Show DA1HY AND IOUlrilY IflTCnRSTINO CHAITKHS FOR OUR HURAL nCADCPS llmr euereeral furiurri l < mtl > Till llr irlliirnl ot the Pornt rw I III I ft In llie faro ut list Nliirk ltd Poultry MR MlClllOAN i noun offlco ban Just J ladled n very IntcrcMInc report on tho Iho lack of that stair It contain much r food tor thought and li I as followa U appear that h + the number of horiiri In DIP stale Juno 1 U3I wan CUK2 of which 31MO or 131 I percent per-cent were under 1 cur old 40028 or C 01 per rent worn 1 year old and under two 48111 or 725 per cent were 2 peons old and under 3 not M3133 or hIM per cent were 3 > cars old and ocrTho Tho number of mule and flue woe G332 33Tbe Tbe number of cattle exclusive of mtlch cows and working oxen was tS4583 of which 242220 or 43 07 percent per-cent wcro under 1 year old 13SGIS or 3G50 per cent wero 1 year old and under 2 83821 or 16 20 per cent were 2 > rnri old and under 3 and 23934 or 4 33 tier cent were 3 peers old nnd over Tho number of inllcli cows was GOO 230 and of working oxen 112C7 The number of hog under 1 year old IncludlnK spring pigs one S374C5 or SOS9 per cent nnd the number 1 peon The number of pure b1 l IlfIOrdd cattle In the lint Juno 1 1891 I wan 10891 dlnlrlbuted 01 to bred M follows fol-lows Alderne 3 Angus C7 A > r hlro 37 Drown SWIM 3 Devon 4S Galloway 6M Ouernaey 83 llerefonl 411 lint stein 1711 Jersey 38M lied 1ollel 131 Shorthorn 4059 r Illlrr lMttiinlllf In llm loath To bo sure there nre tpcllon In the Miilh ni there are In the north where umdrnl good waler cnnnot bo obtained ob-tained and It would bo foolish In anyone any-one to attempt dalr > lng anywhere under un-der such illMiUnntagen So far na climate cli-mate li concerned the toutli can claim the greater BdtnntaKC write 1 8 Ilnrdln In Homo and farm To make good butler you mutt obtain a tern lieratiire of about CO dsisreea There are probably far more dope In the oiithern slates during the year when the thermometer runes near thla point taking all the reniana together than there ore at the north The springs lad 1 falls are lancer so to peAk when near CO Is the usual temperature The winters are much milder Ihoucli 4io heat of summer Is morn continuous I though not more cTtrrmc It the dairy nan will work his cows all the yrar no ho should do he will gel more fa orahle weather by far than could his lets foorol rlnl of Ibo north flic I wparalor does away with Ibo need of I Ice In gelling tie cream and tlio only trouble ho need linto Is I to secure n trmpcrnttiro of CO for making the butler but-ler A deep well or cold spring or deep cellar or evaporation of water nlonc with making file butter In the early hour of time morning will generally nccompllih tliln Rome of Iheco expedients expe-dients will do for shipping tile butter Just as they do at the north Irass will grow In all the southern elate If properly culthntnrd though the nmd em methods of dairying nro gradually I ON A CANADIAN STOCK FARM J < < So K4vM ryr J e 5 lift e CY N I k I 1 a A 4 t t t I C i i I w t tLr r t r I ei 4v4aae x ynargLawomIGaA5IIEaapFL5cGLA old and ocr 1077SC or 1911 per cent of the total number The number of cheep tinder 1 year oVl Including spring lamlm won 1181 CH or 3129 per cent and Iho number 1 year old trod over wu 2202937 ore or-e 71 per cent of tho tolnl number Tho census of 1SS4 allow s the number of each of the nocral dailies of Iho ttock but not tho punilxr nt the dllfrr cot ages oa reported the present census cen-sus Assuming Hint horse nnd other cntllo In 1884 Include nil ngcs horses liiuc Increased In the ten pearl 217KC mules and asses 512 cattle other than milch cowl mid working oxen C9IOJ milch cows 00180 and hogs 30757 while working oxen have decreased Uon and sheep C3395I Tho stifle totals of live stock in ubovu given Include live stock In cities Tho totals for cltlea era mi follows Dorses Under 1 > ear old Including nprlni cults 241 1 year old and under 2 1S9 2 yearn old and under 3 1W2 3 years old and ocr 49147 Milieu and nne all ageti 249 Cnllle exclusive of milch cows and working oxen Under 1 year old Including spring calves 6911 year old and under 2 4S9 2 yonrs old and under 3 289 3 year ouch over 433 Number of milch cow 10300 Number Num-ber of worklnp oxen 1C Of other stock returned from ouUUj jf clllea In 1894 there Is 1 compared