thin) 
respond with him and, if possible, go and see 
his establishment, Would the drainage from 
an ice house furnish water enough and cold 
enough for a tank to set milk, in By answer 
ing the above you will much oblige— Wm. 
Hutchiro.v, St. Louis Co., Md. 
The tubes leading from the ico house to 
the milk room in the Ckozier plan are placed 
directly in the ice, as we understand it. They 
open at the lower part of the milk house and 
are arranged so that they may be closed. 
Y\ r e have uot visited Mr. Crozikr's place, but 
the description given in “Dairy Husbandry” 
was from u report of a Committee 6ent out 
by the Farmers’ Club of the American Insti¬ 
tute. Mi*. CilOZIER, in a recent latter to the 
Country Gentleman, in referring to these 
tubes in connection with his milk room, says: 
“I had tubes made of four boards nailed to¬ 
gether like a box, filled with holes and placed 
in the ice exactly opposite the two t iles lead¬ 
ing from the dairy into the ice house. As 
Boon as the ice was used down to these box¬ 
es, they were taken out and laid aside until 
the ice went in again the next time, as they 
would he much in the way of getting in 
ice or talcing it out after we had reached 
this part Of the ice house,” He adds “ This 
is a good thing, and any farmer can make 
one in ft few minutes with four boards, an 
auger and a few nails without purchasing a 
patent. The address of Mr. W illiam r co¬ 
zier, we believe, is at Northport, Suffolk 
Co., N. Y. 
We have, seen the waste water or drainage 
from the ice house conducted into a pool in 
the milk room and made to serve a good 
purpose for cooling milk. In the case re¬ 
ferred to the ice house was on a higher level 
than that of the milk room, so that, the water 
from the wasting of the ice was readily con¬ 
ducted to the. pool. 
then in the cooking process of nature. Feed 
your pigs now, judiciously, all they will cat, 
and push them on the fattening road as fast 
as possible.— Buffalo Live Stock Journal. 
Another Uog Cholera Remedy.—The lat¬ 
est is calomel. Take out the core of an apple, 
insert in it HI to 20 grains of calomel, plug up 
and teed ; said to cure, without fail. 
FIGURING TIIE PRICE OF CHEESE AND 
ENGLISH QUOTATIONS. 
BREEDING PIGS FOR MARKET 
Davld 7. T5vans, Jr., in the Live Stock 
Journal gives his practice in breeding pigs 
for market, as follows :—hi breeding swine 
for farm Uses alone, the methods adopted 
differ materially from the management 
necessary in producing pigs for shipping 
purposes. To become popular as a breeder, 
it is necessary to take premiums on your 
stock. This is almost a sacrifice of those 
specimens, as only a fat pig can compete 
with Success ; and an over-fed show animal 
is of but little use for breeding purposes that 
season. Nearly the whole year’s manage¬ 
ment of the breeding stock Is different from 
any other, especially keeping store bogs. As 
hogs intended for meal, can only be made 
profitable by keeping them growing' rapidly, 
it would not do to attempt such manage¬ 
ment with your breeding herd, as it is very 
important they should not be kept, too fat, 
and so require a different diet—more bulky, 
and intended to grow frame and muscle. I 
find 1 can carry six head of one-year-old 
breeding hogs through the winter, in good 
condition, on two bushels of clover chaff, 
and six quarts of chopped corn aud oats, or 
bran or ship stall, with the slops from the 
house, per day, while it would cost me twice 
as much t o feed them whole corn enough to 
keep them in as good condition. 
I do not believe in the usual custom ol' 
having pigs farrowed early iu the summer, 
and carry them over the winter on sufficient 
whole corn to merely keep life In the body, 
but they should be kept constantly glowing, 
summer and winter, 
I select from the spring pigs, three or more 
sow shouts, and allow them to farrow the 
next spring, not earlier than the middle of 
March. These sows, if properly managed, 
will afford ten {tigs, clear of cost, counting an 
average of six pigs to eaeli litter, the eight 
being sold from the eighteen, paying all ex¬ 
penses, This is accomplished by using the 
appropriate and cheapest food. One bushel 
of clover chaff and one quart of corn meal 
per day, together with the warfi of the 
house and an occasional mess of pumpkins or 
roots, constitute my principal feed, and on 
such I can keep three sows at a mere nomi¬ 
nal cost. 
