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THE 78 ^ POUND FLEECE AGAIN. 
The following letter from Mr. Dodge, 
Statistician of the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture, put* an effectual quietus on the Ala¬ 
meda big fleece hoax. We again tender 
Mr. Patterson the use of our columns “ to 
classes each, at our State fairs. Considering 
the relative value of their products, and the 
relative indispensableness of those products 
as the necessaries of life, we certainly cau 
see no good reason why combing wool sheep 
should, as at present, be divided into three 
times as many classes, and receive a far 
greater amount of prize money than clothing 
wool sheep. It looks partial and unjust. 
The reason for this, what we trust will prove 
temporary, state of things we have explained 
atm fficcmnmrL 
LEAOHY LAND. 
wash his hands of all complicity in its pub- on ft funner occasion (Aug. 5.) But we hope 
lication the inequality will he removed, not by dimin- 
A correspondent at Allegan, Mich., 
asks, “ Is all land leacby that has a sandy or 
porous subsoil—that is, that which is not 
impervious to water?” No, it is not; for 
there may be a sandy or porous subsoil under 
a loamy or clay surface soil. Pure sand or 
pure gravel is leacby land ; but there may be 
thirty acies of light sandy loam under fence, wagons, perhaps the three miles would 
and have about two hundred acres of land prove il i iri ‘ Ir tll . ' ‘ 7 0,ld n °t 
that is called here marsh land ; it is under £ ?!.! J , 1 h can * a ro idled full or 
water from two to four months each year— “ ie cove,s adjusted properly there can be 
marsh soil, black, sticky muck when wet. 1,ule dan £ er of churning the milk. All 
Now I wish to know if my marsh muck wagons used in carting milk, especially f 
(not salt) will not make a good manure for long distances, should be provided wm,'* 
ms? rr t** - -.- ■»*&: 
land is part sand and part clay. 
If the muck is good, how much per acre, 
and when should it be applied—in the spring 
or in the fall, and how prepared? The 
marsh muck or soil is from two to lour feet 
deep, and is washing from highlands and 
decomposed vegetation. 1 am not able to 
drain the marsh or it would be my farm. 
hot rays of the sun in summer. This should 
be adopted by all who deliver milk at fac¬ 
tories, whether for butter or cheese making* 
BUTTER AND SKIM CHEESE. 
■p» T> . »» _ T I - " --WVIMWMiJj 'WVI 
Dr. JiANDAiiL— My Bear Sir I am but by increasing those offered to clotliimr 
sorry you iouud it necessary to giye a col- w , . . , . ® 
uinu of serious protest against The pitiful wo ° sheep. When this is done, sheep, as a 
paragraph concerning the impossible fleece, whole, will receive no greater oncouragc- 
which found its way into ih© Monthly lie- merit in proportion to value and importance 
port without my knowledge. Having sent than other kinds of domestic animals on the 
melted snow. Pure sand or gravel may be 
made productive by adding muck or clay or 
pold ViVtouY'mfMed^ **] laving sent TV'' T* ^ manufacture -f. Haul it out whenever you can do so tion. Now, I should be pleased to have ^ 
the limiter for Hie July number to the print- prize list mraals on the the elements of plants into plants. and incorporate it thoroughly with the Slaughter, or some other dairyman, tdi 
or, I was obliged to leave for the Rocky N ’ , The same correspondent asks:— 1 “ Has soil sand - You cannot Bpofl the sand by getting me what is the use of manufacturing skim 
Mountains before seeing the proof. Of |m * ’ 11 we a PP 1( ^e of the form of the quality of extracting and retaining plant too much muck mixed with it. The fall is cheese at all ? Why not run a butter factor,, 
“1"^ T c ' e ».*«r ! r. J by °" r ."“'‘“P 0 " 11 - nutriment front water, „ it new, ttroueU Ito Lest time to apply it, tlmngl, if thor- entire* According to tlte aWemcit„ 7, 