with 00 n decrease of 7521 In the number of tailed cows uf 18544 In working oxen of 90990 111 hogs and of 1375C1 In sheep and an Increase of 1201 In mules and asses Tho census of 1830 show 57 079 colt foaled on farms In 1S89 If tho number of homes ouUlde of cities under 1 year old In the state June I 1894 be taken us the number foaled on farms lu that year which for Ibis state In I substantially accurate the number foaled In 1891 waa 20330 less than In ISSJ n decrease of morn thin 43 per cent The decline In value of horses will readily account for ilii large decrease In the number of call foaled Ily the census of 1890 20031 horses mules and ASICB on farms died In this stale In 1S83 This Is I 11018 less I than the number of foils foaled oulslde of cities In 1894 Assuming the loss by death mi reported for 1889 represents with subitnnllal accuracy the annual loss from this cause the number of colts foaled In 1894 exceeded the loas by death by 11019 The number of sheep sheared In the slate In 1894 was 2323189 or C0232 moro lane on hand June 1 Tbe total wool clip of the slut waa 11030322 pound an averaga of C 33 pounds per bead Tho average per head In 1890 was 628 pounds In 1881 5 03 pounds and In 1880 542 pound In 1891 I the average per bead In the southern counties coun-ties was 6 40 pounds In tho central counties 592 pounds In Iho northern counties C 49 pounds and In the upper peninsula 6C2 pounds ellralrmtlnK tho pnaturo from the proli I tern Tho corn filled alto Is taking Us I place U In I earn tu say the relrlrcrntor car will noon follow the steamship In malting Its own artificial rcfrlRcrallon and not depend on Ire To my way of thlnklne Iho enemy has nol discovered the lion thai lien In Iho path ot the southern dairyman 110 ran enslly overcome lice objections named The fellow I would fear Is thn nurngo negro In tho dairy room and slablo Ho U by nnturo altogether too careless In his habits and frequently I carries about with him too strong nn I aroma to tnut In proximity with that highly len ltho nrtlcle cream If not watched with an code eye he lets thn slablo fill up wllh filth and tho churn become stale within while time tins ac ciimulatn dirt In tho creases nnd milk spilled on tho floor has no terrors for him lie Is I all right If you mo sufficient suf-ficient discretion In picking out n good one nod then holding him up to his work but It will never do to let I him think sou am not on tho watch for even the semblance of carulcssnesa I rrrt at roi on ll err Carefully studied experiments In feeding dairy cattle show that the kind of food the cows consume has n pronounced pro-nounced effect on tho hardreiM of Ibo butler So far nn the experiment have gone It nppours I That gluten meal tends to produce a much imflir qimllly of butler than corn meal or cotton need men and oilier things being equal tends to lessen tho churnablllty of the I butler fat 121 That sling produces a much softer butter than does good liny hut It Is I also favorable to tho flavor fla-vor nod texluro of the butter product l la That cotton need meat tends to produce pro-duce an unusually hard quality of butter but-ter md that cotton seed meal nnd gluten glu-ten meal might bo used together with excellent rtsults The standard of quality by which the bnttrr Is Judged Is the quality made by feeding cornmenj and doter hay Tho feeds tasted for quality being those now largely used by dairymen In nectlonn where train Is bought for feed Nebraska Ne-braska Cultivator 1llInll a lUixltr A citizen of Ilumford had canvassed the town In vain from end to end In search of a hen to eel when ho hoard Ihalan old darkey on the lloiton Irov deuce lb Newport road bud n great deal of selling stock As this Ivan Just what he wanted he lost no limon limo-n hunting him up He found the old man building a hencoop In the rear of bit residence Approaching he asked by way of broaching the subject how many hens he had setting Three bens and a rooster bOil And a which Inquired tha poultry man thinking be had not heard straight A rooster replied tbe darkey Seeing a look of dlilrust on the visitors vis-itors taco he took him Into it low build lag end cure i > nni > g i there rot n large trahrnn tauter calmly covering twon t V eggs lie one aide 01 him oat two hens and on the other A third hen The Iltor