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Whole Milk Cheese 
Will you give the best recipe you know 
for making whole milk cheese at home? 
Tennessee. c. s. "W. 
To make Cheddar cheese on the farm 
proceed as follows: 
1. Place fresh milk in some receptacle, 
such as new wash boiler. 
2. Heat milk to 85 to SO degrees F., 
add rennet at rate of ^4 ounce to 32 gal¬ 
lons of milk. The rennet should bo dilut¬ 
ed in Va pint cold water and stirred into 
milk. 
,3. Allow milk to set until curd breaks 
clean of the forefinger when drawn up 
through it. 
4. With a butcher's knife cut curd into 
little cubes ^4 to inch. 
5. Heat slowly to 95 to 98 degrees to 
firm the curd and expel the whey. This 
heating process should take about an 
hour. 
G. Dip curd out of whey with a strainer 
dipper and salt at the rate of 1 lb. salt 
to 100 lbs. curd, or 
7. Dip curd onto cheesecloth covered 
rack and allow it to mat together. Turn 
the curd every 35 minutes. 
8. In an hour or two cut into little 
cubes and salt as per above directions. 
9. Put curd in hoops and iv'ess. 
It is not necessary to have regular 
cheese hoops. A strong pan or jiail with 
holes punched in the bottom will answer 
the i)urpose. The container should be 
well lined with cheesecloth, and then 
filled to the brim with curd. Cover the 
top with the ends of the cheesecloth. 
Place a follower on top. This follower 
must be practically of the same diameter 
as the container, made so it will just fit 
down inside. On the follower place a 
block and over this place a polo about 30 
feet long. Fasten one end of this pole to 
something solid and place the cheese two 
or three feet from this end. On the other 
end hang a weight of say 25 lbs. This 
will make a steady pressure on the cheese. 
Gradually increase the weight . In 24 to 
48 hours the cheese will have been sufli- 
ciently pressed, and may be bandaged and 
removed to cellar for curing. The cheese 
should be turned over and rubbed every 
few days, to keep surface free fi-om mold. 
ir. F. J. 
Adulterating With Skim Milk 
I am delivering my milk to a creamery. 
They want me to sign a year's contract, 
paying 20 cents a gallon, milk not to be 
under per cent, butterfat. As I keep 
Jenseys and my milk tested 0.2 per cent, 
a week ago, do you think it right for me 
to put skim-milk to my whole milk so as to 
make a 4 per cent, milk? The creamery 
is not willing to pay extra for fat above 
^V 2 P<'i’ cent., and I know they are put¬ 
ting skim-milk to the milk they receive 
from the farmer.s. G, li, v, 
Virginia, 
Xo. We -vvould not add skim-milk in 
order to bring the fat test down. It is 
said that this is done at some creameries, 
but it is wrong, and two wrongs never 
made a right. It would be illegal to do 
this in X’ew York State, and you will 
surely be caught doing it sooner or later. 
Then your reputation will be injured and 
business men will always suspect you. If 
you have this high quality milk it will 
pay you better to get a separator and 
skim and sell cream. 
Poor Results With Butter 
We have only one cow and not a great 
deal of cream, and use one of the small 
glass churns that turns with a handle or 
crank. The butter nearly always comes 
very white, and it seems impossible to gi't 
the buttermilk out. It has a strong, rank 
flavor very soon after churning. We 
churn on an average twice a week. Can 
you suggest what the trouble is? Some¬ 
times the butter comes in 10 minutes and 
sometimes it takes half an hour or more. 
At the present price of butter, we would 
like to be able to use what we can make. 
AVisconsin. s. T. i.. 
Your butter comes white because cow 
is now off green feed, and I judge you do 
not use any butter color. Since you have 
but one cow and very little cream I judge 
cow has been milking some months. If 
this is the case, it probably accounts for 
the bitter taste you speak of. Frequently 
individual cows that are well advanced in 
lactation give milk w’hieh is either strong 
or develops a strong flavor upon standing. 
Particularly is this so when the cow is on 
dry AA inter feed. If you do not have any 
succulence in the cow's ration, such as 
silage, beets or beet pulp, it might help 
some to add some beets or beet pulp. The 
trouble will doubtless disappear w’hen the 
cow freshens. n. f. j. 
