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quest by Mr. Litt-rmout; — extending from 1M 
to 1861—and subsequently continued by Mr. 
Bom. and others. But Brown & Co.’s table is 
convenient for reference in certain part leu- 
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H. S. RAND A I.b, LL. D., EDITOR, 
Coktlaxd ViLLAse, Coutlasd Cocsry, New York. 
ATTEMPTS TO EVADE THE TARIFF. 
As the trade in domestic woolens revives, 
and the demand for the raw material increases, 
it is perhaps to he expected that attempts to 
evade the tariff will increase. W 00 Is are now 
being introduced from North Africa, the Kant. 
Indies, Ac., as class three or carpet wools, 
which arc finer and differ in other visible par¬ 
ticulars from the carpet wools described or 
designated in the tariff act. Nor would they, 
or some of them, appropriately fall within 
classes one or two, except for that clause in 
the law’ which includes in class one all wools 
not described or designated in the other classes. 
Those. “ very fine carpet wools,” as those 
who handle them would fain term them, are 
severally applicable to the manufacture of the 
lower grades of cloth, casanneres, satinets, 
&c., and perhaps some, of them can he used 
as combing wools. They are sometimes 
mixed in the same bales with true carpet 
wools To an unskilled observer they might 
appear to he the same. A custom-house 
officer, inexpert in his duty, or ready to com¬ 
mit a fraud, might pass them for the same. 
It is due to the United States wool ap¬ 
praisers, in both New York and Boston, here 
publicly to declare that they were the first to 
call our attention to t he importation of these 
wools. They did this without any concert, 
as soon as such wools were entered in each 
port, and their information came almost sim¬ 
ultaneously. They sent us samples of tho 
w ool. They were each of the opinion that it 
should be passed in class one, under the clause 
above alluded to, but they chose also to lay 
the matter before tho wool-growers of the 
•ountry through one of its representatives. 
Our opinion fully coincided with theirs. 
and therefore we give it; 
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manure or for any •ther purpose. The grain 
or roots were fed iti the ordinary light tri¬ 
angular troughs, which, after feeding, were 
laid out of the way on pins projecting from 
the posts of the barn. We never saw this 
plan tried elsewhere, but our own experience 
was much in its favor. 
Latterly, we have generally dispensed 
with wall racks, and fed from box racks, 
placed according to convenience in the sta¬ 
bles. Where there is room enough, this 
seems to be about as good a mode as any. 
We have tried several patented “ gimcracks, 
without, much satisfaction, — though some oi 
them promised well in t he model. 
--- 
The Weot Market .-We quoted, tWoMreeks 
sinae, tho New York Economist ami WAt/fER 
Brown & Co.’s Wool Circular, in regard to the 
favorable Change in tho wool trade, u ntied pat «d 
inNew Yerk business circled. lu WRUirn. (Noon- 
win & Capen's “review of tho wool jnnrkct lot 
the year 1888."Just issued, wn ti ml that tho same 
views prevail among tho Boston trade. VS ltb 
Yankee caution, these gentlemen do not directly 
prophesy better times for a period beyond the 
next six months,’' but they give no reasons for 
a limitation of those bettor times to that period, 
and it is believed some exist barring the occur¬ 
rence of revulsions in tlm monetary world.^suf¬ 
ficient during their continuance to disturb the 
general course of trade, and barring any lower¬ 
ing of Ha- scale of duties in i lie wool and woolen 
tariff. Messrs. W. G. & C. say: 
“The prospects of lhe trade, for the next, six 
months, are quite encouraging, their 1 ., 111 
wool of any account in file bili-rio- te a ' 
upon. While last year nuitiufact m . -at I < u_ 
lators were purchasers ol round hi 1,1 
land Western Now York and other points w t ■ 
Thc.V rs not. in fact, stock enough West,.. SOm« 
grades, to supply local mills, and - 
kets luiso lately bean drawn upon to make up 
this delleloncy. The position of themar'- 
u mI *o unite dilterotir. Bine© the amuitot 
thf uew .it ‘ the machinery of the country has 
been in full operation, and the consiuiudion o 
wool has largely exceeded last yeai . I hc ”.‘c 
X. A. WILLARD, A. M., EDITOR, 
Of Lirris Fai.ui, IImikimsii County. New Youk. 
