(fc In 
POULTRY CONVENTION, 
To Fix an American Stuuilnrd of Excel* 
leucvt 
[Continued from pnire 286. last No.J 
Mr. Bestor—N ow we come to the 
Ducks. 
Mr. Halstead, [Reading] — “General 
Shape and Color: Bill, long and broadJ 
when viewed sidewise nearly straight; from 
the top of the head to the tip of the bill of a 
delicate, pale flesh color, perfectly free from 
black or dark marks. Head, long and line. 
Neck, long, slender and gracefully curved. 
Body, long and deep. Back, long and broad. 
Wings, strong, carried well np and not droop¬ 
ing. Tail, feathers st iff and hard, with hard 
curled leathers in the drake. Thighs, short. 
Legs, short and strong; bright light orange 
color. Plumage, pure white throughout, 
Points: —Size, 80 ; purity of color and shape 
of bill, 20; purity of color in plumage, 20 ; 
symmetry, 15; condition, 15.” 
Mr. Bestou—A ll right. 
Illwqiiuli flout ions. 
Mr. Halstead—“ Birds so fat as to be 
down behind ; tails deep yellow or marked 
with black; plumage of any color except 
white." 
Mr. Bestou—I f there is no objection, that 
will be considered adopted. The next thing 
we have is 
Iloucn Ducks. 
Mr. Halstead—T his is the description I 
have here:—“The Drake: Bill long, broad, 
rather wider at the tip than base; when 
viewed sidewise, nearly straight from the 
crown of the head to the tip of the bill; the 
longer the better; color, greenish yellow, 
withoifl any other color, except the black 
bean at the tip. Head long and fall; rich, 
lustrous green. Eye dark hazel. Neck, 
long, slender, and neatly curved; color the 
same lustrous green as the head, with a dis¬ 
tinct white ring on the lower part, not quite 
meeting at. the hack. Breast broad and 
deep; the front part very rich, purplish- 
brown, or claret color, free from gray feath¬ 
ers, the claret color extending as far as pos¬ 
sible toward the legs. Back, long; higher 
part ashy gray, mixed with green, becoming 
a rich, lustrous green on the lower part and 
rump. Shoulder coverts, gray, finely 
streaked with wavy brown lines. Wings, 
grayish-brown mixed with green, with a 
broad ribbon mark of rich purple, with me¬ 
tallic reflections of blue and green, and 
edged wdlh white; the two colors quite dis¬ 
tinct. Plight feathers, dark, dusky brown, 
and free from white; under part of the body 
and sides beautiful gray, becoming blighter 
gray toward the vent, and ending in solid 
black under the tail. Tail feathers bard and 
stiff, dark, ashy brown; dark web in old 
birds, edged with white. Tail coverts, 
curled feathers hard and well curled; black, 
with very rich purple reflections. Legs and 
feet, orange, with a tinge of brown. 
Tlie Duck. 
“Bill, broad, long and somewhat flat; 
brownish orange, with a dark blotch on the 
upper part. Head, long and line; deep 
brown, with two pale brown stripes on each 
side, from the bill past, ihe eye. Neck, long, 
slender and neatly curved; lighl brown, pen¬ 
ciled with darker brown, and quite free from 
the least appearance of a white ring. Breast, 
under part of body and sides, greenish brown, 
each feather marked distinctly with a rich, 
deep brown penciling. Back, long; light 
brown, richly marked with green. Wings, 
grayish brown, mixed with green, with a 
bright ribboned band mark of rich purple, 
edged with white; the two colors distinct. 
Flight feathers, brown, perfectly free from 
white. Tail coverts, brown, beautifully pen¬ 
ciled with broad, distinct penciling of dark 
greenish brown. Tail, bright brown, with 
distinct, broad, wavy penciling of dark green¬ 
ish brown. Legs, orange, or brown and 
orange.” 
Mr. Bestou — That description is all 
correct. 
