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Pairs paslmnbrg* 
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X. A. WILLARD, A. M., EDITOR, 
Of Lime K*i.ls, IltKKiutt Cov.'Tr, Nnw Vokk. 
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WATER FOR COWS. 
Influence of nu Abundant Supply of Water 
on down in Milk. 
The importance of providing an abund¬ 
ance of water for cows in milk, cannot be 
over-estimated. Every practical dairyman 
must have observed how rapidly cows shrink 
of their milk in hot, dry weather, when wa- 
period of nursing. And the practical dairy- best farm dairies mnsfc make it pretty evi- 
man must have been dull indeed if be has dent in any neighborhood that skill and 
not observed the difference in the appetite of knowledge in butter making pay well, 
cows for water before and after they have *—-•*-*-*--. 
beguu to give milk. 
The lesson which practical dairymen 
should leant from these facts is, that cows, 
to yield the best returns, must be provided 
OBOES IN BUTTER. 
It is a common error among our butter 
makers, particularly those who make but 
with an abundance of good water, so located I lo ^ butter stand too long in the 
W ’ I --.1. ...... 1 ... 1 » 1. ...1 • 4 • A 1 
that it is of easy access at all times durinff 
the day. In flue, that inducements held out 
in this way for cows to drink are a paying 
investment to dairymen. But, while milch 
cows can evidently bo made to yield larger 
returns by a judicious use of liquids, we can- 
churn, or in the butter bowl, waiting to be 
worked. There is no churn, there is no 
butter bowl, perfectly clean. Wood will 
absorb the oil and other qualities, and ihe.ra 
will become tainted, and tlio butter will ab¬ 
sorb the odor. lienee the taste of the churn 
(pit ilauIlrii-Uarb. 
THE CROSSING OF FOWLS: 
Spanish with Brahmas. 
In answer to Jackson, Roxbury, I will 
say that the Spanish and Brahma are crossed 
here, and that they are the principal breed 
(grade)kept in the neighborhood. They are 
a success. There is a great plenty of eggs, 
and a sufficiency in winter. The cross is a 
good one. Some of the liens will set; some 
will not. They are on the whole, however, 
ter is scarce and the animals do not get their not recommend pushing the point to that J or flavor of wood, and bad wood, in the but- ^ood mothers. They reflect well the char- 
usual supply. But although in such cases excess which may affect the health of stock ter, as we so often find it. It is less so in acteristics of the two breeds, but not tini- 
the cause of milk falling off is traced to its nr reduce the quality of milk to a low winter, as then other flavors overcome it— formly. Some of tiro fowls are black, fine 
true source, many forget to take a hint from standard. ^he taste of smoke, of garlic, and of the sta- Spanish cocks, seeming almost pure blood, 
such observation, in their management of *** ble* principally. and some are quite gray and slovenly in 
milch stock during the summer and fall. THE CANADIAN CHEESE CROP. In some butter you can tell that the cows j their appearance. There is also some differ- 
Cows, of course, will live whore the daily We havo adviceafromCanada, stating that 7™ \ n llie , ra ? wl f n m ! lked ’ . or in tllc * ta ' f ncc in ; bnt ,n 1 ost . of them « rc S 00(1 
supply of water is limited, and by yielding a lIlG \u v ,. n( i , ’ , iaa b w „ blc 5 f,lso whetner cheese is made or not, and layers, early layers and winter layers. Some 
less quantity of milk, they adapt themselves gold, the factories realizing the almost uni- 1 f anything is fed besides grass,-for instance, pullets of ours have commenced laying in 
to the circumstances under which they are f orm ,,,,,, n ,i „f n cabbage, or carrots, or even buckwheat, less than five months from the time (in 
usual supply. But although lu bue.h cases excess which may affect the health of stock 
the cause of milk falling off is traced to its or reduce the quality of milk lo a low 
true source, many forget to take a hint from standard. 
such Observation, in their management of ’ 
milch stock during the summer and full. THE CANADIAN CEEESE CHOP. 
Cows, of course, will live whore the daily We have advices from Canada, slating that 
s.ipp y ol water is hunted, and by yielding a the May and June make of cheese has been 
css quantity of milk, they adapt themselves suM, the factories realizing the almost uni- 
to the circumstances under which they are f orm price, per pound, of twelve and a half 
placed And if water is not abundant, or is Mlle goW Duri U ,e first half of August 
situated m out-of-the-way places," where Ul0 „, lJc wa| wrasuaUy acllvc i,„,. ere tak . 
