Show asly I IWHY VXD POULTJY INIEHESTINQ CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READbllS II do ttirtesrtal rminrr etprrnl llil 1101 111uttlt nf she IArinA V rir IClnlt As to tile tut of 10 Hnclt anti loullPl DISPATCH FROM 1 0 nnhlnglon sn > s 1 Hint n dairy division divi-sion linn been created creat-ed I In the bureau of a I Animal Induitrr of 11 the agricultural department l I de-partment and Hint It nil be orRn n I tod about the lat of 4i Jllly Comment InlC on tills n chl AwA cnno paper says The purpose of this division will lie to rolled and disseminate Information Informa-tion about the dairy Industr of this ounlry The wladom of such n depart Incnt rnnnot be questioned when we consider the wonderful ileelopmcnt of the dairy Industry In thin country In the lout twenty arm Its growth and development have been so phenomenal that It la I almost Impossible for elalr men tu keep track of It and secure tho statistics necessary to show On production produc-tion of butler anti cheese The nut creamery In Illlnola wile ca tabllrhtel at KlRln In tile > car 1570 Two or three car later the HKltnUon was It tun In Wlicconstn mid Inter the movement tpreail to lown Tho first butter from the Elgin creamery nold In Chicago at Id cent n pound above the market price llefore that time Illlnola had hem obliged to Bend lo New York lint other eastern stale for her ilalry products It Idj the number of pounda of butter sold on the Fight dairy board ol trade Una 30 IfJGISI tile number of rounds of chccrc 7 IIS 735 the cash rr ifhcil for butler 7757J5s and for then IM Mom Then were retire tinted ou tile Right 1 1 dairy board In Ih92 JOO crennirrlt leaving iCC crcatncrle In the Into not reporting their sale there thrrTaklnl Taking the summary of the Illlnola lair product for ISO prepared for the world fair w If find that tho value of the milk lone placed at I2102 COO the value of con rnAfd milk 102000 Illlnoli milk ent lo St Leads Jlororo butler and cheese cold on tho Elgin 1 1 boird of trade 83UISCIO creamery butter and cheme laid outside the II uln district 27519CC dnlr > butttr J31MC 000 nluc of aklm milk for feed Inq purpoMD if 7 000 OHO mating n grand total of I7SC9I 7053 for the annual dairy product of list tAte It well further fur-ther etllmnlcd In 1 that year that there were COO000 row In the Into of till nolK mill that the dairy Industry reprr Rented a capital of 136000000 without with-out Inrlmllnit condeniliiR factories or mnnufnrtorlcti of dnlr tuppllcn The Importance of these figure can lu wrn b > rompurlriR them with the npiirt of the Mate board of cquallta lion which shown for the untilo year 321 stock companies estate from railroad rail-road corporation that presented n combined capital of 111510015 or about one third of that invented In the single Indiiitry of dairying In Wisconsin I W II I estimates that there arc 700000 cows producing MO000000 gallons of mllli nnnunll and rrprnenllng n capital of from > 1301 000 000 lo ilCOOOOOOO Tho Income from the dairy Industry In that state Is I about 131000000 Wisconsin regard tho IndiKtr to Important Hint It line established n talc dalr II < line at n ioAt of 10000 which fins about 100 puplla The cxporla of butler from the United States In UJ were riO73IG pound anti of claim 1100221 poundi wltli n combined value of 981000 > The m erlcanH wore rapidly securing tile london lon-don markit for their rhecne until sonic of the dishonest cxpcrleni began stalls ping Oiled chceto and selling I It for full cream cluwc This deception linn been n severe Idow to the American cheese In Kiiropr rho ingll statistician Mill I hall places tho total annul dairy pro diictlnn of the world nt JIG000 Ion I and Hull of the United Sullen alone nt CIO 000 tons or about onethird of tho I entire product Hut HKBO flgtirea only Indicate the I Importance of thn dairy Induntry I In title country and the necessity for come department at the government that call I give especial intention to It and pub Huh reports Hint will enal11 > the public to secure nn Intelligent luioirlrdcn of 115 production aa they hno regarding tho general condition of agriculture anti lie nnlmal Industry llalrjr Iliiltrr Hint 31c Mnrktt qnotntlono and notes are tin bio to inliload tho would bu better maker In one reaped Ho obierte tint the highest quotations nro for choice creamer grades from which ho rom Hilled natural thai the private finlrv In I holly out of date Yet not via Ili landing the general market quo tntluni It la I n fact that tile highest prlrta are rrcclul for Private slain butter of fane makes which never reach the wholesale trade nt all but are cold directly lo coniumcra Tor these gilt edge brand title price obtained la I often surprising Aa an II luttratlon the bullij from III II wood farm In Kramlnxham iliuia Ja sold to Iloeton private cuitonmri ut eighty cents a pound Tills U I one of the largest lar-gest dairy farms In Uu whale region keeping about 1M coaa to nujnly contract con-tract trade In fancy milk and butter The butter cows are all highgrade auernscy Including roll > e at ihe beat stock In Now England To get this fancy prior great ipalna hate to bo taken with the iiroduct beginning be-ginning with the care of the cattle They are kept ti cry clean Rod are card ofI d regularly The food la given not no much for quantity aa qnallijr onalt InK of choice hay and Iodine meal No I ctiiir grain la I Khcn unlit as Illlle old ronwa linked meal The milking nurt 1m done In n cleanly manner after nklrVi the milk la I atrnlnnl through no Jew I thin seven thicknesses The same extreme cnre la taken In the whole process of making the butter aa that the big price It In part affect by tbo additional labor and bother In the m rloua details of the manufacture There are many prUnie dairies thou funds of them which make a grade of luttcr that cella lo a irhnte trade for more than Ibo best creamery It Is I only the ordinary grajen which find their way Into tho general market end Vtermlne the quot llnr for dairy but I Wr Irr Irhate ditIrla ran Mill be made l to pay In the prod ml Ion of really high grade butter Maaa