Mr. Halstead —Now for the points. Let 
us say—Size, 30; shape and color of bill, 20; 
color of plumage, 20; symmetry, 15; condi¬ 
tion, 15. Adopted. 
Disqn intentions. 
“Bills clear yellow, dark green, blue or 
lead color; any white in the flight leathers 
of either sex; birds so fat as to be down be¬ 
hind.” In the section of Aylesbury where 
these birds are raised, the rivers have all a 
sub-stratum of light, white colored gravel, 
and it is that which gives these birds that 
color. 
Mr. Van Winkle—I presented two ducks 
np at that show, as perfectly rose colored as 
roses themselves. I have kept it up by fine, 
white pebbles. 
Mr. Sidell — Supposing the Aylesbury 
duck is magnificent in every particular, but 
that it has a yellow bill, are you going to dis¬ 
qualify that bird ? 
Mr. Simpson—Y ou let Aylesbury birds 
run round some, and their bills will get 
yellow. 
Mr. Van Winkle— Yes; or if they run thoroughly purged. This treatment hardly 
their hills into mud or clay, it will tinge ever fails to restore the bird to a healthy 
them; and if you have an artificial pond condition.” _ 
you have to get a man to wash the bills ofi, Term* and Technicalities, 
regularly. J, P, Dunn, Hamilton, Out., writes us 
Mr. Halstead —What do you say about ^hat be j 9 a new beginner in the poultry 
Itiirn Imsbanbrn. 
giving flesh color the preference? 
business, and desires that we give him the 
Mr. Bestor—I n the description of the bill technical terms used in the poultry yard. 
I should say, “nearly straight, from the They are as follows: 
crown of the head to the tip of the bill, xcl- Brood.—Offspring or batch of chickens, 
low, or a delicate, pale flesh color, perfectly protuberances 
free from black or dark marks.” ^ke'-coc.ic> head and neck, or the head of u 
Mr Halstead— Make “vellow” last. * C'u«/u™ -The Uelmet-llke fle»liy protuberance or 
.. __ r _ .. ,, , . comb of the Guinea fowl. , 
Mr. Van Winkle — buy “yellow, adnus- etufe/i .-a number of egg* sat upon bya fowl, or the 
... ,, number of chickens brought off. 
sible. ditto/• Shrunk anil stringy, applied to flesh wh ch 
Mr. Halstkad-Ym; let it read, “Soil- 
cate, pale flesh color; yellow, admissible." 
„ . Deni -car.— A name improperly upplied to the true 
Cnyuga Ducka. ear of the fowl. A shallow hole, or depression, with 
Mr. IIalstead Now we come to the 11 TnmnUng off the combs and wattles of 
Cayuga Ducks. The description is: “ Head, breeds, 
small neat and slender, Bill, broad, rather not crossed with definite purpose, or those of a breed 
short and dark in color. Neck, medium. i-'iug. Soft downy feathers In masses upon certain 
_ V « „ , . , t, , , . „ , parts of fowls—ns upon the rumps and thighs of 
Breast, full and prominent. Body, long, cochins. 
, , . ...ii j (Jills. -The flap that hang* below the heak. 
full, and round; vety lull ana plump, riacMt .—Long shining feathers un the neck of the 
,, , t» 1 . 1,. I Dir l.o Ui A'j rr I *—HI) upon ^ 
Breast, full and prominent. Body, long, cochins. 
full, and round; vety lull und plump, Hack)*.—Long .-aiiilng feathers on the neck Of the 
Wings, long, and carried well up. Legs, Periodical shedding and renewal of 
medium length and black, oi dark slaty triple oornb—a principal comb with a 
color. Plumage of drake, glossy black »^l^»ryS;;nVturWoroth W galllnaceousfow., 
throughout: the head and neck a brilliant before u takes on the lull phirangn of n mature bird. 