Dog for Catching Skunks 
I would like to buy a pup of best breed 
suited for catching skunks. A good nose, 
with sufficient grit to attack and kill, are 
essential points. I prefer a pup. as I 
want to do my own training, i)art fox 
hound and part shepherd. Can this com¬ 
bination bo beaten ? B F c 
Koxbury, X. Y. 
From our own experience we should 
prefer a well-bred Airedale dog for this 
kind of work. AA'^e have had no experience 
with the hound and shepherd cross, but 
should not think that such breeding would 
make a handsome or satisfactory dog. 
The Airedale is the best farm dog we 
have seen, and we think a good one could 
take care of skunks and small wild crea¬ 
tures. If anyone has a better dog for 
such work we would like to have him 
name one. 
Protecting Sheep Against Dogs 
I see from time to time the sheep 
breeder’s _ great trouble and losses from 
dogs, which promjjts me to give my ex¬ 
perience. AA^hen I was in the sheep busi¬ 
ness I never lost a sheep by dogs. I al¬ 
ways kept a small bell on every fourth or 
flfth sheep, and as a rule if dogs came 
into the field the sheep running will scare 
the dogs away. If. however, I found 
dogs _ got accustomed to the bells and 
worried the sheep I had another remedy. 
One has a right to feed his sheep any¬ 
thing he wants to. In such a case I have 
fed my sheep meat cut in small pieces, 
a!'.d I have put inside of those pieces 
arsenic or aTiy powerful iioisou, and it 
(’id them much good, for they were not 
annoyed any more. j. v. c. 
X'ew York. 
Hunt for Cattle Grubs 
Fvery year in the Spring we have many 
questions about ox warbles or grubs in the 
backs of cattle. Most peoi)le appear to 
wait until the grub is well developed, and 
tlien ask what they can do about it. AA’e 
have frequently given the life history of 
t'.:is insect. Many practical farmers do 
not agree with the scientific men regard¬ 
ing this history, but at any rate the grubs 
are found on the backs of the cattle, and 
the important thing is to know how to get 
rid of them. AA hen they grow to large 
size they can be sqiu'czed out in the open¬ 
ing in the hide, but all AA’inter long the 
animals sire tortured, and in many cases 
lose flesh, and the hide is considerably 
damaged. The cattle should be gone over 
at about this time of the year. The 
grubs can be detected by passing the 
h:-.’'ds along the back when little lumps 
^y;Il l)e found. The Kansas Expeiument 
Station advises treatnumt for these grubs 
now. They can be squeezed out ami de¬ 
stroyed or with a small oil can, keiajsene 
or turpentine can bo injected into the 
small hole so as to destroy the young 
grubs. If the opening through the skin is 
very small a smooth-pointed stick can be 
use(l to enlarge it and then the liquid 
squirted in will (lo the rest. This form of 
treatment is designed for the grubs whcji 
thej' are too small to be properly s(iueez('d 
out. After going over the cattle now an¬ 
other examination should be made in 
about three weeks. The grubs will then 
be a little larger and can safely be 
S(iueez('d out. The thing is to get in 
early before the grubs grow large enough 
to _do_ their full mischief. It is the same 
principle as harrowing or cultivating to 
kill small weeds, and not waiting until 
they get so large that you have to pull 
them by hand. Get busy with the grubs. 
It will make a good Xew Year's present 
for the cattle. 
Since advertising my small herd of 
milking Shorthorns in The K. X'.-Y., and 
one other paper I have received over 50 
letters of inquiry, a large majority from 
K. X’'.-Y. readers, and have sold the en¬ 
tire lot at very satisfactory prices. S- F. 
Allen, AA'ayne Co.. X’'. Y.. bought the cow 
Molly Alorris and two of her daughters, 
one 31 months old, the other about two 
weeks old, and a six-months’ bull calf out 
of Aloselh who has a record of 1,008 lbs. 
of milk in the month of .Tune at three 
ye.'irs old ; C. A. Carson, Cayuga County, 
got .'I very fine 1> 31 calf. T. AI. Chadwick 
bought two COW.S. and the balance of the 
herd, _ Imperial Knight, two cows by 
fllenside Hero, and wo choice heifers by 
Imperial Knight, went to K. Faster- 
brook, Steuben County. AA'hile I am re¬ 
tiring from the farm I shall keep up a 
lively interest in the farmer’s cow, the 
dual-purpose Shorthorn, for she is surely 
the coming cow and is gaining in popu¬ 
larity at a very rapid pace, for the far¬ 
mer is seeing now where he is the loser 
by not having a few good steers to sell. 