Mouse,I from Relieving Tlu.i"^ n,» of gcali’on^all siiep' >iere'''iu,i!!|ci' l 'i f“„, "i to . 1 * ny “! e " f If so,tUrougli wlntdepth mtgMy; mixed will, tl,e sand it will benefit for tile menu, of August, 4,993^ pounds of 
honest wool ever bunlened the back of classes That f<, r m i i • . . of soil would the highly colored drainings of crops if applied m spring, ami will do no milk made 158 pounds of butter and 34G 
sheep, of whatever breed or age of fleece. T( inconsistent in van- l)l0 barn-yard have to pass ere it became mjmy. No preparation is needed. It is pounds of skim cheese; that is, about 31^ 
It is a wonder in view of tlw tons of mate- . ' l “ 8 ' maces no limitation ns cleansed to pure water?” All soils, except better to haul it out when dry. pounds of milk to makeone pound of butter 
rial offered, Lhat inadvertent absurdities do 101,1(3 vanetics of Long- wools and Middle- nr .We si.nnhi ©w,.© MnMA n i.«« i,©,m . J. « Uei * 
"••• V* IV " vnim uv. A«») KM lll< t _ • - . 
Do you think clover would do' well this lN ^ our ,ssue Se P b l®Gi, in giving a 
r South (say 30"). and what kind of oats description of the manner in which Mr 
> best South ?—G. W. Paine, Jefferson Co ., Slaughter manufactures skim cheese & c 
f* 8, you speak of a test being made during u,e 
The muck is just what you need on your month of August,, which attracted my f ,tu-ii- 
the mailer for the July number to the print- nr j ze ]i 8 . 
or, I was obliged to leave for the Rocky 1 v, , . 
Mountains before seeing the nroof. Of ‘ Nor 81 
Mountains before seeing the proof, 
course, nobody can believe such a 
grew in one year, and one might w 
excused from believing that 78 ^ II 
honest wool ever burdened the hat 
the elements of plants Into plants. 
The same correspondent asks:—“ Has soil 
and incorporate it thoroughly with the 
sand. You cannot spoil the sand by getting 
too much muck mixed with it. The fall is 
the best time to apply it, though if tlior- 
not more frequently creep into our pubiica- wools which may compete in the proposed 
1 ii \n a 11\ L-imnlu I'..«i*..l» ^..' 4 * •_ . . . . 
I ons, to supply loud flu .mluir criticisms to two classes, but makes such a limitation in 
the enemies of the Department, which are e . u . h ,1 ’ twn M ' 
happily now few and uumfluential. .. tV ^ .? ° f Menuos > wbe » 
Your good sense (readily and accurately) l ‘iero exists no better reason for it. In some 
assumes its publication to he “ the result of classes it lays down certain points of excel* 
pure sand or gravel, have the quality of ex¬ 
tracting or reluming plant nutriment from 
water; but not to the same degree. And 
the amount they may retain depends not 
only upon the composition of the soil, but 
upon the depth to which it is drained or 
We should think clover would do well It has been frequently stated in Urn Rural 
Carina Corn Fodder. 
In the Rural New-Yorker of Sept. 16, 
under the head of "Farm Economy,” ap¬ 
pears an article on the curing of corn fodder. 
I agree with the writer's opinions in regard to 
post— hut I cheerfully accept that response ,1 1 10 .' aiK • 111 seteial instances, loam will take up more plant food from a i n £ KC " ll h the wntd sopinions in regard to have mnd< 
hility. Very truly yours ' specified points arc properly no more given amount of water than a light loam of tl,e li «ne of cqttmg coin sown in drills ami taring ski 
J. R. Dodge. charactemt.c of one class than another. For equal depth; and no rule can he given in CuUivated for foiU1ci ' ; but m -V method of which the 
--- example, the words form mid » constitu- an8wer to onr roiW!mf , mlnn r a cutting and setting up in shocks I think has aver*™ 
Very truly yours, 
J. R. Dodge. 
SHEEP PRIZE LIST 
Of the N. V. Slnie Agricultural Society, <fcc. 
