of our own country, but with the represent¬ 
atives of the different nations of Europe who 
will be here. 
Resolved —5. That we tender our services as 
a body to the Dairymen of America and Eu¬ 
rope toward securing the aforementioned 
objects, and that we will co-operato with 
them In any particular manner. 
Had the circular simply given this resolu¬ 
tions and thou stopped, a very good purpose 
would have been subserved : but it prints 
some very unwise and inappropriate remarks 
of Mr. Keall in support of the Resolutions, 
concerning which we have something to say. 
In estimating our annual butter product 
Mr. Rkall puts it at 1,0<M,000,000,005 pounds, 
which is monstrounly absurd. The largest 
estimates we have ever seen given are those 
put forth by the Rutter and Cheese Exchange 
of New York, the estimate being 1,‘.102,000,000 
pounds, and this, in our opinion, is too large, 
but to make the annual product one thousand 
times larger thau this, is simply preposterous. 
But uot to speak of other errors In regard to 
the make and export of dairy products, we 
come now to the following remarks, in which 
it. would seetu that Mr. Ream, argues that 
the Centennial can be turned to good account, 
in diverting the trade in dairy products to 
Philadelphia and away from Now York. 
Hs says : 
“The export trade in cheese from New 
York is simply enormous. Last week over 
100,000 boxes were sent from that eity to 
Great Britain, worth at least $500,000. This 
in addition to extensive shipment of other 
provisions. 
“ Now while wo do not expect to take the 
trade of New York away from her, though 
she has been greatly u'orrted af late over our 
super ior facilities for handling and exporting 
grain, through which «/ie has lost a large 
amount of business, we think we should en¬ 
deavor to build up as large a trade in these 
articles as possible from our own city. 
“Wo now have every advantage for ex¬ 
porting goods. The American Steam Ship 
Company has given us vast facilities, and 
when the managers see the necessity of pro¬ 
viding more ships, or arranging to accommo¬ 
date all shippers who wish to forward goods, 
we shall have all we ran desire. We are air 
ready better situated, geographically, than 
Ne w York, for obtain ing goads, being nearer 
the producing points by 100 miles, and hav¬ 
ing the best managed railroad in the world, 
(the Pennsylvania It. R.,) connecting us with 
every point. Our Organization has already 
done much to advance the true interests of 
the Produce trade, [but it has a larger and 
greater work before it. Bhe has proved her¬ 
self capable of tilling the position l’or which 
she was designed, and, us the years go on, 
more and more Important will be her func¬ 
tions. 
“The work in hand is one that will require 
much labor and skill, but though our num¬ 
bers are not- large, we have muny indefatig¬ 
able workers, while all may be relied upon 
to do their part.” 
[f Mr. Rkall and the members of the 
“Philadelphia Produce Exchange” have no 
higher object in favoring [the exhibition of 
American dairy products at the Centennial 
than to make it their tool, for building up an 
export trado at Philadelphia at the expense 
of New York, we fear our New York mer¬ 
chants will not enter very heartily into the 
movement. 
Mr. Rea nr, is a young man, who aspires to 
be a shipper of cheese to Europe. That is all 
right, but the attempt to run the dairy in¬ 
terest of the Centennial, or to prejudice Eng¬ 
lish receivers of our dairy products, with the 
notion that New York merchants are send¬ 
ing out- cheese adulterated with “ horse fat” 
or other abominations—(oleomargarine, thus 
assumed to be) looks very much as if his 
great interest for tho reputation of American 
dairy products is a selllsh interest—an ellorb 
to get notoriety among dairymen and an over 
anxious desire to handle their goods. 
We do not know whether this circular is 
issued by the authority of the Philadelphia 
Exchange, or is simply an advertising 
scheme of Mr. Reall, coming to us in an en¬ 
velope, with tho Secretary’s name printed 
thereon und with tho request inside “ to no¬ 
tice we have concluded to do so, though 
strongly suspecting it emanates from the lat¬ 
ter source. At all events, the Philadelphia 
Produce Exchange and Mr. Kball are wel¬ 
come to our notice. The circular is not cal¬ 
culated to advance the dairy exhibition at 
the Centennial, but rather to prejudice New- 
York dairy merchants against it. 
all—but I have not got time to stop and dis¬ 
cuss this question with you. I have a few 
old copies of the National Live HtockJonni.il 
in my pocket, and L will leave them with 
you and go on my way. If you glance over 
them, yon will find some excellent articles 
bearing on this subject. Do uot remember 
now just tho full particulars, but you will 
find it all figured out there, the names of 
parties given, the prices paid in the markets, 
etc.; from which you will sec that your grade 
Hhort-Horns at threo years will weigh some¬ 
thing like 800 pounds more than your scrubs 
at four, and that they sell for one to one and 
a half cents per pound more in the market. 
