Tins oitizun, wednksday, januaiiy 5, 1010.
DAIRY ANO 6
CREAMERY
THE DAIRY HERD.
First Provide Farm with Suitable
Buildings.
In the caso of bulls tlio need of
such exacting discrimination Is es
pecially necessary, as many a herd
has boon temporary and some perma
nently deteriorated through Injudici
ous Introductions of this kind. The
would-be breeder' should especially bo
on his guard against the acquisition
of cows and hclfors that have boon
prominent prize winners, not only for
tho rcison that such nnlmals usually
command higher prices, but also on
tho ground that they aro less Tolla
ble breeders.
As to tho selection of bulls, especial
care should be taken as to tho breed
ing of the animals in relation to tho
cows in his herd, and it is also urged
that as far as may be practicable the
sires selected should be calculated by
their own individual merit to correct
any possible defect In tho conforma
tion of tho cows.
Tho advantages possessed by win
ter calves over those born in spring
or summer are sufficiently tangible to
warrant effoffrts on the part of the
breeders to have their calves arrive
before tho advent of spring.
It Is allowable for pedigreed cows
to suckle their calves, but in order to
encourage the milking propensities of
the cow it should be insisted upon
that each animal be milked dry at least
once .1 day until such time as the calf
Is able to take the whole of the dam's
milk.
This is an excellent method and if
It were strictly adhered to and no
spare milk allowed to remain in the
cow's udder there would bo fewer
complaints as to the milking qualities
of our beef-producing breeds.
From about six weeks old calves
are allowed to lick a little finely
crushed oil cake, and by and by tur
nips are also given to the earlier
calves, and then for some time before
and after weaning crushed oil cake
Is again given, and later on a mixture
of bran, linseed meal and ground lo
cust beans takes the place of the oil
cake, and later still the turnips are
by degrees introduced to form the
bulky part of the ration.
Holds the Cow's Tall.
A new and improved contrivance
for holding the switch of a cow when
the cow is being milked Is shown in
tho accompanying illustration, do-
signed by a Massachusetts man. The
holder Is constructed from a flat circu
lar strip of spring metal, which la
clamped around the leg of the attend
ant. To prevent It's moving a number
of projections aro placed on the Inner
face, which engage the trousers of the
wearer. On the outer face of tho
strip is a spring clamp, one end of
which Is riveted to the strip, while
the opposite end is free and curved
slightly outward, so that the switch
of tho animal can be readily entered
between tho strip and the clamp. The
animal Is thus unable to swish her
tall in tho milker's face, protecting
the latter from injury in this way.
Drone a Glutton.
Tho drone Is a large, stlngless beo;
Wo spends his time In gluttony and
Idleness. Ho works not at all, neither
at home nor abroad. From no fault
of his own. he has a very short
tonguo. too short to gather honey
from tho Hewers. He Is very large,
being moro bulky than tho queen,
though not so long in the abdomen.
Ho appears Just before the swarming
season, as a rulo and there may bo
hundreds or even thousands reared
In one hive. Each queen mates but
onco nnd consequently only ono drone
would be really essential to every
swarm. As the season advances nnd
the drones are no longer needed, they
are driven from the hive and slaught
ered in tho most ruthless manner by
the workers. If they wore equipped
with a sting they might retort, but
such Is not tho caso and they are
obliged to submit to the feminine rulo.
Tho beo life Is, in tho strictest sense,
communal and the death of the drones
Is necessary to the welfare of tho
hive. Idlo boarders aro not carried
over tho winter season.
me snage Odor.
An odor will be observed In the
milk if silage is fod to cows a short
time beforo milking, but if given
shortly after milking the silage smell
cannot be detected.
Use Separators Right.
Don't think you know more than
the maker of the separator you use.
.Follow tho directions which came
with it, and follow them explicitly If
70U want to get good results.
MENU FOR ENGLISH 8ERVANT3.
Custom Allows So Many Pounds and
Ounces a Head, a Week.
