Show DAIRY AND POUTTRY INTEnESTINO CHAPTERS FOR OUR iturtAt nEADEns slow raeeesel Psrme npoesls 7hts lepsrtrrst se II IansA raw hints s le II c oe I1re IIk sad Iullry Tco IlltllK U I nothing C o more essential than v try the cartful selee t tlon of hairdo for breeder This II l forced on our at Il Al elation by be low l tf < c averaitM In I ere production mado by f Ibh mOil of our flock X Tho average yield I y Is probably not I moro than hall what It would be were the bird aelpctnl even to the extent that horses sheep cattle and hon are In the kinds of Urn stork named hero la altogether Inn little selection but In our poullry there la I none at all ex opt 1t7 ho fancier and we fear shut oven they c0 not do a great deal In electing Individual fowla We take n flock andcompare them with another flock and the flock Hint doc the hmt la I chosen Now In he rejected nock there may be turtle that will outlay anything In the auwensful flocks but their good record la obncured by he poor records of their companions Tho only way to select I the Ioot breeders la to have a separate yard for each fowl keep n record of her egg for the first two yearn and If site proven excellent mote her the thin I year and sue her eggs for hatching This la a troiihleiomo and an cxpen sire method and will require many yearn to select n nock of good layers but It la the only correct method Ail flock thin bred WOII A-il In n number ot years yield CO eggs per annum more I Ihan lima usual If she number of hens bo 100 this would mean COQO cum extra for the year and the Solos of the o would IK I clear profit eltawa Egg EslloO I hUn about 40 hens and they hive been doing fairly well thl winter Hut about three week ago the eggs began to get scarce and what wo did get were partly covered by yolk of eggs that hall > been eaten by tho hen WI soon found that the hens had tho habit I very bad and at Drat wo decided to kill off a few of the wont inlichlef maker We disliked to do thla except I ex-cept aa a lest resort So we tried another an-other way and are pleased nay that It baa proved n success Our hen homo baa one largo window Wo covered this with n carpet allowing the lower edge I to be raised In aunts n way that the light would fall on time roosts but the part whore Ibo nests were remained In quite deep shadow Tho Interior of tho nests wore In 1111I deeper gloom to much ao that It would bo quite Ira poaalblo for the hens to strike tho eggs with aumclent accuracy to break them At nut we got the nests too dark and the liens could not see to get up Into thorn Wo soon adjuitod the shadow to tho degree dealred Other readers of the Farmers Review may have trouble In this way and If ao they will probably prob-ably llnd lisle plan of Miluc ilnry I I Ann In farmers Ilovlew JL A lasornrs sn nlwt I Tho greatest obstacle In tae Im7 rove meat of rho poultry interest la the general Ignorance of present condjtlona and results There eem to be tow who kiyjw what they are doing Ask a man how many eggs ho gut last year how much It cot to keep the hoot and so forth and It la exceedingly rare that an answer ran be secured The truth la he cannot tell hence there Is I no probability of Improvement It sea con got people to keeping clot record wo can get them to improve their flock Wo are glad that soma I redder of the runners Itovlow ore I beginning to tube n deeper interest In knotting what result they are getting I hiss ties lu I innsnnt lrtprs That blue grass Is n IICCq In Kentucky Ken-tucky Is a fact so woll established that I It li 1 no longer debatable Tho question la I now being asked bow far north can wo grow blue grass with tuetest as apart I a-part of our permanent pasturage We wish boon of our reader ilvltg In I Wisconsin Iowa and like loealltIM that have bluo gram pasture would l report them Plea BO atati alao whether the land bo low or high wet or well drained i The Impression prevails In not of our more northern loealltle hat though blue gram may bo used eicln lively that la I alone for a pasturage In Kentucky It will not do to rely too much on It further north but that It should bo put In with a number of other gtasoe < Another point Is I Hint blue glass will