It is not ol easy access, the animals soon otlu- , the July make of cheese at ten cents to 
cate themselves lo get along with a much eleven cents, gold, which has cleared out the 
ess quantity than they would worn it placed Canadian product up to the August make, 
before them ... abundance. Up lo a eeriam Dairy „, cn hl Canada do not report so large 
pent, the animal will accommodate herself, „ yteM „ , vas auticipaled. The season has 
in thou t complaint, to the conditions, and it l)ocn , m aml abum ,ant, but not of 
often happen, that because cows show no , q „ allly n ,vor„Uc ,J ^ yMd of 
particular uneasiness, nor falling off in Uesb, cheese. The make, it Is estimated will he 
. Is supposed they get all the water which lal . , r lUan Iast bat w „, )10l cUlc 
hey require, when m point of fact, they are yh J d „ f , 8M M events, will not ex- 
takmg only a limited supply. Herds thus „ T|w , of Caila , 
s,mated do no yield largo returns. The llras car] musl of cw „, 0i hav0 ‘ it9 
fault is not in the cows, hut m their man- talluc „ce on prices to some extent this side 
goinon . the Hue for the balance of tho season, as there 
Now milch cows should rather be induced u 1)mv n0 k stook of early uiade cbeese 
to take all the water they will, and at no iu lhc Oounlry 
time should they ho allowed to suffer from .. , 
thirst. A cow that gives a large quantity of Thc ot cliC f e f ar ,ave b f n 
milk must of necessity require more water, unllsUal - v aI ° 0 ’ aild v mt ' as bct ‘ n n s0 
other things being equal, than the cow that ratbe r . unuw , ml lhat ,hcr0 . hil3 b ? cn lcs3 
gives only a small quantity of milk; for we co " iplamt abroftd of r e f CCSS ! ve sh l , I ,mcn . la 
must remember that of the constituents of nnd an ovcr-supplj of American cheese m 
milk cighty-sevcn parts, or thereabouts, arc ^English markets than lor other years 
water. To what extent the quantity of milk 1,1 June and ^ lbe Im l > I 0, ' ls iu ^'’erpool 
can be increased, nnd at the same time a good W(!rc noai1 / sUty thousand boxes more tins 
quality be secured, by inducing the animal y , car ,ha ’' 1:lst ; , F , ron ! the m,ddlc of Mn / t0 
to take an abundant quantity of liquid is lbe m ‘ ddl f ol ^7 the total exports from 
still a question undetermined, but that milk ^ v 10 Gieat Dutaiu were «4b,000 
of good quality can in this manner bo in- box, ’ s ‘ J iminbly m no sension lmvc factories 
creased, and without injury to the animal, disi)0SL,d of Ultai ' m:dco ,nore full - y tban tIie 
there is not the slightest doubt. l ,m3Cut Wi,U tL,fl condition of things 
T , . . . , , , we see no necessity for lower prices,as there 
Upon this point we have some Interestimr \ . e , . a , 
\ m r \ . cannot be any great amount of bad flavored 
experiments by M. Dancel, as commun - - . 1,1 , 
-p, . . , ’ „ „ . s> off on the shelves, nor an over-supply 
cated to the French Academy of Sciences. v , 
11 u i , crowding the curing rooms, either in Canada 
He found that by Inciting cows to drink tho t 0 
large quantities of water the quantity of J ‘ , 1 1 _ 
eral'onnrKnnr iTwil ^ T* EXPERIMENTS WITH SWEET AND 
eial quails per day without materially in- cnni? rYj-PAT/r 
juring its quality. The amouut of milk oh- bUUl t UitL Alvl. 
