Show DAIRY AND POULTRY INTERESTING CHAPTERS pon OUR RURAL READERS How Corff4ril rfmri operetta Trials Department of the llomrtload Illnli as la the Care of Live Slink and Poultry getting Holler IConlented < < from IlrnonT HttItw Sliocr pbMiieportoflooaUtlrr l Omitnlloil Mr John Colltworthy of llurnitdo apoko on tho question of lelllng butter by cooperation The pith ol his ad deem wa that operative wiling lea atoned the cost of dlnpotlng of It DIi comfort took place aa follows QlIuo you gone far enough Into the subject to develop a plan of telling by which It will bo a permanent auo cess that It aa to tolling butter AI have not I would laY that the plan ahould bo something like title A company would be organized with SOO hare at a par value each of ISO per hAre Till would snake a capital of 10000 Apart thliuy SO percent ahould bo paid up at once A board of director would have the management of the builncM Of contrast wa would have secretary troaurern manager The latter officer Should re aide In Chicago and have tho principal management of tho btialncM Mr lhwnDoc It DOt rooho Iwll Into an ordinary commlitton butlncuT Now I think that tho general experience experi-ence of cooperative telling Invi not been a IUCCCM In other word It hu been found that operative com panic do not cooperate Whether they can be made to cooperate III I another question Wo have tried cooperation co-operation In a hundred dlffurcnt way but hava not yet arrived a aucccuful way of doing It They have made a great aucccu of operation In Ing leads but not In till country Now It would bo a good plan to have n central place In Chicago where the butler of a hundred crramcrlea could bo brought to It and given Ita proper grade and placed on tha market Mr ntThl I a question that I worthy tha conkldcratlonof both bit en and teller of butter Him question of such magnitude that were wa to lot low It to IU limit wo would consume a week of time It would have a tendency ten-dency to bring up tha quality ot common com-mon dairy butter to creamery make If the crcamcrlca would all make extra butter title would bo the belt plan that wo could adopt and I believe that If wo had luch a central station the commlulon men would all bo glad to go there where they could get what they wanted ljut my experience hat been that our creamery butter la not all extra or even tint AI to the bulk For till reason I do not believe tho plan would work very well In the atnte of Dakota they started cooperative aclllng aiaoclallon A abort time ago and are already quarreling about IL I believe the commission men are workIng work-Ing In the Interests tho creameries To keep on good term with their patron pat-ron they try to get all high price for the butter poulble for they know that If the fanner limit ho II I not getting get-ting an much All ho might he will lend his good to soma other man To Protons ConUglon The Feathered World of London Kngland bays that when a contaglou disease appears any canker or diphtheritic diph-theritic roup to give It III proper title whether It bo among fowl or pigeon I the tint thing to bo done Is I to Isolate Immediately bird or blnla anitctcd with IL Next we have to conildcr that many of tho other may have contracted contract-ed It and we mutt watch for symptom and Isolate them alto promptly In cane of doubt It Is I always bet to bo on tho tho safe nldo and rtmovo nny bird that appear to bo ailing however slightly until It la made clcarthat there is I noth ing tha III alt or Another Important polntUtliataillicated blnl may cause otherto bo diseased bylrlnltlnlf lit Iho sarno fountain Thanddltlon IIf u little acidified steel tincture to tho drinking water Is I a mean of making It null i plio i and nt tho same time act a I a fill tonlo to the u blnl Whon once It contagious dUraio ha been present In a fowl house or plgeonary It U folly to attempt further breeding until tho place J line been thoroughly disinfected The bird should all be < u removed for a wick or two to other quarters To disinfect tho place lint close It up and burn sulphur In It allowing tho fume to remain poutrMlon for say cral hours licit to do till at night and then It can remain until tile fol lowing morning Then crapo the wall awecp out tho floor and havo It thoroughly ringed with water containing con-taining carbolic add Afterward whttawaih the wall and rc and tho floor and after a few days Interval tha bird In quarantine may bo returned re-turned Ax exchange cay that from tunny examination made It Is I found that the gltiard of u perfectly healthy fowl contain at nil time a generous quantity quan-tity of gravel or grit when thl article arti-cle Is 1 freely ulllIl < lollenllmol more grit than food On the contrary when not In vigorous health a small quantity quan-tity of grit sometimes not Any la I to bo found while both crop and glttard will bo overloaded with a maze of state offensive food which tho latter organ fall to grind and properly J pro pare l for nature work Indigestion bowel trouble congested and diseased j liver I ono or all and finally death lot limn Wo would not have tho reader Infer that tho ute of grit or gravel will prevent In all catcn tho dlteaica mentioned men-tioned and many other might bo named but wo are thoroughly convinced con-vinced that by It free use It 1 will ao aid In keeping the fowl In such a vigorous vig-orous state of health that disease will I dud no place to Intrench Itself I Pimr