Show DAIRY i AXJ POULTKY I INTKrtBSTINQ CHAPTBH8 FOR OUrt RURAL READERS Him nrrr > tel l A nnm llprnilK Tlil llrlMrlinriil nl the fans V I rw Mini r Hi Ile t are r 114 MU null Ibultry Y 111 V N ITJoI Y tales connul at e t ChlnKlanK any s that the ue of In ctilmt3rs Iti hatch Inn eggs hail been W known and prac LJ ffi tired In Chlnn for f r I 7 several hundred > ear It In n large nlla sad j prontabte I In II h A duilry hut the apparatus ap-paratus used is I of n very prlmltUe description Tile latchliiR house Is usually n long shed built of bamboo the walla plntterod with mini and thickly thatched with straw Along the ends and down one aide of the building are n number of round draw bnikcts plastered with mud to present them Inking fire A Idle forms the bottom of each basket Upon this the heat act n lIllrl fire I > laco being below melt basket Upon ho top of tho banket there Is 1 n straw cater which fits closely and Is I kept hut during tho proceed When tho rpg nro brought they are put In tho hnokel tho lire Is 1 llghtPd betroth hem and n uniform heat maintained In four or five da > n after thin cge lime been subjected to this temperature they 1 dealer It does not prevent wiling Mm milk on airoint of this tumtanl abllahed l but provldrs a hwivy iien ty for not marking the cans In which It I sold or for selling It for whole milk when It nkltnmed Another t rol lon that will Inlemit the shippers of thlt section Is that the contractors stall eli an the ems before returning them to the farmer Thin 10 l n provision that would hardly seem neceswiry let there Is no qtiPKtlon but what the fBrmersaro put to on Immense amount of trouble unit labor to put the runs In condition to hold mill after they hate been knocked about for several daR III tho summer time with milk left In them which gets rnnchl and fairly decayed The InlcreitlnR prolnon of this Inw Is the percentage of iiolldi nnd fat that Is provided for ns itandnrd It would hardly seem ncceifary to provide no low a standard ni ctcn 37 but 3 per cent Is certainly RIng even the poorest fanner and the poorest cow n chance to come Into the procculon and be acknowledged first class Ulgln Dairy Heport ll > l > ln R fjiiuU nn dim MUk The question of raiting lambs on cows milk husbeen dlicuised to romo length In tho National Stockman Writ Int In that paper J M Jam loon toys Tho fiat point nrcemary to make It n PUCCCM Is to have plenty of milk nnd It Is best for the lamb grower to make calculation ahead We now havo over FO head of lambt tho oldest about two weeks old Ilac loit tccral but tlll havo more than n lamli to tho owe hams not had no much cows milk ns Sue would bane liked hut liars snxcd iliillo n number of lambs by Its nose no-se ImiiBht n half gallon coal oil can changed tho pout from the top to near tho bottom on one side rondo end of I wl I I I I vlre i 1 y n I r 1 7f + Or x 0 Y + w lj Nl ex y I 1 a y1rf 1 t s i4 4111 + HUHHKX iiitriit A rntrviNNiii IN rNmANi > riioM JIUIIIIH mlw nro taken carefully out one by one ton to-n door In which are n number of holes rearly tho slio of tho eggs They are held against theo holes and tho attendants at-tendants looking through them lire nblo to tell whether they ors odd or not In nine or ten days after thl that Is nliout fourteen da > a from the dotnmeneemdntto rroInkcn lhoc rro commencement tha cgas nro Inken from tho baskets and spread out on shelves Here no flro heal Is applied but they nro covered over with cotton and n kind of blanket under which they remain nliout fourteen dugs more when 1 tho ynunR rhlekii break their shells and romo torth Tho nathen enraged en-raged In this ImnlnoM know exactly the day when the young chickens chick-ens or ilurks will rome forth and nro ready for their nrrhnl They arc pen crnlly sold two or three days after they lira hatched llln Jiillrr hiiBernllnni A nestcrn poultry rnlser makes Ibo following observations Tho Inrhlo nrrnngementn nf n hen hoimn should ho timilo mo abto so that In cleaning out or whitewashing the nests soil looats may ho eaully carried outsldo A child broom la tar better to uso In whitewashing than n whitewash brush Wo keep lime where our fowl 18 ran liao free nreeiu to II and almost all limo In the day there may bo seen ono or two or more fowls picking ocr tho lime pile Charcoal Is Knottier essential the fnw Is need It Bhnrp grit they must hart or they will not remain hnillhy vary long Mnny n chlclcn dln wllh chol cm simply for tho want of grit or grnvcl I am often shed which Is I best l to set hens on or nboto the ground I think thoro Is