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EVERYWHERE JgfSS
HOLSTEIN HOLDS ENVIABLE
MILK PRODUCING RECORD
Mtfocttoa Raised Against Animal.That She Is Extravagant
feedar. Is Not Justified—^Grow~Kast
*.•:' 71 and Fatten Easily.
Champion Holstein Heifer.
Although a dlfferenoe of opinion
exists on ntSny points about dairy
weeds, on one thefauls no dispute,
fhe big black and white Holstflna are
the heaviest milkers. As Individuals,
ihey hold thft record, and as for herd
tlfty clearly stand in a class
themselves. In this sense the breed
Is famous as enormous milk produ
cers, says American Agriculturist.
Holsteln milk enjoys a distinction that
to far has not been claimed by the
rathusiasts of the other breeds. Some
believe that this milk is more vitaliz
ing than any other kind, but whether
there is any such thing as a vitality
pecular to milk is, of course, a dis
puted question.
Some say milk is like roots or oats.
When root crops are fed to stock an
increase in growth and health is often
noted in excess of what the nutritive
value would indicate. When oats are
ted to horses that peculiar quality
known as mettle appears, which seems
to be accounted for only in someway
other than the feeding value of the
constituents contained therein. So it
may be with milk. Anyway, we know
that many physlcions recommend this
kind of milk for its vitalizing power.
Of course, if such power exists it is
not understood, and we shall have to
wait for closer chemical and micro
scopic analysis to reveal just what
things, If any, are behind this con
tention. If Holsteln milk is more
digestive and assimilable, then we
want to know why it is so.
Another 'undisputed point about
Holsteln milk is the email fat globule.
Some prefer it this way, other dis
like it. For butter making it Is a
drawback, but for shipping or for
cheese it is a decided advantage.
When milk is shipped over a long
dlstanoe the fat rises to the top of
the can or other vessel in which It is
transported. Wi£h Jersey or Guern
sey milk this creaming takes place
very quickly, but with Holsteln milk
the cream rises very slowly. For Bhip
ping to market this breed produces a
milk that 1B peculiarly adapted to the
hardships of railroad transportation.
As for cheese making Holsteln milk is
popular for the reason that the fat
globules are readily retained In the
curd.
In three ways, then, Holsteln milk
seems to stand out conspicuously.
First, because of its alleged vitalizing
SIMPLY-MADE
HAY FRAME
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Ona Shown in Illustration Can be
Construe tad. for Vaa on Both
Hlffh and Low Wheel Was
ons—Useful About Farm.
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The hay frame shown in tbe ac
companying drawing gives extra room
for wagon wheels in making short
turns. This gives much better serv-
Hay Frame.
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D*^Sjrt aj*M^k 6f OH-CU^TIS I
PltiXa, for tweotv-Svo
years regarded aa Best,
Safest, A1
way* 6?"^.
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in handling the heavy grain wag
nn«,
where sport turns must, be made.
Writes T. M. Cisel in the Farthers' Re
View. The frame shown can be made
from the same lumber it requires for
making the common frame with
the
addition of two short sills to reaeb
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power over and above other milk
second, beoause it shlpB well when
sold as milk, and third, beoause it
is peculiarly a milk for use in cheese
making.
Now a word about the cows. They,
too, have their good points. They are
docile, easily managed, and not at all
fretful or suspicions, and not at all
exceeds them in constitutional vigor.
The calves are large at birth and are
usually strong and thrifty. They grow
fast and fatten easily. They are alaso
prepotent. No difference what cross
in breeding is made, the Holsteln
characteristics, as a rule, predom
inate.
The large size and the tendency to
lay on fat if fed fat-forming foods are
both points of utility which many
farmers do not care to overlook.
While dairymen are believers in spe
cial purpose cows for the speolal pur
pose of producing milk or butter, they
do feel that if a good cow possesses a
large caroass that will carry to mar
ket a large quantity of meat when the
animal as a milker has finished her
time, then they are not averse to so
using her, getting in this way an addi
tional profit that would not be possible
were one extremely angular, with no
tendency to flesh up and fatten.
Tbe objection raised against the
Holstein that she is an extravagant
feeder is not justified. A cow is a
machine, the purpose of which is to
make milk and butter fat. These prod
ucts are made from the food .she eats.
No animal can eat a small amount of
food and at the same time produce
big quantities of milk and butter fat
If a cow eats little she also produces
little. A cow Is profitable in propor
tion as she uses a large quantity of
rough, coarse farm products and from
these makes the largest quantity of
finished products in way of milk or
butter fat.
The Holstein cow has made such an
enviable record and Is auch a useful
animal, and Is filling her place so
well, that it will behoove all other
dairy greeds to change the old order
that now rules In breeding else they
will be dlstlnglshed by the Holstein in
the big dairy race now being run in
this country. As things stand now, the
Holsteln in this race is in the leadu.