Chester Hill, Morgan Co., Ohio, I 
August —, 1871. f 
August —, 1871. ( 
Hon. Henry S. Rakdali_ Dear Sir: We 
take exceptions to some parts of the premi- 
um lists 011 sheep, of the New York Stale 
| tion” occur only in enumerating the requi¬ 
sites of the American Merino. Are not these 
equally requisites—equally conditions of ex¬ 
cellence—In all breeds of sheep included in 
the premium list ? The points of excellence 
given for each class of Merinos respectively, 
arc equally confused and non-distinctive. 
Agricultural Society, published in Rural 11 is ,,ot necessary to pursue this analysis 
New-Yorker of August 5th. further. 
A owe, if over two years old, cannot com- We think the Delaine wool mostly used 
answer to our correspondent's last question. 
The soil which contains most, carbonaceous 
matter, if dry, will absorb most. Any good 
loam, drained three feet deep, will absorb 
the drainings of a barn-yard for a given 
length of lima; hut there is u limit to its ab¬ 
sorbing power, just as there is to a given 
bulk of charcoal in a filter. 
with you. We cannot answer about the oats. New-Yorker, by different, dairymen, tlmt 
r. ,-^“ twenty pounds of milk would make one 
r „ p "V 0 ™ F ° d,,er * r 0 Pound of butter on an average, through the 
In the Rural New J orker of Sept. 16, season, from our nati ve or common breed‘f 
under the head of "Farm Economy,” up- cows. Now, the question arises, would it 
pears an article on theeuringof corn fodder, not have been belter for Mr. Slaughter t<> 
I agree with the writer’s opinions in regard to have made butter alone, instead of manufac 
the time of cutting corn sown in drills and Hiring skim cheese (allowing the day unon 
cu uvated for fodderbut my method of which the test spoken of was made to lie nu 
cut mg and setting Up m shocks I think has average of the season)? If he could have 
advantages Over hts in saving labor. My made a pound of butter from twenty poun 
;:-r:f n(:c,n c t? b r n ro : li1cr ; vi,s ° r mi,k > ^..idhaveahom249 „ f 
top, 1 up rn smal shocks,so that there hut ter-a surplus above what he did maker,f 
would he no difl,cully m curing. When 91 pounds; at, 35c. per Ih., it would amount 
the stalks began to wilt and get cured the U) |31.85. Allowing his cheese to he cmi 
Rlmrk would ir\Vf* II I ir cl 4YI..1 #.... 0 . 1 .. A _ . ^ Lit* CMl- 
, v . _ r * , ' . - ........ 4 * \J\Jl 1 IJW 3 U V llSI'CI 
))cle for a premium unless she had u living for the ln<;r twn nr venra t % \ ~ 
lamb that season. Our ewes (Merinos) are , WO . OI lb,ee > cais bas been ot a 
not allowed lo have lambs until they are f oarser S*' a de than that used formerly, and 
ECONOMICAL NOTES. 
Thresher (hut Will Tresli 
Bushels l'er Buy. 
1,000 
shock would give a twist and tumble down. 
I did not like it. Two years ago this fall I 
had about four acres of corn fodder. We 
cut it in pleasant weather; beginning in the 
morning, when the dew was off. Cut an 
armful and lay it down; one armful in a 
place. In the afternoon gather up the 
I wish your counsel and judgment con- bunches of fodder aiid set it up around the 
:': n L nicdy “ Crtrn h »we” a » b bind the shock with a 
' ' " "onus, uccause urea irom three to four inches inner 
ewes belore they are fully matured. w . »»c«e 8 long. 
In the premiums on fat sheep, the classifl- ' v e bave Sceu a distinction made between 
cation by Long-woolcd, Middle-wooled.&c., a thorough-bred and lull blood animal, but 
thresh one tliousnnd husliels per day, re¬ 
quiring as few horses as possible. Wlmt, 
thresher will fill this description?—J. R. 
