AND  POSSIBIUTIES  IN  DAIRY  HUSBANDRY 
Ihs  Britiah  Dairymen's  Association  soems 
now  to  be  assured,  and  from  tlio  effort  there  is 
being  put  ftwth  in  England  to  make  it  useful,  it 
will  witliout  doulit  prove  a  ftuocoss.  On  Aug.  4 
an  adjourned  meeting  was  hold  in  tho  Town 
Hall,  Deibysliire,  and  Mr.  SitEimojr,  a  well- 
known  agriculturist,  read  an  interesting  paper 
showing  tho  advantages  to  bo  derived  from  snch 
an  Association  and  what  was  hop< 
complislied  through  it. 
Mr.  Cro.witox.  tho  Chairman  of 
referred  to  tho  growing  trade  in  fi 
village  and  city  consumption,  fro 
would  appear  tliat  a  vast  demant 
sprung  up  for  this  arUole  of  food, 
the  salo  of  milk  would  continue  to 
tho  dovelopmont  of  the  factory 
would  bi!  a  fai-  more  paying  tl 
mannfactm-o  of  choose.  Those  f 
were  near  the  railways  and  had _ 
tho  telegraph  would  bo  able  b)  show 
HO  nave  aasuiued,  it  wUl  bo  aeon,  that  the 
pans  are  of  tho  same  character  and  tho  oooliug 
elfacted  on  tho  same  prindplo  with  cold  spring 
water.  Possibly  tho  pati  dosigued  for  milk  to 
sot  14  inches  deep  may  have  some  fcaturea  about 
it  iliffereut  from  what  wo  have  supposed,  as,  for 
instance,  cooling  with  ice  and  ivater  by  llowing 
the  latter  in  a  vat  resting  on  top  of  the  ralUc. 
Wo,  therefore,  state  only  the  result  to  bo  ob- 
I  tallied  with  tho  illtrcront  pattorns  of  largo  pans 
as  they  have  boon  commonly  used.  In  thoso  tbo 
general  exporionce  of  batter  nuUcers  is  that  shal¬ 
low  sotting  gives  the  best  returns.  Wo  may  re¬ 
mark  in  tliia  oounectioa  tliat  tho  quesUon  of 
deep  and  shallow  sotting  is  a  mooted  one,  and 
each  system  has  its  advocates.  Under  different 
circumstances  and  conditions  there  is  a  diffor- 
onco  in  favor  of  one  or  tho  other,  but  without 
doubt,  under  favorable  circimistances  for  oocli 
an  equal  amount  of  butter  from  a  given  quantity 
of  milk  can  bo  obtained  from  either  plan. 
he  meeting,  dairy  seoUons  iu  Ji;ng!aud  tho  dairyiuon 
osh  mik  for  kept  paco  with  this  march  of  impi 
31  which  it  Tho  introduotion  into  England  of  a  b« 
had  lately  of  foreign  goods  has  educated  the  poor 
fe  behoved  better  things  than  formerly,  aud  hence 
grow  under  oulty  iu  suiting  consumers  with  a  comr 
system,  and  it  inforior  arUclo.  and  hen.-.i 
uavo  oecn  porsi.',tontly  adhered  to.  Tho  advan¬ 
tage  there  from  a  British  Atisociation,  by  winch 
dairymen  from  tho  whole  realm  may  bo  brought 
together  to  compare  notes  and  discuss  the  merits 
of  lUfferent  processes  of  manufacture,  as  well 
as  on  other  branches  pertaining  to  dairy  hus¬ 
bandry,  must  bo  very  great ;  and  wo  look  forward 
to  a  spread  of  intoUigonco  and  a  flood  of  light 
on  tlio  subjoot  which  wilJ  bo  of  value  to  dairy¬ 
men  on  this  Bide  of  the  Atlantic. 
