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RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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FANCY EGGS. 
Oil page 52 I see a question by S. P. 
A., asking about eggs termed fancy 
white. In answer I would like to give 
niy experience with white eggs. I keep 
150 Brown Leghorns and 2fc R. I. 
Reds. In December, 1900, I wrote to a 
commission man in New York, who ad¬ 
vertises in. The R. N.-Y. telling him 
what I had to sell. He wrote me to 
hip him a trial shipment, which I 
diipped one 30-dozen selected and 
clean, also one 30-dozen crate mixed 
brown, yellow and white eggs, all 
iresh and clean. The results were 
-18 cents per dozen for the select 
white eggs and 34 cents per dozen for 
he mixed eggs, a difference of 14 cents 
irer dozen, in favor of the white eggs. 
Since then I ship only select white eggs, 
as I can get more for the mixed ones 
here at home. MRS. L. A. 
North East. Pa. 
BEHAVIOR OF % CREAM IN WINTER. 
Ever since I was a boy on my father’s 
farm, I have known that at times cream 
would fail to churn into butter. I have also 
been aware for some time, that by scalding 
the milk fresh from cows this difficulty 
could be avoided, 1 judged from this, that 
ibe trouble was caused by some organism, 
but iu what way this bacteria acted 1 was 
ignorant. I have been interested enough to 
write to Professor W. M. Esten of the Agri¬ 
cultural School at Stores, Conn., and 1 in¬ 
close his reply to my letter. j. s. a. 
Canaan, Conn. 
In Winter lactic acid bacteria are few 
in milk and grow very slowly, a fact due 
to the lower temperature. We find that 
milk in Summer will curdle in 10 to 12 
hours less than in Winter at 70°. But 
• other kinds of bacteria do grow, which 
cause a thickening of the cream, a con¬ 
dition which is sought for in the whip¬ 
ping of cream for table use. When 
cream in this condition is warmed up 
to 70 degrees or so, a gas-forming or¬ 
ganism grows and fills the cream with 
gas bubbles, which is mostly carbon di¬ 
oxide. The result is, that the fat glo¬ 
bules are kept apart and cannot aggre¬ 
gate themselves into masses of fat, like 
wheat grain kernels in a good churn¬ 
ing. When milk is scalded it kills the 
bacteria that make the cream thick, 
those that produce gas, and those that 
produce acid. When butter is made 
from scalded milk or cream we find 
that it lacks flavor and aroma, and 
is pronounced flat. Cooking of the milk 
prevents the cream from separating out 
of the milk as thoroughly as in raw 
milk, so there is a loss of butter fat. 
To remedy these troubles use a lactic 
acid starter made by taking some very 
clean raw milk, place in sterile covered 
dish at a temperature of 70 to 73 de¬ 
grees until it is almost curdled, then add 
it to the cream when fresh and ripen 
till ready to churn. The amount of 
starter should be about one-sixteenth of 
the cream. r | he point of adding the 
starter to new cream is to get the cul¬ 
ture to growing in the cream before the 
low temperature organisms get an op¬ 
portunity to grow, and make the cream 
too thick. The starter described is called 
the “Home Starter.” It costs little and 
has essentially the same organisms as 
the commercial cultures which are rather 
expensive. If the Home Starter does 
not smell or look right throw it away 
and try a new one. Buttermilk from a 
well-flavored churning of butter is an 
excellent starter for ripening cream. 
If a commercial culture is desired 
take some new skim-milk or fresh milk, 
heat it to 140 deg. F. and hold it there 
for 20 minutes, cool to 80 deg. F. and 
addto it the commercial culture, treat 
subsequently as a Home Starter. We 
have investigated a good many commer- 
ial cultures. Sometimes they are badly 
contaminated, but generally they are 
practically pure cultures of one or more 
organisms intended to be present. In 
’■are cases milk does not contain lactic 
acid bacteria. This could not be used 
for a Home Starter. If milk sours with 
a good smooth curd, no unpleasant taste 
nor smell, and is strongly acid, it de¬ 
monstrates that the favorable kinds of 
acid bacteria are in the milk. To test a 
commercial culture put some of it in¬ 
to scalded milk. If it curdles as de¬ 
scribed above it is reliable and a good 
culture. _ w. M. esten. 
Staggers. 
I have a standard-bred mare, 20 years 
old, that is unsteady on her hind legs when 
taken out of her stall, will stagger and al¬ 
most fall when the bridle is put on. She 
eats well and is in good condition. I give 
her plenty of hay and for grain give three 
quarts oats, whole corn and bran, equal 
parts, to a feed. I bred her last October, 
but am not sure that she is with foal. The 
attacks last only a minute and she drives 
well. Can you suggest a remedy? e. h. 
Maine. 
The mare is too well fed and getting too 
little exercise. Staggers indicates plethora 
and indigestion. In some instances it mere¬ 
ly is “vertigoin others there may he a 
rush of blood to the head or lack of blood 
momentarily from poor circulation, indica¬ 
ting heart disease. Allow her a roomy box 
stall in stable, and work or abundantly ex¬ 
ercise her every day. Stop feeding corn and 
give oats and bran along with hay. Carrots 
would prove beneficial. If you cannot get 
them dissolve two tablespoonfuls of glauber 
salts in the drinking water night and morn¬ 
ing until the bowels are acting freely, but 
not scouring, and repeat as required. 
A. S. A. 
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you are ill?” You can never get a doc¬ 
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Opinion. 
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