| Show ACRI agricultural CULTURAL NOTES FOOTES var mar BEST milr MILK CATTLE mr P G rogers ropers of marshfield county louisiana asks us to give the name bame of the best milk cattle and the address of their owners there thera is no single breed or race of cattle which is entitled to the dis unction of best for milk for quality of milk and without reference to the quantity or to the amount of food consumed the small jersey derney alderney AI and brittany cattle of western furore are probably better than thau any other of those breeds a pure for quantity of milk in pro pa to amount of food consumed ali all and regardless of the quality of the product the tiie Ayr shires are general I 1 jj regarded as aa the best pure breeds breede for eor or goi gol general leral dairy purposes in which the quantity and quality of the milk as well as the qu quantity and cost of food are taken into the account we know of none better than a mixture of characteristics furnished by the tho shorthorn short i hom horn cross upon common stock all so called which often includes a sprinkle of blood from all the bovine domesticated races if the inquirer lias has some cows of fair quality though of common stock a good shorthorn bull will be likely to give hlin him some calves from them which at proper age and with reasonably good attention andal andul and seii ful hand haud handling handling ilni ling may be developed into firsts rate rato milk cows and this will serve his his purpose as well veli we I 1 as rt possible unless lie desires a pure breed from which to propagate fo fon for r sale saie as breeding animals if the latter is aimed at we know of no race more likely to give gim satisfaction than the jersey jersy jers y it 1 is i not improbable that the polled scotch Gallo and wid perhaps the dutch will on full tri trl triai trial al in this tills country prove to bo be valuable acquisitions should they become cov favorites as in comparison with the Ayr shires and fen ten jerseys Fer their better sizo aizo and their iu superior perlor beef producing q qualities will tell greatly in their favor prairie farmer IMPROVE THE I 1 QUALITY v OF OY grai gral nye vye WO commend to the attention oil oli millers and grain dealers the advice to impress upon farmers the advantage of imi improving rov the quality of their wheat too many farmers plant and sow as it comes year after year com corn is isan an exception but vily why because it lt is handy to select but why select at all ali Ee Because cause causo it is understood to be 11 good experiments have demonstrated and analogy has shown that the finest and best samples of seed selected each year will improve the quality and quantity of the product the stock raiser always takes the best animals for breeders bleeders bre eders nover never U the tho 10 dwal sand culls culis his stock improves 11 proves each year yea the same to the tiie vegetable kingdom analogically ihben then theu 1 td best cheats oits pits oat sor r or barley each tacil year for seed beed whis is is y casily cd easily done therefore it is neglected le eted N with itha ltha a little trouble on tiie tile part of the farmer the finest and uld ripest heads could be elected selected sow half annece an acle acie from this select ta tha tho best bet the tho following yea year and so on thi thieo three or four flour jears years would mould work a decided in thi sway w wheat hea or any ady other grain can bo lm improved roved and the tile yield enlarged then be earlier maturity lar larger gc x grains and better gro growth th baltimore n 1 i lian O ON OV V CATTLE A correspondent of the tho waine maine farmer larmer ays to advice that had previously been given not to apply kerosene oil to cattle for the tile purpose of killing hilling lice I 1 avoided lilo lilg use ue of kerosene for this tills purpose far several S years sears ears eans feadin fearin git it might bo injurious but hut for th the tho last three sears years years sears I 1 haxe have used nothing else ivah with our large e stock of cattle andin baid bald bevery belv ery cry unwilling to give it up As often as the stock ia is known to be troubled with lice lico each cr creature attire i is carded all ali over quite thoroughly fre frequently dipping I 1 the teeth of the cardin caidin the tho oil oti tibor two or three applications aro are lelent sufficient no K 0 remedy that I 1 leavo li iko ivo tried is so convenient andriano and m more moro har bar harmless or effectual re fec U 11 fato FATU leks inKS SELLING air alk IN wilen liell p purel laro butter is burnt in a lamp or c not a 14 particle of ashes le mains ao 0 o that all butteri buttery like puro oil burns into gas and escapes into jha tho atmosphere when a armer EA laloo pounds of butter for 25 or 30 more or less nothing leaves his farm but air in the shape of oil anda and a little common salt used in the butter by keeping cows and elling yelling no milk nor cheese 1 but butter a farmer can easily enrich his land for nothing that will form bone brain or muscle is with chicago is now sending fram fifty to seventy tons of butter daily to new york and boston market markets I 1 to the reat great rent advantage of the farming in hi interests terest ferest raising corn is the pao poorest rest business done in all the west twenty thousand dollars a day is paid to farmers in chicago for their butter railway freight on tub butter to new kew york is la 15 1 15 per pounds a and ud to boston As this ki is less than a cent and a half a 1 I pound farmers should not complain for quick transportation for por nearly a thousand miles we should be glad to see the farmers of tennessee give more attention to the dairy business A great deal of the butter sold in this city shows great room for improvement and a lack of just appreciation of the importance of dairy husbandry by keeping a farm mainly in grass for dairy purposes it is not liable to wash and is not impoverished by too much plowing sell abrat air at four pounds for a dollar and save the virgin soil wash nash villa union V an english gentleman who recently visited the conquered french provinces states that af of the germ germans ans aus is is grol groi growing ang stronger every day even those who can speak the german language an guage fluently ly never use it but speak ak french in the loudest tones |
