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Show I DAIRY AND POUIWiY. H H I iNTEnnsTiNO ciiAi'Tiiftn ron H l oun nunALnEAOuns. H How linrtratfal rarmera flparale Thlt H lltparllnrnl lha r.eni A fan. H lllnla l lha lata ( Mi lint H nd oallrt HBH B , Makln iMirl thaata. H i Id an ddre (o California dairy- H 1 men, i: II llogemau said Cheese fur B export tint will ilanl shipping mn B. lie mail In ttie following war Take B good im milk anil heat II to 80 (It BBfl grees Fahrenheit, hare the rennet lest H at sixty seconds before milling the ran- H net. Then add rennet enough to cokku H late tho milk In about thirty mlnutei H using from two to three ounce ae H cording In tho strength ot rennet and H cuttlnic when firm, illr the vat gently H at drat until the curd firm up Cook H to 100 degree, then illr vat every flf- 1 teen mlnutea to keep curd In granular M ahiix till cunt liat developed one- H eighth Inch arid when they should be H run off, which usually lake from one H to one anil nne-half hours The curd H l then ready to be plated on curd H rack and itrnlner cloth nnd when mat- H ted down cut In square blocka and turn H over every fifteen mlnutei If gat hole H form In curd tho piece can be piled H two or three deep, thlt will pre out m the gat and will flatten out tho gat j bole In tho curd When an Inch of j acid baa developed and tho curd ahawt H a meaty teituro It It ready to mill H When curd It milled let It fall onto tho B bottom of vat If kept on rackt after H It It cut too much molituro would be H loat and cheese would perhapa be dry M Keep the curd atlrred till ready to talt, M and talt tho curd about one half to H three qiiirtcn of an huur after milling, H utlng two and a half poundt of aatt per H thouiand poundt of milk (lire the B aalt a chance to dlttolve well which M alto take from one half to three-quar- H tera of on hour then put to press nbout H 10 degree. A point of vait Importance H It to have the cheeao well prested and H all of tho tame alio If talnteil milk la Hj ued It thould be treated somewhat H dltfercntly from the above but remem- H ber that the beat eheeteeaunol be made H from tour or tainted milk A toft mild H cheete, of which a great deal It uieJ BBJ In thlt market, reqitlret nbiolutely BBJ aweet milk without taint Heat to IS M degrees, Itennet teat thould be K0 H seconds. Set the milk at SS degrees, H utlng the utual amount of rennet. Cook BBJ to 100 to 108 degreea Cut when firm BBJ and run whey off at one eighth Inch BbBJ acid Use alout two poundt of aalt BBL per 1 000 poundt ot milk Thlt curd BBpJ can either be worked In tho granular BBW form or with curd mill and put to prctt BBBJ at 85 degrees. If pure, tweet milk It H not uted and It tainted, gat halcj will H form and the cheete will likely awcll H up and roll off tho thetvci Jt(a nl mlt InanlMUra. An Incubator ot 100 egg capacity It aaaaaaaa better aulted to the ncedt ot the com-rmon com-rmon run of breeder than one of larger alte, aaya National Pander An Incu- .... bator of thla alio uf the very bett make H now cntta in tho neighborhood of !0 H A machine ot 2W egg capacity ot the B aame manufacture will cott about 110 more. Therefore a largo proportion of H email breedera look upon It aa economy H to buy n machlno ot the Inrger six H The amall breeder will not nlwaya nnd H It an eaty matter to tave up SOU eggt H of tho required freshness for thlt pur H pote, and he will often be tempted to H ute eggt of an age which are not tafe H to put In the machine And If ho It B offorlng eggt for aalo at the tamo time H It will frequently become ncceuary to L atart tho machine when only half filled AVe ate acquainted with breedera who Bu 'have found It an advantage to keep two L- S " ' or threo 100 egg machine! and could B not be pertuaded to exchange one H anything larger than thlt Whenever H thero It a temporary aurptui a machine It alwaya In H taae care of them, and no tlmo It H In waiting for a larger tupply. Many H people will thla year put oil the buying an Incubator becauto they think H they cannot qulto tpare tho money for HH a ZOO egg machine, and It lookt to them IHH but a watto money to buy a 100 egg B machlno at a price which It greatly out of proportion to tho capacltlea of the iBH two machlue., The Incubator It al- H mott a necettlty, oven to amall breed- HHH and the majority of theie pcraoua H will further their Intereita by not pott- B pontng the purchaie of n machluo be- caute thiy lack the money to buy one HH large B At the North Carolina Uipcrlment H Statlou they evidently know how to HB tako care towlt, Tho following, H from bulletin H3, abowa tbolr meth- ByVyBj JIHj Tho dlteate eiperlmentt were IB mailc, with few eicepllont, on fowlt fSV 1&S property of prlvato Individual, and BV not on the ttock In the poultry tectloa HHV ' etperlment farm With the eicep- nBV "on ot teveral mild cntet ot roup, gVH which occurred only among the fowlt UfflHV that had tor their rootling quarteri a SljHV largo open bouie the opportunltlea for KBH auch work hat been limited We have jjJQjBH' l,Mn vity fortunate to far In avoiding IjHH any aerlout ilckneat among tho fowla KM ' " "nd nilght add that wo attribute B the fact to tho (ollowlne precautlont BBBM v or niethodi M 1. All grown fowlt are watered In Kf ttrlctly clean vettela twice per day In jHf winter and threo timet In tummer H raontht, being very careful that In M L tummer all auch vettela are placed In g tho thade. Young fowlt are watered l Ave timet dally, Hf ' That war It waged on vermin H continually. V 1 That good, wholeaome, aound food B la alwaya given, and at regular houra H 4 That coarae lime, gravel or grit B and charcoal are continually before all la--.