SEASONABLE HINTS. 
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Hence, we look fur 11 gradual rise In Prices or 
wnnl lift 1 t il nliirlv in i llOlCO tlOCCPH, IIS I.I.IH grade 
now rules eoiuinirot ively lowV'^hcVilanii nature 
for Heme months in oomc f« tap mamifa* 
Domestic fleece wool In the United Stales, 
from 1827 to 1961, was: — For fine, 60 3-lOc.; for 
No important amount of this wool has yet medium, 42 s-lOc.. and for course, X>h c. Average 
been imported, but rumors have reached us price for four years, from 1861 to isnfl, (during 
* , , , , r. . • .1 .11 tho wflii) 1 tQ 03o. Avenijjo piiod 
that more ol it is to arrive. It is said that, .1 ^ ^ year 18)j6 ._ Fi ce eos, 16 c. to72c. Average 
large Boston house has a partner or agent pr)(J# for thc year 18 U 7 ; -Fieeecs, 40e. to 70c. 
looking after such wo®ls in Europe, in tho Average price for 1S08 Fleeces 40c. to 67c. 
full expectation that they will pass t he Boston 
custom-house, at three and six cents duties, 
as carpet wools. Had we proofs of t hese facts 
we should not hesitate to name the parties — 
for we should know that they were fully cog¬ 
nizant of the fact, that the admission of such 
wools at- the lower rates of duty, is contrary tedflmi upon '^l. rack' illustrated on i»«?w two 
'vuuio, J “ hundred mid Hurl valid two liuudrcd tuid Murt.v- 
to the letter and spirit »f the tariff. And wc p ni ,,, i( , l i .shepherd,” either double, 1 . c. to 
‘ “ i„, ,i on both aides, or single lor walls, when tu 
December 6th issue of •’Brunt.' 1 noticed mi 
the honorable members 01 me wane, nun 01 I m-ticl., from “ Ohio Former ” on “How to Make 
the country, such conspicuous examples of to me " 
SHEEP RACKS. 
Columbus City, Iowa, Dc«. 6,1868. 
11 off. H. H. ltvtoiALL- liRAit But; Having In 
contemplation the erect I on of 11 riieop-house next 
maiinor, my mlml is smm wlv.it occupied in de¬ 
ciding upon flu. boat combined permanent rack 
for feeding both grain mid hay. I had neatly 
of am-iinr’goods.' The only drawback l<, a po - 
porous an if lienUhy tni<l« are the recent la 1 luras 
ol large ,i«ldung houses in Now I '>ik, wWt h, tor 
the liuitt bdug, tend to check tho buoyant tone 
of thft market. The lowest and highest pnews 
mild for a number of yenrs, for common W estern 
!,,, to choice XX ami picklock 1 cmisylvanUi, 
Ohio and Virglnlu, Hava liven as follows. 
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Drying Coavh ol 'I'lD-ii' fllilk in Winter* 
At this season of thc year, particular at¬ 
tention should be given that milch cows he 
properly dried of their milk. This Is often 
neglected, and is the source Of considerable 
trouble in the dairy. When milk is left in 
the udder it becomes thick, hard and stringy 
and is a constant source ol irritation, it. is 
one of the leading causes of garget, and not 
unfrequently results in a loss of a portion of 
the udder. It is always well during winter, 
to make frequent examinations of the herd, 
looking carefully over each animal, to se« 
whether there has been any milk accumu¬ 
lating in the udder after the cow has been 
dried ©fl’. 