And  now  that  British  dairymen  have  adopted 
tho  American  plan  of  coaventious,  wo  hope  there 
will  bo  no  narrow  views  on  either  ride  to  prevent 
the  spread  of  intelligenco  and  intorcommuoica- 
lion  botwoeu  tho  daiiymon  of  the  two  countries, 
but  that  both  countries  make  common  cause  in 
progress,  so  that  this  branch  of  industiy  shall  be 
dovoloped  and  brouglit  to  a  high  state  of  cxcol- 
louce.  We  beliovG  there  are  possibiUUes  con¬ 
nected  with  the  dairy  which  are  to  bo  reached 
and  which  most  raise  this  branch  of  industry  to 
a  much  higher  plane  than  that  now  occupied  by 
those  most  successful  and  experienced  in  tho 
business. 
« 111  ue  connnea  to  cheese  mnJdng  alone.  lo  will 
embrace  a  much  broader  field,  and  among  the 
branches  of  dairying  which  ^vill  como  uudor 
consideration,  there  will  be,  in  addition  to  cheese 
making,  “  butter  making,  the  supply  of  milk  to 
towns  and  cities,  condensed  milk  manufacture 
the  marketing  of  dairy  products,  tho  feeding  of 
cattle  and  the  raising  of  stock,  together  with 
other  matters  and  details  connected  «lth  tho 
above  subjects."  He  thinks  that  only  iu  a  few 
instances  can  cheese  making  be  regarded  as  hav¬ 
ing  come  at  all  near  to  perfectiou,  aud  that  some 
people  declare  that  the  cheese  proi 
in  England  is,  as  a  rule,  inferior  tc 
was  made  half  a  century  ago.  In  siy 
opinion  he  cites  the  views  expressei 
sEi’ii  Aston  of  Cheshire,  who  says : 
“It  is  lamentable  to  witness  the 
indifference  which  r"' 
number  of  cheese  makers 
which  they  ought  to  take  a  deep  and  _.. 
interest.  There  is  a  great  lack  at  the 
ume  of  intelligence, 
ject  of  dairying.  1" 
ril  other  hr, inches 
liave  been 
the  DEOUGHT  and  fodder  COEN. 
Those  dair;pnen  who  mailo  ample  provision 
for  soiling  their  stock  by  raising  a  crop  of  corn 
fodder  are  now,  during  tho  severe  and  prottaotod 
drought,  reaping  tho  benefit  of  their  forethought, 
rasturago  at  this  writing  (Aug.  21)  is  soantv, 
brown  and  ilriod  up  over  a  wide  extent  of  coun¬ 
try,  and  in  many  instances  where  cows  are  re¬ 
ceiving  no  extra  foo<l  the  shrinkage  of  milk  has 
been  very  large.  Many  farmers,  for  lack  of 
other  forage,  have  boon  feeding  hay,  and  this 
must  reduce  the  winter  supply,  which  at  best  is 
below  an  average  iiuantity  in  Central  New  York, 
paii'ymon  who  have  bceu  led  a.stray  by  tho  fool¬ 
ish  advico  of  such  men  as  Haiuus  Lewis,  who 
for  some  years  has  been  streunouely  proa.ihing 
against  the  raising  of  corn  fodder,  stigmatizing 
it  as  an  almost  worthless  croj)  for  soiling,  will 
now  have  ample  opportunity  to  compare  the  yield 
of  milk  from  those  herds  which  have  tlioir  daily 
rations  of  foilder  corn  with  those  herds  which 
get  no  such  extra  feed.  Farmers  who  are  foed- 
irig  corn  fodder  are  now  able  to  keep  up  the  flow 
of  milk  from  their  herds  to  tho  usual  quantity 
and  so  far  as  we  can  learn  there  Las  been  no 
lo  on  the  other 
tho  scanty  and 
apathy  and 
are  manifested  by  a  great 
-;-p— 1  upon  a  subject  in 
an  abiding 
present 
energy  and  skill  on  tho  jiub- 
1’  or  a  number  of  years  nearly 
-J  of  farming  and  husbandly’ 
if  a,  •  but  it  is  very  questionable 
luade  in  cheese 
matog.  I  presume  it  wiU  be  admitted  by  all 
ged  and  expenenced  judges  that  the  bulk  now 
““  “ferior  quaUty  and  much 
years 
A  another  practical  daiiyman,  ob- 
rn-nrf  ps^ying  process  every  day,  iu 
S  of  wliich  he  said  that  his  ivife,  W  had 
fiierlv  ^  and  who  had  for- 
oowfounT”/^^^?  profit, 
m’nr,  aJmost  mipossible  to  make  it  in  a 
imprsL^t  it  almost 
to  I  nr  /I thought  the  transit  of  milk 
great  imr“  towns  was  open  to 
^eat  ^ovemeut,  and  if  that  improvement 
genenifiv  ^  it  woiUd  largely  benefit  fanners 
fioyal  returned  from  the 
w5‘thcr/'^^“‘''  inspecting  the  butter,  of 
there  were  some  v«i-ir  _ j. 