Sows should not be allowed to farrow 
curlier than the middle of March, or later 
than the middle of October. A few weeks 
before farrowing, they should be fed on such 
food as will increase and sustain the flow of 
milk. When the young arc about two weeks 
old, I have a side trough put up for their 
accommodation, out of the reach of the old 
sows, in which milk, oats or barley-meal 
slop should be constantly kept, and the 
trough always cleaned before putting in a 
fresh supply. 
My pigs return me, when eight months 
old, 100 pounds of dressed pork for each 
eight bushels of corn, or its equivalent. 
During the winter, keep in dry and warm 
pens, with clean bedding, for which I con¬ 
sider corn fodder decidedly preferable. 
Straw should never bo used as a bed for 
hogs, unless carefully removed at least every 
two or three days. Care should be taken to 
keep their skins clean, for which purpose 1 
had nothing better than now, fresh butter¬ 
milk. It cleans the skin and hair much bet¬ 
ter than scrubbing, I always prepare my 
pigs for the fairs in this way, which accounts 
for their sleek appearance. 
<0£ty Horseman 
rived well and was a paying tiling. They 
are now proposing to do the sumo from 
Texas. 
A writer in the Field (London) gives the 
following advice to one who inquires about 
shipping horses to England: 
He would of course go to Buenos A vree, 
the capital of the Argentine Confederation. 
A knowledge of the Spanish language would 
he requisite to deal properly with natives, 
with whom he would have to deal, and who 
are very shrewd and intelligent. With ro- 
gnrd to the best (.lace for having horses it 
would be foolish to speak, the field being so 
Wide; but I will mention one or two as being 
first-rate. Rosario, on the right bank of the 
Parana, would be an excellent plane to ship 
them, as two Hues of steamers run regularly 
IVom there, and sailing vessels to nil parts. 
From there also Is a railway to Cordova 2-17 
miles distant, and which goes through some 
ol the finest breeding districts in the repub¬ 
lic; it, w also adjacent, to Santa Fc, another 
good place for t.ho purchase of horses The 
price I cannot give correctly. 1 have bought 
a brood none und foal for 1.1s. (?4 fiOj. and I 
have bought mares for 7s. fid. ($2 25), and up 
to iM in area always being worth much 
lass than horses, which Is owing to an objec¬ 
tion to rido a mare which is prevalent The 
cost, of a single horse to England would be a 
very groat deal more than that of a number, 
and, of course, the more he sent the less per 
head it would be. I myself think that, tak¬ 
ing all charges, he could purchase a horse 
and send it. to England for from £12 ( -72) to 
£15 (#00) each, and they would he worth in 
England from £30 (?IS0) upwards. For my¬ 
self, I should go out and purchase a lot, get a 
special rate per steamer, and return with 
them, r do not think it couid bo anything 
but a most profitable speculation, and! 
SETTING MILK IN A SMALL DAIRY 
N. A. Win ard:— I bought a copy of your 
work “ Practical Dairy Husbandry,” from 
which I have got a great amount of useful 
knowledge, for which accept thanks, and 
wishing to fix for a small butter dairy for 
from SO to 50 cows I was at a loss to know 
what plan to adopt, whether to me the 
Jenning or Jewett system of setting milk or 
use the deep bucket, as described in page 
404, or in common puns. The water to cool 
milk in either case would have to he pumped 
into the vat. 1 would like to know which 
is the cheapest, and best way of handling for 
the best, results, and not, knowing but the 
last two or three years have given some addi¬ 
tional light upon the subject was the induce¬ 
ment of obtruding upon you. Any informa¬ 
tion you could give would be thankfully 
received by a new beginner in the dairy 
business.— C. J. Brown, Rensselaer, hid. 
Remarks.- The large pan system would 
probably be the most convenient and eco¬ 
nomical under the circumstances as above 
described. The Juwett, pan is made lo take 
the entire mess of a herd of from 20 to 100 
or more cows at a milking, and four pans 
complete a set and are all that are needed. 
This gives a chance for the milk to remain 
tliirty-six hours before skimming, a time 
sufficient for the cream to rise. The pool 
system requires more water than for the 
pans, and is especially adapted to places 
where springs of running water may be 
bad. The milk house should he built with 
a design of keeping the milk at a tempera¬ 
ture of about 60® with the help of the water 
and then the pans give excellent results. 
We call our correspondent’s attention to sev¬ 
eral drafts of milk rooms in connection with 
our dairy notes, in the Rural, on Virginia 
and Maryland. 
NOTES FOR HORSEMEN 
somewhat famous Victoria stock farm. 
