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Show DAIIIY AND" VOtlnlY' INTERPSTINO CHAITRn9 POfl un tiunAL iiuaders. nreotsful rarmers (Ir-rala Tills '"""" of II.. I.rm -A lew '"Is a. o ,. tm of Un MQrfc 'sdloulir,. It r, ',,,,l' rallla. Iv IV J? AI'or'' w,: ,n "' eotin-Li. eotin-Li. I . ltl wcro brought Into a!. P'.?"' I,xcd ,orm breed Is "I tin youngest ot well osutillah.il J" Careful writers of n little more " a liundrcd years axo failed cveu Baiillon l lis breed, and tho cattle Ayrshire described lu lmi bear lit-.7 lit-.7 """'lance lo the resent stock '."' lry and must Itavo been it .V mih,lr" face, small, unihipo-,.s, unihipo-,.s, M'I'T black, with wlilto J'1 ' AlTjiiIrc breed has been built its is. "" tiltieteenth century by si t. . ' UM 0' blood from tho cattle i,"'1"'. Holland and tho Channel H. : Tne c"cl ' nil methods " iinltnosin, but tho tciult tcstltles M ood judgment In selection and WeJlng of those who carried on the ". Tho Ayrshlro of tho present Jr-whlch li round best developed In ttuiniham, tho upper and moat fer-"l fer-"l of the thrco dli Uloni ot this coun-ir-bexrs strong rciemhlance to tho Jituy la certain features; and In wn, color and horn It rcsimbles tho Ua white, cattle ot Chllllnghara Park, llity ptople believe tho catllo to be airtct and but slightly varied descend-as descend-as of tha orltlnal lid cilt 0 ot Ureal Wtiln. There Is a wcll-dcllncd ten-unry ten-unry In the Improved Aryshlro lo bo-CDi bo-CDi llthtcr In color, many almost sll. This Is additional evidence of a ulnar Infusion of the blood last men-tlnnl men-tlnnl st some period In tho history ofliebicid. Tii flnt Aryshlres In America were brtts.ut to New York In 1822. They wm Imported Into Now Knelond In iSSlnd Into Canada In 1837. In UZ1 thtu aai quite a larjto herd In Musi-chtnetis Musi-chtnetis si d several Importatloca wera imfl prior to IKS. From that lima until 1S7S there were moro or less Importations Im-portations yearly, hut thero have since ben Ifxi. This breed has been a, spclu favorite tor dairy purposes In Cutuda and highly esteemed In the New England states ai'd parts ot Now Yort Kliewhcre In this country these caul) do not seem to bo so well known nx their established tnorlts deserve. Uilru It ho tbo lltllo Irish Kerry, then U no cow which excels the Ayr-shin Ayr-shin In obtaining subsistence and doing do-ing veil on a wldo ranco of scanty pasture pas-ture or In thriving and Riving a dairy profit upon tho coarsest ot forage, "Tho I natural hardihood ot constitution renders, ren-ders, these catllo admirably adapted to TjewlJur on broken atfd rtigued pis-tuns pis-tuns and In sterner weather thon would be cundticlvn to the well-being of cows of some other tirecdi," Tho end sought In perfcctlns? tho breed has been a larso yield of milk without, et-travoianco et-travoianco ot food, it Is charnctcrUlle of tho Aryshlro that sho carries nor weight only, and lives only, to servo dairy Interests with the utmost economy econ-omy and utilization of food. Yet, llko nlfothcr nood dairy catllo, tho Ayrshlro Ayr-shlro responds promptly and profitably to liberal fcidlns. The Scotch have a Itajlng, taught by experience, that f'tho cow Blvca her milk by the mou'," I'onllry llclera. I We recently saw the statement that 1 3no big buyer ot poultry In the west ollovis tho practice of sorting out tho thoroughbred males among bis purchased pur-chased lots and selling them back to the farmers at cost prlco to Improve tbo flocks. Tha course Is n wlio one. Tjie trader knows there Is more money In dealing In good stock than In poor ti 4 takes tbo opportunity to Insuri li molt a good quality ot stock In tho fi tiro. He evidently expects to rd-tr rd-tr iln In the business for n number ot yi irs and to reap tbo fruit ot bis work, li fact, there