The grade Short-Horn costing $00 to raise, 
by your showing, will sell for $01—a profit-of 
$31—while your scrub makes a loss of $14. 
If you handle one hundred steers a year, 
there is, as l figure if- np in my head, about 
$4,500 difference between scrubs and good 
grade Short Homs. Good morning. 
cream. The object was t.o rid the milk of 
its volatile impurities, to kill the germs 
which induced fermentation and to secure 
bettor butter than could be gained by the 
old system of handling. It was uot claimed 
that perfect milk should be heated, but that 
milk suspected of some fault or ill-flavor 
could he made competent to yield a good 
product by heating. Mr. B. Arnold was the 
apostle of this doctrine and a full believer iu 
its value as a dairy practice. 
“In June last Mr. ARNOLD went to Elgin, 
111., to inspect tin- works of the Elgin Butter 
Company. While there he was asked to try 
some experiments with the heating theory, 
lie consented. Two vats of milk wen* taken. 
One was treated iu tho ordinary way ; the 
other was heated to 130'’. Roth were allowed 
to stand 36 hours. The vat rroateil in theolil 
way kept, sweet, until tho expiration of the 
t ime, und tho cream skimmed from it yielded 
60 pounds of butter. The heated vat was sour 
in 84 hours, and at the end of 36 hours was a 
‘frothing, foaming mass,’ and 48 pounds of 
butter were made from the cream. These, 
in brief, are the facts of the experiment in 
heating milk for butter-making. Upuu tho 
face of tho matter, it appears to be an over¬ 
whelming verdict against thu heating thu- 
ory ,”—Utica Herald. 
We are sorry that this “ heating theory ” 
does not stand the tost of practice, for it was 
a plausible theory and “a taking one” at 
the conventions. Many Dairymen were 
charmed with the idea, and putting faith in 
Mr. Arnold's statements, believed they had 
an easy remedy for curing bad millc. But wc 
regret most of all that the healing theory 
lias proved a failure, because, many persons 
who have pub faith in Mr. Arnold’s sup¬ 
posed investigations, will now regard them 
with distrust. Dairymen, perhaps, more 
tlum any other class of men, are disposed to 
hold writers on agriculture to strict account 
for what they teach, and they are often re¬ 
lentlessly unforgiving to those who lead them 
astray. Wo presume some of thu Elgin Dai¬ 
rymen had experimented with the heating 
theory and were well acquainted with the 
facts. Catching Mr. Arnold at Elgin they 
set him to work out his formula, and the re¬ 
sult was as above given. 
Dairymen, however, will learn a useful 
lesson from the failure of this theory, and 
that is, that every effort should be made to 
produce sound, healthy milk, and that it is 
better to manage so as to get good milk as it 
drawn from the cows, than to hope to escape 
responsibility and the results of bad milk by 
some merely theoretical process of inanipu- 
ation. Mr. Aiinolo states that by the aide 
of an excellent mlscroecope belonging to Dr. 
Tic ft of Elgin, he had an oppox'tunity of ex¬ 
amining several samples of milk obtained 
from four or five difl'eronc dairies. He found 
in it particles of pus and threo species of 
fungoid plants, evidently eoming from stag- 
mint water whieh tho cows drunk, and lie 
infers these must have existed iu the milk 
which had been subjected to tho heating 
process. 
Prof. WiCKSONof the Herald, in his com¬ 
ments, vex*y pertinently remarks as follows : 
“This is a very interesting matter. It is, 
of course, in a certain way related to the 
whole question of heating milk, for if heating 
Champions and Jucundas on the I7bh of July. 
I would recommend as early :—Wilson’s 
seedling, Charles Downing, Black Defiance, 
Medium, Monarch of the West, Seth Boydon, 
Champion. Late :—President. Wilder, Tri- 
omplio do Hand, Jueunda. The President 
Wilder held out longest, and were larger at 
the last than any other variety. I picked 
some very fine berries of this kind on J uly 81), 
Monarch of the West. —Tho largest of all ; 
fruit, enormous and averaging largo to tho 
last. I picked one berry that measured seven 
inches around, and others O ’six and five 
inches. It is also.the most vigorous grower 
1 have seen. 