Ug( 3 p milkers fire tho ones most gener«illy 
found to ho troubled in this way, and it is 
with these that inflammation of the bag, and 
loss of some of its parts, is most, frequent in 
the Spring. It is very difficult to find hiiod 
help that will attend to this matter; and no 
dairyman who hopes to get, a good return 
from his herd will trust its care wholly to 
hired labor, however faithful and trustworthy 
the hands may appear to be. In any busi¬ 
ness, especially in farming, it, is the “eye of 
the master" that insures sneers*. 
Of late yours we find a much larger per 
coinage of losses in Dairy Stock than form 
erly, mid it is attributable in a great measure 
to trusting the euro and management ot lu ids 
to a low order of laborers. From consider¬ 
able observation and experience in the care 
of stock, we are convinced that, no part, ot 
farm operations demands more oversight and 
attention from the farmer than this. Good 
Dairy Block is expensive; and to collec 
together a desirable, herd requires great skill 
in thw selection, if they arc *to be bought, 
while if they are to be reared on the farm, 
uuch time and experience in breeding will 
stands from twelve to twenty-four hours, ac¬ 
cording to the condition of the weather, 
when the cream is in a thick compact mass, 
an inch or more deep. It is then divided, 
■with a knife, into squares of convenient size, 
and removed with a skimmer. 
It is more solid than cream obtained in tho 
ordinary way. containing more curd or «asein. 
It has a peculiarly sweet, and pleasant taste, 
and as wo have remarked, is considered a 
great delloucy. 11 is largely used in England 
with sugar upon fresh fruit, pastry,pud dings 
and especially upon the famous gooseberry 
pit). It is really a delicious article of f*od, 
and the cream also makes nice but ter. 
We do not remember to have seen this 
character ol’ cream offered for stile in this 
country; but it eertaily deserves to be intro¬ 
duced, mid wo arc inclined to think would 
prove profitable. We shall give, in a subse¬ 
quent article, the method of making buttft: 
from “ clouted cream.” 
--4-*-®- 
dishonesty and intended fraud—-provided UH ] SV1: ,U to nudeo the racks tmnnamnl I 1 
there are „uch. But we Ml it impr.per them 
d’s name with diS- arrlboU iuurthh- alluded to, in su.-ti 11 uiami 
, . .1 fi „„ when raided to tho proper ankle an<l supported it 
the strength of bate i' oriau t rouch, tlif lower boui'l ©f rack iorm- 
.., ,.u i.r it vie (a lminr thp i.ininl obi inside 
to connect any individuals name with dis¬ 
reputable transactions on 
rumor. 
The wool of the description under consid¬ 
eration has doubtless been imported its an 
experiment—to ascertain whether it could 
be got through thc custom-houses as carpet 
wool. In N*w York and Boston the attempt 
has proved a failure—and these are our prin¬ 
cipal ports for the entry of wool. W e know 
nothing at present of the action in ibis regard 
of appraisers at other ports. But should any 
serious abuses in this or other particulars 
creep into the administration of the wool 
tariff, hi any of the ports, we hope to obtain 
information of the facts. We have consid¬ 
ered it a part of our official duty to keep 
a sharp look out in these matters, and to en¬ 
gage the co-operation of others in bo doing 
who arc brought by their business into con¬ 
stant, familiarity with the proceedings of thc 
custom-house officials. 
We by no means, however, propose to rely 
on our own efforts in this direction. By all 
means, the annual examination of the custom¬ 
houses, by a committee of the National Wool 
Growers’ Association, should be kept up, and 
perhaps he extended to other ports. It braces 
up the faithful appraisers, and would act as 
a powerful check on others who might other¬ 
wise be careless or corrupt in the execution 
of their duties. The United States wool ap¬ 
praiser at New York, Mr. John A. Baush 
than whom a more competent and faithful 
officer cannot, in our opinion, be found in 
the revenue service—earnestly urges that the 
examinations of the Growers’ Committees 
at the custom-houses be made four times, 
instead of once a year, as previously. We 
hardly think this necessary, but would be 
glad to have them made as often as twice a 
year, if arrangements can be made therefor. 