Is no kind ot live stock .11 it reiponds quicker to good breeding ll m poultry. A good fuli-bloodod n de will giro a flock ot laying half-bf-eds In eight months Improvement, xil It Is so easy Mint there Is no rta-"aft rta-"aft why It sboilld not bo gcueral. Jrhcro waa probably never a tlmo In lu history of the coin try when the Imand for freih cms and for fancy lultry was so great as It Is at prosit pros-it tlmo. It Is said that In Curopo ) consumption ot eggs Is greater cn th'nn In this country, and that the il'Ply comes mostly from a multitude i small farms, largo citabllshmenU jlng unusual. This Is doubtless true t)d Indicates tho future lines of do-jlopment do-jlopment In this country. Tho con-lions con-lions far raising poultry aro tound .erywhere, from the Arctlo to the Litarctlc circle, and small Investment ij required to start the business. Tho ''null Is (bat big establishments aro ("t natural, osid tow poultry farms 1 ich tbo site their owners ones hoped, t ie condition Is a healthy one. Tho ' ultry Industry at lean does not tend x tbo concentration, of vtcalth. Sklmmllk Is not only a valuable Dd foi; chlcln. but It also Increases 0 p&wcr of the chicks to consume and 0 other food. That ll, Iho young ickeos will cat moro of other food icason ot having had tho skim-Ik. skim-Ik. This ertect Is Juat the oppo" what might ho expected, for, bav- received tho milk It might reason-ily reason-ily bo supposed that less of other fool mill be demandod. It la ovldcnt that 0 (llgwtUc organs ot tho chicks aro tnulalcd by tho kind of food mcu-Imsil. mcu-Imsil. -Thlsls a groat Bl" to th0 ultrw rsts?r for It onables him to Inc his f6wls to maturity at on rller age than whore tho chlcka ore ven meals and grains only. It l. iwever, worthy of note that tbo sklmmllk becomes of lea valno as the chlcka crow older, and It tho steady Rain Is to be maintained meat In sows tdrni must be substituted later on. Ilrccdera for tho utettil In fowls should not bo carried nwny with tho mere fancy adornments ot tho birds. A well-known poultryman says: "It hsi been my experience that poultry fan-dera fan-dera select rather for beauty nnd for feathers than for practical qualities When I Teas' n breeder of Iltack Bpan-Ish, Bpan-Ish, wo eboso birds for white lobes, fur flvo points un tho comb, for cr-Inln cr-Inln shaped tails and such points Wo were not nftor vigor. Tha lllack Spanish Span-ish was once a great egg producer, but has deteriorated as a result of attention atten-tion tu fancy points. Tho Mlnorcas eoino from ihe came; kind of stock, and have been less Injured for practical uses" lint tho buying public has not yet reached the point where It takes Its birds according to their performances. perform-ances. A man now buys a bird and paya a fancy price for It becnuso It has scorrtl Jilgh or "won first" at some exhibition. ex-hibition. The tlmo Is coming when birds will bo bought because they have laid so many eggs per year or for some other reason of tho utilitarian An Kncllih poultry expert asserts that In that country the droppings from a hen are worth !S cents a year. This ho ascertained by sn actual experiment, ex-periment, taking the droppings ot 100 hens for a year and using them on land as lie did his commercial fertilisers. fertil-isers. Watching the results ha figured Its value on what like remits would cost If obtained through commercial fertilisers. We do not doubt the truth of the estlmsle based on Kng-llsb Kng-llsb prices, but wo doubt It the statement state-ment would hold good It made regard-Ing regard-Ing conditions In this country. However, How-ever, we have a surer way ot finding the value of such fertiliser, namely, by chemical nnalysla. Often It Is tbe esse thst tho farmer docs not get out of ths poultry msnuro the value