762 
November 10 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Live Stock and Dairy 
HOW PRIZE BUTTER IS MADE. 
The R. N.-Y. recently sent questions to 
some of the winners at the creamery butter 
exhibition of the Iowa State Pair, asking 
how the butter was made. Here are some 
of the answers: 
The cows here are a mixed lot, and 
the farmers are just starting in to pat¬ 
ronize the creamery, so it is very diffi¬ 
cult to secure good milk. The day I 
made butter for the Fair I received 7,389 
pounds of milk. I skim a very heavy 
cream and use a Pasteurized skim-milk 
starter. I solicited two cans of morn¬ 
ing’s milk from my best patron, and put 
it in the cream, making the product 30 
per cent cream. This was ripened, 
cooled down to 52 F., held at that tem¬ 
perature for four hours, and churned af¬ 
ter supper, as I have a combined churn 
and had to work the butter by lamp¬ 
light. I worked it a little too much, as 
it was 1 y 2 point off on grain. The milk 
averages about 3.80. p. m. jenn. 
Toronto, Iowa. 
Our cows are all dual-purpose ani¬ 
mals, not a dairy cow in the lot, and we 
have 130 patrons. Our milk for the last 
two months has averaged 3.90. We do 
not have trouble with tainted milk; the 
patrons are instructed to empty the cans 
as soon as they get home from the 
creamery, and rinse in cold water, then 
scald and rinse again. They are in¬ 
structed never to mix night’s and morn¬ 
ing’s milk. If they do get a can tainted 
once in a great while we refuse it very 
kindly, and we never have to do it more 
than once with the same patron. They 
all think a lot of their creamery, and 
to lose a can of milk is just the same as 
losing $1, as we paid 20 cents a pound 
last month. We do not Pasteurize, but 
use a starter made out of new milk every 
day in the year. The pasture around 
here is mostly wild, very little tame. 
Curlew, Iowa. frank j. marie. 
Most of our milk was from Short¬ 
horn cattle, and would average about 
3.8 at this time of the year. We aim to 
reject all tainted milk. As a general 
rule we use a starter, but this butter was 
made without a starter, as there was 
acidity enough in the milk on the day 
this butter was made, the weather being 
very warm. This cream tested 44 per 
cent butter fat with the Babcock test. 
I then used the Mann acid test, which 
showed 35 per cent acidity. Cream was 
then immediately cooled to 48 degrees 
and allowed to stand over night, being 
often stirred. It was churned while at 
this temperature. Butter was not wash¬ 
ed before being taken from the churn, 
but was immediately placed in tubs. I 
used one ounce of Genesee salt to the 
pound. Butter was worked one minute 
and then allowed to stand for one hour, 
then worked two minutes ana allowed 
to stand for two hours, then worked one 
minute and packed in tubs. Butter was 
made in a Disbrow combined churn. 
Fostoria Creamery. frank riley. 
Our milk comes from cows of all 
breeds, Short-horns and those of no 
particular breed predominating. At this 
time of the year the milk averages 
about 3.8 per cent of fat. We have trou¬ 
ble with tainted milk, and overcome it 
by rejecting it if admonitions to do bet¬ 
ter have not the desired effect. I do not 
Pasteurize milk or cream, but use a 
starter made of whole milk ripened by 
the use of a good commercial culture. A 
few days before making the butter ex¬ 
hibited at the Iowa State Fair I sent out 
a circular letter to all the patrons, giv¬ 
ing suggestions for the care of milk to 
be brought on a certain day. My patrons 
responded quite generally, and as far as 
the milk I personally received it was of 
very good quality, as I had to reject only 
about 300 pounds. We operate a skim 
station in connection with our creamery, 
and I could not personally examine all 
the milk, but instructed my man to do 
the best he could. Having previously 
prepared a starter, using O. Douglass 
butter culture, I send half of it to the 
station instructing the operator to put 
a certain quantity in each can as soon as 
he had filled it and cooled it to 68 de¬ 
grees. At the creamery I put my starter 
in the vat and run the cream from the 
separator very heavy into the vat. I se¬ 
lected three cans of the finest morn¬ 
ing’s milk, and mixed it with the cream 
to thin it somewhat. I ripened the cream 
until it developed .6 per cent of acid, ac¬ 
cording to Farrington’s test. Then I 
cooled it to 48 degrees. In the morn¬ 
ing it stood at 49 degrees. I churned in 
a Victor combined churn, washed with 
pure well water at 50 degrees, salted 
seven pounds of salt to 100 pounds of 
butter, worked five minutes, and packed 
in tubs soaked for five hours with cold 
water, rubbing a handful of salt on the 
inside of the tub before packing. Score 
at the State Fair 96. a. g. paulsen. 