Tho English custom of allowing so
mnny pounds and ounces of fool a
week to servants Is practically un
known In this country. Tho Qucun
contains the following explicit figures
In regard to servants' allowances:
"Tho usual allowance for tea Is a
quarter of a pound a head a week, and
as long as tho servants keep whhln
this I should not bother much about
when they have their tea; butter,
half a pound a head a week for e3tlng
purposes; sugar, from a half n pound
to a pound n head weekly; cheese,
from halt a pound to ti pound n head
weekly, according to whother you al
low meat for supper or not.
"The cocoa you would reckon sepa
rately from the tea. ns you allow It In
t ad of beer; the amount of this re
lii'red depends greatly on tho quality
'if the cocoa, but with a good brand
yo'i would allow a teaspoonful or
nther under to each cup, so that if
:l o servants have It once a day yon
' i uld reckon two ounces a bond a
cek. For moat the usual allowance
s from one-half to three-quarters of
i pound a head a day. the latter In
cluding bone; anything beyond sovn
rounds a head weekly indicates waste
nr dishonesty."
Three Great Books.
Pride goeth before a fall, according
to the proverb, but It often happens
that tho fall does not tsko place as
expected by the cynical observer.
Mrs. Denedlct, for example, was very
proud of her daughter's attainments
at school Mrs. Benedict herself had
had little schooling, but attempted to
make up for It by retailing Margaret's
triumphs to her friends.
One day the minister's wife was
calling.
"Yes, ma'am," Mrs. Benedict said,
n reply to a question, "Margaret Is
way up In all her classes, I can tell
you. They've been reading Shakes
peare's plays latterly, and Maggie's
buying that little edition one by one.
so she can hnve it at home. She
Ueeps them up In her room.
"Let me see, she's read 'Hamlet'
ind there was two more oh, yes,
nne of 'em was 'Romeo' nnd the other
Juliet.'
"I enjoy hearing her do them out
ioud. Mrs. Bradley."
Too Busy.
People who do little reading are
likely to do that little very conscienti
ously. To read more than one book
in several months would be impossible
for them. An Illustration of this kind
of deliberateness was given by a writ
er in the New York Sun not long ago.
It was at a country store.
A traveller got into conversation
with some of the loafers, and at last
came to an old farmer sitting on a
Hugar-barrel, waiting for the mail.
"What do you think of the tariff?"
he asked.
"What they doin't to it?" was tho
reply.
"Why, haven't you read the pa
pers?" said tho traveller.
"Well, I used to." said tho other,
"but 'bout a year ngo I stopped 'em
off. They got to be too frivollng for
ine. Since then I've been took up
reading a book."
Stone Crab Farms of Florida.
Not every resident of Florida knows
what a superior dish for the table Is
tho stone crab. It is to southern wa
ters what tho lobster is to northern.
George LIzotte of Pass-a-Grille fenced
in a portion of Boca Ciega bay somo
time ago and planted his water farm
with stone crabs to prevent the ex
tinction olthe species. He is study
ing their wants and habits and be
lieves he can largely Increase thoir
numbers yearly. Capt. Cason of Pass-a-Grille
Is preparing to fence in a sec
ond stone crab farm of large propor
tions. There Is an enormous demand
for the stone crab from the numerous
visitors to tho Island, and the supply
though great, Is being rapidly de
pleted. Florida Times-Union.
Do Crabs and Lobsters Migrate?
Interesting experiments with crnbs
nnd lobsters are being made in con
nection with tho Norfolk crab fishing.
Unliko most fish, crabs and lobsters
apparently do not migrate, and It Is
now proposed to make a scientific test
by catching a thousand crabs, attach
ing a metal label to their claws and
liberating them. Their recapturo Is
expected to furnish proof of non-mi-gration.
A hundred lobsters were
labelled In this way, and tho thirty-six
retaken had not travelled from tho
placo at which they were returned to
tho sea. Westminster Gazette.
A Peculiarity of Dreams.