Tbe above statements timl explanations are 
made partly in answer to the Inquiries of 
friends, anil partly to show wool-growers 
generally what we suppose to be the present 
state of the facte in regard to the recent 
attempted evtisions of the tariff. 
to 
PRICES OF WOOL. 
The following is part of a tabular statement of 
the prices of domestic wools each month for t he 
past fifteen years, wliltih appeal’s in Walter 
Brown & Co.'s Wool Circular of January 1. To 
our mind it is nothing like so satisfactory a 
mode of presenting the subject, as to give tho 
prices of each pri nclpal grade separately, as was 
done in the invaluable table prepared at our re- 
tng one side of it. or to hang the board oa inside 
of rack in some manner, so wheu not in use it. 
cun be lot. down nod ho out ol the way. Will 
you ho kind enough to give me vour i«aent 
\ lews concerning racks through 1 ho Rural, 01 
otherwise? Yours respecttully, 
oiiim a*, Chas. s. Philips. 
Remarks. —For an elaborate and com¬ 
plete stationary combined feeding wall rack, 
xve have seen nothing which we prefer to 
tlie Rich rack, figured at, pages 2fl0,231 of 
the Practical Shepherd; hut there fa the 
same objection to it there is to all other sta¬ 
tionary racks—it, becomes too low as ma¬ 
nure and bedding accumulate in trout of it. 
To avoid this difficulty, some have put it 
high enough to have the sheep feed from it 
standing on a platform about a foot above 
the floor; and others clear out the manure 
and bedding at short Intervals. Neither of 
these remedies are acceptable to most sheep 
farmers. 
The plan given in the Ohio Farmer is 
simply the ordinary stationary box, or half¬ 
box wall rack. But the weather-boarding 
of the stable is cut away eighteen or twenty 
inches above the sills (to be closed with 
hanging boards) so that, thc hay can he put 
into the racks from the outside of the ham, 
while the flock remain undisturbed within. 
Most, sheep stables or barns have their hay 
in the upper story. Thc hay then would 
have to be thrown out doors, and carried 
round the barn t.o be distributed in the 
racks—a far less handy and comfortable 
mode of tilling them than from the inside— 
and a decidedly inconvenient and wasteful 
mode in windy weather. It is better to feed 
from thc inside, and turn out the sheep while 
it is ltcing done. 
In thc last sheep barn, which we furnished 
with wall racks, we put in the usual halt- 
box rucks, except that the front boards in 
stead of being nailed to upright, posts, were 
put. between upright strips of plank, so that 
they could be gradually mined as tbe manure 
accummulated in front of them. They were 
held in their places by movable pins passing 
through their ends and through thc upright 
strips. Tbe upright, strips were s<» confined 
at top and bottom that they could be readily 
removed. The inside and partition racks 
were movable box-racks. Under this ar- 
rangment all the racks could he kept at a 
proper distance above the manure, and the 
whole of them readily removed—clearing 
the room to Us bare walls—for getting out 
isos 
1665. 
frill, 
1868. 
1862. 
1861 
Tho stock, carefully made in;. 
0,111,600 It’S, fleece, 1,128,000 !b*. 0 oiled anil 818,000 
, uiifomla in all 11,117,000 B <, 1 here 
however, very little stock in the Interior to come 
forward, while Inst year there wore largo «up- 
,,|i(< and the consumption is much lower now 
tl.aiVh.Mt year.it tlm time. The entire receipts 
ol ,hn year, It. will bo seen below, ex need tjn.iso 
o,r last year about 40 ,c 00 hales, lho smok ol 
ranuila comblnt? niuectn- 1 .> about i.swkjo ir>e„ a 
portion of whiuh is m icanoM. nma-V l.u)"lB,bu 
offered for rale. In l *V tie -..u k of fk«e and 
pul led was 7 , 000,000 Ihs. 'Sffr t., 6 ( 10 . 000 . ^H.ln 
1,4)6, 6,1X10,000 In 1865, 4 , 900,1 KKlll'H, 111 I 8 M, »#«,«» 
I), s |„ 1865, 5,600, 1 HHI 16S. ill 1862, l,M 16,006 y'fr. ill 
180 j, 2,000,000 It'S, in i860, anti 2,500,000 lbs. in PUL 
The receipts have boon as follows: 
111111'.“. 