thit Is In It. especially Is this tho case where dust Is used as an absorbsnt. nnd tho chemical actions aro Induced that result In sending most ot the nitrogen Into tho an In Ihe form of gat, Wbcro a large number of fowl aro kept, It will pay to make provision for keeping the manure In tbe best possible condition Keep tha Crrnmery Clean. A Canadian dairy Instructor saya: 1 nm sorry to say that tho creameries ot Canada aro not being Hurroted a much as they should be, particularly In the way of tqulpmcnt and sanlta- I tlon, or In providing suitable store-1 rooms which can bo held at a low tern- I peraturo for storing the butter In. A I j great number of the summer creameries creamer-ies 'are being run on the cream gathering gather-ing system. Thts nccexsltatrs an abundant iaupply.ut1ooldlWalc-eawbleiii Is uflcntlmca allowed to run ovorlbe flcor, or lu open gutters, and has a' tendency to keep tbe room ilnrrip and provent the churn and butler-worker from becoming dry, and tho result Is that they coon become foul smel.log. Tho remedy for this Is to conduct tho water nwxy In pipes, and nlso Attach a hoto and a stoatnplpo. After tho churn Is thoroughly washed, close the Ud and Insert the end ot tho hoso In tho buttermilk outlet, and then steam thoroughly tor twonty minutes. Tho intense heat will destroy all germ life, and leavo tho churn dry nnd I clean. This Is also an excellent do-lco do-lco for steaming tho butter worker and utensils, snd nlso tho cans or tanks used In drawing tho cream. Jlseords of lloKletu-Vrlsslaa Cows. During this month fourteen otnclil tests have been reported to mo Every practical dairyman will recognise tint this Is a surprlilngly largo number under tho unfavorable condition) of Intenso boat. One Indicates nearly nineteen rounds of butter at 80 per cent ot fat to the pound and a two-year-old heifer produces over sixteen pounds Summarised the records aro as follows1 fol-lows1 Two full ngo cows average E years 8 month! S3 days old, 38 days after calving, milk 1OJJ pounds; butter but-ter fat 13 900 pounds, equivalent to 17 lbs. 0 01 butter !0 per cent fat, or 10 lbs. 3-D ox. 83.7 per cent fab Six cows (three-year-olds) avorago 3 years ( months 21 dsys 01a, it oays aner calving; milk 1.7 poundi, butter fat 11.348 pounds, equivslent to It lbs 3 ox. butter 80 per cent fst, or 13 lbs j-9 on. 85.7 per cent fat. Six tows (two-year-olds) avirago Z years 3 months eld, 20 days after talvlng; milk 3J pounds; butler fat 10 UO pounds, equivalent to 13 IDs. 1-0 ox. butler but-ler 80 per cent fat. of 12 lbs. 3-0 ox. 83 7 per cent fat. 3. lloxto, Yorkvllle, K. 3. Invtsllxallna; rurail Vires. Investigation of tho causes, effects, and meana of prevention of forost flrea In tho west Is being carried on this summer In WMhlnkton, Oregon, Call-fornla, Call-fornla, Arliona, Now Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, Besides fleldatudy, do-signed do-signed chiefly to discover moans of preventing tho evil, tho dlvlilon Is making a hUtorlo record 01 an important impor-tant Area which have occurred In tho United States since 1781 Although yot Incomplito, thla Indicates that tbe annual an-nual recorded loss ry forest burnings In the United Slates Is, at tbe vory lowest, tso.ooo.ooo. It will probably run far above this sum, as the Pacific enust states have been onl partially examined. Accouut of mr 5.8M dls-astrous dls-astrous tires havo been obtained In tho seventeen staUo already examined. Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin havo suffered tho most severely. Thcajo records aro taken chiefly from nowi-napirs, nowi-napirs, and whero It has been poaslblo to compxto tlurm with ths figures ot practical lumbermen. It liai been found that the tendency of tha proas Is to undereitlmato tho damage. |