As to dreams, there was a discus
sion at the club lunch, and one man
remarked that no man dreamed of
himself as braver than he Is. When
the dream came, tho dreamer was al
ways tho under-dog, Ho was In hor
rlblo danger, and nover did anything
picturesque to faco It. Thero may be
men who are bravo in their sleep. But
It would be Interesting to find ono
man outside of tho dozen sleeping
cowardB who Is a hero In a dream.
London Chronicle.
The Arithmetical Spirit.
"As a rule," said the cynic, "one
may reckon the number of his true
friends on the fingers of ono hand."
"Well," nnswored the good-natured
person, "anybody who counts up his
friendships the samo as ho does his
money doesn't deserve any more.
Teach Agriculture.
In some of tho public schools of
Connecticut a course of agriculture
has boon introduced in some of the
higher grades,
M-BEES
rnt. AND
Hl and
BEE KEEPING
SELLING HONEY.
The Most Important Point Is to Keep
Up the Quality.
Tho first nnd most Importnnt point
to bo considered In building up and
keeping a homo market Is tho quality
of tho honey, writes an expert Un
der no circumstances do I attompt to
sell anything but well ripened honey.
It should nlso bo of the best color pos
sible. Of course, wo shall havo to
dispose of some dark honey, but our
customers should have n fair oppor
tunity of sampling it, and it should bo
sold at a lower price than tho whiter
goods. I leave ns much as possible
of tho dark honey In tho brood nest,
but even then I havo two or threo
thousand pounds of It to dispose of in
an ordinnry season. I find that somo
customers prefer it at the lower price,
and as they understand exactly what
they aro getting there Is no cause for
complaint. In making my fall sales I
usually have tho amber, white and
dark honey in tho same load, which
gives customers a fair opportunity of
seeing the difference In quality ns
well as price, and govern themselves
accordingly. In this, as In all mat
ters pertaining to the marketing of
honey, absolute honesty Is tho best
policy. Ono price to all should be tho
rulo. A reputation for honest and"
square dealing will also help us to
deal with those who are unduly sus
picious of adulteration In honey.
There are still some Ignorant enough
to suppose that granulation of honey
la positive proofof tho presence of
sugar or some other foreign substance,
therein. I label it all "Pure Honey,"
and on the label are directions as to
what to do if it granulates. It Is also
necessary to supplement this with ex
tensive verbal explanations In many
cases, and how much of It is believed
depends largely on tho amount of
confidence placed In tho salesman. I
have found it profitable in many cases
to leave a copy of a honey-leaflet,
which explains clearly the subject of
granulation, and explodes some of the
popular myths in regard to adultera
tion. But most important of all is to
become acquainted with our custom
ers and to win their confidence that
they may bo more ready to accept our
explanations of these matters. After
long years spent In building up a
home market, we are commencing to
reap tho fruits of our labor, and havo
secured a long list of regular cus
tomers who are looking to us to sup
ply them yearly with honoy.
When commencing to put extracted
honey on the market the best style or
kind of package was with me a mat
ter of much perplexity, and after try
ing many various kinds of packages, I
finally decided that tho Mason glass
Jars, in their various sizes were, all
things considered about tho most sat
isfactory packages that could be ob
tained here for the retail trade. Tho
glass itself barring incidents, lasts an
Indefinite length of time, and as the
caps or covers are made of zinc they
do not rust, and if they become dis
colored or old looking they can bo
very quickly and easily cleaned so
that they look as bright as when now.
On this account these Jars after being
emptied, represent, or are worth about
as much money as whon new, some
thing that can hardly bo said in favor
of any other retail packago with
which I am acquainted and usually
even the most thrifty of housewives
will hardly object to the cost of the
Jars, owing to tho almost universal
use that Is made of them by all
classes for canning fruit.
Discourage Building of Drone Comb.
