Show DAIRY AND POULTRY i NTERE8TINO CHAPTERS TOR OUR RURAL READERS How Pareeafal frmr Oprml ThU llpselms ol Ihs farmA rw 11111 s U the cars of IJse coma cad rnllfJ e LONG time ago there was brought Into lower Canada a number of pure white cow of the oJ Durham breed They roust have been Inbred for generations for they were very X r prepotent that is I they were able to tamp their own characlerlitlca on their offspring even though hey were bred with no Idea of heeling them pure Their progeny nre scattered throughout the more northern north-ern ijortlon of the Untied States at east from Maine to Iowa They are no longer coiled Durham I but native for all record of their origin has long Inco passed from the knowledge of the men that own them The beat cow I ever owned till one of this kind I have seen many others like her In appearance ap-pearance and they nre always well poken of no far as I have been Mile to learn They have the characteristic of the old Durham Short legs well eshed short powerful horns heavy hick neck fleshy welldeveloped udder ud-der which generally means power to giro a large amount of fat The hairs Is I white but under It Is I a very yellow kin The cream of the cow I owned has been churned In two and onehalt minute and that too by stirring It with a spoon and In a stone crock Another An-other characteristic Is I that some of hem at least arc very persistent milk era and one Is I not always nbln to dry them up at the times desired The cow of which I have spoken could not be dried up but continued to give milk through her entire period of gestation ges-tation We got her down to two quarts at n milking but from that time she began to Increase In yield of milk till she was fresh It Is more than 1 probable that If some breeder would pick up a number of these cows and carefully develop them ha would have avery valuable strain of milkers llcnjutulii Uels Mrll rr x > rllanr < l fililm If one will look through the herd and oraparo the udders of the caws he willie will-ie surprised to find among the very best > cows let alone the poorer ones a wide difference In the form of the udders and Unit a perfect one will be llfflcult to hind I e ono of Ideal hope Udders like the ears of men says ractlcal Tanner go In all shapes and It Is not the largest ones or the most symmetrical that supply the most I or the richest milk Of course the ud tier of a cow long wide and deep of largest abdominal attachment each llvlslon well proportioned and fair lied teats la tha ono described In dairy literature but In fact It Is I not uncommon to find large producing cows hit have the back quarter more largely large-ly developed and while not symmetrical sym-metrical to the eye the milkproducing power of the cow cannot be Ignored We think the tendency of common Breeding Is to enlarge the back quarters quar-ters at the eipenie of the forward part lId It should be the breeders aim to so brved that harmony In site of the quarters shall prevail In passing along a line of royallybred Jerseys the other day there were not two udders In tie line that could be said to be alike and In some of them the forward quarters were quite subdivided In appearance and Indicated that the amount of milk given from these quarters was much smaller In quantity than from the back one We do not know that any tests to determine the relative richness of the smaller quartan as compared with the larger bars ever been made but ths question Is I rather one of how to breed rows with will proportioned udders How e soiree the l + nOn n-On of our readers makes the suggestion sug-gestion that It would be valuable to possess such Information by whloh ODe could elect the hens that will lay from those that may not be so productive thus saving the expense of keeping a large number of drone In the flock erya Poultry Keeper The suggestion Is I an eicellent one although we bore b-ore given Information In that direction direc-tion But to attempt to select the prospective pros-pective layer Is I u difficult as that of anticipating the amount of milk a heifer heif-er will produce before she comes In with bar first calf As with cattle the matter ls I one of observation and we doubt If there Is I any class of stock on the farm either animals or birds that will give Indications of their prolificacy pro-lificacy before they begin production Hens differ Individually and they differ dif-fer as breeds Knowledge of their Indl vlduel characteristics caD only be gain id by constant association with them and careful observation of tbelr traits The laying ben Is I one that Is I active soc liusy A good scatcblng hen one thai It never Idlet as a rule a good layer for the reason that her active habit beep her In the proper condition for laying Hence we may advise that In electing let the busy active ben be retained A bright red comb bright wattles and a happy disposition are In dlcatlons while bright eyes and clean feathers also point to success All bens have bright red combs when beginning lo lay but It la before the hens begin that more Information Is I desired The test method Is I to breed for good layers lay-ers Select the bet layer every year and mate them with a male from a good laying strain or breed and the shortest road will at once be taken Whets one finds a lot of drone In the flock get lid of them and breed from thorn that are productive The rule hat lIke begets like holds good with poultry u with anything else and should lead to the production