Show I I DAIRY AND POULTIir NTERESTINO CHAPTnna von oun NUIIAL nIAUIIIB II 5siessfo5 asnisrs sstesls Tit r alt VsaeA row IIIt II In IIus fw nt liss I Hlock I M foilirj Ilahe0log on tulunIlo 5aol onIIt you I kind enotigh to elate n w Jour n t Issue It will par Iho dairy IIIfir r In western New York rtJ en fair liinil COlt 5 log ISO per acre to F produeo ami sell milk on farm to milk peddler rio cent per gallon Also plesse mute which ore the bent 01 i for milk production nnd how inch cowl 1 ones will out her bond Also please stale how many gallons a da7 a KOCH row will gIve during HIP poe t If I properly fed and cnted lorI II lor-I Wind From weilern New York to north Ira Iowa li n far cry antI the pro Pounder of tho above questions II located lo-cated at the third point of thin hypo U Ural geographical triangle which Hi queries hal outlined the writer view And replies cnn only to approt mate and not In any sense specific for Ibe l reason that ho baA Imd practical ifrlence In Iowa alone Now ns to tlnlher It will pay for the New York firmer to product milk and sell It at tea l cents per Ration will depend more Spun I the farmer and hIs methods than 10 the money vnluo of the land where hit operatloni are conducted Ho hal til lan > and It 1 must be utlllici and It be cultivate It 1 In a buslnessIlkfl tanner It may be nssumcd that milk < u be produced sad sold nt ten cent W gallon In order to do this there Boil bo itrlct economy ami clout titchfitlncts over all the detail con Meted with the work The food reWired re-Wired should be grown 10 far AI pos iftle on the farm Intensive and not Httnilvc farming ns we see followed It many places must bo followed In Ui pas when Iowa lands had A value tl say twenty dollar per acre It lu good policy to mako land tako Ibo place of labor gathering cropi from iitendrd 1 arena which by moro careful nlthatlon could bo secured from ouch less land Hut with land aluM it bout filly dollars per acre oa It tow li a different Item ought to prevail Yet It la a mntter of regrcl that Improved cultivation of tho ion Ui not kept pace with the Increase In price of land And In making huts Drat trip eastward a few years ago the writ It Will astonIshed to ice that In west Ira New York It was not uncommon to KO Ibo manure from cow stables thrown out of windows and left ex fpitfl to coo wind and rain The low priced surplus corn oats mill byproducts by-products etc go eastward to feed livestock live-stock In thoio regIons end unless ho iicrcmcnt from anImals consuming tbe same U I saved and applied to the land not only will the principal profit expected from Its purchaso be lot but the land from which the main supply sup-ply of food la taken for uio of such anImals an-Imals will be steadily Impoverished nd depleted And this Is I as true of Ibe rich lauds of Ibo Mississippi valley val-ley ns of Oencsco or Mohawk valley of New York state An aero of gd land either In New York Iowa or Mlisourl planted to corn In such a manner ns to get the best results will produce nil the food of this class asIa as-Ia average cow requires In a years lime And In New York pens nn bo successfully raised to supply tug nitro Ctnous food needed to balance corn tee a ration for cows giving milk The belt cows for milk production are such at will give the largest yield of stan dsrd milk or milk of richness rcqulrei by law And cows of this class are found In nearly all breeds They are alia found In astonishing numbers In that much despised rnio characterize as common or scrub cows From the milk sellers standpoint choice may be bad among cows having Shorthorn holstein or lied Toll blood In their makeup A cow that will give 6000 pounds of milk during Ibo year nlay be called a good cow Yet there are those that yield considerably mora than this quantity and should he prized accordingly lulling llutli ArtlflrUlly Ot course In raising 10000 to 1COC ducks It Is Important that one should have the roost suitable stock write Samuel Cushman In Northwestern Ag rlculturlst A cut of one or two cent per pound from the highest market rates will make a great difference In I the receipts Tho quality must be the best The quicker they grow the short er the time they must be kept The earlier they are put on the market Ibo hither the price they bring There la more profit In one early bird sold at 3G cents per pound than In several Into ones at 13 to 10 cents 1ura while feathers bring the most James lIan kin has tried all breeds of ducks and finds all have their outs Aylesbu ducks have white feathers but they and