When hiving a swarm, wo give
them no comb at all, but only start
ers, or else we give them combs en
tirely built, but wo do not leave a
portion only of tho combB to be
built, as they will be suro to build a
largo quantity of drono comb. If wo
wish combs built In tho natural way,
we havo them built by a strong vigor
ous colony with a prolific queen, and
then we will get very little drono
comb In the hive. IJ tho queen of a
swarm is old and not very prolific,
moro drone comb will bo built than
If she Is young and vigorous. Tho
young queen, on tho other hand, flnda
a pleasure in laying worker eggs nnd
the bees nccedo to her wishes by
building only worker comb, especially,
If thero Is no comb built ahead nnd
she keeps up with them. Tho hlivng
of swarms, when we havo no empty
combs on hand, Is all made of heavy
foundation, wired horizontally especi
ally at the top, for wo havo ascertain
ed that the greatest danger to founda
tion, was duo to the cluster hanging
on It beforo it Is properly fastened
by the bees, and tho wlro helps to
hold It In place till tho bees have ad
justed IL If tho hive Is so ventilated
that the bees nre enabled to keep tho
temperature at n normal point, there
Is no danger of the combs breaking
down.
When Honey Comes.
When a flow of honey comes, the
secretion of wax somehow or other
Increases in proportion, but not at
once. It takes perhaps tlvo or six
days to establish tho secretion and
make a good start at comb building.
During these flvo or six days little
honey will bo gathered, Btmply be
cause thero is no room to put it In,
but if you havo drawn comb, or sec
tions partly built up, honey will bo
stored in them, and you will gain that
much.
HOW TO DODGE AUTOMOBILES.
Public School Pupils Get Another Ad
dition to Their Studies.
"How to Keop from Being Itun Ovor
In tho Streets of Now York" Is tho
latest addition to the course of study
In the public schools In tho city. Tho
subject waB put In tho curriculum by
Egorton L. Wlnthrop, president of tho
Board of Education, at tho suggestion
of tho National Highways Protective
Society. In n letter, a copy of which
was sent to every school prlnclpnl In
Now York, Wlnthrop snid:
"I doslro you to bring to tho atten
tion of pupils In your school the im
portance of their exercising i;roat
care when on tho street, so as to avoid
tho dangor of being run down by auto
mobiles and other vehicles. It Is a
common practlco for children to at
tach themselves to moving vehicles,
wagons and carts, and then Jump off
suddenly, thereby Incurring serious
risks. They also frequently dnil out
from behind piles of brick, lumber,
etc., on tho stroets and highways, and
not Infrequently try to 30c how closo
they enn escape being run over by
a motor vehicle. Many drivers of au
tomobllcs run their machines In a
reckless manner, and the dnnger to
persons In the streets, especially to
children Is great. I think a fow word's
from you to your pupils cannot fall to
have n good effect In reducing tho
number of accidents."
A Lesson in Logic.
It Is only within tho memory of
living man that legislation has un
dertaken to protect domestic animals
from the cruelty of their owners. Own
ership was held to be absolute by most
but thero was one man ih England a
hundred years ago who could demon
strate the untenable nature of U1I3
theory. This man was Thomas Er
skine, one of the greatest lawyers and
advocates of his age. A tradition sur
vives at Hampstead, the residence of
Lord Erskine, which Mr. Charles
G. Harper has put Into his book, "Ru
ral Nooks Round London," and which
shows how this legal authority would
have administered more recent laws.
It Is related that the celebrated
Lord Erskine, talking one day on
Hampstead Heath, saw a ruffianly
driver shamefully thrashing a mlsoni'
bly Ill-cared for horse.
My lord remonstrated with the driv
er on the cruelty of it; whereupon tho
fellow retorted. "It's my own;
mayn't I use It as I please?" and
started whacking the wretched ani
mal worse than ever.
Erskine, greatly annoyed, laid his
walking-stick, over tho shoulders ol
the offender, who, crouching and
crouching and grumbling, asked m
lord this Is the drawing-room ver
sion, not a verbatim report, which
would read rather differently what
business he had to touch him with the
stick.