Though so large, it has a very line flavor 
and a delightful aroma. With me it has 
proved a good bearer on both light and heavy 
soil, and I have seen it loaded with fruit on 
tho New Jersey sand. A superb variety for 
home use, but too soft, I think, for distant 
markets. With near market and careful 
handling it will bring the highest price. 
Seth Hoyden (No. 30).—This is still one of 
tny chief favorites. Though a comparatively 
new variety, its reputation is now established 
as one of tho very finest. It certainly is the 
sweetest of all the largo berries, and for home 
use cannot bo surpussod. It scarcely requires 
sugar, and yet is far from being Insipid. It 
is one of the strongest growers and very 
hardy. With slight protection it. will stand 
the severest winters. Berries immensely 
largo, very many unilor ordinary culturo 
measuring four inches around and some five. 
A good bearer, I sold many bushels last 
year in New York at forty cents a quart and 
they retailed at fifty cants. I have sold many 
thousand plants of this kind, and, though 
soil, locality and culture make a great differ- 
ence with every variety, 1 am hearing from 
all quarters ’golden opinions of the “ Both 
Boyden.” A gentleman who has tested hun¬ 
dreds of varieties places it second best on his 
long list, after a careful Comparison in the 
fruiting season, lie regards the "Monarch 
of the West” as the best on his sandy soil. 
A friend vvritcB that iio picked as many 
quarts of “ Heth Boydon ” from a half acie 
as from the same urea of Wilson, kept care¬ 
fully in hills, and adds that they carry excel¬ 
lently to market. I find that they “stand 
up” among the best. Many complain of the 
“green tip,” but if they will only leave them 
till ripe they will find no “green tip.” 
('has. Downing. —Olle of the best and ear¬ 
liest varieties grown. Fruit large arid abund¬ 
ant. The more J see and hear o! this kind 
the more L find iu its favor. It Is extremely 
vigorous, hardy and productive. It seems to 
do well ou any soil, and is excellent for home 
use but too soft for dlst mt markets. 
I‘resident Wilder . —Locality seems to make 
great difference with tins variety, but upon 
tny soil 1 regard it as one of the boat. It is 
with mo exceedingly large, quite prolific, and 
one of the latest. It. is the handsomest berry 
1 have, and in color, shape and flavor cannot 
be surpassed. It carries to market well and 
brings the highest prices. But in some local¬ 
ities I am to) 11 it does not do so well, and I 
have seen it looking poorly. It requires good 
soil and thorough culture. I like it better 
every year. 
Triomphe de (land. —An old, well-estab¬ 
lished favorite. II I were compelled to raise 
but one strawberry I would choose this vari¬ 
ety, for the reason that it remains so long iu 
bearing and has also the good qualities of 
I being large, firm, of a sweet, rich, delicious 
flavor, and a good bearer. But it requires 
high culture and the runners well cut. A bed 
of Triomphes well cared for will last longer 
than any other kind that 1 have known. 
Champion. —A very promising variety. 
Fruit large, of a spicy, acid flavor. Plants 
very vigorous and exceedingly productive. 
I have fruited it u id seen large beds in bear¬ 
ing, and it bids fair to be one of tho beet. 
Season medium to late. It must be planted 
near other kinds, us it will not hear alone. 
This seasou’s fruiting has greatly increased 
my confidence in this variety. 
Wilson’s Albany Seedling. — The most 
abundant bearer in existence. I have known 
single plants to produce over 400 berries. It 
is tho great market berry, of medium size, 
firm anil very acid. 
Jueunda. —A superb variety, if you can 
obtain it pure and right, which I have found 
considerable difficulty in doing. I had a bed 
in full bearing this year, which I knew to be 
pure, and a more beautiful sight I never saw 
in tho way of strawberries. Fj uit enormous, 
bright colored and firm. It should have rich 
soil and hill culturo. 