l xwlng how utatrb he roo ier at secretly resolved to get iome of time dnrkey esirs and hatch out a special lot nt rooters On being Ofked whnl he did when the roosters would 1 nol sit any longer tho darkey replied that dnl nr rooster done bound i ° Vt Pointing underneath the box Lnooking lhWr 3 nrh f Looking under the box the vliltor was ttirprlted I to find both the roosters legs Mlrklng I through holes Cln time lax The black rruenl had actually bored hole In the box and tied lice roosters Icga underneath xi as he said tho rooster MOB done bound to set Inquiring In-quiring Into the matter tho Ilumford I man found thai the darkey hail four bins and 1 one roomer Three ot tho hens were telling and Slim other hen was layIng lay-Ing The darkey finding the eggs of the hen accumulating quite fart decided decid-ed to let up feeding the rooster corn and make him hatch n nock of chickens chick-ens IrovlJenco Journal lltlL Those who bate kept their flocks fully iiipplled need not bo told that It will take at Tenet n quart per hen per year and thai Ihn demand for It ro cum as regular as tho dally meals The fact thai many hens are compelled to do entirely without gill and yet manage man-age to Hie and lay eggs speaks volumes vol-umes for the constitutional Utallty and tenacity of life of the much abused hen You have taken hrr from lur nallvi heath and placed her where It suits your purpono to keep her and In many Inralltles she rannot find anything lithe li-the shape of grit to run her grist mil with and jet you neglect to supply thla cMtntlal feature and then an othcmlia the breed and all hens In general bccnuto the poor belplei creatures Oo not keep healthy and sing merrily and lay nbundantl and all this time they no anxloiuly searching for the aharptornercd mineral their neccMltles crave wllh their glxiarda working over n mass of tiuground food and their bowels sorely lrrltste with Iho nassnge of undigested grains and tlitlr unnourlthod ladles tbo unmerll td Ucllm ot disease and premature deathThe Cultivator niucneM of Mllk Milk as It comes from the udder may liu described as of practically uniform composition If huweer wo let It ittnm at rest for eomo limn we and as all pro awaro that the uniformity of the competition of the milk Is dltturhrd by nn ncrumulallon which takes place more or lent quickly on the surface of the milk of minute folly globules which n mlrroicoplc examination ex-amination will show fro M abundantly distributed In milk concurrently with U Is separation of tho fat n chnngu In the color of the main body will he ou tcried sly bust removal of the fat tho npaclty of the milk Is diminished 01111 It Is I rendered more trnimpnrenl This has the effect ot Imparting the blnlili unto which Is I so characteristic of skim milk Hut whlta must of tho fat collects col-lects 1 on Iho surface there Is I always n certain pcrrentagn which never reaches the top This nmounU to al least 15 per cent KxchniiBe Every Hen a Producer Much Is In I the breed you have n liking for and much Is In Ibo success and profit of tho name by the care and common neiuo I treatment of them under your guardianship guardian-ship livery hen 1thr hon may be relied on ns a producer but the production Is more or lean dependent on tho core sell kinds of food which you giro her therefore the attendant linn ID his own hands tho power of Increasing or decreasing de-creasing her product as his skill and knowledge will permit It Is I not expected expect-ed nor desired thai Otto should coddle or pamper his fowls to make them more productive Ilaln food coarm nail fine poiicrslng nutritive qualities Is all that Is I desired More thou that Is 1 a poiltho Injury to the fowls I and In place of bestowing it too liberal hand In feeding the fowls should be made to do come scratching and leek other kinds ot food when they have liberty Exchange Eggs and Poison Tho whiles of eels are an antldoto for poison from corrosive sublimate nulphnto of copper cop-per creosote and acids If taken Immediately Im-mediately they unlta with these imbalances imb-alances In the stomach and forr ID Insolublo compound Secretary Thompson of tho Washington Wash-ington Slate Dairymen auoclatlon rays that during the post year over oIW fl rcr i ia I JlCOOooo worth of oleomargarine was gold In his state for butter |