Roberts, Stockpile, V. C. 
Gen. Harris, wiio knows, replies: “ Say, 
SS’com'S 1 hf™ rt l md we m , alwajB ," sc ' 1 "" worts » o^ens, Lane & Dyer'., Hamilton, Ohio.” 
mvSX Won, „C(§,Phased T l "' S b U “ l>reva:lin S - 
as they now are in two classes, hut the first cus oin - No number of crosses between full Dissolving Bones. 
. vinum-ij. MUt i I l .> b 
class should he “American JlIerinoB, bred 
lor form, constitution, quantity of wool, 
strength and style of wool;” anti the second 
r.lllSS llr* 14 Ssl >, 1 Q,. i/ma t. n 
bloods and grades will constitute the proge¬ 
ny of the latter lull bloods. 
strong band. 
On removing the “corn horse” a space is 
made through the middle of the shock, 
which gives a free circulation of air. We 
made the shocks very large—from six to 
eight feet in diameter—so that there was no 
possibility of their tumbling down. Al- 
mated at Oc. (which I thiuk would he a huge 
price, when cream cheese sells for 10 to lie'), 
and nothing deducted for shrinkage while 
curing for market, or expense of marketing, 
he would have $20.76 worth of cheese, or a 
difference from the result of manufacturing 
butter alone of $11.09. 1 would like to hear 
the opinion of some other dairyman in re¬ 
gard to the manufacture of skim cheese. If 
skim cheese and butter pay better than 
cheese alone, will not factory butter alone 
pay better than either? Dairyman. 
SHALL WE MAKE OUR OWN OHEESE? 
A Pennsylvanian dissolved a few hun- though it was a cold and very wet fall, they 
died pounds of bones this season by break- cured perfectly, with a fresh green color, 
class he “ Silesians and Saxons, bred for fine¬ 
ness and evenness of wool.” 
The English or mutton breeds should be 
classed in only two classes, Long-wools and 
Middle-wools. 
We would ask what is the proper length 
and liuciiess of Delaine wool, and on what 
breeds of sheep in the United Stales it is 
grown ? 
Will you stale wlmt constitutes a thorough¬ 
bred animal ? Will any number of crosses 
between mongrels and thoroughbreds, con* 
vert the progeny of the former into thor¬ 
oughbreds? Respectfully yours, 
E. J. Hiatt & Bros. 
P* Apiarhm 
BEE NOTES. 
ing them up j^Jir^sleclge as fine as con¬ 
venient andy^irowlug them into barrels or 
casks containing two parts of water and one 
of oil of vitriol. The water and acid was 
mixed by putting the water into the barrels 
first and then pouring in the acid slowly. 
They were covered tight, stirred occasionally 
and completely dissolved in three or four 
months. 
without molding —S. 5. G., Jefferson Co., 
N. Y. 
kurg feusianirrg* 
grown? RtmoTinn Bees. and completely dissolved in three or four 
Wdlyou state wlmt constitutes a thorough- Herbert A. Burch says that.—" In re- months. 
mrt ,, Il. , !!!2?i r i. 0f , C1 ’ 0S3eS m0Vi,,g b “ S ’ W0 fl,ul ««»“ "' 00<i to l» m- Popl.i Wood Steamer. 
vert the proJetiy of tM "oSl-luto'S'- ?T r , ‘TiV'l'"^ , B *“ w00d Yoon eomspoadnt. 0. H. P„ in Rmtii. 