7, ' , Priimrut .- 1 The large-t feather* on the win*, 
greenish hue; also the wing coverts, put not jto»c-eomi>. a full, broad, tint comb, culled also 
SO decided in color. The Primaries of the ^v.'on.piri!". 1 Quills growing on the second bone of 
duck being sometimes a dark brown, all the cre*t. 
rout iel.hlfick • a few solnshes of white in the Vulture Wotted. —Having the feathers upon the 
iesi jei-m.K K , a lew apmsues ui wuill ih mo tlliuh p, V j,. L .tbaukw aid below and beyond the" hock” 
duct operations. We are told that the ma¬ 
chinery and appliances for a first-class fac¬ 
tory for condensing milk—say for 500 cows 
—will cost between three or four thousand 
nrrrvpccn dollars. That the profits from the business 
BU'lTLi t OR U iixAibJj. wben we ll conducted are large, there seems 
I would like to ask a question, through the to be no doubt. 
Rural New-Yorker, its to inuklng up mi Ik into _ -» -. 
Cheese or butter. Which will pay the best, sup¬ 
posing Cheese to be worth fourteen cents per TROUBLE WITH A TTF.TFUR, 
pound and butter twenty-seven cents per pound? _ 
VVould have toeart the milk, say three and a- 
hail mile*, to iIn- factory-cans furnished by the I have a heifer which calved a week ago to* 
factory arid milk delivered by them also, or at day. About three weeks before calving, she 
their expense. The h utter of course would be commenced to shrink rapidly, and almost before 
made up on the dairy farm by the owners of the we noticed it her udder became hard and m- 
milk.-J. H. H., Smith River , Ddnortc Cm, Cal. flamed : we bad recourse to the usual measures, 
of bathing with soapy water, etc., but. without 
In answering the above question, we must, mm .|, success, and in the meantime a swelling 
in Hip fii at nlare knrnv wlutt a riven citmii- appeared under her telly, about the place; where 
111 the nisi place. Know Wimi a given quim niJ|({ w „.. 8eiUt , r |, e , body. This rapidly in- 
tity of milk will yield when employed tor creased m efzo, and in one day got io bo almost 
. .. , , » , , ‘ \t;ii. its large as her udder, and Ultimately extended 
butter or when made into clitese. JMdk vjgiit. hack to her udder, so as to appear to form 
varies in quality from various causes, such n connection with It. We then had recourse to 
. , ‘ ■ - .. « a method mentioned in some extracts on water 
as breed of cows, manner of feeding, Ac., treutment, ln“ Allen's American Cattlo.” Tho 
&c. These, however, need not bo discussed plan given there is to have a rubber or od cloth 
’ ’ ,, bag; we sunsiltuted a rubber coat, tlm only 
here, as our correspondent probably reters thmg we canid get, and so tied it up under her 
ii,., /.niiimhn .i.t.i o .-,f* the eiiimli'v or ctiplt utblet' and along her belly, that It would hold 
to the common COWS oi tlie countiy. Ol SUCH W1 , t( . r ,,,, aro ,„,3 her bag; we only kept It on a 
herds as are made up of different breeds short time a* U. caused her cnnsidernlde Utiensi- 
, . . . i*,, , ? ,• ... nefts; but It seemed to subdue fhc inflammation 
and without special qualifications foi bllttei entirely'. The swelling along the belly, 
ativ more than for cheese. Herds of this however, remained there, '"'d is them still. 
... .... , , ■ ... Can any one lid I me what tits; if it ought to be 
description, it is found during the season, if Kor rl ,f 0 f. and lmw? is there such a thing as 
itoi jvi-aw ■>. , .v . — 1 .. oi'iwuv. .... project 
breast of the duck objectionable, but not a Joint* 
j i • , y,, 111 c. The lliwhy exercHcence that grow* under 
disqualification. With reference to white, Urn throat of a oooiter turkey. 