taiued, lie says, is approximately propor- r. g. II. Speed, Esq., manager of the 
tional to the quantity ot water drank. Tompkins Co. Butter Factory, N. Y., writes 
Cows which, wliGu Htfill foil with dry follows i 
fodder gave only from nine to twelve quarts Seeluf? a late rohal an inquiry in regard to 
of milk per day, at once producod from awcot vs. sour creara, and your excellent article 
twelve to fourteen quarts daily when their thereon, I concluded to give tho result of some 
food was moistened by mixing* with it from exponmoms wo made 1.1 our factory last sea- 
eighteen to t wenty three quarts of water per factory was built a year ago. and is Situ- 
c ‘ a J r * Besides tills water taken with the atou on tbo Oat<<lcin turnpike, ftotwocn Itlmoa 
food, the animals were allowed to drink at an d Owogo, about ten miles from the former 
thc same intervals as before, and their thirst 1 ' | aco. w ® commenced operations on the 27th 
was excited by adding to the fodder a small 'J ay , na< ! reo ^ lvC! ^ Lt ' e ,Dllk r ’ f from ^ u '° 
. „ •, , ‘ hundred 10 three hundred oows. Up to the last 
quantity ol salt. J lie milk produced under ol'.] uly we skim modi he milk after setting twelve 
the water regimen, after having been care- aiid rwenty-fottr hours,and churned the cream 
fully analyzed and examined as to its chcml- using tho sweet buttormtiu with tho 
cal and physical properties, was adiud-ed skluutu ' J i nilli ( t6 \ cheese. Tho but ter 
. . e 1 3 waa very flno In quality oiul or excellent flavor, 
to be of good quality, and excellent butter but did not appear to bo quite as hrm nnd solid 
was obtained from it." as butter made from sour cream. 
The precise proportion of water which can Th0 buttermilk added greatly to tho quality of 
thus he given to cows with advantage, he wo wore enabled to sell for with- 
, .0 ’ m throe or four cents of new milk prices. Great 
says, is a point not readily determinable, caro was nooessary, however, that tho lmttor- 
since the appetite for drink differs very con- milk was perfectly sweet when added, o- there 
sidcrably in different animals. But by ob- W!l8 danger of its turning when heated in the 
serving the degree of tho appetite for drink in vat ‘ ' Ve yo<1 ‘\ , 1 "‘ san t0 , llu ' lbts ,l,at th< ;; 
, „ cream was yidding'us a sufficient quantity ol 
a number ol cows, by taking nolo of tho butter, and concluded to test the matter. Fix 
quantity of water habitually consumed by coolers of sweet cream wore seleclod, mid. nrtrr 
each of the animals in the course of twenty- being mixed, three wore churned sweet and tho 
four hours, nnd contrasting this quantity othors sot aside tnithefollowing day to sour, or 
... , ^ „ 1 J ratbor to booomoslightly acid, 
with that of the milk produced. Dvncel as- »- . 
, 1 , ’ , , . Upon churning tho latter w-o found that, it 
set ts that, any one can see that the yield ot yielded twion tbo amount of butter that tho 
milk is directly proportionate to the quantity sweet cream did, and onc-balf pound over. Tho 
of water absorbed. lie asserts, moreover, experiment was conducted fairly, although the 
that a cotv that does not habitually drink so 1 '^ 8Uit ' vaH mucb n ' om wl jatwc expcct- 
, . " ed, ns wo supposed that u would yield about 
much as t>\ enrv-seven quarts of water per onc-tbird more. Since then we have allowed 
day—and lie lias met with such—is actually the cream to become a iittloadd before eburn- 
and necessarily st poor milker; “slio will big, as tha gain lu quantity and quality of tho 
give only from Jive and a half to seven quarts I ljho ''^ 0 tov tbo ndditiou of buttermilk would 
ol milk per day. But all thc cows he has Wo have tho milk of four hundred cows this 
seen which drank as much 11 s fifty quarts of season, and still bold tho most, ol' our butter and 
water daily were excellent milkers, yielding ebf,c '° m;, do the present season. Our butter has 
TVe discard beets, roots, and vegetables of April) they made their exit from the shells; 
almost all kinds when we wish to have a 
perfect article of butter. Fresh, growing, 
tender grass makes 1 he butter. Clover may 
be added, especially white clover, — the red 
is loss desirable. 
Perfect butter is a thing so rare that it is 
quite a treat when it does come. Few people 
have ever tasted of it; fewer yet cat it 
Habitually ; but some do. They make their 
own butter, first knowing how to make it, 
nnd then heingwilling tomake if, not slight¬ 
ing in the least particular. They know it is 
nectar or ambrosia to have such a produc¬ 
tion of thc grasses. It. is the essence of all 
that is good in the grasses that you gel; the 
objectionable, too, if there is any ; this is lo 
be avoided. Such butter will keep, and is 
most royal in June, and thence may be kept 
the year round. 
