Show POINTS FOR THE DAIRY Opinions Expressed at a JJeeUns of New York Dairymen At a meeting of dairymen in Jefferson county N Y E S Munson of Delaware county expressed the opinion that cold water setting of milk is tho best Cream should be kept cpld until ready fpr I I churning then warmed all together churned ata temperature of 62 degs He thought one ounce of salt to one pound of butter was about the right proportion although he allowed that tho amount of salt used in butter was strictly a matter of taste TIle butter churned weighed 10i pounds making 19 pounds of milk decessary to produce one pound of butter but-ter Cream stored in cans or pails should be mixed or stirred thoroughly at least six times every twentyfour hours A member from Richmond N Y with several years experience in silos and ensilage is an enthusiast on the subject sub-ject His dairy of fifty cows yields one pound of butter for every fourteen pounds of milk and all the butter he produced last winter sold at an average of fortyone cents per pound So much for ensilage A dairyman from Utica spoke in favor of a judicious system of feeding ensilage Ho said tho best corn for ensilage is tho corn that will ripen best He filled his silos with uncut sweet corn and preferred prefer-red that to any other During last January Janu-ary and February it cost him eleven cents a head per day to feed his cows on ensilage ensi-lage In answer to an inquiry Professor Cooko said that white caps or white specks in butter were caused by the cream drying on the edge of the cream jar or pail also by over sourness of the cream Pasturage for Colts nets Cattle It is important that pasturage be properly prop-erly chosen especially for growing colts If this is on very rich land or watery the grass will be too rank for the growth of fine strong bones and firm enduring muscle Colts grown up on such will be pretty sure to be wanting in spirit be slow of movement and deficient in wind so much so that when in harness if put up to a moderately fast pacewhich can only be done by a repeated application applica-tion of the whipthey breathe painfully painful-ly sweat intolerably and soon tire The best pasture ground tor colts is such as is well drained or naturally rather dry and if it abounds with scattered rocks a foot or more in diameter these are not objectionable ob-jectionable but small stones are for the colts in running about are liable to strike on them to the injury of their hoofs while they avoid the larger ones and rocks in their exercise The grass on such lands is sweet and tender highly relished by the colts and very nutritious Growing up on such especially if limited to it tho feet and legs and the bones of the whole body become be-come extra strong more like ivory than common bone grown on quite succulent pasture For cattle the pasture need not be so select in quality for they will dow do-w ell on wet meadows when the water is generally little below tho surface of the soil only occasionally overflowing for a few hours and then drying off well I A Lonjr Lived Fence IAn I-An Ohio correspondent writing in the World says More than fifty years ago my father made a board fence inclosing the house lot and garden that remained in its place until last year with scarcely any repairs or care other than that it was painted as a protection from decay The secret of the longevity of the posts I consists in the fact that the ends of the posts rested on flat stones with an iron pin fastened in the stone with lead and projecting up into a hole bored in the foot of the posts These were further steadied and supported by a small iron rod entering the side of each post about one foot above the stone and bent so that the other end of the rod was fastened into the stone with lead as a brace and support Last year the same posts which still remained sound were used again as posts for a new fence of wire and wood Agricultural Notes Dont throw soft feed on the ground where half of it will be wasted and then complain because it cost so much for feed for those hens The proper feeding of calves is a question ques-tion that should be carefully studied Judging from results very few do so Cold milk should never be fed To makeup make-up for the butter taken out of the milk in the shape of cream some supplementary supplement-ary feed should be given with the skim milk Linseed oil cake cotton seed meal bran oats and peas aro all good Experiments have proved that sunflower sun-flower seeds are irresistible bait for rats Put the seeds in traps and try this method in your poultry house if you arc troubled with the rodents Provide a place of shelter for fowls where they can be kept dry during hard rain storms Parsnips are very nutritious and in tho islands of Jersey and Guernsey are considered excellent roots for dairy cows and are extensively grown for that purpose pur-pose Shut the young turkeys in at night and do not let them out on wet mornings till the grass has dried off Give them water in shallow vessels Dont let the little turkeys get their backs wet till they are feathered is a good rule The Wyandotte fowls are highly prized as winter layers Chickens especially of the larger breeds should never be allowed to perch until they are fully six months old or the breastbone will be liable to become crooked There is no cure for it and it is a disqualification everywhere Dame Nature plants her plums in thickets The plum thicket is a familiar fa-miliar childhood phrase Therefore an Illinois horticulturist argues that plum trees should never be planted singly but will do best in clumps including different differ-ent varieties that will aid each other in fertilization |