rioughmnii filter 1 llliMl The time line nearly arrived l for ent lie to bloat when turned on rnnk cloir pasture wrllM V P Ooodrlch In Mlchlgitn Itirmir Soon firmer stockmen and dnlrmen will be asking through the agriculturist papers what to do with their fme when they bloat on clour I know tills will bo to for It 1 Is I iw every > cnr In place In lconili I last > eflr thnt U were ferlou losses from this rntifc Atone At-one fnrmna Initllule n gentlemnn read an excellent paper on staining In which he mentioned thin trouble and aid he would give IWO to be assured ugulnsl lose by It 1 In the future It li all right to advise using the tracer to bring relief In Patch case but frequently frequent-ly I the trouble Is I not Uncovered or the remedy la not applied time and fatal results follow I told this gentleman and the and Care of n state preventive but 110 not suppose I will ever get that fVH for ho claims he risks the halo future to prove whether or not I nm right find lint la n long time to wait Ito that as It 1 may I will tell any way to t tho rend era of tho Farmer gratis When I first turn my cowa out In tho Pricing and Hint In I after the clover In Ihe pasture line got n good start they are given their tegular feed of ensilage clover hay brnn nnd meal first Then when they go out they are not hungry and they eat but little of the green clover anti Hint not grccdll At night the arc put In the liable nnd fed good clover boy and n small groin feed again If the weather Is wnrm the tire turned out ngaln for the night but If cool they urn kept In during the night nnd sifter bring fid turned out In the morning M h cows are nhvnii put In the ntnblc and fed some nlcn early cut well cured clover tiny nnd n small grain ration twice every tiny alt summer no matter what tho pasture la I They alwna not memo Since I commenced practice many years ago I lime never had the least symptom of clover bloat while my neighbors who gle their Coast nothing noth-ing but pasture have nl time suffered landly from bloat My cow a do better In giving milk on account of tho feed they get In the stable It 1 la I also economy econ-omy think for with land worth from JO to 1100 nn acre pasture la I dearer feed than feeding In the stable If one line Voting cattle he does not want to take out of the pasture and put In tile stable to feed n good my to Ito Is I to hnvo a stack of clover hay In the field where they can have tin access to It One will Ill surprised to tee the cattle lease the rank green clover two or three time a tiny anti eat grredll n few minutes from the Mack Cattle know aomclhlng frequent much more thnn we give 1 them credit for unit I will take care fI thcumclvea pretty well If given a chance Kven a straw stack where they can come from tho green clover nnd get nt It will help name If thn pasture has n variety of grnascs such nn timothy blue grnan wild gram etc aside from the clover mail them In abundance there will rarely l be any trouble from bloat I wish to any again Hint n sure preventive pre-ventive of bloat lit may or inn not lie I tho only Fair one la to put the cattle In tile stable twice n day anti feed them nil the good try liny preferably clover hllIhr will tat 110 able and you can turn them Into clover at tiny time nt tiny stage with perfect aafely fthhIlnll IHM for I Potty loullr II II U writing In Tenneasen Isiii clcr very tenslbl 110 > s Tills la I a very Important Item In shipping fancy paul try ns there la I n great den of kicking on express charge Yon can very rasll make n nice neat anti siilnlnn Hal coop of pine boxes puked up about storm lay splitting tints My ahout I or 1i Inch wide hilf Inch thick tacked to good I bottom then cover with cheip domestic leaving top open anti lacking on enough slntk after putting your fowls In to keep them from Jumping out A coop on this pattern necesnar to hold a trio of fowls would not weigh over three eir four potinJ net Ira I reived trio of H U I Wandotte n few days aM from a point In leorgla they arrived In n coop largo anti stout enough to ship three good alzed ho ft In It van nbout 24 fret square made of green oak and green plank 3 Inches wide by 11 of nn Inch thick covered with coffee sacking unit weighed I net 22 IUI pounds The cxprera charges I nn COOl alone would have been IGO tin charges on coop land the three birds wan 12 50 or nearly aa much as 1 paid for thei trio This kind nf shipping Is I out Wallis question mail Is enough to Lten nny nnn from ordering fancy poultry any dlstnnca off They can Inmost In-most cases pay for the fowls but lo think of paying from II GO to 110 tier hundred pounds on old I gum planks knocks them out iprtM ratea nrt high enough nt best and would advIse shippers to make coops as light as possible hut stout and veeuirely nailed Kxprrss messengers an n rule try to handle auch cities of freight an roughl 111 pot tlhle when It would ho very little morn work and trouble for them to handle with care I nm nn express agent myself nnd know just how they do they will throw a coop of fowls or basket of eggs at You rather than hand It 1 out to you lie careful to make light coops but at the same time substantial It will pay you In the long run Ran Francisco Ktg Supply Poultry and eggs to the value of 1200000 are luimumed by the people of bun Francisco Fran-Cisco each year Strange aa It may acorn tI thlrda of this consumption na to quantity la I supplied from the rust chiefly from Kansna Nebraska and Missouri Think of III A million I dollan going out of the state annually for what might and should be profitably profit-ably produced at home And Ran Francisco Fran-cisco la by no menna tile only place In California consuming eastern eggs and poultry livery city and large town In Hie Mate contributes to tho revenue of nutcrn producer of the enmo commodlllea It 1 la safe to Kay that the extent of this ridiculous contribution con-tribution of California to eastern pro eloctra la I not leas than 2 000 000 a year This at leant Is I the estimate of nn II ltjlI eastern expert who boa carefully InvestIgated I I In-vestIgated the subject Pacific Rural Preas |