236,070 
100,431 
177,346 
180,750 
The Country Cheese Market.—There were a 
few lots of file lory choose at tho Ltttlo Falls 
market this week, January Btta, but none from 
farm dairies. Prices continue to be nominal in 
tho country, purehasora buying lots as cheap as 
_ j cun nnd storing here for the present. 
Farmers and factories who are posted as to the 
condition of the trade prefer to hold “luto 
ends’’and take the rise expected next month. 
They hold firmly at:i0«. and upward. 
We have advices from abroad up to the middle 
of December. Our Liverpool correspondent 
quotes ready sides at 68s. for ttnest grades. 
Our Loudon correspondent says that American 
cheese Selin In that market at extreme rates. 
The quotations are : For English < licddnr, ids. 
to 92s.; Wiltshire, double, 6ls. to 78s.; Cheshire, 
f,2s. to 76s.; Scotch, 62s. to 72s.; American, extra, 
firm at, 72s. to 74 m. perewt.; Dutch cheese, Edams, 
60s. to 64s.; Gouda*, 608. to 60s.; Derby Shape, 5te. 
to 68s. 
Dealers generally throughout Now York nro 
Bangui no In their expectations of high figures 
m»xt month «m account of the very light stock 
on hand. No butter on sale at the Little Falls 
market tills week. 
- -4 ♦ ♦ 1 ‘ 
Htti^nont Water—Abortion.— r JBiitisli 
Agriculturist, imputes abortion in cows and 
other animals to the influence Of impure or 
stagnant water which they arc sometimes com¬ 
pelled to drink. That paper adds; — “ Stagnant 
or foul water IS injurious to all animals. It 
causes blood poisoning, ami thus loads to many 
« „ . u .i foitrllo complaints. It brings on abortion in 
be lequuuu. . imila in voul . other animals as well as caws. Two winters ago 
I o have some Of tJie best -mmmis y out vu|ujib|ft mai .,. S) , K . lontri „ tf i„ a somewhat 
herd hopelessly injured tor the dairy every carc | rvs untidy farmer, slipped their colts 
year not onlyCals out a considerable share 8h(H . t j y Christinas. Thc mares had been 
of n’ ie profits on the whole herd, but as it is tolerably well kept,and not too hardly wrought, 
always difficult to replace a good cow by 
purchasing, the clnmoes are that soma years 
may elapse before a first-class animal lost 
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1800 ... 
18tt5. 
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.112,681 
.. tX 1,698 
... 05,290 
... 48,974 
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full 
solves with domestic at u less price. I lie stocks 
of dimicst.le. howcM-r, arc now uetu ly exhaustoti 
and supplies of foreign will bo '’'a'fed .o 
prices. Bi 
hicturcrs 
from January.. 
1867 were from 09 to me. X? u>. 
lOBidcs i,ho quiiutity received by iiiiiuu- 
i (liroct, 599X00 U-s. t'a raw la wore sofil 
iiiary to July. Thu ruu^c ol prices* m 
can be replaced by another of equal merit. 
The farmer, then, that kwops dos<. watch ot 
Ids stock and directs what shall be done in 
their ease, atld sees to it that his orders are 
strictly curried out, will be likely, other 
things being equal, to turn off most money 
front his herd, and make it pay him a profit. 
Cow h, sometimes from negligence in milking 
during cold weather, have, cracked teats, 
which not unlrequcntly develop into ugly 
sores. Wc have known valuable, animals 
ruined and made, incorrigible kickers by sore 
teats and bad-tempered milkers. 
Among the leading points for success in 
obtaining good results from the herd tlm 
coming season, we consider the proper dty¬ 
ing off of the cows in January not the least 
important. 