"Why," said Erskine, "tho stick's
my own; mayn't I use it as I plea&e?"
Rubber Cultivation.
A striking indication of the grea
stimulus which the cultivation of rub
ber plants has received within a
few years past Is given by the latest
report of the director of agricultu
for the Federated Malay States. In
1897 thero were 345 acres of rubber
plants under cultivation there, in
1900 the area had Increased to 4,03
acres; In 1905 to 43,338 acres, and In
1907 to 12G.235 acres. Tho fall of the
price of rubber In 1907 did not Inter
rupt tho Industry, but simply led to
improved methods of production
Even at tho lowest prices, the proll
of tho farmers, over the cost of pro
duction, is said to bo more than 100
per cent. Tho greatest enemies of the
rubber plants are root fungus and the
termites.
The World's 60,000 Plays.
Mr. Reginald Clarence, the well
known bibliographer of dramatic data,
has been working for twenty years
on a Stago Cyclopaedia which will
contain a bibliography of plays, of
which it has been possible to find any
record, from II. C. GOO to A. D. 1909.
In order to bring his remarkable work
to completion Mr. Clarence has delved
among ancient records and musty
manuscripts In tho British Museum,
ho has studied tho numerous works in
tho Guildhall Library until his book
contatns particulars of nearly 50,000
plays, covering tho wholo range of
stago productions drama, comedy,
farco, opera and comic opera. London
News.
Let Us Hope So.
Thrown from her luxurious llmou- i
slno tho fnlr girl had lain Insensible
for mnny hours. Now, however, tho
operation was over, consciousness
had returned, nnd she spoke faintly
in the darkened room.
"Yvonne."
"Yes, mademoiselle?" Tho maid
bent over her.
"Yvonne, tell mo"
An anxiety almost sickening trem
bled In the low, weak voice.
"did I, or did I not, hnvo on my
is Rlik stockings?"
Plenty of Good Company.
Tho way of the transgressor may
be hard, but It isn't lonesome. Phila
delphia Inquirer.
Friendship and Happiness.
"Friendship improves happiness by
the doubling of our Joys and the dl
Tiding of our griefs," Cicero.
Steam Up.
A train of thought won't do you
much good unless you got up enojgh
steam to carry It through. New York
Times.
Revised.
Truth Is more of a stranger th
FISH IN ENCLOSED WATERS.
Wild Duck Stocked Fresh Pool with
Finny Denizens.
Mnny people, not without education
and a genoral knowlcdgo of natural
history, nro mystified by tho presenco
of fish In enclosed waters. For many
yours thero was open-mouthed wondor
over tho perch, bream, and crayfish
found In tho nowly cut dams near the
Margunrio river In New South Wales.
In somo cases tho water had scarcely
settled after tho rain had filled tho
dnm than the fish wcro observed, and
the Australian farmers started a the
or. of spontaneous production. This
obtnlncd, and gained wide credence,
until n Sydnoy profossor chnnced to
plrk up a wild duck nnd found its
breast foathers and webbed feet well
dotted with fertllo nnd nlmost hatch
ed flshova, on which tho "spontaneous
production" theory was promptly
withdrawn.
Deserved a Thrashing.
Tho mother of tho twins- found them
fighting furiously. Willie, tho larger
twin, wag on top. Ho was beating
Tommy about the faco and head.
"Why, William, how dare you strike
your brother like that!" cried tho
mother, taking the boy by tho oar
and pulling him off.
"I had good cause to strike him,"
answered Willie.
"Whnt do you mean?" she asked.
"Why," said Willie with a righteous
air, "didn't I let him use my sled all
last Saturday on condition that he'd
say my prayers for me ail this week?
And here I've Just found out that he's
skipped three days." The Housekeep
er. Ravages of Hookworm.
Dr. Chamberlain, U. S. A., says that
60 per cent. or. Southern-bred soldiers
have hookworm disease, and of many
new recruits the percentage Is at
times as high as 85. Southern recruits
are less well devoloped physically
than Northern ones.
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