little dlffercnco whero she In placed If oho has good fresh Ogre nnd U l not molested Ibo probably mako n good latch A netting hen ought to havo n newt largo enough to turn around In hut not so largo that she can not gather tho eggs up under her and keep them snug and warm If a nest Is I HO Hat that tha eggs keep rolling out from under the hen every limo oho moveD they will get chilled ono at a time and the consequence Is n poor hatch Setting hens should < bo dusted heavily with Insect In-sect powder two or three times during tho three or four week It takes her to bring off a brood of chickens far llee cauio a great uneasiness to lOlling hens MumUnl or Milk In > l rhi1rll The legislature of Masracluitcttn has lu process of pnssngo a hill providing for varying percentages of fat us n utnndard for different months In tho jcnr Tim standard as proposed In tho law Is I 13 per cent of total solids with I tI per cent of solids not fat and 37 per t cent of tat Another provision of this law la that during the months of i I May June July and August the stands stand-s and U 12 per cent of total solids I with 9 per cent of solids not fat and 3 per cent of fat I Milk Inspectors nro provided for who liars the privilege of Inspecting the milk shipped from the country at the I drpots or In the poiseatlon of tho snout no tho rag wrapped around It un dtr thin nlpplo would < 1 not slip off when tied liny the bent rubber nipple to be bud Cut small halo largo enough for tho milk to flaw freely from the run Tha cow from which tha milk I U tnlcn should bo ns near fresh ni possible possi-ble Kha should at nny rate ba In full flow of milk Do not Ilka lo lisa the milk from n stripper When tho weather weath-er Is very cold wo pour balling water In the con before starting to tho burnt burn-t mpty water out of and milk Into Iho inn This plan give tho milk to tho lamb In the host possible shape unless the lamb Is I taught to suck tho cow It U not n very good plan to milk thn cow n tall hours In the day and night but when tho can Is filled from vessel ls at tho houto there Is I trouble with tho cream In tho nlpplo At the start the lambs should < 1 bo fed ever two hours and this would < doubtless doubt-less bo better for tho lamb an u continued contin-ued practice but It la too much trouble Wo gradually widen the time between ceding to four or three times n day Dud ono or twice each night It Is not worth while to try to raise n lamb on sklmmllk Wo feed the milk wholo as taken from the cow do not dilute or ndd anything to It The iHtiiln I khould < l havo bran and other ground feed ns soon na they will eat Wo feed them milk till they BO out to pra s and n few days after Tho sue 1811 of thin hand raising depends entirely en-tirely l mi tho core nnd liberality with which they nro fed With a limited amount of milk and feed the lambs will bo limited In their make up This uprltiR wo havo lined the cows milk BO far principally ns a starter and help for weak ones Sometimes lIe twos milk Is scant for n day or two nnd with tho help of tho cows milk tho lamb starts off stranger When ner rasary to raUo a lamb on caws milk rover take It to the houro Icavo It with I tho flock About tha hoy It will Ilh moon become RA nuisance vra have taught them to drink milk from A venue ven-ue the same ns n calf and this Is I leis trouble wbera many are to bo fed Hut If tile cow IK milked Into the vewel 1 and there la I froth on Ihe milk they will not drink It On the same subject J S Woodward cays Tho main difficulty In raining lambs on cown milk Is that not cnoueh care Is taken to get as fresh n cow u possible possi-ble nnd then tho lamb Is fed too much at a time and not often enough while very young Tho milk of the aura la richer In solIds sol-Ids than that of the cow and to sue rvanfully raise lambs on cows milk the mlllc should Un freshly drawn from the cow each time tho lamb Is 1 to be fed 1 for two or throe weeks at least and file cow should be Just fresh nnd I fa tuaipoonful of cranulalcd sugar bo added add-ed lo each pint this lamb will take lIl It JI nit batter oath do better on U I The milk should ba warmed up to 100 degrees and not mora than one gill should be fed al ono lime An old fashioned lamp filler a can with a long spout Is 1 a good thing lo lisa for feeding them A rubber nlpplo or a rubber finger cot with a small bole punched In the end drawn over end of I tpout and tied on makes a good teat for thorn to suck If such s thing U I not al hand n little cloth may be rolled up nisi hate n strong piece nf cloth tied OWT it 1 and