-- 
AN ENGLISH DELICACY. 
Tho “Clotted ot*(‘loqlcd Cronin” of Bevon- 
alilre-Uow Produced nod How Cued, vVo. 
England, will 
in 
Sample*—Weight* of Fleece*.—J. N. Johnson, 
Ovid, Seneca Co., X. Y., gives ua an interesting 
history of the ori&in of his ' lorino flock. He 
Incloses a card of samples “taken promiscuously 
from the fleeces In his wool-room," and also Ham- 
pies from his Stock ram.* 4 Seneca," and from Mr. 
L.J. Beltanes' “Gold Mine,” whoso services ho 
hired lust fall. The wool-room samples are from 
two to two and one-hall' inches long, have a tan 
amount of golden-tinted yolk, and altogether 
are favorable specimens of American Merino 
wool. “Seneca's" wool is two and ono-fourih 
inches long. This ram was dropped February I, 
1806. and shorn June 2, 186 ?,—fleece sixteen 
pounds, nine ounces. Alter being cleansed by 
Wm Hayden of Auburn, it weighed live pounds, 
nine ounces. His second fleece weighed in the 
dirt sixteen pounds, nine ounces, cleansed by 
Mr. Hayden, five pounds, four ounce«. A sam¬ 
ple of the cleansed wool is forwarded, and, ns wo 
should confidently expect of Mr. Hayden's 
work, tho scouring is thoroughly done. 
---—4-+-V- 
Death op a Celebrated Ham. Messrs. 
Harlow & Bro., of Darien, N. Y., write ns that 
their Merino stock ram. Young Grimes, bred by 
G Campbell of Vt., recently died; that ho was 
seven years old, and that they had owned him 
from a yearling; that they valued him at 
$ 10 , 000 , and that ho wok well known in this and 
the Western States. 
Americans who travf 
find upon t.hc tabic in hotels and in private 
families a somewhat peculiar kind of cream, 
esteemed by tlm English as a great delicacy. 
This is the “clotted or clouted cream” of 
Devonshire. Large, quantities go up to Lon 
But they had been watered for several weeks at 
a pool,by the side of which a large manure heap 
had been foolishly placed, and Into which tho 
highly colored organic matters freely round their 
way. Home ewes, watered from tho same pool, 
cast their lambs; wliilsi another I"' of ewes, kept 
two fields distant, managed in exactly the same 
way, but enjoying u purer supply of water, 
carried their lambs to tlm full period. Since 
better t a re lias been taken t o prevent the water 
supply bcitfr - contain united by t be manui u lioap, 
neither mares nor ewes have suffered from uboi> 
tlon. Similar eases have doubtless occurred in 
the experience of many of our readers. 
---- 
A fieriiun In Lows. According to tho report 
made by the committee, acting under tho N. 1. 
State Agricultural Society, in reference to abor¬ 
tion in cows, it appears that the principal losses, 
from this cause, were con lined to live of tho 
most prominent dairy comities in tins State-- 
viz., Oneida, Otsego, Herkimer, Lewis and St. 
Lawrence. The abortions iri those for six years 
were: 
. 399 
. 471 
. 7 42 
........ 894 
.1,492 
in .. : ” aU 
ft appears that the abortions have been 
mainly confined to tho districts named, though a 
lev. sections in Massachusetts appear to liavo 
suffered with oqual severity, and a few isolated 
In Punuaylvuuia. Tho Western Mates are gen- 
or&lly free from it. The cause, us yet, seetus to 
have eluded detection. 
In 1801-3. 
In 1802-3. 
Ill 1803-4..-•• 
In 1801-5 . 
