1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
5o7 
" MODIFIED MILK” NO TES. 
New Barns. —Early in the year, we 
had an account of the farm and dairy 
which supplies milk for the Walker- 
Gordon Laboratory. A few days since, 
I passed through Plainsboro, N. J., ana 
had a chance to see the cows and their 
surroundings. The barns well illustrate 
the change that has come over dairying 
in late years, since the introduction of 
the silo and baled hay as cow food. Ten 
years ago, the 100 cows would have been 
crowded into a great two-storied build¬ 
ing, with immense mows and lofts for 
hay. Now the cows are kept in three 
barns or sheds, long one-storied build¬ 
ings, containing nothing but the con¬ 
veniences for the cows. All the food is 
kept in other buildings, ana is run in 
on steel, overhanging tracks. The 
manure is carried out in the same way. 
The floors of these barns are of con¬ 
crete. While I was there, one of these 
floors was being washed off, which was 
done by turning on the water from a 
hose. 
Big Cows. —I was surprised to find the 
majority of the cows large and beefy 
animals, with Short-horn blood predom¬ 
inating. One big cow was pointed out 
for which a butcher had just offered $40. 
She cost about that much as a fresh 
cow. It doesn’t make so much difference 
here if a cow does not give very rich 
milk, provided she is perfectly healthy 
and clean. There is a good sprinkling 
of Jersey and Guernsey cows to give 
color and character to the milk. A 
good share of the milk is skimmed and 
sent to New York to be “modified.” 
Varying quantities of cream or sugar 
will be added, as doctors may prescribe 
for individual patients. I noticed that 
the cows were being fed baled hay, and 
that baled planer shavings were used 
for bedding. These shavings have given 
first-rate satisfaction. Mr. D. C. Lewis, 
who was with us, thought shredded corn 
stalks would be just as cheap and just 
as good for bedding, besides providing a 
fair amount of food. 
“Steamer” Milk. —The milk room is 
a model of convenience. It was well de¬ 
scribed in former articles. The greatest 
care is taken to have the milk absolute¬ 
ly clean and sweet. Among other new 
things, to me, was a bottle washer. 
This was a revolving stiff brush, just 
large enough to fill closely a milk bot¬ 
tle. The bottle was pushed on over it, 
so that the swiftly-turning brush well 
scoured the inside. Another interesting 
thing was the statement made about, 
what they call “steamer” milk. The 
milk is supplied to tourists who spend a 
week or more on tne ocean steamers. 
Small glass bottles are used, and the 
milker draws the milk directly from the 
cow into the bottle. When full, the 
bottle is at once covered and sealed and 
kept on ice. In this condition, it will 
keep for weeks. This shows, in a strik¬ 
ing way, why and how milk is kept 
sweet. The souring is caused by bac¬ 
teria. These bacteria get into the milk 
after it is drawn from the cow. As a 
rule, they are not found in the cow’s 
udder. By milking out the fore milk 
and then milking rapidly right iftto the 
bottle and sealing it air-tight at once, 
they have practically a milk without 
any germs, which cannot sour while it 
is kept in a cool place. h. w. c. 
Calf and Kitten. —We know that a 
calf will eat almost everything, but this 
story in the Indianapolis Sentinel is 
pretty large: 
Scott Davis, the leading merchant of the 
village, had a fine Jersey calf, which he 
placed in a stall in his barn, and was bring¬ 
ing it up by hand, the little animal being 
supplied with the best of milk for its sus¬ 
tenance. A cat had a litter of kittens in 
the manger, and the calf endeavored to 
swallow one of the kittens and was found 
dead in the stall in the morning, with the 
kitten fast in its throat. 
If that had happened in New England 
or New Jersey! Our western friends 
think we have hard work to get enough 
to eat in this country. The drought in 
the West must be terrible when calves 
begin to eat kittens. 
Calf Dairying. —We printed some 
letters not long since showing how hard 
it is to secure good milkers on dairy 
farms in this country. The situation 
seems to be worse yet in some parts of 
England. At a recent dairy meeting, 
one man said:—■ 
In Devonshire, where I came from, we 
can get more from a male calf than a fe¬ 
male. With pedigree stock as a rule, they 
let the calf suckle the cow. I have brought 
up live calves on one cow, that is, two first 
and then later on, two more, and then one 
to finish her off. I have never had an 
ounce of milk from her and there are thou¬ 
sands of farmers who can say the same 
thing. We can hardly get any dairymaids 
for love or money. We adopt the much 
cheaper method of rearing calves. 
Milking machines have done fairly 
well in some parts of England, but they 
are useful only in large dairies. In 
small herds, calf dairying seems to be 
more profitable. The trouble in Eng¬ 
land is that the British market is 
crowded with milk and butter from 
Europe, which is said to be handled and 
carried cheaper even than the home¬ 
made articles. 
BRIEF VETERINARY NOTES. 
For a horse with an enlarged hock joint, 
probably from a sprain or twist, if the 
whole joint is enlarged, we would blister 
with ammonia liniment. Rub the liniment 
around the whole joint, and repeat at in¬ 
tervals of a month, applying more or less 
of the liniment, as may appear necessary 
from the first application, to secure a good 
blister. No after treatment of the blistered 
surface is necessary, unless suppuration 
occur, when it should be sponged off night 
and morning with a two-per-cent solution 
of carbolic acid. If only the lump is en¬ 
larged, blister with one ounce cerate of 
canlharides ointment, to which add one 
dram biniodide of mercury. 
