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'1'IT IS RURAL NEW-YORKER 
HI¬ 
STORIES FROM THE MILK COUNTRY. 
The Water-Loving Tenant. 
An elderly farmer, feeling that farm 
work was too heavy for him, gave up 
the care of his farm and work to a 
tenant, father and son; the latter to 
take care of the cows and deliver the 
milk at the factory. One morning, look¬ 
ing out from his house, this farmer saw 
the elder tenant come out of the milk 
room with a milk pail, pump water 
into it and then go back. He remarked 
to his wife that it was a singular thing 
that the man didn’t rinse out the pail 
before taking it back to put water in 
the milk cooler. The next morning they 
saw the same thing, and again, and it 
became evident that the tenant was 
watering the milk. The old gentleman 
went to the manager of the factory and 
notified him to be on the lookout for 
adulterated milk, and he also consulted 
a lawyer. The latter advised him to 
hide in the barn, and, if possible, catch 
this tenant at his tricks. Accordingly, 
the farmer, with a trusted neighbor, hid 
in the barn at milking time in a position 
where they could look directly down 
into the milk room. There they saw 
the tenant bring in the water and pour 
it into the milk, and there was no ques¬ 
tion about it. The milk was taken to 
the factory and that very day, as it 
happened, inspectors from the State De¬ 
partment were on hand to test the milk, 
and they found the tenant’s milk badly 
adulterated. The case was reported in 
the usual way with the evidence. It 
was turned over to the attorney-gen¬ 
eral’s office with instructions to prose¬ 
cute. As is usually done, the case was 
referred to a local attorney, and he 
found two names on the complaint, one 
the farmer and the other the tenant. 
The farmer was responsible, while the 
tenant was'not, and the attorney work¬ 
ing, as he thought, in the interest of 
the State, brought suit against the farm¬ 
er, who had already done his best to 
bring the tenant to justice, but was now 
made a defendant in the suit. The mat¬ 
ter was finally explained, and the suit 
aginst the farmer dropped. In the mean¬ 
time, the tenant had moved away, having 
been ordered oft" the farm by the owner. 
He is located at some distance, and it 
is doubtful now if anything could be 
made by suing him, as the case would 
have to be -brought to another place, 
and he is not a responsible party. This 
is but one of the strange incidents which 
come into the business of inspecting 
milk. It is a profitable business to pour 
water into the milk cans and get the 
price of milk for it, even though that 
price be much lower than it ought to 
be. The inspectors who go about hunt¬ 
ing up these cases and gathering sani¬ 
ties and investigating could tell some 
strange stories if they were disposed to 
do so. _ 
What is the Use? 
Mr. Fisher says hopper feeding is a 
lazy man’s method, and immediately we 
are all mad. Well, if we can get more 
eggs by feeding dry mash in hoppers 
than the old back-breaking way of feed¬ 
ing it wet, why, let’s be lazy. I fed 
wet mash for 12 years, and I am now 
satisfied that it was “love’s labor lost,” 
and even three-year-old breeders are 
doing better than we ever had old hens 
do before with the wet mash. So don’t 
let us mind what Mr. Fisher tells us. 
If he says it is a lazy man’s method, 
why, what is the use of getting mad? 
We will just be lazy. f. o. white. 
Wife’s Property Rights. 
An olrl lady owns property in her name. 
Her husband and others seek to sell It. 
lie has signed a deed and wishes her to 
join in the conveyance, but she refuses. 
Can the husband sign away the property 
rights of the wife? c. b. 
Ohio. 
The husband may convey whatever rights 
ho has to the property, but such deed 
does not affect the title of the wife. If the 
title is in her name the interest of the 
husband is very small. If she fears that 
relatives are urging her into a bad bargain 
she should seek the advice of prudent busi¬ 
ness men. 
A FEW HEN NOTES. 
I would suggest keeping before the 
chicks pulverized charcoal constantly. 