Ju 1865-6. 
tlon daily, packed neatly in small pots or soc j atiun holds its Annual 
cans, and it 13 Uiado an extensive article ot {I1 ^ commencing on the 9th of F 
all the Southern cities of tbe King- ’ ’ ” '—~ 
.Jersey Cow Milk.- Ono writer state s that the 
rich milk of the Alderney or Jersey cows in es- 
peeially valuable on account of its superior 
keeping qualities-ttmtit wilt keep sweet Irom 
ten to twelve hours longer than that from atlier 
cows. Another writer assorts that ,l batter mtide 
from the milk of Jersey cows is altogether more 
difiic.ult to keep than most other kinds ot nut¬ 
ter." These are related facts! if there are any 
facts about it. 
About Bean Culture.—What will be the pros¬ 
pect for a crop of beans planted on new break¬ 
ing, where tbe soil is a deep, very rich black 
Joam? Will some one give also tbe best method 
of planting and harvesting?—M. H. C., Malta, 111 . 
trade in ... 
doni. in our tour through Groat Britain in 
1800, we visited Devonshire to leant the man¬ 
lier in which this cream is produced, and it 
may bo of interest to some of •nr milk-farm¬ 
ers to know something of tlm process. Wo 
give the method as we saw it, in the Devon¬ 
shire dairies: 
The dairy-house Is of stone, usually in con¬ 
nection with the dwelling— stone floors and 
stone benches, for the milk, and all well 
ventilated and scrupulously clean and neat. 
At the time of our visit, thc last, of May, the 
milk was strained in large deep pans and put. 
in the dairy-house, wlmre it is lull to stand 
from eight to ten hours, when I hc puns eon 
t 
sc 
partly filled with water upon the range, 
the bottom of tho skillet, them is a grate on 
which the pan of milk rests, so as to keep it 
from the bottom, prevent burning or scorch¬ 
ing the milk. 
The milk is slowly heated to near 
boiling point, or until the cream begins to 
show a decidedly marked circle or “crinkle 
around the outer edges; and when the first 
bubble raises the surface of the cream it 
must he immediately removed. 
Some experience is necessary in applying 
the heat to have it just right; otherwise the 
cream is spoiled. When properly scalded 
I the milk is removed to the dairy, where it 
Duii-v Convention of tiie West mul Northwest, 
fhr, Illinois and Wisconsin Stare Dairymens’ As¬ 
ton at Elgin, 
ebmury anil 
holding two clays. 
This is tho t hird Annual Convention of v\ ost- 
orn Dairyman. Tho previous Conventions have 
been very largely attended by delegates from 
several of the Western States, and a much linger 
ulimber of people are ex peeled to be present this 
year. It will be one of the niot.i important Con¬ 
ventions of imanors over held ill t tie W ust. The 
Annual Address will be delivered by X. A. Wid- 
lard, A. M„ of Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
G. w. KING, of Rockford, 111., President. 
It. It. Stone, Richmond, 111., Secretary. 
Canadian Dairymen*' Axsoebitinn. —Tho Qu¬ 
intal Convention of tlm Canadian Dairymens 
Association will be held at logo sail, Proviuco 
0 f Ontario, oti Wednesday and Thursday, F °b- 
fid and 4th, 1809. This Association embraces the 
dairy interest ol' the several Province?-, and del¬ 
egates from all parts of Camidu are usually " 
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ainin iP the milk are taken out and thc milk attendance. An Immense gathering of Canadt- 
icaldJd by placing the pan it. an fronjJdllefc and ; thosn ^ ^ ^ 
full disous- 
the 
preparation* are being nut do for u 
sion of topics concerning the dairy. The Annu¬ 
al Address wilt be given on Wednesday evening, 
Feb fid, by X. A. Willard, A. M., of Herkimer 
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Binn tor Cows.— While conceding that pure 
bran contains little or no fattening properties, so 
fur as known, thc American Stock Journal says 
It Is u fact that feeding pure bran to milch cows 
t wice a day will materially increase the flow of 
milk. Tho same result, with tho added one <>1 
increasing strength to tho animals is obtained 
t,y a liiju feeding of cake made from t he meal of 
eotten seed. Block do not take te> this at first in 
its pure state, but, mixed with other food, they 
will soon c«me to like it, and to thrive under its 
influence. 