- fowlt. Oytter thelta are alto oeea.ton. ally aiipplM, Imt wo da wit a-' the latter an abaetate neeeaelly . That all boueea ar cleaned and Boom limed o rr wek In winter and two and three time In umrf 6 That no food to Ml lying around to tour and eare It taken to fed only aa morn at will be eaten promptly 7 That all fowl-houtea have perfectly perfect-ly tight roofa, and the north et ana weet aide are tloaed o at to avow draught! Fronta are covered with wire netting The reader will notice that all rem-rdlea rem-rdlea applied are tlmple only auch at are In the hounbold of almoot every family and on all farmt W alio there are many patented article that are prepared etpeelally to effect the dealr-ed dealr-ed curet many of them cannot be had in cat of an emergency, therefor If turh article figured In the dlteate treated at the ejpertment tlallon many valuable fowlt owned by readere of ttatlon publication! would auceumb lie-fore lie-fore the article could be ordered, If the owner urn dttlred tame The matter of treating dleajat In fowlt It one much dlaeuaeed In the poultry pcr but from per""1 OB ervatlorn will aay that tinl n fowl llrtt attacked la a valuable one the hatchet will be of more tervlce to you than the fowl when cured ftt tho chanre of tpreadlng the dlaeaw among other folt and the time devoid de-void to effett the cure, will. In nlno out of ten ene, bo worth more than tho fowl 1-ollow above ineaaure, at In vogue at tho ttatlon and tlckneu among tho flock will bo a rare occur-tence occur-tence lulrjlnf on li-P Ualt. During the lait few yean dairying on tho cheap land! of the Weet hat received unusual ttlmulatlon The Incentive In-centive wat the nerwelty of making money on nomithlng betide tho grain cropt, the price for which wot o low that no margin of profit remained. Whether the movement toward dairying dairy-ing will continue with letter condition condi-tion for the grain ralier remain! to to eern Certainly tho ihllotophy of tho alluallon would teem to command that dairying be continued on tho cheap landt etpeelally where tho product! prod-uct! are to far from market that tho cott of trampnitatlon It great dreat coil of carriage demands the manufacture manu-facture of high priced product!, that the relative charge of getting to market mar-ket may be leatened Thut, It grain tella at one cent n pound nnd butter for tweuty there It manlfelly moro tavlng of cipemo In tending butter to market than In tending grain Thla It a factor with which the eattern dalrman mutt reckon Under ordinary ordi-nary condlllona the farmer on cheap land can produce butter at far let priced land It may bo alto that the rallroadt running Into tho country of cheap landa will find It to their Interest In-terest to encourage dairying rather than to dltroiirnKe II, for they will In the end make more tnoneypul ot ihetr uuilncsa. U ltru. lh""wlU low on the lettened olumo of grain lent to market, but they will gain on the larger trnniportntlon of goodt that will be purchated by tho farmer, and they will alto gain In tbclr pattcnger traffic It tho farmer tnnkea moro money hit family can nfford to travel 1 more and will lake advantngo of their ability to do to Tho vnlua ot tho I cott than can tho farmer on highland! high-land! owned by the rnttroadi will alio , bo tncreaied and thla will be no email factor In their prutperlty Hut tho Eastern dalrymau need havo no fear of an Immediate demoralisation of bli , market, for tho cheap lands are to poorly supplied with railroad faclll- ' tlei that a very largo area will not find profitable dairying ponlblo It will eucceed only along tho great main llnea of road, by meant of which tho butter ran easily and quickly bo tent to market lly the tlmo tho whole area It opened up to thlt Industry tho population of ae country will to far have Increased that the demand will be far beyond our present capacity to tupply. The Done Cutter Tho bono cutter It aa necetsary to tho poultryman aa hli feed mill It enablea hlui to uie an excellent and cheap food and glvea him a profit whero ho might otherwise bo compelled to suffer a losa It la claimed that n bone cutter pays for Itself It-self In eggs, and really costs nothing Hours aro now one ot tho staple article! arti-cle! ot food for poultry, and no ration should have them omitted They aro food, grit and lime, nil combined In one, nnd the hena will Ivate all other foods to receive tho cut bone. It cut fine, even chicks nnd ducklings will relish auch excellent food, while tur-ke)i tur-ke)i grow rapidly on It. To meet with auccesa requires the uso ot the best materials, ma-terials, and green bono beats all other tubitancea ns food for poultry, I'oul-1 try Keeper. l'eed for Huff Cochins Tho Butt Cochins, btlng Inrgo fowls, cannot bo expected to forage over n halt section ot land, like the smaller breeds Still tuey are good faragera If given a chance 1-ack ot exercise causes the Hurt Cochins to take on fat more read lly than the eer alert amallcr breed. The same ration that will keep tho mailer breidt In prime condition will cause Huff Cochins to get excessively fat. Thus corn may bo n cheaper feed In aomo one respect, but at an excltt slvo food It will not tnako llufl Cochins lay eggs Kx Here and there we find the remains ot goad orchards, the trees of which havo deteriorated from lack of care The fruit Itself seems to have undergone under-gone a change In quality. The grass and weeds have taken all. The conservation ot moisture In the aoll la ot great Importance to the raiser ot all kinds of fruit, aa It requires re-quires largo BupplUa ot water tor a uood trult cron |