. ' , , , . -Feathers covering part ot the fore- 
I worked hard m t.lic last exhibition in op- „ rn i or the fowl. 
position to it. I insisted upon it that it was | Carrier lMgeoim. 
a disqualification. Suppose we pui ni a new ; R p er u, La Salle, Ill., asks if there 
disqualification White or colored feathers the United 
position to m, i lUMBwu upuu n mom, it Carrier Pigeons, 
a disqualification. Suppose we pul in a new ; R p er u, La Salle, Ill., asks if there 
disqualification—“ White or colored feathers trained Carrier pigeons in the United 
in the drake, or any part of the duck, except . fRDy oflhe rea(lcrs of tbe Rural 
the breast. New-Yorker have had experience in train* 
A letter was iere ieat \om i »■ in and can g i ve a chapter on the 
Howland, giving as bis opinion that there ^ 
should not be any white feathers in Hie _ 
drake, nor in any part of the duck, except ‘ — 
The additional disqualification was iumb Department. 
adopted. ^ __ 
Mr. Halstead— The points for the Cayuga - 
duck are: Size, 30 ; Plumage, 25; Legs, 15; FROM MISSISSIPPI 
Symmetry, 20 ; Condition, 10. Adopted.— 
[To be continued. In y our i39ne of A l >ril 8lh > 1 noticed an 
(iinb mfiixtnunt 
FROM MISSISSIPPI 
POULTRY NOTES AND QUERIES. 
I* Poultry Keeping Profitable ? 
In your issue of April 8th, I noticed an 
article on emigrating South. You allude 
to crimes and outrages perpetrated against 
Northern men, and say there is no excuse 
for such. I think in many instances there 
The question in regard to making tho are no grounds lor a great many reports that 
keeping of poultry profitable, by farmers, go the rounds of the Northern press. lean 
has been frequently discussed in the columns vouch for the safety of any good citizen who 
of the Rural New’-Yorker without re- may emigrate North Mississippi. I am 
gard to any particular breed, believing as one of a colony that came from Michigan 
we do, that if the common barn-yard fowls and Ohio to sock a more genial climate and 
answer the purpose, they should be kept escape from the* cold, bleak winter of - those 
more or less 1/y every farmer, as an import- States. Since our advent in Mississippi I 
ant acquisition to farm economy. can truthfully say that we have been treated 
Upon this subject the Western Rural with the utmost kindness by one and all. 
makes the following just and sensible re- Such a thing as a threat or un unkind word 
marks, giving some cogent reasons why has never reached our ears. Our intentions 
poultry should be kept upon the farm, and are honorable, and we mean business, which 
as to the profits arising therefrom: 
is evident by the success wo have met with 
“For several years poultry have been very thus for, and aie. thrice welcome. Even the 
profitable, eggs and chickens commanding a journals o! the State have bade us welcome 
high price. By a little attention to their through their columns, and private letters 
breeding and management, poultry may be have been received bearing testimony of the 
made very valuable to the farmer in many same, 
ways, one of the most important being the I would say that. I am only writing you 
, 1 . . , • I A to correct any such prejudice as may be 
excellent manme which they ak . hoarded up against North Mississippi. lam 
comfortable Irost-proof poultry house should 1J0l( pecuniarily speaking, interested in pro¬ 
be constructed, in such a position that the Rioting emigration ; I have no lands to dis- 
hens will have access to the orchard, for pose of, nor any money invested whereby I 
they are exceedingly useful for destroying should profit by emigration. I do think a 
, i i voung man, especially a farmer, whose 
the curculio, the apple worm, and other J ieH1 » (irc cim - (lo belter South than 
hurtful insects. Plum trees in a poultry jn , llL . p ar \v<-st. He can get returns the 
yard generally yield an abundant crop of first year on amount invested, without hav- 
fruit, perfectly free from the attacks of the ing to grub year after year to clear lands, 
curculio. The best breed of fowls are al- !ls in parts of the West, and then wait tor 
ways the most profitable; but even these * are .tbousmtds of acres of improved land for 
should not. be kept more than two or three ga j e bl jmmediate vicinity, for from ten 
years. Old hens should be got rid of, and to thirty dollars, depending very much upon 
young, vigorous pullets put into their places, the location. 
