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for about three weeks in a cold cellar (temperature about 60 de- 

 grees) when they become mellow in texture, with a flavor re- 

 sembling sweitzer. Four quarts of milk will make 2 cheese 31/2 

 inches in diameter and about 2 inches thick, weighing about 10 

 oz. each. 



The foregoing has been found very satisfactory by the au- 

 thor, after personal experiment with several recipes, of which it 

 is a combination. Ripening for a longer period improves the 

 cheese still further. 



The author has also produced a very fair quality of butter 

 in the summer, when the cream rises more rapidly. The milk 

 should be set in pans until sour and then skimmed, when a con- 

 siderable amount of cream will be obtained. If small churn is 

 not handy, it can be churned in an ice cream freezer or in a fruit 

 jar, which can be vibrated by hand if cover is fitted tightly ; when 

 butter shows signs of forming add cold water and continue same 

 as with churn. 



SUNDRY ITEMS OP INTEREST. 



Goats like company; it is but little more trouble to care for 

 two than for one, and if handled right, the returns will justify it. 



Dr. Franklin W. "White, in a recent address at the Harvard 

 Medical School, stated that a glass of milk was equal in food 

 value to twenty glasses of soup or broth and a slice of bread and 

 butter to a large plate of beans or a dozen oysters. No wonder 

 children thrive on bread and milk ! 



The goat pasture should be enclosed with a wire fence (48 

 inches is good height) and fruit trees protected with shields made 

 of poultry netting. If allowed free range they may damage 

 shrubbery and garden same as cows. 



A few goats with a flock of sheep will protect them against 

 dogs — if too many are put with them, the goats will separate and 

 keep by themselves. A big horned wether is good for this pur- 



pose 



A young wether makes a fine pet for the children, but don't 

 allow either children or adults to tease or worry any goat. 



Unless the goats have free range on rough land, their hoofs 

 should be trimmed occasionally. 



In building partitions, mangers, or fences, avoid openings 

 which present a possible trap where the goat or kid may get 

 caught and choke themselves. Never tie in stall with chain long 

 enough to permit goat to jump over manger or partition, for 

 same reason. 



