Show DAIRY AND POL1 CItY I IjCnCaTIC CHATEPS ron our OriAL READERS line MierMful rnnfr Operate I This Ilrparl net of the llomnilml Illnln sa In Hie fare nf tae Hlmk anil Poultry lnnl Indualry Ia Cbina The breeding and rearing of fowl la l an Important Iniluitrr In Chlnn as they rom a very considerable portion or tho dally food of tho better clans of the people The United State consul al Chlnklang I say thai mho varieties of Iar finelo urn few In number The prima I rlpnl nro tha Yangehow fowl n barge 1 hiIll of good flavor which weighs from lour 10 ale lollnI This ynrllr to I a coot layer and sitter the rues being of brownish tinge and 1 good site II Uy 1 during eight or nine months of the prom about 200 eggs ceasing only In the lint summer night 1 This descrlp lion la I kept more for the table than for laying purpose as Its flesh Is par Icularly Rood Tho Inngnhan fowl Is 1 illitlnct and fairly pure breed l from the Yanktio river Legion Just below Chin klang I Is 1 a large heavy hand omo bird weighing from Keren to eight pounds The egg are of darkish brown and of good IK also The IlUck I lone or Typhoon chicken Is n dlstlnrt fancy breed In color It Is white and 1III i kin leg bones flesh and comb are try dark The flesh of this fowl Is much esteemed 1 anl boiled 1 down Into silly It Is prescribed by physicians for main diseases The Chow Is I mother arlety This breed Is small weighIng weigh-Ing generally from two to three rounds A pure white cock of this breed Is always carried on the co21n Ala native funeral cortege and Is we timely for foreign mall that If I for the foreigners at the treaty ports The I peacock Is I reared In many parts of Chlnn and has long been known to the people though It Is not n native of the I country Its tall colliers ore used by I the Mandarins In their caps to designate desig-nate official rank The Cold and Silver Ihenmnt of WIII China I may bo called domesticated birds A they are now so extensively i reared that It Is doubtful If they ore lwWd hl li dlfol found wild There Is a bird In China I the Cormorant which Is domesticated domesticat-ed trained to wonderful Intelligence and employed In rntchlng fish There birds reared and trained with great care A pair costs from five to six dollars dol-lars They ore taken out on the lake and rivers In a mal boat one man to every ten or twelve Cormorants The birds stand perched on tho side of the boat and nt a word from the man tley scatter on the water and 1 begin to look for fish They dive for the fish and then rise to the surface with the fish In their bills I when they are called rl back to mho boat by ot ncII As docile ns dogs they swim to their master mas-ter and are taken Into the boat when they lay down their prey and 1 again rcsumo their labor llreeillng for Milk When It Is I so easy to combine In moderate degree Iho milking and 1 Ibo < breeding qualities of one animal hIt h-It may bo asked should breeders have gone to such extremes on the ono side 1 or the other Wo believe that the whole thing Is I duo to physiological haws nays London Live Stock Journal Tile perfect beef nnlmal and the per fort milk animal aro two totally different differ-ent productions and In their highest excellence the two characteristics cannot can-not exist In the same frame Common lock possessing fair milking and fair grazing propertlcsaro easily produced but Iho abnormal beef bcasi and the y TIC CARRIER PIGEON at ld 1 t F y t lw < nAnetawr Tho Illustration given above is repro luccd for the Knrrncr Ilevlow from ho Trench of Ad licnlon Hshowsn nrrlcr pigeon en route with a message mes-sage Tho letter In lido cnso appears 10 ho fastened to ills legs Tho carrier pigeon Is n bird larger generally than the common pigeon nraturlng about 15 Inches In length nnd weighing nbout one and nno fourth Bounds Tho neck Is Ions and thin peel oral mtiscla very large An appendago of naked skin hong It l bill nnd 1 entities down on either sldo of tho lonlu lower mandible Tho Krcat develop mont of this muscle U what Ilvl Ibo iilrd 1 tho power of lone i continued flight Tho quality Hint rcnden these bird FO valuable rut mrllenlrA II I Iholr lovo lor bore which seem abnormally developed de-veloped Tho nrt of training