oughbrods? Respectfully yours, I8best> S P' 1111 “Ro pieces two inches square, New-Yorker of Sept. 9, is answered ac- 
E. J*. Hiatt & Bros. by eight or ten long. When wanted for use, cording to my experience of over twenty 
Remarks. —Wo thiuk the first exception ° Ue end ’ au<1 tbo smoke can be e(lsi| y years with steam apparatus. A wood box, 
well taken, so far as it regards Merino sheep. ),mvn ' vl ‘ere wanted with sheet-iron bottom, whether of poplar 
Treated as they ordinarily are by those who Alaik© oi.rrcv for Been. ° r any 0tllGr W0Qd * wouIcl not bft likoly to 
keep them for their products-aud not for I should be glad to hear from those who £ ' V6 salisfilction - The contiuunl changes in 
the purpose of selling them at "breeders’ have Alsike Clover pasturage for bees both tem P erature ' ,l bein S wet and dr V> h ot and 
prices ’ _ Merino ewes arc considerably how it thrives in different localities where C . 0l ?> alter,,ate,y ' wonld soon des,I '°y any 
short of their full size and development at it thrives hest-tlmt is kind of »U decree steftm joil,ts - No flnt bo " om sbt ’ et - 
t wo years old. If put lo feeding at that of moisture, latitmleaml altitude, and'wlmlh- 'T PU ‘ l anan k r, * nicnt could stand steam 
age, their lambs are usually smaller and er it realizes the anticipations produced by mu er ,micb P ressure - A good, substantial 
weaker at birth, and oftener exhibit indica- those who have recommended it for that and . no »*explo3ive steamer would be cheap- 
lions of a permanently frail constitution, | purpose.—S. C. P.. Chautauaua (Jo.. N. Y esl iu tlie end.—p. 
link II I Itnon «... i..... ...... m ..I 7 ■» * 1 • A • - —- 
BUTTER FACTORIES—INQUIRIES. 
Treated as they ordinarily are by those who 
keep them for their products—and not for 
the purpose of selling them at " breeders’ 
prices” — Merino owes arc considerably 
short of their full size and development at 
two years old. It put lo breeding at that. 
The inhabitants of this place held a meet¬ 
ing of late, to see about building a butter 
factory, appointed a committee to visit a fac¬ 
tory in Franklin county, and the committee 
request mo to write you aud ask the follow¬ 
ing questions: 
1. About what would be the cost of fac- 
Wtomtng county Is, properly speaking, a 
dairy country, and much money lias been 
made from that business here. But this year 
most of our farms will not pay expenses, 
dairy productions being so low-; and besides, 
we pay $1.85 to $2 per hundred for getting 
our milk manufactured, which you can plain¬ 
ly see leaves the farmer a very small income 
on his investments. 
And now, Mr. Reader, what are you and 
I going to do?—keep ou patronizing the fac¬ 
tories (which make $3,000 in six mouths on 
a capital of $2,500,) and work for nothing 
and hoard yourself? No! not more than 
one or two years more! If the proprietors 
Of factories canfiot come down from their 
price, we must do our own manufacturing, 
and let cheese factories take care of them- 
or any other wood, would not be likely to all complete, for from 300 to 400 cows, selvespfor I, for one, do not care to sink- 
lions of a permanently frail constitution, 
than those of mature owes. Two-year-old 
ewes are apt to disown their lambs rsnecial- A Yoiiiir Lady Aplnrinn. -r, ... 
! r If Tlicy frequently corns Ella Dunlap of CtamHs". W, New Sek Scfi. 9,”’ 1 Kto d.™M 
lo then milk so slowly after yeaning that < au “ btei . ^ H. Dunlap of Ihe Chi- il the editor has had much experience in 
their lambs starve unless artificially fed. cn £° lYibtm^, is an enthusiastic apiarian, stacking corn stalks. Those directions 
And if ail these unfavorable circumstances Sbe comm(i »ced with forty-five stands of certainly not do to follow here in 
are avoided, they rarely give milk enom-h bees » an<l now has ninety. All of the in- , , nn ‘ Here it is necossaiy to keep them 
llmiugl. me suuon, i„ puMlidr ptcgjny to OPUficia, swL.1,,-. A 1 ,p S o » SZl” 
ti par in size and condition wiLh those of i>orUon of tbe surplus honey is stored in we used to select, a damp day to haul and 
older ewes; and if the ensuing winter is nn bame9 J which will be emptied by the met- stack stalks, ami we used no pole, but simply 
give satisfaction. The continual changes in 
temperature, it being wet and dry, hot and 
cold, alternately, would soon destroy any 
light steam joints. No flat bottom sheet- 
iron pun arrangement could stand steam 
under much pressure. A good, substantial 
and non-explosive steamer would be cheap¬ 
est in the end.—p. 
