The state herald., 1907-07-12

successful raising of sheep.
It's the man behind the COW which
determines the character of the dairy.
A dairyman's league has been organ.
lied by members of the grange In
northern Pennsylvania.
Nip the tips off new raspberry and
blackberry canes to force them to
throw out side shoots and thus be-
come more stocky.
Some one suggests adding table
spoonful of sugar to the salt when
sailing ten pounds of butter to i'm
prove the flavor. Sounds as though
1t might.
The sitting hen which is expected
to hatch eggs and feed mites at the
same time has hard task on hand.
Make her three weeks vigil as easy
as possible.
II you don't hunt the lice they will
hunt your chickens and keep them
from hunting for insects, and the re.
suit will be that hunt as you may you
will not be able to find any profit in
your flock.
The time to discover the weak place
in the harness is not when It breaks
at most critical time and perhaps
results in a runaway or bad accident,
but is before the harness is put on the
horse. Harness should be inspected
frequently to note and remedy the
weak points.
THE permanent greatness of any
state must ultimately depend upon
the character of its country popula
tion."-President Roosevelt. True
indeed, and there is room for i'm
provement among the people of the
rural communities. Ever upward and
onward.
TO him who in the love OF nature
holds.
Communion with her visible forms
She speaks various language"
and to none more so than to the
farmer who is sensitive to every
sunbeam and every shower and whe
loves to see and make things grow.
To defeat insect pests one must b.
constantly after them. Keep DOPE
ready to apply in the pigpen or stabl,
the first time insects appear. Dip the
sheep regularly, watch the hogs close
ly for lice and provide a cold. dr.,
stable for the cows to hide from tn,
flies.
Prof. Woll and Il. NJ. Cow arc en-
gagged in an interesting controversy
over the question. the churn versus
the fat test AS a means OF determin
Ing the producing capacity OF the
COW" Better the churn than no test
at all, but the more scientific and nc
curate must be the butter fat test
ascertained by use OF the Babcocl
tester.
The influence of n dam upon hel
foals may be equal TO that of the sir.
and In some instance is no doub
much greater, but the average mum
Der of foals produced by mares will
probably not exceed eight, although
some have been known to produce M
many as rs. The average number ol
foals produced by stations that ily,
TO the average age of horses is prob
ably not less than 400 The genera
influence then OF good stallion ma,
safely be estimated at many timei
that OF n good mare.
The notion which prevails amoni
some farmers that there is NOR,
money IN thin than In thick cream
delivered To the creamery. is mis-
take. HoagQ's Dairyman makes thii
plain In n ease cited In recent issue
Farmer NJ. S delivered 5.oOi pound
Of cream containing Sis pounds q
fat. average test 1886 per cent. Hat
this amount Of buiteriat been deliy
cred In 32 per cent, cream only 2.55,
pounds would have been delivered
and 2.ii5 pounds more Of skimmill
would have had a feeding value cqua
To i07 pounds of corn at 80 cent
equals s2.i3. The cost of hauling tn,
2,iib extra pounds OF cream or but
tormilk TO the creamery was s6Gt
Thus this man lost. during the year
on account Of his wrong mothot. q
total OF sa07. au amount sufficient u
pay nine per cent interest on IN,
prion OF one of the best hand separa
tors made.
Here Is an English method OF ''bo,
tling" fruit: Fruit used should b.,
sound and not fully ripe, After pick
Ing over. heading ard failing In tn,
cnse of rooRcberfics, black ourran,n
etc. Il IL packed tightly down In IN,
bottles. care being taken TO keep IN,