Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-04-26

ine uoeeu bueTusey COW, mary a
shall. the leader in the model dairy at
the Pan-American exposition has been
sold by her breeder and owner Ezra
Kitchener, OF Pennsylvania, for 81, 900,
to Albert c. Loring, of Minnesota, who
Is starting a herd of G~uernseys.
Ever since George Washington made
the Hessian fly it has beer coming
westward and this spring some of the
Kansas farmers would have been bet
ter pleased If the worthy father of his
cuntry had not been quite so brash, as
they are losing their wheat crops by
the pest.
A company backed by New York
capital has obtained options on 10000
acres Of the finest grazing land in Cuba
and will embark in the extensive rails
ing of cattle for export to the Atlantic
ports of the United States in compe-
tition with the cattle interests Of the
west.
The first of May is the time when
lambing will commence in this coun-
try, although many sheepmen begin in
April while others do not commence
until the middle of May. Many of the
wool growers are already beginning to
make preparations for Landing in the
way VI nAinS ~ lit SnCuS III COlIdfo
and laying in supplies. for during
Landing there is not much time to
come to town and many of the sue
cessful sheepman do not leave their
f1ocks for even a day during lambing.
In order to make some tests as to
the keeping qualities of certain butter.
officers of the department of agricul-
ture purchased forty-four tubs out of
the sixty tubs exhibited at the Kansas
state dairy meeting held last month.
The best of this butter made from
~pasteurized cream which had been
heated to 1870 degrees F. and imme-
diately cooled. Some of 1t came from
skim stations fifty miles away from
the central plant. The average score
was 96.9. the highest being SO and the
lowest 95R.
Farmers throughout the country who
are enjoying the blessing of the rural
free delivery system will be interested
In a ruling of Ine department. A
wealthy farmer, whatever that may be,
erected a homemade box OF his prem
Uses and held that the carrier was COM
PEELED to deposit the mail there. The
department had provided fourteen diff
ferent styles CT boxes. The carrier
wrote for instructions in regard to the
matter and was told that the govern
ment boxes must be used in the place
of the homemade article.
The cattlemen doing business in
Mexico and the collector Of customs
Of Ell Paso are at variance and to such
an extent that the matter in dispute
will be called to the attention Of the
treasury department. Already an ap-
peal has been filed by Britton Davis
and in his contention he is supported
unanimously by the cattle raisers and
dealers, a large number Of whom have
made their affidavits in the matter
that Collector Garrett acted in an ar
bitrary name in levying assessments
on cattle under one year of age ex-
ported from the southern republic.
The Denver Field and Farm says:
A cow that will give FIVE gallons of
milk a day is a good one and the kind
which a dairyman likes to own. Milk
usually retails at fourteen quarts for
a dollar where quarts are taken and
are taken. Wholesale milk goes at 20
cents a gallon which Is considered
very cheap. Milk is somewhat higher
here han in the east, but the differ
ence in the price of feed naturally in
creases the price Of milk. Cows are
easily kept in this country as there Is
rarely any sever weather and barn
room Is not always a necessary pro-
vision although the best milk dealers
have barns containing the modern
dairy appliances, such as separators,
coolers, strainers, etc.