Schuyler Co., N, Y. a. n. prince. 
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Alakes milk at less cost than any 
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Manual with Useful tables 
^AAYite today number of cows 
and breed your own and get copy. 
CHAPIN & CO., Pure Feeds 
P. O. Box 815R - CHICAGO. tLL. 
SWINE 
50 SPRING and FALL PIGS 50 
^ 35 Sows bred for spring litters. 
Of these 20 are daughters of the great Lee 
Premier’s Rival, and 15 are by such boars as 
Lee Premier 29th, Lee Premier’s Masterpiece, 
Longfellow’s Counter 3rd, and Hopeful Lee’s 
Successor. If you want the best, get asow by 
Lee I’remier’s Rival 198596, the 900-pound two- 
year old, and the greatest boar that we ever 
owned. These sows are of the best type and 
breeding, and are priced from .$65 to $100, 
according to the breeding quality and quantity. 
We invite your personal selection. Other¬ 
wise, wo will gnnriintee .tbsoliito Satisfaction 
oa arrival. All clean stuck from a clean liord. 
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For further information, write 
BRANFORD FARMS, GROTON, CONN. 
HAMILTON FARM BERKSHIRES 
Biggest Winners at International Show 
Including first prize herd and prnnd champion sow, she Ims now 
won this honor six times straiglit this year, winning over all 
other sows, North, South, East and West, Includliifj National 
Swine Show, a record never excelled and possibly never equal h-d. 
We ofTer a few hnnl sows, and a few servii'e boars, includinjj 
Junior Champion Ohio Slate Fair, and other boars such as tlio 
Grajid Champion at Illinois State Fair. Kemcmber we have the 
leadini? herd of the Ea.st f«>r 1916, and the Grand Champion 
Berkshire Sow of the World ! 
HAMILTON FARM, Fred Huyler, Mgr., Gladstone, N J. 
LARGE BERKSHIRES AT HIGHWOOD 
SPECIAL. Seven M.-iy gilts, litter mates, by our 
Rival boar. Out of High wood Columbia 138th. Tliir- 
teen farrowed, twelve raised, tins litter, 'i’he dtim 
has farrowed 97 pigs in eight litters. A si.ster has far¬ 
rowed ICSpigs in 13 litters: anotlier sister 74pigs in G 
litters; another 60 pigs in Slitters and another 73 pigs 
in 6 litters. We h.avo unrelated boars from litters of 
10 to IS. H. C. S H. B. HARPENOING, Box 15, Dundee. N.Y. 
SPECIAL BERKSHIRE SALE 
If you want a 350 pound gilt—a young service 
boar or a young pig write us; have them priced 
to sell. PRIDE HOME FARM, Howard, Pa. 
BERKSHIRE SWlNEilU^sya^? 
for service, open gilts, and pigs of all ages. Good 
individuals; excellent breeding; satisfaction guar¬ 
anteed. I’riees reasonaltle. Write for particnhirs. 
T’AKIJEIiL FAllMS, Sinitliville Flats, N.Y. 
SpringbankHerd ofBerkshires 
April, 1910, weaned shotos. One 2-year-ol(i sow, f:ir- 
rows July 10. Charmer’s Champion Sth, No. 208200, 
at hetrd of Herd. J. E. WATSON, Prop., Marbledale, Ct. 
Berkshires 
XVOllll '-'Ocoatesville, Pa. 
Berkshire Herd Boar iVnThretLng.’Th^®'''’’’ 
als at reasonable prices. 
.. _ ne individu- 
J. I. HERETER, Gettysburo, Pa. 
BERKSHIRE 
Breeding and quality unexcelled. Prices right 
Write us your wants. H. GRIMSHAW, North East. Pa. 
Rprl(eIi!rpcP"’®I>''®‘kG-weeks-old breeders,$7; either 
OerKimret. CLOVERDALE farm, charlotte. New York 
CHELDON FAKM KEGISTERED DUROCS 
” Pigs of both sex. Bred sows. .‘Service boars. 
Best of breeding. C. E. RARNES, Oxford, N. Y. 
FOR PURE BRED TAMWORTH SWINE 
write or visit WESTt'IEW STOCK KARM.R. 