their crosses are longer In matu log and harder to pick 1eklns be I found matured earlier by ten days or a fortnight Ilouens are not only longer In maturing but are tender antI dellcato Cayugns ore fine plump bIrd and lay as well eggs hatch ns well and ducklings tnattire as early as Iho Ieklns but they are smaller have blac > plumage and tho dark pin feathers hurt their appearance Crosses between the two were flue and plump took on fat ns readily and mo toted ns early ns Ibo Ieklns but they como mottled In plumage had dark skin In patent and dark pin feather 10 brought less I Their feathers also tell for much less A cross between Cnyugus sad Ilouens gave all the good qualities of the former and are larger t han tbe latter and make a better table luhrd > liut do not equal Ieklns lId enUy the right breed to cross with eklnt does not exist or bM not bon ound that Is I with the present re ulrvmeuts of the market onlrollluf Hi 5e Many theories hnve been mlvoealeo II to how male or female offspring mayo may-o produced and yet after nil there U no theory In the matter but a very tuple law of nature says a writer In akota farmer live a bull and cow of like ana and strength saul conitltu tlon slid tho produce of these may be of either sex Hut lei the bull be old or weak or out of condition nnd the calf will nlmont without exception be male stud this Is I merely the law of na tur trying to reproduce Itself because of the two nnlraats the bull shows eel thence of being the one most likely toe to-e first and therefore the male call ould be the ono required to carry ono on-o breed In short the offspring pro dur1 Is of the same set as a rule ns the weaker of the two parents This I kllow Is quite contrary to the most general theory but I have taken tin ouble to study and prove It during tbe past six and thirty years and I havo found that It la Invariably the ase not only ns regards cattle but ao lu tho case of sheep horses and 8n human beings When our colonies were first settled and quantity ralhet than stock was the one thing desired oung rams were put to old broken moulll ewes with Ibo result that ewe atnba were produced In numbers ni ghly Is to twenty Hut when the and heavily fleeced wethers were want I el I old rams were put to twoyearold ewes and Ibo result was that about three parts of tho lambs wero rams I I know that what I hove written will be ontradlcted by many but have prov e1 1 It correct during thirtysix years ul A farming life at home And abroad rlnc for I SIt S-It Is I difficult to give a general for miila that will suit nil conditions still I wo believe In the morning mash winter win-ter and summer says Country Gentleman Gentle-man It Is I composed of onobslf t round corn and oats onefourth bran antI onefourth boiled vegetables or I soaked beef scraps or cut clover hay trained mixed with boiling water at I I night corned up and left to steam and fe1 warm In winter In summer cold water Is better Whether to feed this mash every tiny or every other day alternating t with wheat or wheat and i I nw na be cracked corn mixed In winter can ccldcd by experiment Meat In same form either row or cooked should be ed two or three times n week and green food every day winter and summer sum-mer If fowls are confined In yards Oreen cut bono Is an excellent feed either separately or mixed with the mash Our manner of feeding for eggs Is I to give the mash every other morn lag In summer and every morning In ate fall and winter Care should betaken taken however not to give n full meal hot sufficient to satisfy hunger and bus compel tho hens to hunt around for whatever they may find In the wards or litter of lbs crops Wo feed nothIng at midday but creen food such AI cabbage and at night wheat oats and cracked corn separately or mixed ogether Tho heavy breeds being gen rally less I actIve than tbo light need to bo carefully fed and kept busy scratchIng Avoid overfeeding If you wish an abundance of eggs I sggs lor Tear We hear a great many stories about the hens that laid 200 eggs each per year Wo would like to see a largo I lock of say a hundred I hens that would I lay even Ill eggs per year each We know people that have kept n steady account for years of their fowls and lrm were never able to get much above I the 100egg mark In fact If I ono could bo assured that his hens would lay 100 eggs each In a year ho would al have n i safe business I In which lo to Invest Wo are speaking of Ibo common run of farm Hocks Tho nocks In mind were composed of Plymouth Hocks nnd ilrown ghorns most of them of