Storing Corn Stalks. 
From your answer to R. P. Smith, Rural 
New-Yorker Sept. 9 th, I am led to doubt 
if the editor has had much experience in 
stacking corn stalks. Those directions 
would certainly not do to follow here hi 
Missouri. Here it is necessary to keep them 
damp as much as possible—the dillkultv is 
they get too dry. And even in New York 
. K^.uer or lesser ex¬ 
tent in growth and thrift; if she suckles her 
hmili, she generally loses more thereby in 
growth, condition and amount ot wool than 
the lamb is worth. With ewes developed 
into mature size, at two years old, by high 
keep, the case may ho different;, but it is 
not, we take it, the object of Hie New York 
Stale Agricultural Society to encourage a 
forcing system for the benefit of a handful of 
breeders ” (who leed high to make “show 
sheep ) iu the case ot a breed which, unlike 
the mutton sheep, requires no forcing to de¬ 
velop its characteristic products and excel¬ 
lencies in what, in the long run, is the most 
pi of] table way to the great mass of growers; 
and which forcing is undeniably hurtful to 
the hardiness and longevity of that breed. 
We must wholly dissent from the opinion 
of our correspondents that the Merino and 
English breeds should be limited to two 
II. Grosemon, Huron Co., Mich, tells tlie i. . > 
Bee Journal (lie following slory: — I ptita , " E kn0 "; 
•warm in a candy box, for want or a toiler Ml880,U '' I bu * " c bavc >“< *•»“ 
five, and eel il in my bedroom, irilh'lbc ^ (and lea years ob- 
front outside. One night I awoke_about serv ‘ a t 1011 ) slacking coin stalks; and il they 
front outside, One nielit I a woke—;ihout 
12 o’clock—and found the whole swarm in are lo be 'Veil kept we should as soon Ihink 'T a,wu - J nsiuU _rough estimate for 'moiilhi 
bed with me, up my shirt sleeves. After of stacking hay damp, and sooner, If stalks hictones, takuig the milk of two hundred to credit 
collecting my scattered senses, I arose quietly, are cut when they ought, to he, stocked prop- six Iimu1red c0w8 . is $10 the cow. cltamp 
nmun-c^ bUt \ 80011 Gl l -V> thoroughly cured, and’ stacked dry, H is better to have the spring high enough pair of 
ticularly liking sucUbilMiS^T' “ m ' cattIc wil1 eftt lbe,n ^ as a8 if musty J® S ' et :l C01 ^ ,ult flow nf " b > ‘iml out of Pa., if I 
”_ and moldy; and we never knew a stack of ,be va,s ‘ ® 0wd results, however, are ob- those 
VVhai On© Swiirm Produced. stalks to fail to mold if stacked when wet, hiineil fioin uell water and pumping it pro- within 
Mu, Hart, of Llm town of Grand Cheete, or if not so stacked as to sited rain. This is vWon is n,ade for keeping t he water in t he mentioj 
in Outagamie Co.. \V5s,, has taken from one especially the case iu open warm and wet vaLs al u low, even toniperaluro. Any plan staudiu 
honev pore strained winiem.' Stacked as we directed, they will for holding the milk at about GO' will do, who In 
lookout 40pounds in one week. "The honey shod watep and 0l,t of ^ slack green JUl lbe te “ 1 ! )eraU,re m,,st ll(,t be allowed to Rukai, 
was taken out wilii an Extractor. .Mr. Hart aud fragrant, and palatable to stock. bt: . constantly varying either rising or falling, have n 
with hemlock lumber at $8 per 51., other 
lumber In proportion ; stone aud other build¬ 
ing material Jiaudy. Carpenters’ wages from 
$2 to $3 per day ? 