The floor of the poultry house should he 1 ll( r climate is as good as can he touml 
covered with wood ashes, dry muck, or cl ra f Hed — p lc productions of Louisiana as 
sawdust, for the purpose of absorbing the w0 |j 11S tb ose of Canada. Cotton is the 
droppings of the fowls and preventing an staple article, or 1ms been, hut more grain 
offensive smell. The. house should be cleaned and corn have been planted this spring, 
out frequently, and the manure kept in a 
shed, or in large casks or boxes, until re- 
thus gives his experience in managing fowls 
subjected to fevers at the period of hatching: 
“ The most decided species of fever to which 
q.,1 on nn nvoriitrp mmlitv of food will uivc ruitiure of the udcler? The swelling looks as if 
ted on an avuage quality oi ioou, win give , f h< m|ejj wjth mj|k fmln lUe mlder, or 
milk that yields about one pound ol cheese could it bean abscess with mailer inside, which 
from ten pounds of milk. This is tlie aver- ^«ny t0 pam'. nC <>U ‘ ? U “ cm * iV ° 
a«m at the cheese factories, and although Ths heifer proves a pood milker, and the calf 
i % is , ^ n .w-, lias Rather biiR info lair oonditlon, except ihe 
eases occur where better results aie obtained, aind part, where there is a third pair of teats, 
thev mav be regarded rather as exceptions which give mlllt freely. Should they be milked or 
3 3 , , not? FOTKERBT. 
tlum the general rule. \y K had heifers affected somewhat 
Now butter dairymen, like Hon. Zadoor a | ra |j ar lo that described in the preceding ac- 
Pkatt of Green Co., N. ^ ., who have keiit count an(1 bayo ft ]] U y e( j Ute swelling by fre- 
a record of results for a series of years, find batbing witb col(J W aler, and in some 
that, it takes about twenty pounds Of milk, hl8tauceg b tbe UM 0 f “gargling oil” lint- 
on an average, for one pound of butler. We mcut The cjwe degcrIbwl ia pi , )ba bly the 
refer of course to the generality of herds “ as regllU of ft 8eyere , utiic k of garget, 
they rim, and not to herds made up o . er- (j mVs frequently’have a third pair of teats, 
seys, Which are notorious for yielding milk but th are u9ually uulcb snia ller than the 
rich in butter. On the assumption, then, that ^ats proper. It is not customary to draw 
twenty pounds of milk will make one poum m jj b f roni “these supernumeraries," though 
of butter, or two pounds of cheese, the mat- u ml bt be necessary lo t ] 0 so if they were 
tei- stands thus :-20 pounds milk in cheese, ftf Uie sft , n0 size of lbc olbcrs and lbe lni | k 
at 14c. per pound, 28c.; 20 pounds milk m , b)Wfcd freely from them. We have never 
butter, at 27c. per pound, 27c., giving balance 8een case c f tb j g k j nd , ft an y of our read- 
in favor of cheese of one cent on every 20 ^ havo eug g eslion3 tbaL w m nieet any of 
jiounds milk. But then the value of the u ie troubles complained of by our correspon 
skimmed milk in butter making, is more dent W eskullheglad to publish them, 
lhati the whey from cheese making, whether _, 11 _ 
for raising calves or for making pork. We DAIRY NOTES AND QUERIES. 
are hardly prepared to state the exact value - 
of skimmed milk over whey, when used as The Little Fail* Dairy Shipments, 
food for domestic animals, but it is evidently We have now the official returns from the 
worth enough more than the whey to make freight agents at Little Falls, showing the 
up the one cent loss when butter is made in- quantify of dairy products shipped from this 
stead of cheese. market during the year 1870. We give tlie 
If we assume that a herd of cows will figures below,showing the quantity shipped 
yield 2,000 quarts each on an average for the by rail for each month during the year: 
season, or 4,000 pounds; the one cent on ruttkr. cheese. 