A tumor on a hog, if of a simple growth, 
if removed would not make the flesh un¬ 
wholesome. Such lumps are usually harm¬ 
less tumors. It is possible, however, that 
such lumps may be malignant or cancerous 
growths, or even deposits of tuberculosis. 
These would make the meat unwholesome, 
but they are not common in swine. Sup¬ 
purating or discharging growths of large 
size would make the flesh unfit for food. 
A mule colt a month old jumped into a 
disk harrow and cut its leg. The wound 
lias healed, and the colt limps a little. 
There is a bunch about as large as a hen’s 
egg where he was cut. If the swelling is 
soft, indicating that it contains liquid, it 
should be freely opened, the contents 
squeezed out, and the opening syringed 
out twice daily with a two-per-cent solu¬ 
tion of creolin or carbolic acid. If the 
swelling is hard and solid throughout, paint 
twice a week with the compound tincture 
of iodine, which should blister mildly. If 
the skin become severely blistered, omit the 
iodine for a time, or apply less frequently. 
A mare six years old, in good flesh, does 
not act naturally. She does not sweat 
much, pants, and when stopped, hangs her 
head. A few days ago, when used in a 
team, she seemed close to an attack of 
blind staggers. The mare appears to have 
been overheated. She should be carefully 
watched for a time, especially when at 
work on very warm days, and. if seen to 
lag or cease to sweat as she ought, she 
should be taken out of the harness and to 
the shade at once, and cold water applied 
to the head. If she suffer other attacks 
resembling blind staggers, write again, de¬ 
scribing the symptoms in full. 
SCRAPS. 
Hardly any Western horses have been 
sold here lately, which is quite a change 
from the past, as this was quite a point 
to dispose of them. h. h. m.’q. 
Horseheads, N. Y. 
The rabbits exported from Australia to 
England last year reached a value of nearly 
$400,000, and this year these exports are ex¬ 
pected to amount to fully $650,000. Still, the 
bunnies do not seem to diminish, judging 
from complaints in the Australian papers. 
A new pure food law in Kentucky con¬ 
tains this clause regarding colored butter 
substitutes: “If colored, coated, polished 
or powdered, whereby damage is concealed, 
or if it is made to appear better or of 
greater value than it is.” 
The Jersey Bulletin thinks this covers the 
use of butter color. 
The Medical Record advises the boiling 
of all milk and cream previous to using, as 
a means of avoiding tuberculosis. The ex¬ 
periments made with tuberculous cows at 
the New Jersey Experiment Station, do 
not bear out this view. It would not be fair 
to give the impression that the tuberculous 
cow is the main source of infection. 
A metallic handle for milk bottles has 
been patented by a Massachusetts man. A 
band is firmly clamped around the neck of 
the bottle, and another around the middle, 
the two being connected by a metal jug 
handle. We doubt whether this will ever 
be generally adopted, for, despite the addi¬ 
tional convenience in carrying, the handle 
would be much in the way in washing, 
cooling and packing. 
Three kittens were recently born high up 
in the air In an abandoned bird’s nest in 
the crotch of a tree on Long Island. A cat 
was seen running up and down the tree re¬ 
peatedly, and a man on climbing up found 
an old bird’s nest and in it three kittens. 
The cat fought for her children but they 
were finally taken down and locked up in 
a box with the mother. She had to be 
locked in or she would have carried the 
kittens back to the tree. 
A mastiff named Rover, living in Cin¬ 
cinnati, recently played a hero’s part. His 
little master in playing ran out into the 
street directly in front of an electric car 
which was running at high speed. Rover 
saw the child’s peril, gave one bound, 
struck the child and threw him out of 
harm’s way, but was himself caught under 
the car and killed. Rover was said to be 
the tallest mastiff in the country. He cer¬ 
tainly had a large heart, and deserved a 
place among the country’s heroes. 
Guinea Fowls. — I don’t know any one 
around here that breeds Guinea fowls. 
Once in a while, in driving around the 
country, I hear or see a few, not more 
than four to six. As regards the United 
States at large, I cannot recall a breeder 
who is in it to any extent, although there 
are a few who keep them mainly, I think, 
to exhibit and increase their winnings. I 
used to breed them, but I found that they 
would kill my young chicks. I had at one 
time over 25. They are hardy, thrifty and, 
I should think, profitable. If one had the 
time and money, I feel quite confident that 
they could be made to pay. They should 
have, in my opinion, unlimited freedom 
and wooded land to run in. They would 
earn their own living nearly one-half thi 
year. d. L. orr. 
Mrs. Brahma Hen.— Some time ago, Tin 
R. N.-Y. said that our Brahma pullet, 
which had been laying her eggs all Wintei 
on the roost, dropping them into a pan. 
would sit when the time came, on two nails, 
a door knob or a Ben Davis apple. Well, 
tne time came; we were out of nails, the 
door knobs were all in use, and I did not 
understand that you expected her to sit 
on the knobs while they were attached to 
the doors, and unlike your Colorado friend, 
we do not grow the Ben Davis apple; so, 
unprovided with either of these commodi¬ 
ties, what could our Brahma do? Did she 
get angry and refuse to sit unless she 
could have one or all of them? She jus: 
quietly made her nest in a corner of th< 
pen, gathered five stones from the litter, 
and stoically sat down upon them, giving 
us reproachful glances whenever we en¬ 
tered the pen. Could we resist such an ap 
peal and refuse eggs to a faithful biddy, sit¬ 
ting patiently upon stones? She got het 
eggs, and she looks at us now with caln 
satisfaction. f. c. c. 
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