“Flodden” is a bay horse, foaled in 1868, 
bred by Mr. Merry by Thormanby, winner 
of the Criterion Stakes, 1830, and the Derby, 
1860. Dam, Miss Ann, dam of Scottish 
Chief, a line race horse and superior stallion, 
by the Little Known (son of Muley). Second 
dam, Bay Missey by Bay Middleton. I Third 
dam, Camilla, by Young Phantom (by Phan¬ 
tom). Fourth dam, sister to Speaker by 
Camillus. Fifth dam, sister to Prime Minis¬ 
ter, by Soneho. Sixth dam, Miss Hornpipe 
Teazle by ®Sir Peter Teazle. Seventh dam, 
Hornpipe, by STrumpator. Eighth dam, 
Luna, by King »Herod. Ninth dam, Proser¬ 
pine, own sister to ^English Eclipse, by 
Marske. Tenth dam, Spiletta by frReguluA 
Eleventh dam, Mother Western, by Smith’s 
7Son of Snake. Twelfth dam, by Lord 
d’A rev’s sOld Montague. Thirteenth dam, 
by sWilke’s Hautboy. Fourteenth dam, by 
Brimmer, son of D’Arcy, Yellow Turk and 
Royal Mare. 
Wheat for Horses. — A writer in the 
Prairie Farmer insists that it is cheaper to 
feed horses -wheat than corn. He says that, 
one year with another, the yield of wheat is 
larger chan corn. This is agriculturu 1 wis¬ 
dom in a nutshell ’ Wheat may he cheaper 
feed for horses when it is cheaper than 
corn ; but when it Is not cheaper it is dearer 
and coin ia the cheaper. That’s the whole 
of it 1 
SKIMMING MILK FREQUENTLY 
We have a neighbor who came from Penn¬ 
sylvania four years ago and settled one mile 
from town ; keeps a few cows and makes 
butter for market. They let the milk stand 
thirty-six hours, but skim it every twelve, 
whick makes three times the pans are skim¬ 
med, and say “ the}' know they make more 
butter by the operation and think it is of 
better quality.’’ Now, I know but little 
from experience about, butter making, but 
everything I have ever read upon the subject 
has taught me different from that. \ should 
like to know from some of the batter makers 
who read the RURAL New-Yorker if any¬ 
thing is gained but more work, 
Oregon is well adapted to dairying because 
the temperature is so uniform. There aro’ 
but few nights during the summer that we 
do not require the same amount of bedding 
that we do in winter ; then it is one of the 
best grain-producing countries in the world. 
It seems to me ic would make any farmer’s 
“ mouth water ” to look over the vast grain 
fields of the Willamette Valley any time 
after the rains cease in the spring. 
Corallls, Oregon. Mrs. H. M. 
A Pig Educated as a Pointer.— Accord¬ 
ing to an old English newspaper, issued 64 
years ago, the game keeper of Sir H, P. St. 
John Mild may actually educated a black 
sow to find game, back and stand nearly as 
well as a pointer. This sow became partial 
to some pointer puppies, was frequently fed 
wdth them and would often follow them some 
distance from home. The trainer finally en¬ 
ticed her further with pudding of barley 
meal. With this he rewarded her when she 
did what he wished and pelted her with 
stones when she misbehaved, until she be¬ 
came, having an excellent nose for game, an 
excellent pointer. 
Fatten Pigs Early. —The farmer should 
not forget that warm weather is the profit¬ 
able time to fatten his pigs. He should not 
wait till it takes one-half of the food that the 
pig can cat to keep him warm. Now is the 
time to feed soft corn. The corn on an acre 
will make 25 per cent, more pork while soft 
than when it gets hard and flinty. In the 
soft state it does not need any cooking ; it is i 
ICE H0U8E AND MILK ROOM CONNEC 
TION. 
I have been making a small amount of 
butter for nearly a year, following as near 
as I could the instructions laid down in your 
book on Dairy Farming, meeting with'fair 
success ; but I do not make as much from a 
given quantity of milk as I ought to, princi¬ 
pally from not having a good place to set the 
milk. My means are limited, so that I can¬ 
not lay out much. 1 want a good place for 
my milk, and after recidingt-he various plans 
proposed in the Rural New-Yorker and 
other papers, have come to the conclusion 
that the Crozier Milk Cellar spoken of in 
your work would suit me best. I want a 
little more light on the subject. First you 
say two tubes or conductors lend the air from 
the upper part of the ice house; are the 
upper end of these tubes placed just above 
the top of the ice ? If the ice is covered with 
straw* I should not think the air would be 
cold enough. As the ice melts or is used, how 
would that affect it ? In the next place, where 
does Mr. Crozier live ? 1 should like to cor- 