every twenty pounds would amount to $2 jnnufur. « 2.021 i,«® 122.313 
per cow, a sum which It would he safe to mh'iT’i'lU.V.V 2m if.‘S*9 4.429 289,41a 
say should he credited to the skimmed milk ASy 112 East iox.u 
over a like quantity of whey. We have ^ I 9 i^otb i,<blI£ 
assumed 2,000 quarts to he the average pro- August...... » L974 x.m 
deletion of each cow, but the annual average, October.ifit 16.396 11 ,693 735,949 
taking all tlie cows over a large extent of Deceiuber... m 14,229 3,093 206,166 
country, is a little less than 1,800 quarts. Tout....1.963 121.319 113,170 7,178,639 
But enough has been said, perhaps, to give j n addition, there were shipped by canal 
our correspondent the proper information d mjn g the year 23,240 boxes of cheese, 
by which an estimate may be made as to the amounting to 1,546,219 pounds, which, added 
course most profitable for him lo follow in b , p ie shipments by rail, make a total of 
the premises. 186,410 boxes of cheese, weighing 8,724,858 
As the question is stated, we should say pounds, 
that the gross receipts by either method p ro „ x tbe abo ve table of railroad ship- 
would be about the same. But on the one men ts, we see that the largest deliveries 
hand the milk goes to the factory, relieving j n t b e month of August, by about 10,- 
the farmer from its manufacture, and in the pqo boxes. Tlie shipments for June, July 
other it is worked up on the farm. aud September are very nearly the same for 
-each month. 
ABOUT CONDENSING- MILK If we assume that the average price of 
„ cheese has been 15e. and butter 30c. per 
CAN you give me some information in regard „ , ... , : n 
toCondensod Milk? I- Is tho process Vnueated ? pound, we find tlmt the inmsiictions 
2. Wflat Utensils or maohinery arc necessary to Herkimer County cheese at Little Falls have 
condense the milk of 100 cows, Including bund- , , . J .. , , „ 
ings, &e.? 3. Have you the uddross of auy per* amounted during the year to one million 
bn*™* *»-> 01,0 
address (if a person conversant with the busi- .hundred and three dollars ($l,o45,10o.) 
Pkgs. 
Pounds. 
Boxes. 
Jnnunry.... 
,. 42 
2.621 
1,829 
February.. 
.. 126 
8.019 
421 
March. 
. 254 
15,849 
4,429 
April. 
. 4K1 
28.813 
3,545 
Muy. 
142 
8,612 
9,487 
June. 
.. 16 
954 
14,791 
July.. 
. 6 
329 
15,978 
August- 
. 30 
1,974 
25.020 
Septeinl/er. 
. 106 
7.130 
i5,975 
October... 
. 261 
16.396 
11,693 
November. 
. 258 
16,333 
6,911 
December., 
. 221 
14,229 
3,093 
Total.... 1.963 
121,349 
113,170 
Our seasons are five or six weeks earlier 
than northern Ohio. Pears are in blossom ; 
potatoes have been worked once. We can 
quired for use in spring; its effect on field produce as good grasses and as large a yield 
or garden crops is remarkable.” as can be grown elsewhere. Hay is worth 
- $25; corn $1; oats, 90c. There is another 
Fever* in Fowls. advantage: — Farmers can obtain higher 
A writer in the American Rural Home P r |® e ® to1 ’ their produce than at the Ninth, 
_.....and instead of lying idle three or tour 
months in tlie winter, he can be plowing 
for his spring's crop. 
The colony l speak of is known as the 
fowls are subject, occurs at the period of Davis’ Mills Manufacturing Company, and 
hatching, when the animal heat is often so their intentions are to make ibis a nianu- 
incrcased as to be perceptible to the touch, factoring point. \V e ^ a .\ e walel PP' v fl 
. . i u i ii sufficient to run all the mills we can build 
A state of fever may also be observed when foi . lbe nevl len years . Thermometer re- 
the hen is about to lay. This generally is of oopd Average for March: 7 A. M., 64°; 
small consequence, when the birds are other- lowest, 41° ; highest, 83 J . For April, 70 c , 
wise healthy; but it is of moment if any 6 A. M.; highest, on Friday last, 87' at 2 
oilier disorder i» present, since, in such R D tv„. Mills, Miss., April if. ' V '^ AmSELKN - 
case, the original malady will be aggravated. -- 
Fighting also frequently occasions fever, From sheibinn, Shelby Co., Mo. 