But now we urge, more particularly, to 
see that the churn holds the butter only till 
it is gathered, anti the bowl till the salt is 
dissolved. Then pack in clean, flavorless 
jars or tubs—not old jars, nor new tubs, un¬ 
less water has Btood long in the tubs, or 
they have been charred. If the buttermilk 
lms been worked out, and there are no 
foreign odors, and no excess of salt to make 
bitter,—there will be such an improvement 
that it will seem like now butter — like a 
superior article, as it it. g. 
and most of them commence a month or 
two later, and keep it up more or less during 
the winter, without extra care or protection. 
They lay large eggs, and their flesh is wel¬ 
come at the table. They arc also rather 
docile, and stay at home. F. o. 
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FOWL VERMIN.—LICE. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH SWEET AND 
SOU R CRE AM. 
R. G. II. Speed, Esq., manager of the 
Tompkins Co. Butter Factory, N. Y., writes 
us as follows: 
Seelug In a late Ruiial an inquiry in regar.l to 
sweet vs. aotir cream, and your excellent article 
thereon, I concluded to give the result of some 
experiments wo made lu our factory last sea¬ 
son. 
The factory was built a year ago, and is .situ¬ 
ated on tbo CUtsltlll turnpike, botwoon Itliaoa 
and Owego, about ton miles from the former 
placo. Wo commenced operations on tbe 27fh 
of May, nnd received the milk of from two 
hundred to three bundrod oows. Up to tbe last 
of July ve skim mod tbe milk after setting twelve 
and twontj'-four bout's, and churned the cream 
swed, usiug tbo sweet buttermilk with tbo 
skimmed milk for making cbeese. Tbo butter 
was very flno In quality oml or excellent flavor, 
but did not appear to bo quite as brut and solid 
as butter made from soar cream. 
Tbo buttermilk added greatly to tbe quality of 
tbe cheese, aud woworceuabled to sell for with¬ 
in tbroe or four cents of new milk prices. 0 rent 
care was nooessary, however, that tlio butter¬ 
milk was perfectly sweet when added, 0 * there 
was danger of its turning when heated in the 
vat. We soon began to have doubts that thc 
cream was jidding us a sufficient quantity of 
butter, and concluded to tost the matter. Fix 
coolers of sweet cream were selected, ami, after 
being mixed, three wore churned sweet nnd the 
others sot asldo till the following day to sour, or 
ratbor to booomo slightly acid. 
Upon churning tho latter wo found that, it 
yielded twioo tho amount of butter that tho 
sweet cream did, and one-half pound over. The 
experiment was conducted fairly, although the 
result was much different from what wo expect¬ 
ed, ns wo supposed that it would yield about 
onc-tbird more. Since then we havo allowed 
the cream to become a littlo add before eburn- 
froin nineteen to twenty-three quarts or more 
milk.” In Lis opinion thc quantity of drink 
consumed by a cow is a valuable tost of iter 
worth as a milk producer. 
Now, whether tho inferences drawn by 
Danced from his experiments be strictly 
usually sold for about ton coots in advance of 
the best dairies, and the milk netted the patrons 
last year between three and one-lutlf and four 
cents per quart. 
Would like vory much to hear from others in 
reference to tbe amount of butter made front 
sweot und sourcroam respectively. 
Experiments of this kind are of much 
true in every particular or applicable in all V!l i uc . Tbero is great of knowledge in 
cases, need not be discussed for tho present; 
but they illustrate, in some degree at least, 
ia-cts familiar to practical men. The most 
common observer must have taken note of 
the fact that in the human family the mother 
stickling her infant requires and consumes 
more liquids than she did before or after her 
regard to the best plan to be adopted in but¬ 
ter making. The amount of poor butter 
made in the country is enormous, but the 
butter factories, wherever established, are 
teaching dairymen lessons which they are 
pretty apt to remember. An excess of ten 
cents per pound over that obtained by the 
The Country Cbi-eno Market. — The cheese 
market at Little Tails for the week ending Sept. 