often drive out other kind of Rre5see ta that tote of all latitude and If not at what latitude doc blue grow surrender I sur-render to the more widely dlsemlnted oaths grane Former1 Review I llolMlna tI Ilatey 1 A otltloo Wo lathed tits secretary of the IHrola IMIrymena association uk he IIIIH lion How ta limo membcrahlp to be l In crennwIT erMThe The qtieatlon la I not one that can 1x ananeml ly tirndiielnR some octal imnaren It would nppMr that llltrc la no ono way that will prove < naImve but that every way will have to le worked tn Its fullest mpaelty Tluro seems ono method that has not been bled at all but that ilmull nil geed returns Hcveral months htr l > ha hoMrK of the next annual meeting every farmers club In the slats nhould IH written to asking them to rend one of llulr niitnlxr to represent the dolly bided In their vicinity When wo any farmera clnbi wn mean also farmers farm-ers Inalllulea and very kind of firm era orgnnliatlona that take nn Interest In sects Hintcm Wo need to have the cntlro stoic represented In the dairy convention and them ahould lie at least one delegate from null county otnrInt 1ql rn 1 henoartrln Tho prnctlco of coloring Imtlir la I 10 unlveranl that It la I no longer regarded < < aa being to any extent an attempt to dccvlto Innocent na It la 1 U may have to bo given up In sonic elate for the Miko of depriving oleomargarine of llio aame privilege It la evident that tao farmeia horn more In allowing oleomargarine oleomar-garine to bo colored than they gain In being permitted to color butler lacy HOW PAI1I8IAN UUTCMCnS CUT DCCF no i toMS t al f r cI2 MS c = s WD1 a u5 war Ns trw + IaI2 i 1 IarkM P = 1 nW tIt The difference appreciation of cute at moat by different largo marked la aatonlahlng Wo Illustrate the node followed In feel Thus animal Illua rated la supposed to bo a Norman ox weighing when dressed 4S7 kilograms 1007 50 pounds No 1 In tho cut la Ibo veiny piece weight 4109 found 2 ditch bone weight G6H pounds 3 thick flank 44 03 pounds 4 alrlolu 110Z3 pounds 6 flllct 1541 pounds 0 buttock 3307 pounds total of first quality 313 OS pounds No1 ahoulder blades 111 32 pounds 8 end ot neck II 03 pouniU rib 0920 pounds total ot second quality 24 5t pounds No 10 chuck 5512 pounds 11 neck 7710 pounda 12 brliket 105 31 pounds 13 leg anti shin U pound 14 cheek 2204 pound 15 Inner alrloln 201 pound kldneya 3310 pound luil of third quality 420 91 pounda Farm era Review can then well afford to advocate tie passage ot a law that will Corey away the privilege once for all It la true that there would have to bo a very rod ical change In our butter acorn card the Stomata for color laini nearly nr altogether 1 al-together eliminated Ineess oe Creslnerisa 1 The continual increase of creameries In every one of the stales adapted to Krailng la n sign Indicative of progrca Oil the part of the butter makers It la I estimated that there are now In the United Btatea moro than 15000 cream erica When wo consider that all of these hate sprung up within ono generation gen-eration ua can appreciate how rapid tans been the advance The creamery la the mot effective weapon by which the farmer can reduce tho stock of poor nml cheap butter The home dairy la I a acry good thing oDd the aklllful maker of dairy butter can get a good prko far hula product even higher sometimes than tho current price for beat creamery Hut thiro ort mjrlmli of former that never will ja make outlrr correctly and for sua tho creamery la n aalvatlon Son lea Clover Clover may be sown broadcaat ellber In August or Eeptetu her but much better and surer earner In the spring with most ot the cereal Grain or tho cultivated grasses or It may prontalily commute a crop by itself It-self On well prepared loams 10 to 12 pounda of good seed will frequently ghee a full catering to Ibo laud while on clay 12 to 16 pounds are neceaaary per acre When sown ullh the graces four to ilx pounda on tho llrat and I to 13 pounds on Ibo lat loll will iuf lIeoI Pure Water for logs The supply of water for iln wino ahould bo pure This li I ouo of the anfcguurda agalnat I cholera In all probability the germs later of tbo disease are often carried by Ibe |