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Show idaim and J'ourruy. in--inriNO aiiAi'Tcrts Fort , i OUR rtUftAt IIHADEIIB. mL Stow MrMfal r.tm.t. ip.raU ThU HK ' lrfrlMnl of Iks farm A " H IllaU 4 In lb. tara of IJ Stork m sa.1 I-..IUJ Mfjf rasllry llrlefa. HP The Duff l-otfkorns have evidently Br- torn to stay. Tfcey havo grown Ipto ffhh tMWIt favor vary rapidly, and are bow UgL fwldfly distributed throughout tha EkF 'tOUUUf. IF In undine fowls tn market It Is at- HJL xufi advisable lu have Iim ami Fg roosters In different coopv Hens bring y , more thuD rooatais; tint tho presence Sp$ of tha latter KltH th (Hirer a ebsneo fkr , it" bent down the price, irF & ! fcjg ' A poultry raiser MM that lift rinds Ljy : god wa to mike bit turkeys com RUJi''''.. ,. home tu be to feed them regularly 191 loose n day near tha bouse Tbt rasa BE itkal Ufa bla turkeys fo unfed, except HB- as to what they get la tbclr dally HUhu ,' I wanderings, la likely to have a good HRnf deal of lioublt In keeping coouul of HJLKl, , "IMs Docks. HHj It la doubtful If chicks should b BS jcjoealy legulated la their reading It BflPx an attempt la made to feed them onlr HH twite, a day It will probably result In HH Ilia atuntinc at the Itlrde or at leaat HH (In too temporary suspension of their HH .development Natuie provided that Hb birds aboulil few n good man tlmea HJ ( ler day. If the eblcka have a chanee HH do aipand tbalr imcrgles In activity HH thera la little dancer of feeding too HHf ollrn, provided the fooda be not too HHt. fatlaolug lu quality HHf We have jet to are the advantages HHL ln high roost. The birds naturally MH brefer the high on a ther In- HK pitlnctlrely get nut -l ' war ot pros- HV dalory animals llm ' r tbe rare ot BH snan there la no neceaallr tor them to Wr yooat high, and ther are better off roosting low. Heavy blrda etpeclallr &- nro liable tu Injury when getting on I . rind off rooata that are high. Two feet LJ la high enough for the rooita, and mP", (her aboiild be on u level that all the Hj fowle may be satisfied with the par- ucular ono on which ther can accure L ta footing, HB The red mltea are dlflleult to da K at'oy. but It can be dune. It tber jfleafltilpai tare in the neata ot the elttlng hena the 3 v 'neata muet bo burned, and probablr JH Khe new neati will have to ahara the Hh kama fate, aa a few nlta and Ilea mar PPI 'remain ou the hena, flitting hena are BBM quickly killed wbtu left to the mercy BH of theao mltea. The rooata ahould be J u conatrucled that the lice will take HH refuge In groorva on the under aldo, JH ,atlcr which the rooata mar o tenipor- & larllr removed, tbo groovea aaturated M with oil and tho Inaccta deatroyed by BH i Iro. Thla will have to be repented for BPa pome tlmo to make tho work complete. Bij3 1-rni In W.II-r.tl-nM llilek. BvJ The Maine Hiperlment Station baa Wgm 4een conducting a arln ot eiperl- mTt .menta, one object ot which waa to BfSj -certain the profit In fattening blrda BR for market A aummarr on thla point ft? aayr: Taking the alxty cooped and mm . u nrooped blrda together and contlder- f ilng the galna In Itoah,, and the coat of B- the food uaed, enables ua to form B oplnlona na to the nilvlaablltty of sell B ting chickens from the rango when In W growlug condition, or apeclally pre fS paring them for higher priced mar- M i 1"ts' , If theie hlrde had been dreiaed with- fetjj, tout fattening at the commencement of tffT the feeding teat, and bad ahrunk the Dp rams per cent that they did when KW , alaugbtend, tbey would haa yielded HJP 1C5 lounda ot dreaaed meat worth HE' lis centa per ound, K1.K1. At the pKf close of the test they dreaaed HIT Hftv .IKiuuda and were sold at IS centa per H pound net, yielding f 10 00 Thla ahowa HB Itbat their value win lucrraaed by fat- BBS tenlOR (19 33 The tucreaae wua prob- HEk ably more than thla amount aa wa HKf found In other testa that the percent- Hfey 'nge of ahrlnkage In dresalng lean H1' chlrkena waa greater than In fat ones. HB, iThlrteen outa waa aa much na the HE, 'unfattened blrda would hae sold for Hffil 'slowly while the fattened onea aold HJfr'' t quickly In tho aame market at ntteen HR, .centa )er pound. Tbey were very HjT Much Improved In quality by tattenlng. HK- 'The Dealt waa white and solt nud when HE'" roaated the thliha were soft. Juicy I nod tree from string. Tb amount ot the dry fooit uied waa 7W pouuda and coat $1.31. The H" skimmed milk waa 1(0 galluna, worth HJn l.tO. making Ihe total food utad H(' worth t tu Tl. which amount taken HJjp from tbe incrsaaed v&luo ot the chlak- HJR, 'ena leaves a balance ot tl M gain on Sw! j tbe ility blrda, au moraje Inereaaa ot M: a Utile moro than 14 centa on eaen ' one above tbe coat ol feed uaad. A B JTcry large proportion ot the chicken! Hr 1 I railed In thla state are sent to market l 'alive, without being fattened, uaually jCj. t fringing to the gruwera from tteuty- lEf i five to thlrty-Dva centa e-n-ta. These (Hfb tteata Indicate that they can be re- Up jtalned and fed a few weaka In Inei- tm pensive sheda or large noopa with jB? .small runs and aeut to the markets aa Mr j dreaaed meat and make good raturna IB ) for the labor and care eipeuded Tbe HJ' .quality of tbe all cot ere J, sofl-lleah- WJl led chlckena, II they are not too fat. Sjh i la ao much auperlor lo the same blrda m I riot aperlally prepared that they will :Bj I be aought for at the higher