She has not always been In the lead,
but real merit has placed her where
she is today.
from front of frame to point where
the wheels rub. Where the stand
ards touch the sills, wedge shaped
blocks are bolted on, aB illustrated,
to make the sills fill the standards.
This simply constructed frame can be
made for use on both high and' low
wheel wagons and becomes very use
ful and convenient about the farm, es
pecially during hay and grain har
vest
"PIP" COMMON
IN POULTRY
Symptoms Consist of Drylaf oi
Membrane of Mouth and
Particularly That Cov
jerinjr the Tonsue.
(By R. VT. DUNLOP.)
The term "pip" is commonly used
to describe a catarrh or fevered con
dition of the mouth of fowls. The
symptoms consist of the drying on the
membrane of the mouth ana particu
larly of that covering the tongue This
drying of the mUcous meii.brane is
caused by breathing through the
mouth on account of some obstruction
of the air passages, or disease of tbe
lungs affecting the respiration. To
remove or tear off tbe dried portion
is cruel and injurious and often leads
to tbe death of the bird.
In case of simple drying of the
mouth it is sufficient to moisten the
tongue with a few drops of equal parts
of grycerine and water. In case fliere
is redness of the membrane or if
the hardness at the end of the tongue
la beginning to separate add twenty
grains of chlorate of patash to each
ounce of this mixture. An excellent
remedy is made by dissolving fifteen
a a a
water. Both of these solutions arc
harmless and may be freely and fr»
quently used.
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GOOD QUALITIES OF
RED
POLLED CATTLE
As early a.s I lie .vcav 1T7S In 1 lie
counties of Norfolk run.1 Suffolk, Kng
IuikI. there were whole ilaii-ics of lted
I'oK.-d cuttle. The breed was then uul
ter: itil.v polled—thai is, without horns
—and at about that time a nmnber of
men tunning in those Counties whose
farms were near together co-operated
to improve their Red l'olls by careful
selection, writes I*. U. Henderson in
the Breeder's Gazette.
The year 1840 may bo taken as tbe
date from which the Norfolk and Suf
folk Red l'olls merged into each other,
and it was at this time thai the East
Norfolk Agricultural association es'*
lislied classes for Norfolk Pol'*- jtaD
..od cat
tle.
The first importation of tiiese red
and hornless milk and meat producers
was made to the. United States in 1873,
consisting of one bull and three cows.
The date of their introduction into the
United States in any considerable
numbers, however, can be placed at
about twenty-five years ago. At that
time these docile hornless and uni
formly red cattle were making theii
first appearance before the American
public.
The introduction into the field of ani
mal husbandry in America of a breed
of cattle purporting to be profitable
milk producers and also good on tbe
block was naturally resented by the
advocates of special purpose cattle of
both beef and milk type. Evidently,
then, if the Red Tolls have won their
way to any marked degree of public
favor they must have done it in tbe
face of the most severe criticism.
While (lie breeders of strictly beef or
dairy cattle freely conccdc a place for
the other, they do not concede a mid
dle ground and have persistently con'i-
Red Polled cattle, as their name
indicates, are red in color and horn
less. Tlicy originated "in England
and are considered good beef mak
ers and milk producers. This breed
is noted for hardiness of constitu
tion. enabling them to thrive on
scanty pastwre and withstand the
severe winters and cold springs of
the eastern i-nunties of England.
bated the'reality of the bovine animal
whose qualities were combination of
the two.
In spite of this antagonistic force
Red Polls have rapidly spread through
the United States. They are now fa
vorites upon hundreds of farms in
nearly every state in the Union. This
would have been impossible had they
not possessed in an eminent degree
tbe qualities of a farmer's cow—a cow
that can make good herself in the
dairy and her progeny in the feed lot.
The field open for such a cow is prac
tically unlimited in the great corn
producing states, where feed is so
abundant and comparatively cheap.
The cow that can yield a profit from
butter fat sold to the creamery and
whose calf, if hand fed and intelli
gently raised with- the skill now so
easily acquired, will sell to the feeder
alho at a profit is the farmer's cow.
Corn aa a Horaa Faad.
The corn kernel for horses is very
well worth while under eertiUn circum
stances. This Is ordinarily fed in the
form of cracked r-orn. For animals at
hard work a considerable share of the
grain ration may be thus made up. Corn
is but ill adapted to livery or trotting
horses, for Its fattening qualities are
such as to inhibit their active exer
cises. For slow, heavy work, however,
if not fed in immoderate quantities, it
is well worth while, particularly in
whiter.—Professor J. L. Hills, Vermont
Experiment Station.
Sunlight In the Stablas.