11. was not so Ann as lor tho week previous. Tito 
delivery of. farm dairies was ubout as usual, at 
prices ranging from 15 to 153*0. A good tunny 
laetoryinen wcr< uresent, but the usual number 
of Rales wore not * ide, owing to tbo lower rules 
offered. Wo report Rates as follows: -Fairfield 
Association, lC&c.; Cross Hoads, 15.\,c.; Empire, 
Kiitic.; Florida, 15 *c.; Bean’s, 153ic.; IV. J’cek’s, 
15>£o.; Itoot, 15,kc.; Van Homsvtllc, 15^0.; Cook 
and Ives, Hie.; Smith Creek, Hi.K;e.; Nowvllle, 
lGijo.; Avery and Ives, 163fe.; Danube Cold 
Spring, KV'iC,; Hroekett’s Bridge. lGL'e.; Hop- 
eon's Cold Creek, lOife.; Old Norway, 15%e. 
NO but lor on sale at Little Falla market this 
week. 
We have advices from abroad lo tbe last week 
in August. Our Liverpool correspondent says 
arrivals coutinuo to increase, but us the demand 
is quite equal, prices are very firm. As l he har¬ 
vest is in full operation, the agricultural districts 
will take a largo quantity of American cheese 
at-preseni prices, but. we arc so equally balanced 
with our homo make, that it would not taken 
largo advauce to turn tho scale in favor of the 
latter. 
Tbe Imports into Liverpool from June 1st to 
August tilth, were 317,540 boxes, and for tbo 
same time last year, 299,555 boxes. 
Tbe total exports from New York lo Great 
Britain from May 15 to August 7 are put at. 403,- 
731 boxes. Exports from New York for the 
week ending August 31. 48,000 boxes. Fine fuo- 
tory is quoted at Liverpool at 02 to tiks. per cwt.; 
very good. 59 to Gls. Good farm dairies, 50 to 
58s.; second quality, 53 to 55s. 
Our London correspondent says American 
olieose clears its landed, and market is firm at 
quotations for best to arrive, with a large coun¬ 
try demand. 
We, give London prices, as follows: —English 
Chcdder, 80 to Wi>.; Wiltshire, double, G8 to 74s.; 
Cheshire, '0 to 80s.; American, extra, G7 to G8s.; 
fine, Oils.; good, (It?, Scotch cheese, 74 to 78s. 
Dutch cheese — Edams, 50 to 58s.; Gondas, 40 to 
50s.; Derby Shape, 18 lo 51s. 
Best Normandy butter, in London, 120 to Jf?Bs. 
per cwt. Canadian, 90 to 90s. 
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Butter Making in France.— The following is 
mid to be the latest modeA singular method 
of making butter bas lately come Into quite ex¬ 
tensive use in France. The process consists in 
placing the cream In a linen bag ol' moderato 
thtelaiess, which is carefully closed; then bury¬ 
ing tbe bag about a foot and a half deep in the 
earth, and allowing it lo remain from twenty- 
four to t wenty-fivc hours. After the expiration 
of this period, the cream is found to have be¬ 
come hard, and it is then broken upby means of 
a wooden beater into small pieces, and enough 
water poured upon It to wash out the butter¬ 
milk. To prevent any mixture or earth ft Is ad¬ 
visable to enclose the bag iu a second one of 
larger sizo aud coarser quality. 
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Bunch on Cotvs’ Teat.—Jn answer to inquiry in 
Rural, July 31, George W. Larimore, Dryden. 
N. Y., writes: “If C. B. will put a handful of 
angle w’orms in a bottle, hang In the sun for a 
few days until they have become an oil, and ap¬ 
ply night and morning after milking, rubbing 
thoroughly, it will cure his cow. Have known 
several instances of the kind cured by this sim¬ 
ple remedy.” 
Of ail the pests Unit infest the Hennery, 
lice arc the most troublesome. They cause 
, death in very many instances; they have 
also been known to cover the fowls so that 
you could hardly designate the color of their 
feathers. This may seem a rather tough 
story, nevertheless it is strictly true. Wc 
made several attempts to rid our coops of 
them, and with the most persistent watch¬ 
ing on our part they would Infest our hen¬ 
nery—tho fowls would become poor and 
scrawny, nnd anything but agreeable to loo!; 
upon. Where or how they came in the hen¬ 
nery we could not tell. 
