Say 1, 1908 
days. In the brine the cheese is turned 
‘every day. 
Next the cheese is put on shelves in 
the brining room in order to drip and dr7 
somewhat before it is brought to the 
cheese curing room proper. There it is 
placed on shelves, turned every day, and 
rubbed with a dry cloth. After three or 
four weeks the cheese is ‘ watered,’ ie,. 
placed in a tub containing pure cold 
water, left a couple of hours, and rubbed 
with a cloth. The ‘watering’ is done to 
remove the snperfluous salt in the crust- 
The ‘maturing’ of the Gouda cheese 
takes from five to eight weeks, after 
which the mould (if any) is scraped off 
and the cheese brought to the market 
for sale. 
Dairy Notes. 
Milk contaminated by filth or milk 
more or less filled with what are called 
gassy fermentations makes cheese of a 
very poor quality. 
Successful economical dairy feeding de- 
pends on the solution of the problem of 
how to feed more home-grown produce 
and less bought feeds. 
One of the laetst fads is carrot milk for 
infants. At the Fruitarian Hospital babies 
are being fed with extract of carrots, in- 
stead of extract from vows ? 
In Ceylon and neighboring countries 
on the mainland of Asia, there is a race 
of diminutive oxen which never grow to 
more than two and a half feet in height. 
Nevertheless, they are strong, swift, and 
very enduring. 
The first year is the most important in 
the education of the dairy cow. Gentle- 
ness is as important as good management. 
Sour cream tastes the same as sweet, 
for there is no fat lost by the formation 
of lactic acid in the former. 
Mr. F. Henrickson, Sharon, writes :— 
J have on several occasions read remedies 
for scours in calves, all of which no doubt 
are effective, but at the same time cost 
money, and are not always at hand in the 
bush. I wish to point out to the readers 
a very simple cure. and one every dairy- 
man easily can grow on the farm, and, at 
the sume time, being an ornament on any 
place or garden—namely, pomegranates. 
Take half of an ordinary fruit, chop it 
up, seeds aud all, and boil in about J pint 
of milk or water; boil it down to about 
}-pint, and give it to the sick animal in a 
bottle. One dose, I have found, will cure 
it. if not, give it again in a day or two’s 
time Gather all the fruits when ripe, 
cut them up in thin slices, and sun dry 
them, and they will keep for a long time, 
and always be on hand.—‘ Queensland 
Agricultural Journal’ 
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HARRY F-. KING, 
Licensed Land Broker, 
House, Land, Estate, Financial, and 
Insurance Agent. 
29 Pistie Chamber's Pirie St. Wdelaide 
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All Real Property Act business attended -to. 
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prepared. 
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Money to Lend ot Freehold and other Approved 
Security in Sums to Suit Borrowers. 
Several Nice Farms and Gardens for Sale. 
Plant Notes. 
Czntropoaon Luoyana.+-Where odd 
plants are required, to make the green- 
houses interesting, this is indeed a good 
subject. 1t belongs to the Campanula 
order, and is easily cultivated. It should 
be propagated annually and grown on in 
ordinary good soil. The flowers, which 
are borne in panicles at the points of the 
shoots and along the shoot at the axil of 
each leaf, are both curious and showy. 
the color being a bright rose. It should 
be grown in a temperature of about 60 
degrees. 
GuaproLus Taconic.---This is a variety 
of gladiolus raised in America, and is 
described as follows :—Bright lively pink, 
flecked and striped with shades of the 
game color, the petals lightening to the 
faintest blush in the throat. ‘The mark- 
ings on the lower petals are deep crimson, 
running into a thin strip of pale lemon 
yellow. ‘Plant vigorous and flowers large, 
10 to 12 being in bloom at the same time. 
Under ordinary garden cultivation it at- 
tains a height of from 44 to 5 feet. 
and artistic varieties. 
It is 
described as one of the most beautiful 
REINWARDTIA TRIGYNA is a shrubby 
plant of considerable merit for conserva- 
tory decoration. The flowers, which are~ 
of a fine yellow color, are produced in 
winter and the plant continues to bloom 
well for some time. The greatest difficulty 
in the culture of this plant is the obtain- 
ing of the cuttings. Some of the plants 
should be cut back. The young shoots 
do not make good cuttings, as they do 
not branch enough, and will usually 
flower prematurely. This plant when in 
flower is rather fugacious, but if grown 
in a temperature of 45 to 50 degrees the 
flowers will be found to last much longer. 
It belongs to the Linum order, although 
when in flower people have admired it 
and mistaken it for an cenothera ; and at 
first sight it does resemble some of the 
evening primroses. 
E. BLACKEBY, 
BOOT & SHOE MANUFACTURER, 
- 226 Rundle St., Adelaide. 
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