THE VALUE OF A JERSEY CROSS 
Tiiere are many good cows in the Down 
East State of Maine, and possibly one reason 
for th's fact is given by a correspondent of 
the Maine Farmer in the following para¬ 
graph. How much has not t his importation 
of a bull and a cow been worth to tho farm¬ 
ers of Maine i 
“ Here let me briefly trace a Jersey fam¬ 
ily. Twenty-one years ago Dr. Holmes, then 
Editor of the Maine Farmer, selected from 
Samuel Henshaw’s Jersey importations and 
brought to Winthrop a cow and hull named 
Pansy 3d and Butter Boy. Pansy 3d was 
beefed * grasshopper year,’ four years ago, 
when 31 years old, by Mr. Coburn of Lewis¬ 
ton. Bhe was a profitable cow then, but 
‘ hay was scarce and she was old.’ She pro¬ 
duced eleven heifers and several males. 
Victoria Pansy, Bred and named by Dr. 
Holmes, is one cf the eleven, and was got by 
Butter Boy. Bhe will bo 15 [years old next 
January, comes in now milk next October, 
and lias produced eight lieif *l*s und four 
males ; has given the. past year 35 pounds of 
milk a day, five months from new milk, that 
yielded more (hail two pounds Of golden but¬ 
ter, and has six years more to live to the ago 
of her mother, Tho value of Butter Boy’s 
service to tho Maine dairies is untold, both 
in pure bloods and grades. Calves of Dur¬ 
ham and native cows got by Butter Huy 
proved such great butter makers as to make 
many say “grades were best.” Mark the 
increase and ownership of a single cow in 
twenty years. Pansy 3d, 1 to 18 ; then Vic¬ 
toria Pansy, I to 80, with the increase of ten 
others to be added ; then Top3y (one of Vic¬ 
toria’s eight, with five heifers), one to twenty- 
six, with the increase of twenty-five to be 
added. 
THE DAIRY INTEREST AT THE 
CENTENNIAL. 
We have been in favor of an Exhibition of 
Dairy products at the Centennial, and have 
warmly seconded the movement at the Dairy 
:, urging that every section of 
Conventions, 
our country, whore dairying is prosecuted, 
should be properly represented. A circular 
is now before us, forwarded amler the cover 
of the Secretary of the Philadelphia Produce 
Exchange, in which a series of resolutions 
offered by Mr. J. II. Ream,, and adopted by 
the Exchange, are given. 
The adoption of these resolutions would, 
at first sight, seetu commendatory on the 
part of the Exchange, as will be soon from 
their import as follows : 
Resolved- —1. That the Produce Exchaugo 
of Philadelphia, deeply sympathizing with 
the objects of the Centennial Exposition, 
will render all the encouragement and assist¬ 
ance in its power to the same, and heartily 
endorses the prominent attention given by 
the management to the Agricultural inter¬ 
ests of the World, the greatness of whieh is 
acknowledged by all. 
Resolved— 2. Tuat we especially encour¬ 
age a proper display of the products of the 
Dairy, and bespeak for exhibitors any ad¬ 
vantage that eau be bestowed by the Cen¬ 
tennial Commission. 
Resolved —4. Tlxat we heartily endorse the 
action of the American Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion in its efforts toward securing a fair re¬ 
presentation of American Dairy products, 
and that wo call upon the Dairymen of the 
United States to exert themselves toward 
securing the best possible representation of 
the various kinds of cheese and butter now 
produced, believiug that a proper display of 
these goods will have a large influence in 
popularizing them, not only with the people 
£. P. ROE ON STRAWBERRIES 
Rev. E. P. Roe, from his new home on the 
Hudson River, in Orange County, N. Y., 
sends out a circular in which he gives his 
views as to strawberries. Of course, it will 
bo understood that it does not follow that 
varieties which da well with him will do as 
well in different soils or climates : 
Many ask me which is the best vuriety of 
strawberries, it is difficult to answer. One 
can scarely name a variety of apples or of 
pears that far exceeds all others ; nor would 
one set out an orchard with a single variety. 
It is best to have several kinds of so delicious 
a fruit as the strawberry, and by placing 
early kinds on early soil and late kinds on 
moist ground the seuson may he prolonged 
over a month. 1 picked very fine Triomphes, 
THE EFFECT OF HEATING BAD MILK 
Weeds in Skptkmuer. — Most summer 
vegetables are uow cleared from the gardeq ; 
but the weeds are too often neglected. De¬ 
stroy them at once and save work next year 
“One topic which excited much interest 
at several of last winter’s dairymen’s con¬ 
ventions, was the question of the advisability 
of heating milk which was to be set for 