E. I). No. 1, VV’iuston-Salem. North Carolina 
DUROCS-250-pound Spring Gilts, S35 
Kegistered. 100-ponnd fall boars, $12. Kegistered. 
18 owe lambs, from coarse wool dams and French 
iMerino sire, $175. W, H. DOW & SON, Middlebory, Vt. 
Kinderhook Duroc-dersey Swine Asso.~u^rter; 
in the East for registered stock of all ages. Best 
of breeding. Free from disease. 
C. M. PALBIER, Sec'y-’l’reas., V’alatie, N. ¥. 
Big Pig-Money , 
j Comes from Collins’ Jersey * 
S Reds. Add greatest weight oa 
\ cheapest feeds. FREK BOOK is a 
V valuable course In succesafol bog- 
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Or, yoa esn buy the complete machine of os. Save big 
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^plans alone with our iron parts bo you can build your own 
ft mixer at emai l cost. Sheldon Batch Mixers save their 
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T 1 to 6 men busy. Do work equal to $400 mixera. 
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WILSON BROS., Dept. 25, Easton. Pa. 
Wild Animak bought ami sold. Garland Zoo- 
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JERSEYS 
FORSALE I 11 T 
Eight Registered JCTSGy liCllCrS 
3 two-year-olils, 2 ye.avlings, 3 e.alves 2 niontiis. All 
sired by a son of Clarnbel I), 2nii, she and throe of 
hor daughters in Register of Blerit. Avei-age butter 
rooords, 001 lbs. For qniok sale, ISS400 for the 
buuch, or will sell separate. 
F. S. Delano - Union Spring-s, N. Y. 
SWINE 
The Famous 0» I. C. Swine 
Pigs of All Ages For Sale 
Herd headed by School master, undefeated Grand Cham- 
])ion, 1910; also Kail I’igs l)y CramieU’s wonder, Grand 
t'h.anii)ion of Ohio State Kair. And we are l)reeding 
Gilts to Callaway Edd, Grand Ch.ampion Jlissonri State 
Fair. All these boai's are over 800. caeh, and all Grand 
ChampioiiB. We Reg. Freein either the O. I. C. orC. W. K. 
We .ship C. O. D, or we ship on approval, when hank 
reference is furnished. 
harry T. CRANDELL & SON, Cass City, Michigan, R. 2 
Chester White and 
Large Yorkshire Boars 
Re.ady for immediate service. Tliese are good, largo, 
vigorous animals of correct type and conformation. 
HEART’S DELIGHT FARM, Chazy, New York 
^ TT C" Young 'service boars, 
weigli 200-250 lbs., $30- 
$35. Bred gilts; farrow Jann.ary. Fetnuary, Marcli, 
Aliril, $35. Gilts, 3 niontlis, $12. J’igs, 8 weeks, $8. 
JIERRERT IIAITH - Manlius, New York 
For Sale-Registered O. I. C. Pigs 
Rix weeks old, S8 each. Silver strain. 
GEO. M. LEWIS - R. No. 5, Hornell, N. Y. 
REGISTERED CHESTER WHITES 
hoars, Gilts, Bred gilts and Pigs. Sati.sfaetion guar- 
:inteed. Ritlgely Manor Farm, Stone Riilpe. N. Y. 
DOGS 
fnllm Piinc FERRETS anti GUINEA PIGS. 
Louierups nelson BROS ., Gkove City, Pa. 
ORFAT DANFS also pups. 
1 J1.|3 Photos on request. 
TARGET-ROCK FARM, Huntington, N. Y. 
DOGS-Airedale Terriers 
liitcli in whelp and puptiies. $I5 np. Finest ini- 
pofted stock. All.ttone Kennel.s, Bound Brook, N. J. 
ForSale-AiredaleTerrierPups m’a i e e a c k 
Fiirni raised. T. F. OOITISKF, KliiHinun, Oiiio 
Ali'‘PjijilpXprriPi'Piinc GROWN dogs. Thoroughbred. 
AlicUdlc Icrricrrupo By woli known sii’cs. Ilualthy 
and active. Satisfaction guaranteed. Frank Mead. Amenia, N.y, 
Pedigreed Airedale Pups Zll! 
$15. Dog at stud, fee $10. J. GUY LESHER, Horlliumberland. Pa. 
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