which sometimes proves fatal. Tlie symp- This place for two reasons only, docs not 
toms are over increased circulation of the equal tlie praise bestowed upon it, those be- 
blood ; excessive beat and restlessness. The ing a want of pure, living streams of water 
treitrment sliould be light food and change and the sudden changes of weathei—in win- 
„ . , = _. , . ° ter it being one day warm enougli for doors 
of air; and, if necessaij, apenent medicine, aud windows open; perhaps the next cold 
such as castor oil, with a little burned butter, enough to freeze every kind feeling out of 
given morning and evening until the fowl is the heart.— n. k. 
new, wtiu would like to ougiifre In it here?- Jab. 
A. Russell, Kinsman, 0. 
1 peel uunsideniUly interested In the con¬ 
densed milk question, referred to in tlie RURAL 
Nkw-Y’oukkr of Dee. 3d, 1870. You did not ex¬ 
plain the process. Please tell us how it is done. 
—L. Ekskzne, Smith Richland, N. f. 
^VE have in addition to tlie above, letters ! 
from J. Dunham of Etua, N. Y.; W. A. 
Wallace of Bradford, McKean Co., Pa.; 
J. E. Taber of Dauby, Vt., and others, 
making similar inquiries. In back numbers 
of the Rural New-Yorker, we have given 
two or three articles, describing the general 
features of tlie milk-condensing process. 
There are at least two, and perhaps more, 
processes for condensing milk, but the most 
successful is that by Gail Borden. It was 
originally a patented process, or rather some 
of tlie machinery employed was patented. 
Whether these patents have expired or not, 
we are not informed, but we are under the 
We have not tlie figures showing the 
shipments of Herkimer county cheese from 
other depots in the county, but presume 
that the total will not vary much from 
16,000,000 of pounds. 
But tlie transactions in cheese at Little 
Fulls have been very much larger than are 
shown by the actual shipments. Factory- 
men from all parts of the county and from 
the adjoining counties, have met here on 
market days, selling their product and ship¬ 
ping at other points. If all these sales were 
accounted for, it is estimated that at least 
two millions of dollars have been paid out 
for cheese at tlie Little Falls market during 
the year. 
SkiimuluK Milk for Cheese* 
Mr. Peebi.es of Lewis Co., N. Y., thinks 
it is a mistake Lo advocate skimming milk 
for cheese. It is detrimental to advance¬ 
ment, while dealers are calling tor a line 1 
quality of cheese, It is Iettiug down the ha is 
into too large a field, and there is danger that 
1 inpresslon that they are nearly if not quite mir system of elieese making, and the envia- 
at the end of their term. ble reputation which our cheese is acquiring 
As the process and the machinery ent- in Great Britain, will be impaired tenipoia 
ployed are somewhat complicated and diffi- rily thereby, if not permanently 1 tliat 
F •’ . , .. , . ,, ,. . , Mr. Blanding ot Broome Co., thinks in.n 
cult to be described m all their parts, we a genenvl adoption of the skimming process 
should advise those interested to visit some w jjj j ead b) deterioration in quality of cheese; 
of the following factories, viz.: — Wassaic, that the cream coukl be better mixed with 
Brewster’s Station, N. Y.; West Brookfield, 1 the milk when cold, and before warm mi IK 
Mass.; Winstead, Conn., or Elgin, Illinois. I had been strained into it. - r ■ * j - 
In establishing a business of this kind, mjl]{ for cbeese Ha3 bea J rd complaint from 
there is nothing so satisfactory as to make a cbeese made G f skimmed milk, when offered 
personal examination of the works, and have for sale. A better cbeese can be made y 
a “face-to-face” talk with those who coa- not skimming. 
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