Miller, Iowa. 
DISHORIilNG THE DORSET SHEEP. 
I believe, if owners very much desire 
to do so, the horns may be cut off the 
Dorsets without serious results. When 
I got the first sight of our first impor¬ 
tation in 1891 i thought I would like the 
sheep better without horns. To-day I 
think differently, although admitting 
that for some reasons, some of them for¬ 
midable, it might be more desirable to 
have polled “horned” Dorsets, still I 
would be very slow to do away with the 
horns from Horned Dorset sheep even 
though it could be easily done. We be¬ 
lieve there is grace and beauty in the 
symmetrically-turned horn on a Dorset , 
indeed, the horn on a Dorset, as well 
as on cattle, is a point in breeaing that 
is well worth considering. A neat small 
head, mounted with a pair of small in¬ 
curving or drooping horns, generally in¬ 
dicates that the animal so adorned pos¬ 
sesses other good qualities. There is a 
very great pleasure to me indeed, in so 
mating Dorsets to produce the uniform 
ideal horn. The ideal horn we have set 
up is, on ewes, a rather small horn curv¬ 
ing xorward, and pretty close to the 
head, or negatively expressing it, we do 
not want the large, wide-spread horn, 
or back-turned. Prominent and success¬ 
ful breeders are giving this horn busi¬ 
ness very close study, and 1 think in a 
very few years hence, uniformity in 
shape and style of horns, on ewes es¬ 
pecially, will be observed, and recog- 
nizeu as one of the prominent trade¬ 
marks of the breed. More than 30 years 
ago I was in Kentucky. I had occasion to 
visit a prominent Short-horn breeder, I 
was almost captivated when I looked 
over a herd of about 60 yearlings, and 
two-year-old heifers, mostly reds, and 
all having the smallest, neatest heads 
and horns I had ever seen together. I 
spoke of it. “Yes,” he replied, “I am 
about 60 years old; my father spent his 
life breeding Short-horns. One of his 
strong points was a neat head and horns, 
indicating, as he thought, economical 
and profitable feeders. I took up the 
work where he left off, and this young 
herd of heifers is about up to my ideal,” 
and they were the best lot for the num¬ 
ber I ever saw together. In my breeding 
since that visit, I cannot avoid giving 
much emphasis, in passing upon an ani¬ 
mal, to a neat head and horn, as I have 
from my own experience recognized the 
importance. Therefore I would say that 
to dishorn Dorset Horned sheep would 
take away much of the pleasure and en¬ 
thusiasm we now have in breeding. 
Rather than dishorn, let us reduce the 
size and get more uniformity and more 
beauty. Further, horns on Dorset 
Horned sheep are useful as well as or¬ 
namental, as I firmly believe that if a 
dog tackles a Dorset the first time he 
starts into the business he will not fol¬ 
low sheep killing as a business. 
Pennsylvania, james l. henderson. 
Killing Crows.— I see a question asked 
on page 672 of The R. N.-Y. of October 6, 
how to kill crows. My experience is that 
one can get rid of crows quicker by stretch¬ 
ing twine across the field two feet above 
the top of the corn. One strand should be 
placed every 50 feet through the field. I 
have never tried this for corn; but it will 
certainly keep them out of the melons. 
Crows will not go under a string of any 
kind thus stretched up. a. j. n. 