SETTING  MILK, 
There  are  patent  pans  sold  here 
winch  are  intended  to  set  the  milk 
deep  and  others  4  inches,  but  wr,  . 
think  tliat  slialJow  setting  produces 
butter.  Wliioh  in  -  ®  ■ 
"jid  hero,  some  of 
lie  milk  (j  inches 
we  are  inclined  to 
I  tho  most 
your  opiniou  w'ould  bo  the 
•  ,  — '  deep  or  shallow  setting  pan  ? 
— SlxjjtniY  A  Blodoet,  Loimilk,  JV.  l'  °  ^ 
Whether  it  is  best  to  set  milk  deep  or  shallow 
for  butter  making  will  much  depend  upon  the 
method  employed  for  reducing  the  tempe-raturo 
of  the  milk  and  the  degree  to  wliich  it  IS  re¬ 
duced.  ITius  upon  tho  Swedish  system  it  is 
claimed  that  the  best  butter  is  obtained  by  sot¬ 
ting  tho  milk  iu  ice  water  and  reducing  the  tem- 
pei3iture  to  about  35  or  38^  HAaniN’s  method, 
which  is  a  modification  of  tho  Swedish  system, 
cools  to  433  by  using  a  refrigerator  box  and 
cooling  tlie  air  in  the  space  where  tho  milk 
stands.  Some  of  our  “  fancy  butter  "  makers  of 
large  experience  say  they  can  got  as  much  and 
better  butter  on  the  Habdix  plan  than  they  can 
by  shallow  setting.  In  both  these  methods  the 
milk  is  set  about  14  inches  deep,  but  it  is  not 
massed  in  large  quantities,  the  cans  for  holding 
xittua  luo  naii-atarvod  cow'fl  on 
brown  pasturago,  with  no  supplementary  food 
are  yielding  milk  that  is  quite  Inferior.  ’ 
In  feeding  sowed  corn  it  is  always  well  to  have 
the  rations  ent  some  hours  in  ailvanco  of  tho 
tmie  of  feeding,  iu  order  that  the  stalks  may  bo 
exposed  to  tho  sun’s  rays  and  wUted.  It  may  be 
rcmai’ked  In  this  connection  that  cows  ought  not 
to  be  aUowed  to  cun  down  thin  and  shrink  hi 
their  milk  at  this  soasan,  and  where  corn  fodder 
or  some  other  green  crop  has  not  been  provided 
for  soiling,  wheaten  bran  mixed  with  ground 
oats  will  bo  found  to  bo  a  good  feed  both  for 
LICE  ON  CATTLE, 
iiUBT  them  over  with  earth,  sand  is  the  best 
but  any  earth  is  effectual.  This  is  tho  remedy 
that  nature  teaches  them  to  use  and  when  they 
can  got  to  tho  ground  they  will  take  care  of 
themselves  if  not  too  poor  and  weak !  So  writes 
one  of  our  old  oorrospoadents.— En. 
