each. There
Is substantial ADVANTAGE in getting
these queens from the southland If
you keep your colonies strong and
have plenty Of food for them. As
soon as they arrive they are ready 10
| deposit eggs, and by the time the
honey flow begins you have n large
colony of workers ready TO gather II
You will perceive that by CHANGING
queens you soon change the character
OF your bees. A cross swarm be-
comes a gentle one. or a lazy swarm
an active one. At a small expense.
you can change from one breed to AN
other, from black bees to Italians.
from Italians to Carniolians.
Little Things of Dairyinq.
1t experience in dairying does not
/ make man or woman wise. it counts
for but little. We often see cases
where people grown gray in the care "
j COWS realize only meager profits FROM
ago they decided they had mastered
all there was to be known relative To
dairying, and have since never trie&
to get out Of the rut.
The most conscientious attention
to detail work in the care of COWS.
care of milk, and the routine of labor
required in butter and cheese making.
is necessary to success in any or all
of these branches.
Don't think that keeping up All
pearances' in these matters is g0in,.
to do, but go to the bottom and be
thorough or your profit account will
prove sadly deficient.
To accentuate what | mean, the
milk that shows a sediment in tho
bottom of the can never came from =
farm where clearly dairy method
were practiced; the butter that leaks
milk never passed through the hand
jQf an adept at the art, and gaseous
cheese is stranger to skiIlful
maker
The dairyman or dairywOman who.
| in quiet, transformations manner
] pursues the even tenor of his on her
way, and without furry or bluster oh
serves all the little niccties essential
to producing perfect produce, will
win hands down" in the race FOR
merit
1t is not mere sediment that calls
for washing and scalding a milk pail
or pan until its every crack is alb
solutely sterile, but, to the ever v,sc
a certain practical object Is in vlow-
namely, q top price to be Gecurod ror
future butter, the crude material Of
which must pass through that utcnslI
Again, it should be as much for
practical reasons as for sentimental
ones that the cows are not over
heated prior to milking and that they
have their thirst anticipated by con
slant access to pure water, The
humane treatment of mich caAtle
wisely directed is always essential to
the most profitable results.
No dairyman can practice cruelty
to animals and expect to obtain
decent price for his milk or buttor.
! This is an memorable law promulgated
! by nature.
| A good butter or ch"esenascr
necessarily possesses an eduoatcd
nose, which he is not afraid to Hse
on any and all occasions. OH9n
times the quality of the manufactured
product hinges on the most subtle
changes, which the skilled maker.
ever on the alert to detect by the
olfactory sense, is enabled 20 gutie n
the right direction.
The little things Of dairying n@ss
be observed from day to day, 9ss
minute to minute, to insure suCoass