JIUPWUM^S 
NEW YORK. NOVEMBER 13, 1886 
PRICE FIVE CENTS. 
<2.00 PER YEAR. 
Entered according to Act of CouKfctw, In the year 1886, by the Rural New-Yorker In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, 
filth falling into it. But a>till greater source 
of taint exists in a foul stable. The air is 
loaded with exhalations and odors from the 
cows and their droppings. Those are inhaled 
by the cows, and through the lungs are min¬ 
gled with their blood. They thus go directly 
into the circulation, and as the milk is elabo¬ 
rated in the udder from the blood, the taints 
and odors arc carried into the milk and give 
it the * taste of the barn-yard,” which is so 
often justly complained of in Winter. In 
fact, the whole system of the cow is poisoned 
by the filthy fumes of the dirty, badly-venti¬ 
lated stable. It is a marvel how little regard 
many who are counted good dairymen have for 
cleanliness and a sweet atmosphere in the cow- 
stable. This has suggested the remark that 
every one has some idea of cleanliness, how¬ 
ever imperfect, but some people appear to 
have no sort of idea of nastiness. To them, 
all things are cl an ! 
CHEAP SALT. 
Just now the rage is for cheap salt, on the 
score of economy, notwithstanding the best 
salt can be used at a cost of less t'lau a mill a 
past has kept his cows free from milk fever 
by the simple practice of allowing the 
calf to remain with the dam for three days at 
least and suck what it would. During this 
time if any quarter of the udder became much 
distended in consequence of the calf neglect¬ 
ing it, he then milked as much from that quar¬ 
ter as was necessary to remove the painful pres¬ 
sure of the milk within it. He explained that 
after parturition, the womb and contiguous 
parts were naturally in an inflamed condition, 
ami the sudden removal of the milk causes the 
upper portion of the udder to become chilled, 
and that this was the cause of the disease. 
A friend to whom he imparted this method 
of preventing milk fever had a large dairy 
herd, but he found it desirable to remove the 
calves from the cow immediately after birth. 
An hour from this he drew about one-fourth 
of the milk from their udders by hand; ou the 
second milking, one-third: at the third milk¬ 
ing, one-half; ou the fourth milking, three- 
quarters: on the fifth milking, which would 
be on the third day after calving, he drained 
the cow dry. Oat of 2,000 casesof parturition 
handle near the bottom. I put the pail in the 
hole of the stool, with tilting handle at open¬ 
ing, and push it down until the handle is 
under the stool, and then twist ;the pail to 
right or left, and it is secured to’stool, but can 
be taken out and put in in a few seconds. 
The hole must be of proper size so that the 
pail will fit closely but not too tightly. The 
holes near the center of the stool make a good 
handle for carrying it about. 
Halifax Co,, N. C. G. c. weeks. 
OUR ANIMAL PORTRAITS. 
JERSEY BULL, BRUNETTE'S PRINCE 7115 
A GO >D likeness of this animal is sho wn at Fig. 
418. The bull staniLs in au easy posture, and 
there is nothing strained in the position of the 
neck and head as is the case with most bulls when 
standing for a photograph. Brunette’s Prince 
is owned by M. B. Rowe, Fredericksburg, Va., 
and isn fine Jersey rich in butter liueage. His 
dam, Brunette Hammond 7284 (imp.) made 18 
pounds 8 ounces of butter in seven days. His 
sire, Prince Hammond 3812 (imp ) is a sou of 
Young Priuce P. 183 H. C., which was half 
brother to Princess 2nd. with a record of 4(5 
pounds 12!jounces of butter iu seven days. 
In the pedigree of Brunette’s Priuce appear 
such names as Khedive, Lee, Coomassie, Wel¬ 
come and Princess, all honorable iu Jersey 
history. 