of better lock but It Is I Important that the male be given some consideration who selecting breeding stock II his influence on the future progeny Is greater than that of any female In the flock he being the sire of all Instead of a few only Th llrood rn Incubator hatched chickens that are raised Ir brooders will do much better with a small run or enclosed space attached to one end of the brooder ru says Ilpltomlil I I They need to get out on the ground In order to Invigorate anll harden them and to keep them ram growing up too much on the hot louta plan weak and delicate This run we term the brood pen and It is 1 about as necessary as the brooder In order to attain the highest degree of ucceis We have to kinds of brood era one Is I kept Indoors and the olhftt out In the yard When the chicks first come root the Incubator we put them In the former Hut alter the chicks are two weeks old we move them to an outdoor lirower with a brood pen at achment Then on bright days we let hem out on the ground where they wallow In the sand and ashn and scratch among clover hulls and wheat chaff for the small grain that Is I scat trued among IL Tho bruod pen system reduces the cute and anilely about the chickens especially when a storm approaches ap-proaches to n minimum because the brooder Is I led open at the end and the chicken can run Inside at the first approach ap-proach of danger and If they become chilly they can BO back Into the hover Ivpartmcnt uhlck Is I healed all the Imp by n lamp beneath liven when he chlcktns are with a hen the brood teen system Is tolinblc Many a chicken chick-en Is I run lo Untli while young and weak by an unirasonablo and flighty mother that beeps on the go all the Imp Hut li I lice brood should bo cooped within n small I en about ten by twelve fret soil kept within the enclosure un tII UM chickens nre all well feathered and large enough to stand the wet grin and to travel about with the hen a much larger per cent of them may be ralseJ Ch4l il Trait Cracked or chapped teat often give trouble to the milker on account of the pain given to the cow by the opening of ho crack during the milking This is I avoided and the some healed by wash Inc the teats In warm water and some pure soap and after wiping them dry dressing them with pure ascllno This softens Ibo skin and molds tearing open the sores and thus affords relief to both the cow al the milker These crack or chaps may be avoided by milking with dry hands a practice that should not be left unnoticed at least so far as the wetting of the tents with milk by dipping the finger In the pall to take up some of the milk If It la I to be i done at all there Is I no necessity to do It In this way but the hands may be ltn Yt moistened by milking I a little of the I milk on them as It Is I drawn Hut the practice la I not to be condoned anyhow If the milker must have something done and cannot milk without It let pure vaseline be used It will soften the teats and the milkers bands and If not used In excess will do no barm Inn In-n way It Is I excellent for preventing I cracked teats In the winter those resulting re-sulting mostly from wet milking Exchange Ex-change 1 i Footing Mollmilk In tags Many patrons of creameries and private pri-vate dairymen have often a larger supply sup-ply of buttermilk than they have a rightful number of bOil for its consumption con-sumption Where buttermilk Is I fed In too large quantity It generally causes colic and then scours more so In younger swine The hair will becomi dead and they grow pot bellied and flabby While buttermilk when fresh Is I a valuable food properly fed I would Dot take It an a gift 111 bal to feed that and nothing with it If It hu taken on acidity to a large degree u often eai not be avoided In hot weather a tablespoonful table-spoonful of soda to a lallon well stirred In prove very beneficial It Is I always best when pigs are on grass to dllitt 1 It with water and use to each two quarta a quart of mill feed corn and shorts Young pigs such as are weaned will do better eight or ten ol them on two gallons of the mixture fed twice a day than If they received larger portion of pure milk With older hogs one must be guided by their ability to digest but It Is I surely a mistake mis-take to feed the milk alone more M when on grass Thro Louis Llmburger Philadelphia Times The only cheese that we Import to any extent from Germany Is I Llmburg or Iumburger and even In that case by far the largest portion sold here is I mad In Wisconsin and New York It doesnt make much difference about the keeping qualities of Llmburg for It II I only relished by those who are really partial to It when It has reached that advanced stage of decomposition which makes It highly offensive to sensitive nostrils Th average German epicure doe not confider Llmburg hit to eat until It baa become thickly peopled > with a small white worm which beseems be-seems to relish even more than he doe the cheese Separate the FocklTbe first thing to do with flock that are kept on farm rather than on ranches Is I to separate the flock Into a number of small ones each composed of oDe kind and having hav-ing a regard to sex age and general condition The weak one should not be placed with the strong The wether or stock mock should be In one flock the breeding ewes In another and the lambs In another If the beat result are to U secured Join the State 1 Horticultural Society Stand by the family nut bar a fruit garden |