them I scar s-car led lo perfection In Turkey where limo procedure u ab as follows cut A number of very > ounK bird Aro laken to n distance of on holr mile tron Ihclr homo and froed Tho most Intelligent Intel-ligent will quickly find 1 Ihclr way to their homes Those that Ret lost are regarded re-garded as stupid and nro rejected Tho ones that return hot take n lo creator illstnncoj first only two 01 three miles from tut but nflcrvvard la hundred nnd even a thousand miles Thus taught they become be-come expert In returning to Ihclr one on-e and l3 this from all parts of the country AI to their rapidity of flight thero la I much dispute Tho moro conservaldo any that Iho usual speed Is about 30 miles per hour Some however bo rlflcnl nt Ibo grave Also on native boat a cock bird Is killed on Ibo Chinese Chi-nese Now Year day and the blood sprinkled on the bow la propitiate evil spirits and lo Insure good luck during Iho jrar Ducks ore reared In meat quanlltles and aro largely used 1 for food both fresh and salted They aro nil artificially hatched na the duck II 1 nn uncertain sitter Tho common duck la I a good Izcd bird weighing when ilre ted for tho table Ihreo or four pounds and In I much esteemed for Iho excellence of Its flavor After fledging the birds are driven about In vail flocks through canal nod from pond to pond where they find thorn food They aro brought under strict discipline discip-line and obey their keeper call with extraordinary Intelligence Tho Mandarin Man-darin duck U smaller than the common duck nnd Is I a beautiful bird with dl venlfledand brilliant plumage 1 la I reared chiefly for Its beauty In the ground of the wealthy there la I alwao an artificial lake whero lime Mandirln duck Is I kepi They aro considered nn lk Irg lrl emblem of conjugal fidelity 1 and a I pair of thorn usually form a part of I wedding processions Preserved ducks ego are tonsldcrcd I delicacy and al way form nn Important port of n Mandarin Man-darin dinner Tho process of preserving preserv-ing them Is as follows A lye of beanstalk l bean-stalk and llmo la I made by burning llitNio to powder Thla U I put In water black lea leaves and sail In certain proportion being addrd Tlio bolllnR U I continued until nil tho water has evaporated 1 and tho residue becomes cnkod and hard Thl I s powdered lino and mho froth cKKi aro placed therein nno by one with a lltllo rice husk They remain In this preparation ono Imnilml 1 days when they are ready fortune for-tune Tuo preserved eggs will keep for roernl > or When ready for 11 tho liavo tho appearance of hardboiled rCRS The shell Is I taken off slid Ihoy C11 put on the table cut Into small ullco And eaten ae hors dooiivTM Tho lc GOo o Is generally of pure white plumage plum-age very striking In appearance of great site and majesllo carriage much resembling the swan The turkey has long been Introduced Into China and li reared at Canton and TleaTtln cn leo I po lb1a for these birds lo fly from CO lo 00 mllm per hour In rare Instances It lake aboul 12 hour fcr a carrier plreon lo digest a crop full of grain Imuicnccr pigeon havo been slot In New York with their crop full cf rice which they could not have obtained ob-tained nearer than Iho Carolina rico fields They must hate traveled 300 or O miles In six hours or over CO mile per hour In Inuland pigeons hnvo been repeatedly re-peatedly tired In wager bets being inndo on tho full speed of tho birth In ruch cascn a Rrcntcr spent than 36 mile per hour haa rarely been mole In 1833 a great trial of pigeons woo mado nt heat On Juno 21 of lhal > car 21 bird Dial Imil been eelt tad 1 for Iho prlto w crn thrown up nl Rouen about ISO mile from Ihent The nut pigeon arrived In Ihent In ono und inhalf hour 10 came In within two nail one halt hour and three In Iho rourso of the day four were lOll Tho first pigeon must havo traveled al n ratu of nearly 0 mile per hour which Ior > cem > Incredible Yet It Is possible scelnK that sixteen others also obtained obtain-ed n speed of over GO miles per hour I Is hard to bcllavo thai carrier piston are not governed by Instinct jet men that hnndlo thorn say thai It Imo I merely n matter of education I tho bird cannot recognize norno landmark