SCIIOOIA Atth present time special courses In dairying are provided provid-ed In the agricultural college of Wit I contain Minnesota Jews Pennsylvania Pennsylva-nia Indiana Vermont New York Maine and Michigan Of tlirtc Mates Wlteoniln devote entirely to da Ing a J10000 building and equipment I Now York a 00000 building Minnesota Minne-sota one coiling about 1000 Iowa I I J IOf 10 and Indiana 11100 These dairy schools contain the molt economical I I I and modern equipment for conducting the work of a homo dairy creamery or I butter factory The Idea Is 1 to famll larlie the student with the theory and principle In tha lecture room and practically apply these In the dairy work room or laboratory The course Instruction In tha dairy school la not narrow Tho work extend tend much beyond a direct consideration considera-tion of milk butter and cheese Tho number of Instructors Is I not limited to one but to each subject even In some COAC II a pccll Instructor devoted These teacher be It 1 understood are not mere theorists but men who have given much attention to their special I branches such as Juitlflc ono In termIng term-Ing them expert I Kno AIII PAT Inmiicixa KOOII Ko thrifty farmer1 wife will allow pullet pul-let to bo killed for the table Areyou railing pullet for egg producer And arc you railing all all thoroughbred stock for breeding pur pose t Then bear title In mind 1ecd to secure rapid growth In bone and muscle avoid fat The corn and fat ration should bo only to secure a Juicy condition with only small line of fat Along under the akin Mutcle forming feed Is I tho egg producing feed wheat oat barley with other occasional feed of buckwheat buck-wheat with any 20 per cent of corn In winter and 10 to 19 per cent of corn In spring and summers until you with I to fatten when corn and row beef all they will AIIylll make them cxcea alvcly fat and tho quickest way of any I ration to bo named Hut till muscle growing feed build up tho structure for egg producing work To do all till For your fowls I II treating them honestly honest-ly and giving them nchanco to lay you well for tho work and feed you furnish them and nlwjenable you to xllatock which will not disappoint tho purchaser pur-chaser Ohio poultry Journal l Tin INCUIIATOII ix WINTKIL From this time on U I the proper period for using an Incubator as one can learn before tho broiler season come on The hen Is an excellent medium for hatching In tha spring and summer but AI tho hen do not ill In winter except rarely tho early broiler must bo hatched with Incubator which bring out several hundred chick at a time and al It cost but little more to care for a largo number of chick than to attend to a hen or two when tho snow la I on the ground the Incubator much I cheaper Droller of ten bring iOccnU per pound In the height of tha season and the cost of a pound of chicken doc not exceed ex-ceed 0 Cents We must not omit the fact however that there are other expense ex-pense aa well aa loc to meet and we will alto grant that tho hen can ratio her chick better than It can be done for her but not In the winter season An Incubator provide work In winter and give an opportunity to avoid Ion of time by raising I early broiler for market Farm and 1lro aldo FIX Tllr CoorllAt this season ot tho year an examination will show many repair necessary about even the best regulated poultry house The crack and crevice mutt bo looked after and carefully closed so as to exclude ex-clude thcchlll draft of winter llrokcn and cracked window glasses ahould be replaced with new one and everything every-thing put ship shape for the cold weather Dont expect eggs or oven healthy chicken thl winter It you provide quarter which mako a heavy overcoat feel comfortable when you visit them It tile coop taro In an exposed ex-posed position a coat of tar paper will Improve matter or even a heavy banking of dry manure or leave covered with earth will go far toward providing protection TIIID good care 01 your chicken anti It will be far from labor lost Ittrm Mode and Homo SorrKKKii Hoft feed la I a prominent factor In n hon wellbeing especially In cold weather or when the morning aro frosty Tho soft ford should bo served hot Tho hen wont Injura themselves by rating too much before It become sufficiently cool Instinct teaches them botUr Mnall potatoes potato peeling or rutabaga boiled and mashed mixed with middlings no AI to scald and still not bo sloppy II a food relished A Itttla wheat or screening may ba Added before removing remov-ing the mom from tho stove Feed In two or three vessel according to the I site of the flock w there will bo no scrambling or flghttng 1arm Stock and Homo Civ ANT MoiAMxa A Masaachu sctta poultrjman advUca the use of gin And molaucs for cholera To a pint ol f gin ho add a gill of molnura and before be-fore using shake It up well The mixture kept corked when not In use Atabletpoonful II I generally a dose U U also said that there li nothing better for fowl that have traveled on a long Journey It sccmi to act nl a corrective and preventive of any disease arising from change 01 air water and feed In molting It li I alto said to ba excellent and whenever when-ever a fowl appear drooping from whatever cause tho gin and molaucs In nine cases out of ten will be found successful Ex DONT say that report of 300 to toe pounds of butter per cow all cam from dude and Han because youi oows have never made over 173 pound each |