price. The HT I idalry farmer la espeolally welt pre- Kf it pared to carry on thla work aa be has K K the aklmmed milk which la of the HE n gTaitMt tmportasca In svourlng yield HJK and Quality of Oeab. I have a dairy In a part of the roan j try where we have winter twlee a yrar that l. wa hate a Ulna In tbe aura-iner aura-iner when the ground Is about aa barren bar-ren aa In winter We can t, therefore, ralae a aolllng crop In the aumniT, and I have to feed allage from the middle of July to the end ot Auguat and I get mors out ot tha allege by feeding at that time rather than lq winter. Homehow, the coa that hav been on paatnre In the flrat part ol the euramer do not take to dry hay aa they will In the cold weather In ' winter So we find It paye belter to fed them the allege If I have but n email amount ot allege I hold It for uifimer rather than winter uae, but I It paye batter lo have enough allege tJ f-l both summer and wlnfr. It I' betlir lo hate two or more elioa rather than one large silo, and then one silo can bo held for aomtner uae Q Would you not eonatmct n alia for summer uae somewhat illflerenl from tbe one yuu would build lor win-tar win-tar oief Mr Alvord I would eonatmct a alio tbe same for iltbsr sumsaer or winter. win-ter. W. I). Hoard When ou open a alio In tha winter lime and aipoaa the lop to Ihe atr. the ro d keeps lb allele from spotting by rotardtng fermentation, fermenta-tion, but In aun-m-r time Ik top ol Ike ellaga la eipoaed to hotter tteatber, and tha tup aiea eoojl.l be therefore less Q. Hate you ever fed silage when the eowa are on god pasture; Mr. Alvord- ea. Q If you feed allege when the eowl are on puature do they not eat at much allege aa they do when the graai la ahurter? Mr. Alvord They do not n CooJ deiL li.liy hvix Good dairy eowa aie reported srarce In the markets 1 litre sie a gojd many cows for sals, but they are not dairy cow a, though they may be ajld and bought fur purpoees of milk production. produc-tion. The Kauaaa agricultural college wanted aome good cows, and out ol fourteen purchased could only get two ot the dairy form. Ihey found that dairy calves livia than two monthe of age wera held at 130 per head Other leporta ahow that good dairy eowa atll at from fit) to JW per head. It la tkui evIJent that a man that wanta good eowa for milk production must ralat them or pay for tlitm Iwlco what their railing would coat. A new reaaon fur keeping tbe entile out of doore, more In winter la being urged by auma dairymen. They aay that when the eowa, eapuclally tbe young onea, are kept In doors all tha time for several months their muactea and llgumeuta get soft. When they aro turned out In tho aprlng they have weak torda and are nlau aoinowti.it im-accuatomed im-accuatomed to walking nnd running. The result la that for tho drat months n good ninny accidents occur to tho eowa that would bo uthorwlae avoided. avoid-ed. Ihe argument la tor leaving the eowa out ot doora In tho winter time aa much aa poselblo. Wo hnvo never noticed thla abovo etntod fact, but would be glad to hear from any ot our readera that have noticed IL Aro accldvuta morn common In tho tlrat part of tho iNUturlug season thau later I From time to time wa hear about I frotou milk being aent from Denmark to other countrlea, and It scenia fair to predict that the ehtpment ot froien milk may become a factor ol contlJ-erable contlJ-erable Importance In commerce. One Daulah dairy company haa evidently entered on the work In earnest. It haa an eatabllahmint where over T.Ouu gallona ot milk can he handled dally. About one-fourth ol the milk la froien artificially lu rakea and placed In tnrge cam, each ot more than 123 gallona capacity ca-pacity The neit morning the cana are fllM with fresh milk and ablppd. It la aald that the milk lie I sweet for aome weeks. It la finally hwitcsl by hot water colls, bu the melting will bo doiui gradually and no harm reault Trom the aeparatlou of different com-poiitnta com-poiitnta of the milk A ran waa aent to I'urle nnd the eanmlnera declare that It waa aa fresh as It recently drawn from the cow. One of tha questions still unactlled by our oiportment stations Is thai ol the sterility nf tbe milk In the udder beyond the Influsnra ot the nlr lu tbe outer end ot tbe teats. It has been as sumed that tie milk In the upper re-cewee re-cewee ot Ule tlJdar Is entirely fraa from all bacteria and that It It ware possible to draw milk without contamination con-tamination tn any way It would keep Indefinitely. Pome recent eiperlraenta abroad seem to put the w hole iiuaaitmi lu doubt. It la an established fct that bnctaria exist In Uw "fore-milk. ' Uist la, in tbo milk that bulges the test be- , funs milking It waa euppoeod, how-evsr, how-evsr, tkat these bsrterlA eulered the teat by way of the orlfUe and not that they were produced lu the udder Itself The Kngltsh eiuertmsnter tu winch reference waa had took tha udders f alx htxiltky eowa thai wars alaugbtsr-ed. alaugbtsr-ed. He divided them Into three parts, namely, tha teat and the elatarn, tha middle part above the cistern, and tbe part above thla An eiamlnation showed the aame kind of bactorla tn all parte ot the udlers. Thla would eoem to Indlente that the ujdera, irrsn of hnoKhy oowa, contalu Uarla In all their rrts. Wa are no told whether or not any of ths bacteria found ware lactic acid ferments. This la of great lniBortsnca. |