loubtful age Hogs In flplto of lra1t la generally gen-erally conceded that hue farmer cnn I crow hogs at a profit In the long run and yet sustain the usual bases by cholera As we view the matter the I questIon Is never a pertinent one I whether wo can afford to quit growlni I hogs on the farm Tho solo problem I confronting him anti It Is n mot vital one Is wh to grow hogs with the I least chanco of loss by disease W w1i believe the matter rests Isrgely with I I proper methods of feeding togcthei I with a proper regard for cleallness and nn Intelligent sail perslitent effort In I tho direction of fighting shy of cholera In the future cholera la to be regarded rrd I as a constant facUr In the matter ol pork production It Is the business ol tho pork maker to recognize this fact and meet It ns beet be can The hoi roller from this tlmo on who heaves everything to chance will be lucky Indeed In-deed If he makes ends modi In the hog yards through a series of years of experience ex-perience Nebraska Farmer Pure Water nwiiiillul As the country coun-try becomes older the supply of sur fare water becomes more contaminated and unhealthy and Rrmtcr care shouK bo taken to supply pure water for thi tock with doep wells ond wind mills Pure clean water Is I a necessity fat the condition of all kinds of stock Water Is illrwtly absorbed Into thl blood with whnlKVer Impurity may bi contained It say an exchange 1III In some extent strained or filtered o what It may have of solid matter nc dissolved In It but whatever Is held li I solution and sumo of what It may havi that Is not dissolved to some extent goes Into the blood with It Thus Impure Im-pure water poisons the very fount ol life and carries Into nn animal wha may bo the moat Injurious to tbi health of ItCx I Clllo In I Mfllco The French minister of agriculture baa lately published tho Journal Of lelal a short report on cattle breed lag In Mcxloo an Industry which Is itlll In Ita early days but promises to tiro magnificent results say Mark Lane Kiprea Unfortunately the wv ler supply Is deficient and land which otherwise would be splendid for eat Us feeding cannot bo used In splto > f the heavy rains which fall during May thou land of cattto die of thirst very yrar In order to make these UfiAs suitable for breeding cattle It will be necessary to construct reset volrs which will serve to provide water wa-ter for the animal anti also to Irrigate the land This work the breeders do lire to carry out with the assistance ot Urn government and when It Is real lied this Industry will be I of great value ITp to the present however the IOM of rnttle every year from want of water cause all benefits to disappear disap-pear In these lands which Bro M well adopted for brrcdlag purposes two rarlplle of fodder grow plentifully plenti-fully nsmrly prlvllego and IA rate do Parra both are excellent and abundant The native race of cattle sro worth at threo years old from 13 to 14 nominal and nfter being put on better fce l for eight to eleven months they are ready for the butch or weighing from 700 to BOO pounds Pile breeders ol Chihuahua Tamaull pas antI Cvhahlnla carry on an actlvs trade with tho United Slates where the cattle are fattened for the markets of 81 Ixiiils aol Chicago It was thought at one limo that It would boa bo-a remunerative speculation to export ths cattle to Kuropr either alive or In the frozen meat ships but the first trials were unsuccecsful as the Mexican Mexi-can celtic are too small In size sad their meat Is I not good enough for thus Kuropenn consumer As regards dairy productions tho Mexican cattle are not of great value as they only give a maximum of five quarts per day Ilrreders and others to whom tho sale of milk Is an Important source of revenue rev-enue and whoso farms are close to towns have Introduced Dutch cattle to Improve tho milking properties ot She Mexican breed A large number of the coffee and sugar cans planters nre now also entile breeding soul from Inquiries mal It has been ascertained that there are large traota of land which are not suitable for coffee or sugar cane planting but which are ex csllent pasture lands As the banana flourishes the dairy cows are fed upon up-on green banana leaves The leaves of the sugar cane are aim very tasty for celtic Combined with tho growth ot coffee and sugar cattle railing I Is considered ought In the near future to make a contlderable Increase In the value and revenue of the farms It Is regsrded ns one of the elements of the future agricultural prosperity ol Mexico Mex-ico |