Is your -cow stable a modern one,
with a tot of windows In it, or is it an
old fashioned one, with a sliding board
for a window? If the latter, ai'range
some way to get some windows and
fit into it.' The health of your ani
mals demands It.
Besides, the light makes it so much
more agreeable for the owner or at-'
tewlnnt to work in, and there is no
question but that the cows will do
much bptter and lie better off every
way. in a" well lighted stable.
Th-s Meaning of A. R. O.
&"t'
The meaning of A. R. O. is "ad
vanced. registry, official." The expres
slon Is used in the breeding assoeiri
tlons for milk and butter record*
made under official supervision a::i
practically vouched for by the associ
tlonl You can obtain full informal if
about this by writing to the secri't^rv
of the liret'f1!:'.! nsso'-itttioM whHs
you are li!tei,usfed.--Country Cient'e
man.-
WHEN IS A MAN AT HIS BEST?
Line Is Being Pushed Further Back
and He Who la Past Fifty Need
Not Be Ashamed of It.
When Is a man best intellectually
tnd physically? The answer was thus
stated by a witty physician: "Most
men are no good at their best." There
is no rule for the extraordinary man.i
That Cato learned Greek at eighty af
fords no criterion. There is no meas
ure for Napoleons Lincoln defies the
rules, and no school or method of in
struction—not even by correspondence
—will certainly teach the full measure
of the patriotism that characterized
Washington.
When is the average man at his
beat? That depends a good deal upon
what Is required of him. A prize fight
er is old at thirty most counselors-at
law are youthful at fifty, and for the
ordinary pursuits every, man is en
titled to his "guess," and there shall
be no decision. But It Is certain that
the dead line Is being pushed further
and further back upon age. Men are
learning how to live the comforts
of life are more easily attainable sci
ence intervenes in man's behalf, and
the man who has passed fifty need
not be ashamed of bis years, because
he may see for himself that there
is a place for him by simply regard
ing the men long past that age who
are actually carrying on the world's
work.—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
SIGHTS TO MAKE ONE FAINT
Somewhere There Are Things That
Would Be Too Much for Any Man,
Thought the Deacon.
"I heard of a man once who faint
ed," said John Russell. There was a
crunching of chair legs and in the
gathering darkness all faces were
turned to John. "He was a young
fellow then," he confessed, "and one
of the neighbor's barns caught fire.
They tried to get the cattle out, but
the fire was too swift. And—well,
this young fellow Just up and fainted."
"Seems to me," said the deacon,
"there's a sight that would make any
of us faint if we only knew what
'twas." The deacon was a believer In
predestination, although In his own
particular case he always made it
fight its way. He had that look of
austerity which is usually found only
In the ascetics, and a fringe of whisker
underneath his shaven chin was all
that outwardly identified him with
agriculture. "Of course," he con
tinued, "one man's sight wouldn't
make another man faint and t'other
way round, but somewhere or other
I do believe there's a sight which
would be too much for any of us If
we only happened to see it."
"Like Joe Farcey giving his chick
ens enough to eat," suggested one.
And so the conversation turned to
scandal.
IU1NET
NDOUBTEDLY, we believe
that spiritual virtues should
concern us more nearly than material
ones but equally do we believe that if a
thing be done, it had best be well done,
except it be a canvasback duck: and no
housewife ever lost lier title to future
bliss through the keeping of a good table
while "she was on earth.
—Owen Wlster.
Ways of Serving Curried Dishes.
In spite of its high seasoning, peo
ple who have lived in India are en
thusiastic in their praise of curry. Al
though it is not expensive it may be
made at home.
Curry Powder.—Take one ounce
each of turmeric, coriander seed,
white ginger, nutmeg, mace and
cayenne. Pound all together and sift
through a fine sieve. Bottle and cork
well. To make an Indian cuqjy, a rab
bit, chicken or other delicate meat
1B required. For chicken curry, cover
tbe chicken with boiling water, adding
a bouquet of herbs and two large
onions. Simmer gently for an hour
and a quarter, removing the fat as it
rises. Melt two tablespoonfuls of but
ter in a sauce pan, add two table
spoonfuls of flour and when well
blended stir in the chicken broth. Add
a teaspoonful or more of the curry
powder with the flour. Beat the
yolks of three eggs, stir In the
gravy and the juice of half a lemon.
Pour over the chicken and serve witb
a border of rice.
Curry of Mutton.—Fry one large,
onion, cut fine,'In two tablespoonfuls
of butter. Mix one tablespoon of curry
powder, one teaspoonful of salt, one
tablespoonful of flour and stir It into
the butter and onion.- Add gradually
one pint of hot water or stock. Cut
two pounds of lean mutton into small
pieces and brown them In hot fat.
Add them to the sauce and simmer
until tender. Place the meat on a
hot dish and arrange a border of
boiled rice around the meat.