over ran spout which will sneser < iilt < > ns well I lu dn well the lamb Miptild lie fed nt In > t eight times n day for the firm two vrnka and utwaja on fresh milk After Aft-er this It nay be gradually dropped down to five or six time When three or four weeks old mar have Ihe milk for It 1 drawn three limes n dny but torn tor-n couple of months the milk should al v aye he wnnneil up to 100 degrees every lime the lamb Is fed I nllk Ir lnI Hundred dollar steers nro not so scarce lust now ns they once were lathe i la-the market but none of them havo been found to ba scrubs up to date pays the Nebrn kn 1armer And It Is I Klleved that figures relative to the pro I 1 ductlan of this claM of rattle will how the most economical way lo the manti I ficturo of good lml beef The situation Is certainly one full of encouragement to j I the producers of high grado beet rattle I There Is I one thing about the cattlo business that distinguish I It In I n titarked way from any and all other i l neat producing Interests This thing lethe le-the fact thai It requires years to readjust read-just nn unbalanced state of affairs as to requirements of trade whereas In tho are of hogs or slued It only requires months to do this There Is nt present an acknowledged deficit In number of rood stockers and feeders In the coin try there Is I n marked shortage of fat cattle as all know and the herds of breeding cattlo throughout the entire country havo suffered deelnintlnn In their ranks from tha fact of unprofitable prices for young stork All tliiie thing have been going on under lha nose of Liirders for genre steadily but surely l I drifting along toward tho day of reckoning reck-oning thai Is I now nhoul nt hand We congratulate tha breeder who has had tha foresight prrsccrnnro ami good fcrluna In have been able to hold 1 on to Ills good things through thick and thin I through good report nnd evil report for at lasl I thn day appcara to Imva dawned when It will be 1 possible for him to reap his Just reward for service that all been steadfast nnd true With l lha upward up-ward trend of tho market producers f should bo quick to secure tho I 1 very tent breeding stock nt their command and outs t o Ucrp a clam of cows calculated 1 calcu-lated 1 to also eltl Nor for tho feed yard must now bear In mind moro than ever l halt I thn herd Lone no opportunity farmers to buy the bull on sight that suits Ion 1 art u0d In 11110 very near futuro Tho Creamery In Vermont Creameries Cream-eries nrn a great help In Vermont Many farmer who nro Incompetent ns talesmen I or who mobs Inferior butter that does rno bring the highest I prices loose money constantly until thy turn over tho cream to some good creamery nnd thus get rid of tho responsibility re-sponsibility of manufacturing I no thin they then began to pick up letting let-ting n check regularly every month they nro able lo aild ono mora cow to tho herd occasionally und If they nro discreet enough to Keep only tho best I cows In the bent way tho farms capacity capac-ity for supporting stock la I constantly Increased and along with It Ibo owner own-er Income Thn old plan of making butter In tho family and selling It to local merchants U n relic of the old times thnt should havii no place In modern mod-ern ngrlculturn Tho merchants pay nil they can afford lo and ninny dont want Iho butter nt tho prlco they pay Where ull the butter of n community Is mndo In ono place with correct appointments for Its uniform manufacture manufac-ture It may ba depended on to bring fair prices In distant markets Kugeno Noyce Dogs at WorK One of Unllod Blntei consuls In Ilelglum In hla report comments com-ments upon tha fact that In that country coun-try no dog U allowed to by Idle being u regularly used for beasts of draught as horses are hero It Is I estimated In Itclgltini that ten dogs will accomplish an much work as ana homo and they ors even moro powerful than the homo In proportion to their weight as they compute tbo load for tho average horse at four times hla weight and for tho slnglo dog or pair of dogs at six times his or their weight It la I estimated that the does In tho United States ought to oar n tor tho country at least I UGO 000000 annually and 1 to do so would bo Greatly to their advantage ns their vIclousncH would disappear and tho danger from rabies be craatly lessened Ix Cauliflower for the market should ba cut > o as to Iravo about ono Inch of Ibo stem on nnd trim off tbo leave even with Ibo flower Tack In bushel boxes holding one dozen heads or ono layer with face turned up |