ho Ret lOll Also birds thrown up dur ing a fog or haze neldom reach their ilestlnnllon Them arc howeverlonm raro Instance extant thai seem lo prove thai lha bird can ouccced Irrespective of the educational principle abnormal milk or butter low must 1 aavo u carcaso specially lulled for ex rtlliinco In ono direction ur tho other i Jlrllluli eatjlo brroder RIO so rnptlvat rnplvnl ed by symmetry of form that they hAVO dono comparatively llttlo In dn I eloplnR special milk foul butler breeds There Is Indeed only ono Iho Aishlro and In It Ibo wedge shape 10 suitable for milk offends Ideas or liiiiuly Kor Iho rest wo liavo to go to Jenny and Guernsey for our special lirceds which havo been hRO ben developed us the result of at lerit rrul n hundred years j Hematic breeding for this particular quality Our best milking shorthorns alto lend lo Iho wedge shape Governor Hoard of Wisconsin who Ima mado n special study of this sub JI of breedliiR for milk or for beef says I believe thai Iho English Idea of the form of n dairy cow has been on the wholo n hindrance to tho development develop-ment of dairy cattle I II I essential based on tha outline of tho shorthorn nnd hcnro la I moro or less n beef torn To my mind Iho true nclcnco of breeding breed-ing for dairy qimlltloa la I based on llo simo law of dlstlnctlvcnea that goy ItO In breeding horses for rpeed I do not think that the Kngllrh Idea 1 of dairy brccdlnR based largely as thoy aro on tho general purpose notion ot beef and milk both aro con < 1lrIY 10 the beat development of dairy quality on < potency Wo consider thai Qov error Hoard views nro quite right and that thoni moderate capacity for beef nail milk rh bo combined jcl mincrlorll t in I both cannot bo atlalned In the aim animal Therefore we hold that Un lIb breeders who have striven for tho perfection of beef cattle and Chann Island and Ayrshire breeder who havo aimed 01 superiority of butter and milk have been acting In strict cot formlty with ph > Biological laws hlli will prevent combined excellence 10 I milk and beef though na vvo have kali moderate achievement ara within the reach of everybody Iho vindication of what our breeders breed-ers have accomplished II I consequent to bo found 1lo their observance of lana of nature which cannot be let III nought and It the attempt should ever be made I will be l found I bo Incompatible Incom-patible fIll pilnilples Im are lied and unalterable lot llenl Bo much has been mid about laying hen getting 10 fal thai more than a roy people Imvo concluded that the best way to keep hen In good condition for laying II I to half starve them Tills len I le-n mistake If layer ore fed the proper kind of food and given n chanre lo excise ex-cise properly they will not get too tAt lo do Ihelr best 4 layers An ordinary or-dinary flock of farm fowls aro not apt 10 get too fat for they run nl large and are constant taking cxerrlia enough 10 keep them In Rood condition We know that when hens aro kept In pen most of tho time they can easily bo fattened beyond the point of profit al far ns laying II I concerned 1 but our rot are nearly all farmer who allow al-low their fowl perfect liberty r lo such wo want lo give the warning thai they mare just as liable to underfeed them Those who havo fed their fowls liberally during the PAt severe winter will be rewarded with plenty of eggs a soon nl the weather moderate this spring while those who halo been fearful fear-ful I at overfeeding will probably 0 eom polled to wall till the price of egg has alien very low before their ben will bo producing at their hlghrsl capacity Too many sro careless nbout properly feeding Ihclr hens during the season when luey do not lay I many egg forgetting for-getting that Ills necessary to keep them < at mho highest point of health and vigor Ir best result aro lo bo expecled 1 Farm News lull In Ihe Ililry 1 Ball like acidity nail charily cor en A multitude of sins 2 To the majority of consumer a mall amount of salt will Increase fine flavors In butler while A large amount or salt may partially hldo poor flavor 3 Salt II I thus partly a flavoring and only a preservative 1 No amount of salt will preservo poor butter but good alt will help to preserve