Oleo in India.— In 1857 the sepoys or 
native soldiers in the service of the East India 
Company, rebelled in the vast Presidency of 
Bengal, British India, and the rebellion was 
suppressed only after the rebels had committed 
the most fearful outrages on the “whites,” 
and the whole military resources of the 
British Empire had been taxed. The cause 
of the trouble was a report that in order to 
convert the tnen to Christianity the cartridges 
for their rifles were defiled with grease which 
they would have to tak into their mouths on 
biting the cartridges, 
and so lose caste, or 
jv commit an abomina¬ 
tion, which they 
thought equivalent 
to conversion. A 
zjj panic has lately 
|f seized upon the Ben- 
|f galese on account of 
a discovery that 
ghee, the clarified 
butter which they 
eft t themselves, and 
I' which they offer to 
I their gods, is being 
adulterated with fat. 
■ The Mohammedans 
I , . • v fear that their ghee 
ma - v l,e larded; the 
p. . Hindoos are equally 
afraid that their ghee 
is mixed with the fat 
E? , pT-v- - of oxen or of sheep. 
|s| • ’ To eat such fat is in 
their eyes a deadly 
sin; to offer it to 
rfx V *c»stheir gods au infam- 
gft‘ ous sacrilege. Hence 
legislation in hot 
j|P' - haste against impure 
and suspension 
j of all standing orders 
J 111 order to burry the 
bill through aU its 
y? stagespvithout delay. 
' 'Who ean say how 
many souls might be 
** lost forever if oleo¬ 
margarine were once 
to be introduced 
among the natives of 
India.’ AVhat a fertile field of speculation is 
opened up by this incidental illustration of 
the political, social, and religious effects of 
a simple invention iu the art of manipu¬ 
lating fat. 
Cleanliness in the Mii.k Business.— 
When I was iu the milk business I tried to be 
as neat as possible. I always changed my 
boots and took off my overalls before I got into 
the milk wagon. We strained the milk three 
times into a can that stood just hack of the 
cows. Still we had customers that com- 
plaiued. I would see some of them turn up 
their noses as they came near me. Of course, 
I called them “dudes.” One day a good friend 
said to me: “I can smell the barn whenever I 
get within five feet of you. You can’t notice 
DAIRY'NOTES. 
T. D. CURTIS 
the Winter, whether 
How much more will %**'&>'* 
iu good condit’on if 
she is giving milk 
than it will to keep 
her if she is dry ? ... ;>*s. ^ 
Whatever may be the 
additional expense is 
what must be oharg- 
e<l to dairying 
—no more. The » jSfcv. 
balance of the cost 
of keep is the normal 
one which must be t A,. 
borne anyway. It i 
therefore not so very 
difficult to figure out ^ 
the cost of winter ' 
dairying over sum¬ 
mer dairying. And ~ 
it should be borne in , 
mind that it costs 
more to keep a milch v 
cow in the Bummer 
than it does to keep a gAl V 
dry oneq She must 
have enough addi- 
tional feed out of ~ 
whieh to elaborate — 
her milk. So if winter 
dairying is carried 
on at an increased 
expense of keeping the cow, she is kept iu 
Summer at u reduced expense. Tkeu wiuter 
dairying secures better prices for dairy pro¬ 
ducts, gives employment at a season of the 
year when most farm work is suspended, and 
gives the cow and family a rest iu dairying 
through the Summer when other farm work is 
crowding, Thus the work of the year is more 
balanced throughout. Theso are all advantages 
not to be thoughtlessly thrown away. 
conditions for winter dairying. 
Next to plenty of good nutritious food are 
warm, well ventilated stables for cows in 
Winter; and more especially are clean, airy 
quarters requisite iu winter dairying. Few 
stables arc as dean aud sweet as they should 
he for dairy purposes. The milk, beiug 
warmer than the air, is constantly exhaling 
vapor instead of absorbing gases from it. 
The taints, therefore, are not so much from 
bsorption as from minute particles 
CLey * i-■ 
JERSEY BULL, BRUNETTE’S PRINCE 
that passed uuder his bauds since 1882, he has 
never had a case of milk fever. 
a good milking stool. 
I send you a drawing of a milking stool 
which I like better than any I have seen illus¬ 
trated iu the Rural. It is shown at Fig. 423. 
A Good Milking Stool. Fig. 433. 
to prevent milk fever. 
:mp Bourne, of England, for years 
The stool is 10 inches high aud made as shown 
in the picture. My milking pail has a tilting 