So. Knoxville, Tenn. 
Heifers’ First Calf.— We consider two 
years the best time. At two years they have 
attained their growth to an extent that they 
do not require the feed to sustain the 
growth of body, so if not in milk to take 
the surplus feed it is laid on as beef. I 
consider Fall the best time, from the mid¬ 
dle of September to first of December, for 
the reason that in forming the habit of 
persistent milkers it is easier to hold them 
to milk on green feed than it would to 
have them dry up on dry feed. 
Black Earth, Wis. fred stubley. 
Sale of Holsteins.— We did not realize 
as good prices at our sale as we had hoped 
to do; still, conditions existed which mili¬ 
tated against fancy prices. Scarcely any 
rain since July, all kinds of feed very high, 
fully one-third of the stock was calves, 
and most of them requiring milk, which 
is retailing at eight cents per quart. Then 
in addition, a good heavy rain the night 
before, and continuing up till after 1 P. M., 
hour of beginning sale. Notwithstanding 
all this we had a very good crowd, and 
the average for the whole herd was over 
$50 per head. The highest price was for 
Duchalara 2d, $107. Several brought about 
$100, but the young calves sold low. 
JAS. L. HENDERSON & SON. 
Cured a Serious Cold. 
Mr. C. H. COMPTON, Olive Uill. Ky., November 7, 
1898. writes: 
I tried l)r. D Jayne’s Expectorant for A COLD OF 
LONGSTANDING WHICH HAD BECOME SERIOUS 
for at times 1 could hardly talk at all, but after using 
Jayne’s Expectorant for a very short time I was 
completely cured.— Adv. 
Horse Owners Should. Use 
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Caustic 
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The Great French Veterinary Remedy. 
A SAFE, SPEEDY AND 
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exclusive¬ 
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ex-Veteri- 
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Impossible to produce any scar or blemish. The 
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of all liniments for mild or severe action. Removes 
all Bunches or Blemishes from Horses or Cattle. 
As a HUMAN REMEDY for Rheumatism, 
Sprains, Sore Throat, Etc., it is invaluable. 
UfE PlliDHUTCr that one tablespoonful of 
I?fc UUflnAN 1 EX CAUSTIC BALSAM will 
produce more actual results than a whole bottle of 
any liniment or spavin cure mixture ever made. 
Every bottle of Caustic Balsam sold is Warran¬ 
ted to give satisfaction. Price $ 1 .50 per bottle. Sold 
by druggists, orsent by express, charges paid, with £ull 
directions for its use. Send for descriptive circulars, 
testimonials, etc. Address 
THE LAWRENOE-WILLIAMS CO.. Cleveland, Ohio 
Certain In Its effects and does not blemish or blister. 
Holstein, Iowa, Feb. 19, 1898. 
Dear Sirs:—Please send me one of your Treatise on the 
Horse. I have a mare that had a Itingbone. I used one bottle 
I of Kendall’s Spavin Cure, after I used it two weeks my horse 
^ got well. I think it is the best medicine in the world for horses. 
Yours trulv, GUSTIVE PAULSEN. 
Price, $1; six for $5. Asa liniment for family use 
it has no equal. Ask your Druggist for Kendalls 
Spavin Cure, also “A Treatise on the Horse,” 
the book free, or address 
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Breeders’ Directory. 
Fine Jack and Jennet cheap. Also, 
six registered Shetland Ponies. 
L. D. ATWATER, Waverly, N. V. 
How to Have Healthy Chicks the 
Year Around. Receipt for 10 cents. 
H. F. L1NDKRMAN, Haysville. Pa. 
F or Sale—A fine lot of Fall and Winter breeding 
birds. W. & B. Rocks; W. & Br. Leghorns; W 
Wyan. Stamp. Mrs. F. P. Hellings, Dover, Del 
rnpi7rDCT C—Choice W. Wyandottes, P. Rocks, 
vUvliEmCjLO Brahmas, Cochins. Leghorns, from 
prize-winning stock. 23 varieties of land and water 
fowls. Satisfaction guaranteed. Big Catalogue 
free. PINE TREE FARM, Box T.Jamesburg, N. J. 