2. Must i he spring of water he high enough 
to get a lull of several feet for a current 
through the vats? Or can it lie pumped 
up into a vat and let to run from that into 
tbo vats in which the milk is set and be kept 
the right temperature with ice? 
3. Can milk be drawn as far for butter as 
for cheese and get the full amount of cream; 
in other words, is there danger of churning 
the milk, or nearly so, if drawn, say three 
miles?— G. R. Crandall, Ellsworth, N. Y. 
We cannot undertake to give very close 
estimates in regard to the cost of a factory. 
The style of building and manner in which 
it is finished and lilted up will have much to 
do in varying the cost. Our advice in such 
matters is, in the first place, to understand 
definitely what is wanted. Fix upon the 
size and style of building and then get some 
good architect or carpenter in the neighbor¬ 
hood to make an estimate of expense in 
building, &c. In general terms we should 
say that a good butter factory of the size re¬ 
quired for the milk of from “ three to four 
hundred cows” would cost from $2,500 to 
in the factory system—what money I have 
made and saved, by making and selling my 
own cheese. 
1 would not have intruded thus far upon 
your patience, but I know my complaint is 
a general one in dairy regions, and calls for 
an expression of our views and opinions. 
Attica, N. T. Cleavland. 
ik 
me - ftjerb. 
SO-CALLED IMPROVED CHESTERS. 
During a trip in Ohio some months since 
I made some effort to find the Improved 
Ohio Chester hogs around Salem, spoken of 
by your correspondent, F. W. Raylet, hut 
was tumble to find any that indicated any 
improvement over the Chester Whites; 
neither could I understand how an improve¬ 
ment could lie effected by crossing the Ches¬ 
ter on the native hog about Salem — nn in¬ 
ferior race. Seeing a statement in some 
newspaper about the Ohio Improved Ches¬ 
ters dressing 1,280 and 1,330 at twenty 
$3,000. The usual rough estimate for months old, and not being able or willing to 
factories, taking the milk of two hundred to 
six hundred cows, is about $10 the cow. 
It is better to have the springhigh enough 
to get a constant flow of water in and out of Pa., if he or any other man would show that 
the vats. Good results, however, are ob- those pigs spoken of weighed, dressed, 
credit these reports, I offered Silver (the 
champion of this pretended breed) as good a 
pair of pigs as we had in Chester county. 
tained from well water aud pumping if pro- within one hundred pounds of the weight 
vision is made for keeping the water in the mentioned ut that age. The offer is still 
vats at a low, even temperature. Any pian standing, and is extended to F. W. Hatley, 
for holding the milk at about GO' will do, who has re-produced the statement in the 
but the temperature must not be allowed to Rural New-Yorker of August 5th. I 
be constantly varyingellbcr rising or falling, hay? no other object in view in calling at- 
uses a hive of his own manufacture and in¬ 
vention. I don’t know as the above is a 
large yield of honey, hut if there arc others 
who have done better, I should like to hear 
from them.—E. Nye, Appleton ,!! «.. Spt. 15. 
Applying Muck in Texns. 
I am just beginning to farm in Texas, and 
I want to farm but little land, and farm 
that well. I have about twenty-eight or 
We think milk can be carted further, with- ten lion to this subject than, believing it 
out material injury, for cheese making than wrong to mislead the public by making (mid 
for butter making. At the butter factories repealing) statements of what never did 
they preler that the milk should not travel 
far; still on good roads and in easy spring 
repeating) statements of wlmt never did 
transpire, as I think every person well ac¬ 
quainted with tlie porcine race will admit, 
1 want lo correct them. t. w. 
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