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Show VMtl.h naeon Market. department ot Agriculture Tlcport: To aupply the present demand for tbe llrltlah market require the Importation Importa-tion of more than tOO 000 000 pound ot bacon a year. Thl bacon la procured pro-cured almost entirely from three countries, coun-tries, th United State, Denmark and Canada Although tho United States la still Ihe chief source ot aupply, the nuantlty purchaaed from Ihla country la decidedly tmaller than It was five or alx yetire ago On the other hand, Ihe llrltlah have greatly Increased their Importation of Danish and Canadian bacon. An Inquiry Into the reason for thl cbango In the course ot trade disclose the fact that our bacon it not ao well adapted to the requirements require-ments of the llrltlah market n I that Imported from Denmark and Canada. The article produced In tho United State I chiefly corn-fed bacon, and although regarded with high favor n our own market, It carrle altogether too much fat to tult th taale ot tho Bngllah consumer. Denmark and Canada Can-ada furnish n much leaner grade ot bacon. Their producer have tudld the peculiar wants of tbe llrltlah market, mar-ket, and with audi eucces tbat they arc nlready making Important Inroadt upon our trade. The Danish and Canadian Ca-nadian brand of bacon art regarded In Qreat llrltaln aa being to tar superior su-perior to oura that the price paid for them It several cent a pound higher. A wo send annually lo the Urlllsli market more than 300.000.000 pounds of this product, the lot of only a tew e'en! In the price per pound make an enormous difference In tho profits of tho trade. It will therefore be to the Interest of our producer. In providing bacon for tbe llrltlah trade, to give more attention to the peculiar wants of the people to be supplied, for In tblt way only ran a profitable development ot our export bualnee be accomplished. YVurlhtrsa I immI Mllnut.nl.. About three year ago tho Vermont Rxperltncnt Station made n feeding trial with Nutrlotone. Thla material waa at that time, and haa been since, quite extensively advertised In certain sections, the claim being made that aside from Ita tonlo properties It It n I stimulant to tbe production of flesh j and milk. Tho circular ot th maker tatct that It two tablospoonfuls art ' mixed with each grain feed "the user will be agreeably urprlsrd at tbe In-creased In-creased quantity nnd Improved quality I ot milk and producllvenet of the animals." In the Vermont evpe-rlraentt evpe-rlraentt theto directions were followed, but according tn tbe reaultt given thero wot no apparent benefit from feeding Nutrlotone. either In yield of milk i r fat Ilccently tbe Maine Uxperlmint . Station ha made a tlmllar trial of the merit ot Nutrlotone, using five Jersey cow fresh In milk. Tbe total yield ot ; milk when Nutrlotone wa fed waa 2.-1 2CI pounds, and when no Nutrlotone wat fed tho yield wat 2,:S1 pound. Thero wat no difference between the amount ot butter fat produced when Nutrlotone wat fed and when It wat omitted from tho ration, 100 pounds being be-ing produced In both Instance. Th statement la mad; tbat tho money apent for tho Nutrlotono In thlt case wa a dead loat. No tritt have been made of tho tonlo or medicinal proptrtlet of Nutrlotono. Sir John H Inwes, ot tbe experiment station at Itothamtted, Hngland, many yean ago thawed con-dlnicnlal con-dlnicnlal cattlo foodt to be ot no advantage ad-vantage to healthy slock. It It be 1 loved to bo III advised to administer medicine to healthy animals. If a tonic ton-ic la needed -a preparation ot known compositions can be provided nt far lew coat thau In tho form ot condiments! condi-ments! foods. SVrdlhS' llrtMMl Buwa- The Important point to be observed In the management ot brood towt la the aupply of suitable feed and oxer-else, oxer-else, tayt a writer In Hrecdert' Oa-lotto. Oa-lotto. They abould be to handled that they will bo obliged to tnko dally exercise; ex-ercise; and It I especially Iroportaut tbat during tho latter part of tbe period pe-riod the grain ration consist largely of bran, oata, aliorts, oil-meal, or something some-thing of that character tbat I laxatlre and nutrition and not heating In thlt connection thero It no moro val-uablo val-uablo odJuiKt to the brood aow'i ration ra-tion than roott, both prior to and niter farrowing. We Invariably practice root-feeding to all of our brood towt on tbe college farm, and ara abundantly abun-dantly satisfied with the results. Tho opinion It also prevalent to some extant ex-tant that brood ows cannot be fed on tho dropping ot fattulng cattle without Injury, but there I no practical practi-cal foundation for this belief provided soma roots aud nitrogenous grain-feed be furnished In addition. In many case, however. 1 have aeen good results re-sults where they have had practically no other feed and the cattle being fed almost exclusively on corn. It I best however, to properly supplement this ration, When sows ar handled at outlined above, a fair degree ot Una It benctklal rather than Injurloua, I'nglluli Horse In America To giro an Idsa ot th magnitude of the trade which lias developed within tho last twenty )eors or so, I may state that there aro about 9.000 stallion and mare recorded In the Amerlian Clydeadalo Stud Book. In tho American Shlro Horse Stud Hook, nnd probably 3.000 more I divided between tha Hackney and Cleveland llay Stud Hooka, rwlth perluvp n number approaching ap-proaching :,000 tbat, owing to tb recent re-cent depression, have not been recorded, re-corded, but aro eligible for record. This gives a total nt wmethlng like 30,000 pure-bred llrltlah horses In this country (apart from thoroughbreds nnd ponies), thrto-foiirlhs ot Veh aro draft hor. Alexander (lal-brallh. (lal-brallh. Tha proper way to pronounce pa trlotlsm It not pay-trlotlsm It may not pay to be a patriot, but we bavo na use la Amerlcn for tho man who Un't one. |