good butter G Salt should bo applied with a rea onablo addition of brains G If working only once use an eon Ily dissolved salt or cleo partially dli olvo It before using Tho latter la I lot n Rood plan as It II I ill lcult to ills rlbiito ouch a pasty mess 7 Tho amount of molsturo left In Ibo butter when Iho unit Is added should be 1 rrRiilatcd according lo the dlssolu Illty of Die salt 8 When unit Is applied to drained Milter and bolt lo dissolve al tho iropcr temperature about GO decrees It wilt absorb moisture from Ibo butter but-ter globules In dissolving and Dili II I Ilullo nn Important matter 0 Heavy brine when applied only onto In brlno sailing will bo diluted In iroportlon lo the water lefl from wash rig and hence bo apt lo leavo Iho but ler timer too light salted for Iho average con 10 I II I moro difficult to salt evenly with brlno than with dry salt 1 First and I laet and all thing got n good dnlry salt which las not been ex loscd lo bad 1 odors 12 Do not believe thai you can fol low any fixed rules bul consider tho Insolubility of your salt the amount of molsturo and the temperature In your butter and use Judgment In saltIng salt-Ing Aa In all other work National alryman Cheap ltathanoVIth butter lelllnR ot IS cent on tho Klein 1 board of trade feeding for profit I not so easy I It used to bo Tho writer finds othlnR cheaper this winter Ihnn I groin raton at bran equal I In quantity 10 tho milk the cow gives and n f soo r atlon cost othlnR but 10101 > them wo have lo k row them to Ret corn echnnl i ng a pall of milk for n pall of bran Is n y milk With this ration I requires bout four and one half pound of bran 10 rjiako n pound of butler Wo havo mauo It with less bran but tho In reaseil feed make A olnl Incriaso In butter yield per row 1w till good cows A co pew lay liaa about seven anon Ier pound of bran and n smaller yleldcr la matched with n correspondingly mailer mes of bran Ilran l for milk In equal bulk measure for mloauro la so safo a rulo that Ibo veriest novlco need mako no mistake Tho expert with good 1 caw can profitably feed richer and moro concentrated food Hx tool Advantages of a Separator Tha Rain of butter by Ibo uso of n separator over that at tho best dotp euttlnc methods meth-ods II slight If any Test have varied considerably In this respect Tho irlnclpal advantage of the separators I separator-s tho economy In limo and 1 space In ho dairy no letting pan or pall being required Tho cream Is I separated 1 soon after Iho milking and Ibo cream only has lo bo taken care of The iklmmod milk too la I sweet nnd therefore better holer for feeding as the souring Is I nt Ibo expense of the nutriment In tho milk soma of Ibo sugar of It being changed Into acid 1 Tho quantity of milk for a pound of butter depends 1 on Iho proportion pro-portion of tot In II I there Is I 4 1 per cant there will bo a pound of butter for each 2G pound or about 1 quarts Quart And there should bo IhU proportion In the kind of cows mentioned If they urn well fed Country Gentleman Keep Down Expense We hear from men on every side thai farming doe hot pay n well aa It did twenty years ago and that limo country Is I gohg to the dons Their fathers or uramUutli < tn rondo money en the farm why cnnt they Tho trouble la Just lcro They live beyond their Income They rpcnd moro than they earn Onltlug on lick has ruined many firmer not only In Kansas but all over tho country Farmers twcnt and 1 forty uru ago bought and sold for cash Their wants vvcro nol so nunidona at lliii wants of the nvernga farmer today They bought what they needed 1 and could pay for There was none of thli modern uplash nod empty st > lo about tliliix that we BM nowlx Whey Ilutter Tho ngrlcultnrnl department de-partment at Cornell claim to havo found 1 that butter fat can be extracted from whey by running It through a separator Tho departmenl now has In presa a bulletin explaining the lOCo 1 10 I estimated Hint general adoption of tbo process would save the agriculturist Interest of New agleulllrlt Interct York into nearly 11000000 a jcar or to put It In another way that tho entire expense of making cheese entre woull paid by the saving of what baa hereto r fore been a wwto product < I |