Ferrets for Sale 
—Address CHARLES SMITH. 
Mainesburg, Tioga Co., Pa, 
1200 
Ferrets for sale. Small, medium and large size 
Some trained. N. A. Knapp. Rochester. Ohio. 
CCDDCTC~First-class stock. W. .1. WOOD. 
| tilIlC I w Box 211, New London. Ohio. 
TDerksiitres, Chester W., and Poland C. Pigs 
Best strains; good pedigree: pairs notakin. $3 and 
up. Good Shropshire Ewes. W. A. Lothers, Lack, Pa. 
'C'or well-built, well marked, growthy, English 
Berkshire male pigs, of large strains, descending 
from King Lee, Fltzcurzon, etc.; also Buff Plymouth 
Koek Cockerels, at 90 cents each, write to 
J. B. MILLER, Grantsville. Md. 
DIM I AHI rUIAM UftPC of the most noted farni- 
1 ULAjD-UIIM HUliO lies consisting of April 
Males ready for service. Gilts bred from Spring 
litters. Also Fall Pigs. Prices low for quality of 
stock. J. K. HAINES, Minerva, Ohio. 
N ational delaine merinos, black-top 
SPANISH MERINOS. SHROPSHIRES. RAMS 
AND EWES. All Registered. Correspondence 
solicited. M. C. MULKIN, Friendship, N. V. 
Chester Whites, Holsteins and Choice Eggs. 
A fine lot of young sows bred for Fall Utters. 
Holstein-Friesian Bull Calves of extra breeding 
Light Brahma and B. Rock Eggs; 15 for 75 cents. 
CHAS. K. RECORD, Peterboro, N. Y. 
C HENANGO VALLEY STOCK FARMS, Greene N. 
Y.—Dutch Belted and Jersey Cattle; Dorset and 
Ramboulllet Sheep; Poland-China, Jersey Red and 
Suffolk Pigs. Land and Water Fowls. Hens’ 
Eggs. 60c. per dozen; 10 kinds; standard bred. 
150 Dellhurst Holsteins 
for sale, including young Cows, Heifers and a 
great lot of BULL CALVES—several now ready 
for service—sons of “DeKol’s Butter Boy”, and 
the famous “ Royal Paul ” out of advanced Re¬ 
gistry cows. Catalogue. 
DELLHURST FARM, Mentor, Ohio. 
3 G. Sons of EXILE OF ST. LAMBERT, sire of 
86 tested cows, from 1 to 5 mos. old. Good and 
cheap. J. A. HERR. Lampeter, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
Some GOOD young 
JERSEY BULL CALVES 
FOB SALK at fair prloes. No FLUG8 nor un 
registered for sale at any price. 
R. F. SHANNON, 907 Liberty St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
JERSEY BULL FOR SALE CHEAP. 
Bayard St. Lambert2nd, sired by Alfred St. Lambert 
25359, dam Oakland Lass 72384 in A. J. C.C., with test 
of 400 pounds per year. One of his dams sold for 
$1,000. He is three years old; exhibited six times; 
won six first prizes. Calves nearly all heifers. Grand 
pedigree Send for copy and price. GLENWOOD 
JERSEY STOCK FARM. L. M. HALLENBECK, Prop., 
CatskiU Station, Columbia County, N. Y. 
PIICDftlCCV Rill I FOR SALE.—Henrye No 
UUEnllOLl DULL 5402 ; dropped January 10 
1898; sire Eristan No. 4509; dam Alwilda No. 6102 
Vet. certificate. Price $150. Address 
MRS. LAWTON, Port Ewen-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
Thoroughbred Belgian Hares and Flemish Siants 
Frour’Champlon” strains of Eng.. U. S. & Belg. Ithaca 
Belgian Hare Co.. 16Stewart Ave., Ithaca. N. Y. 
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Hold3 them firmly, draws 
them forward when lying 
down, pushes back when 
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