Mascat.l says, “ They get them in scrap¬ 
ing abroad among foul straw, or on dung¬ 
hills, or when they sit in nests not made 
clean, or in the hen-house, by their dung 
lying long there, which corrupts their bodies 
and breeds lico and fleas.” 
Wc sat a hen on a perfectly clean nest, 
made in a barrel away from our hennery, 
with a view to guard against vermin; she 
was a large white Brahma—a pet lien—but 
on the morning of the twentieth day of her 
sitting, wc went as usual to feed her, nnd 
found her on the nest dead—perfectly cov¬ 
ered with lice, or vermin more resembling 
sheep ticks than anything else v,e could 
compare them to. We made several inqui¬ 
ries us to them, but could never become 
satisfied that they were really lico. 
We then examined our hennery thorough¬ 
ly—the nests and roosts and even the sides 
of the building, and found them to bo infest¬ 
ed with the vermin. This was the latter 
part of July, aud we went to work .with a 
will to exterminate them. We first removed 
all I he fowls, some fourteen in number, to a 
new coop; then smudged the hennery well 
with brimstone, and after that, was thoroughly 
done, we commenced feeding our fowls In¬ 
dian meal mixed with sulphur, with say 
three-fourths of a pound to a day’s feed; this 
we fed every two or three iltiyg, and also put 
sulphur iu their water. We also lined the 
new nests with tobacco stems, and from that 
day to this we have not been troubled with 
vermin of any kind. Still, wc keep strict 
watch for them, and this may, perhaps, be 
thc reason they do not appear, for you know 
an “ounce of prevention is better than a 
pound of cure.” We recommended our 
modus operand! to a friend whose fowls were 
infested with vermin to such a degree that it 
was impossible for him to succeed iu rearing 
chickens. Since he has used the remedy, lie 
informs us he does not have any trouble in 
not only rearing chickens, but producing a 
remarkably healthy and glossy appearance 
in the fowls. 
The London Field recommends that a 
[tound of black sulphur be mixed in the 
sand and ashes or lime that the fowls dust 
in; this will keep them free from parasites, 
and give the feathers a glossy appearanev. 
If they are infested with the insects, dampen 
the skin under the feathers with water, then 
sprinkle a little black sulphur on the skiu ; 
if thc birds be covered with insects, they will 
disappear in the course of twelve hours from 
the time tlio application is first made. Many 
a fine hatched brood pines away and dies 
through nothing else but being infested with 
vermin, and no one seems to know the cause. 
Let the nests of sitting hens be freely sprink¬ 
led with black sulphur, and there is no fear 
of their being annoyed during incubation. 
Another simple remedy is said to be sas¬ 
safras bark scattered about the coops and 
nests; use poles of the same for roosts. The 
bark of this wood is certain death to hen lice. 
One of them dropped upon a piece of the 
bark will die almost as soon as if it had been 
dropped upon a hot stove. The simpler tbe 
remedy the better, and this is one of that kind. , 
Great care should lie taken to keep hen¬ 
neries, which are situated near or adjacent 
to cattle stables, free from lice, for if they 
: once get into the horse or cattle stables it is 
next to impossible to extirpate them there¬ 
from. Whether they are detrimental to the 
health of animals we arc unable to say; still 
there is no one but what will admit that 
they must be very annoying to them. The 
better way is to use a little caution, and not 
allow them a foot-bold on your premises on 
any consideration whatever—they are a pest 
not necessary to entertain. J. Bjrace. 
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Bedbugs in a Hennery ’-I fiuilf a hennery and 
pigeon lion ;o of new lumber two years ago, and 
by some unknown means insects resembling' 
bedbugs got into it last year. I have usod cold 
and hot water, strong lye, turpentine, and kero¬ 
sene, cold nnd warm whitewash. I have satu¬ 
rated the wood with kerosene nnd then applied 
fire to it; cleaned, one ortwotimesa week, floor, 
nets and all. But they got into all the cracks 
nnd into the shingled roof. I can’t get freo of 
the plague. "Will yon, or some of 5 'our readers 
give mo a remedy ?—W. P., Peru , 111. 
Wu refer our correspondent to an article else¬ 
where in this Department by J. Brace, who has 
had a similar experience. 