Curried Vegetables.—Cook one cup
ful each of potatoes and carrots, one
half cup of turnip cut in fancy shapes.
Drain add a half cup of peas and
pour, over the sauce made by cooking
two tablespoonfuls each of onion and
butter, remove the onion, add two ta
blespoonfuls of flour, salt, pepper and
celery salt and a half teaspoonful of
curry. Add gradually one cup* of
scalding ipllk and sprinkle with pars-
toy.
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THE FARROWING SOW.
Warm Pen Necessary to Handle the
Early Littera.
If the sow has been properly fed
a ml bundled during pregnancy very
litli'.r attention will be required at fnr
rov.i'.ig unless the weather should b»
severe. Kacli sow should be placed
i:i a pen by herself three or four days
before due. For the early litter :i
warm pen is necessary. It should he
dry and supplied with a small amount
of straw or ciiaiT. Too much bedding
is dangerous, as (lie pigs are much
more apt to be lain on by the sow. A
guard rail should be placed eight
inches /'roni the tloor and six or eight
inches out from the wall as a further
means of safety to the pigs.
The attendant can easily tell when :t
sow is about to farrow by the milk
appearing in her teals a few hours in
advance. In cold weather it may be
necessary to dry and warm the pigs
by artificial heat. A barrel or box
with some hot bricks or stones
wrapped in blankets is excellent for
this purpose. The pigs may be placed
in the warm box or barrel and when
thoroughly dry and warm put back
with the sow to suckle. Sometimes it
happens that a sow will be too cross
and nervous to submit to having the
pigs removed in this way. The man
who has made friends with his sows
previously will commonly have little
difficulty in working about them at
this time.
Possibly some may not be aware of
the fact that a newly farrowed pig will
very seldom squeal if picked up by the
tail or ear. .Many pigs are lost an
nually through carelessness at farrow
ing time, probably more than by over
attention at this time, although too
much solicitude may result in harm
The sow should be kept as quiet as
possjble the first nveniy-four hours, re
ceiving nothing but. water, which
should bo wanned, especially if the
weather is at all cold The feeding
for three or four days should be light,
a warm bran slop being given at: first,
gradually working up to a full feed
at the end of a week or ten days.
Kansas Fanner.
General Utility of Mules.
In feeding mules it may be well to
remember that they will keep fat on
about tbree-fourtlis the allowance of
a horse of the same weight, that they
v. Ill '-at up roughage and their grain
re'ion will only be about two-thirds
lint of a horse.
When it comes to daily can? and at
tention the mule will live where the
hiii will soon die.
These large eared friends are also
wore sun- footed than the horse, re
sist heat and Hies better and do not
chafe or gall so easily.
The object ion many fanners raise to
the use of mules is that they do not
breed, that they are stubborn, often
vicious, and that they arc entirely un
suited to pleasure purposes.
Those objections are worthy of con
sideration, but the many good quali
ties of these sturdy beasts seem to
more than offset them.
Haphazard Farming.
The man who says that dairying
doesn't pay is the man who never uses
the Babcocl test and keeps no record
of Ills Individual cows' doings. He Is
the man who thinks because ho keeps
twenty cows he ought to get so much
milk without any thought upon his
part. If you are keeping animals which
are eating up the profits of good milk
ers In the same herd, why. not find It
out right away and get rid of the lazy
ones?
Importance of Bone and Muscle.
The fanner raises cattle and hogs
with a view of rapid development of
fat. but tin- horse is used for mechani
cal power and should develop great
bone and muscle. Muscular develop
ment cannot be attained in close con
finement. and the young animal should
not be lied to stall and fed corn and
timothy hay to fatten him for the
shambles.
A Horse Pointer.
Did you ever notice that when out. Ill
the field a horse always stands with
his face away from the wind and
storm Here is a pointer for you.
Hitch your horses with their heads
away from the wind.
The Buttermaker.
Absolute cleanliness !s the first req
uisite in making good butter sani
tary surroundings come next, and
right temperature, with attention to
details in the care of cream third.
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THE 8WINEHERD.
A mixture of a little salt,
charcoal, ashes and air slaked
lime has a good effect on para
sites of the digestive system of
either young or old pigs.
If the pigs develop a lighter
bone than tjiat possessed by the
sire and dam then there is
something wrong with the feed
ing. I'igs must have bone and
muscle forming feed and should
never be allowed to lose their
baby fat.
No ani :ml on the farm will
respond to kind treatment quick
er than the hog. and kind treat
ment means a good deal in the
accumulation of marketable
meat.
Smaller pigs are kept stunted
if left with the larger, stronger
ones by being crowded from the
feeding troughs.
It l)ays to grade the pigs care
fully. I'ut tbe smaller ones by
themselves and give extra care.
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