It is perfectly amazing the quantity they 
will consume. We run the charcoal 
I 
through our corn and cob mill. I. would 
also feed clover more freely'. As an 
egg producer and a grain saver it is 
unrivalled, and the birds are extremely 
fond of it. The question of how to cut 
it in suitable lengths is one I wish you 
would solve in The R. N.-Y. Where 
the hay from the mow reaches the 
knives in all positions much of it is 
cut too long. I believe it one of the 
most important questions before poultry 
men to-day. 
I once heard a prominent Universalist 
clergyman say that, in spite of his creed, 
he must have a hell for the rumseller. 
And I would like to part off the hottest 
corner for those who keep the helpless- 
chicks in a hot incubator from 48 to 
72 hours after ‘hatching without a drop 
of water. Anyone who has seen the 
qliicks drink and drink, as if their poor 
little throats were parched when out 
of the machine but a few hours, in the 
brooder, the next morning after the 
hatch is over, can realize the exquisite 
torture inflicted when water is withheld 
for so long a .time. Another system 
of cruelty is the withdrawal of heat 
when about three weeks old. We use 
in our sleeping room muslin-covered 
screens during the Winter. There are 
many times when the wind is blowing 
a gale and the mercury is about zero, 
that we remove them, as the volume 
of air coming through the cloth is un¬ 
endurable, carrying the temperature too 
near to the outside conditions. But how 
can the hen remove the curtains and 
close the windows? She must stand 
it, because her owner, sitting by a 
comfortable coal stove, is writing his 
paper that the curtain front house is 
warmer in Winter. f. c c. 
MILK INSPECTION. 
They have their troubles on the other 
side of the water also. We find this in the 1 
Mark Lane Express: 
THE MODERN VERSION. 
“Where are you going, my pretty maid?” | 
“Em going a-milking, sir,” she said. 
“Dear maiden, Ed like to disclose the fact 
That I’m an inspector under the Act. 
So pray remain, for I want to know 
A thing or two before you go. 
Nay, pretty maiden, you must not weep; ! 
I low far away are the pigs you keep? 
And what percentage of butter fat 
Docs your moo cow yield? Pray tell me 
that. 
And how is the health of your pretty pet? 
lias it anthrax, cancer, blackleg, garget? 
lias your sister measles or whooping cough? 
Is the water clean in the drinking trough? j 
I pray thee answer these questions of fact, I 
For Em an inspector under the Act. 
With the fierce bacilli also I cope- 
By means of my powerful microscope. 
Excuse me, I must examine your hand—■ 
Purely official, you'll understand.” 
Skunk Farming. 
Are there any books published on skunk 
raising, as I have a strong desire to go 
into the business? i. s. 
New Jersey. 
This is the first “skunk farming” letter 
we have had in some time. The U. S. 
Department of Agriculture issues some bul¬ 
letins on wild animals in captivity, but we 
do not know any book on skunk farming. 
If you take our advice you will restrain 
your strong desire and keep out of the 
business. We have heard many reports of 
skunk farms and have chased many up 
to find that as a rule the skunks die off 
when confined in numbers. A few skunks 
can be kept together, but any attempt to 
keep large numbers of them will be a risky 
undertaking._ 
Mare With Moon Blindness. 
I have a mare seven years old, fat and 
seemingly in good condition, which when 
working and left standing any length of 
time will fall down. She seems as ft she 
goes to sleep -and falls down. She has 
done this for some time, but it is occurring 
more frequently lately. Her eyes look as 
if she were going blind, and she does not 
seem to see well. Could this have any¬ 
thing to do with it? Do you know of 
any remedy? w. t. 
New York. 
There is no cure in such a case. The 
eyes may be affected with periodic ophthal¬ 
mia (moon blindness) so often spoken of 
here, and that is incurable. Give her a 
box stall in stable. Better work her less j 
hard. a. s. a. I 
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