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Shearing Geese nnd Ducks.—A writer In tho 
Farmers’ Advertiser anys“ Thc usual mode cf 
plucking geese—of course, I refer to live geese, 
is laborious in the extreme, as tho frequent 
shrieks of the tortured creatures testify. Shear¬ 
ing them would secure the finer and morcoholco 
part of thc feathers, nnd I havo no doubt but 
t lie geese or ducks would thrive better and yield 
a cent oftener—and if not with better grace at 
least with better feelings.” 
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Poultry Inquirers.—Will you, or some reader 
of your paper,say, from actual experience with 
poultry, how large n yard it is necessary to have 
for fivo or six hundred fowls, where they are 
permitted to go out for a short time once or 
t wice per week, and roam around, the yard to 
bo no larger than is necessary for the health of 
tho chickens; also, the best plan for a roost for 
tho same number of fowls?—E. S. Cox, Harris- 
ville, Ind. 
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Poultry Frofli.—I received six fowls of com¬ 
mon stock from Judge Butler which I kept 
from the ICth of March to the 2Gth of May—in 
all, seventy-one days. They laid, during that 
time, two hundred and thirty-four eggs. Tito 
eggs onmo to $5.14. 1 mtulo n clear profit on 
them of $3.85.— C. II. Woodbury, Xoncallo Conn. 
FEEDING PIGS. 
A coRHEsroNDENT of the Western Rural 
urges that it i.i better that one pig cats tbo 
reed you have, if he can, than that two share 
it; that pigs should have a warm, dry place 
to sleep ill, with plenty of dean straw, 
changed twice a week. He illustrates his 
theory as follows • 
I raised nine pigs from a Suffolk sow and 
Chester hour last year; fed on milk aud corn 
mostly in the ear, and all the milk they 
would drink. They averaged two hundred 
and seventy-five pounds, dressed, when eight 
months old. Keeping hogs poor ono year 
and fat the next, lias exploded with mo years 
ago. 1 recollect having t wo pigs of a neigh¬ 
boring farmer in 1945. I fed mine well dur¬ 
ing the winter, on corn and slops of house, 
lie fed his so as to just keep them alive. 
After about four months I saw his pigs, and 
said to him: — “Our pigs do not look as 
though they were of the same litter.” Ho 
said they did not,hut that, he would make as 
much pork in the fall as mine. I told him I 
would remember it, for if I waa a fool it was 
time I knew it. I slaughtered mine when 
they were fourteen mouths old. One weighed 
three hundred and sixty-seven, the other 
four hundred and forty-one pounds. He 
kept bis ouc month longer, and one weighed 
two hundred and thirl v-two, and the oilier 
two hundred and thirty-eight pounds. 
If I had not much milk, I should prefer 
corn, rye and oats, ground in about equal 
parts, scalded and let stand until it ferments. 
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Food for Swine—Buckwheat. -H. B., Andover 
N. Y- asks correspondents having experience, 
“What kind ol' feed gives the largest growth 
and the largest amount of fat; nnd vvlint is the 
litst feed for breeding sows iu winter? Is the 
blood and intestines front the slaughter houses 
good or not?” He fed his sows, last winter, 
upon cooked meal and slaughter-house refuse, 
and In spring lost a number of pigs. Don't know 
the cause of their dying- He has learned “ that 
no part of buckwheat should be fed to n sow 
when the pigs follow her.” He came near losing 
nil his pigs by feeding a lit tleground with Indian 
meal and cooked; It increased the quantity of 
milk, hut was death to the pigs. 
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A Prolific Sow.—My neighbor, A. B. Downer, 
of Trenton Falls, has a sow (Yorkshire)) five 
years old in April last. Bhe has had twelve lit¬ 
ters of pigs; raised ten littcr-of ten each, one of 
twelve, and one that she now has of eight, which 
makes one hundred and twenty pigs, in five 
years and five mom 1 1 . She is turned to pasture 
during pasture months. The sow is perfectly 
white and every pig bas been the vamo color. If 
any man has beat Trenton Falls in hog raising 
wc of old Oneida would like to record it In our 
scrap books.— Stohrs Barrows, South Trenton 
Oneida Co ., A* Y. 
Mange on Dogs.—A recent writer says he cured 
a mangy dog by rubbing him gently but thor¬ 
oughly with perfectly dry earth three times on 
three successive days. It is suggested that tbe 
same remedy will succeed with swine similarly 
afflicted. 
