ABOUT HAIRY PRODUCTS!
ABOUT BLACKBERRIES.
DAIRY AND CREAMERY.
-AN AMATEUR COW DOCTOR'S EXPE
RIENCE WITH ACONITE. .
Sntlnau with a Fine Herd of Jr-
Vsea This Drug to enra Garget,
It Knocks It Krry Time Twenty
Drops of the Tincture the Ioe.
I have thirty Jerseys, and as I depend
mpoa them largely for my bread as well
as butter I very naturally watch them
-very closely, and read very closely to
learn all I can that will help me to make
-the most out of them. I have had con
siderable trouble ever since I first milked
-m cow with garget. or caked odder,
ometimes in one teat and sometimes
more, and lasting one, two or even more
days in some instances.' One year ago
last November I lost a valuable thorough
bred Jersey. I am folly satisfied, from
- -no other caase.
I never found any help for the diffi-
-cvlty until last March, nearly a year
ago, when I read an article from the pen
of Smith B. Morrison, of Fort Atkinson,
in which be stated that be used in such
cases fifteen or twenty drops tincture of
aconite, given on an ear of corn. 1 also
aw it recommended frequently . by
others in different places.- As a drown
ing mam grasps at straws, I hurriedly
-procured a vial of "the rank poison
and administered a dose to the first cow
that was affected, when, lo and behold!
at the next milking she was all right.
Soon another was affected. I gave an
other dose, and at the next milking all
was well. In a little while another cow
was troubled badly. She required two
doses, twelve hours apart, when she was
well. Mind yon, I don't Bay it cured
her, for I don't know. I am telling what
I know now, and not what I guess.
Boon a neighbor came over and said
she had a cow with a very bad udder, so
.bad in fact that it was feared she could
oot recover. I gave her a full dose of
twenty drops, and told her to give an
other dose in the morning. She returned
the next day and said the cow was very
much better and wanted to know the
name of the wonderful medicine. I told
her, and she got some and the cow was
aoon well. I could enumerate many in
stances if it were necessary, but I for
bear. I keep a small bottle of it in the
bam all the time, and so confident of its
efficacy have we become in our "igno
ranee" that we administer a dose when
ever occasion requires, and seldom give
the matter a second thought, for it is a
rare case that requires a second dose.
. A. Hallett in Hoard's Dairyman.
A Hatter Kx tractor and Cream Separator.
At the Wisconsin agricultural experi
ment station Professor Babcock has been
testing a new machine for extracting
batter. The cream separating and but
ter extracting machines are chiefly
Swedish and Danish inventions, and
they are being adopted slowly in Amer
ica. The creamery man is conservative,
like the farmer, and justly so. Mis
takes are costly.
The machine tested by Dr. Babcock
was one that coald be used both as a
cream operator and butter extractor,
For producing butter it fed milk at the
-rate of 1,300 pounds an hour and turned
at a fine article. It was a steam power
machine. But the butter made by it
was "sweet" that is to say, the milk was
sweet when the batter was extracted.
The butter fat is extracted so closely
from the milk that in one case not more
than 18-100 of 1 per cent was left in.
The butter extractor would work with
perfect satisfaction if only Americans
would buy butter made from sweet
milk, of which the people of Europe are
ao fond. But it will not act on sour,
-thick cream. Cream of any ripeness can
be made into butter by first mixing it
with twice its quantity of water or skim
xdlk and raising the temperature of the
mixture to 60 degs., then running it
through the machine. The butter that
results is of the "ripened" cream flavor
in demand in America, and it is ex
tracted by the machine very thoroughly,
Choice Fruit Easily Grown Almost Any
where In North America.
The blackberry is a truly universal
fruit as it flourishes- under proper care
in nearly every part of North America.
Nearly all the varieties now in cultiva
tion ure natives of the Eastern states,
where are found some six closely allied
species growing wild. On this coast
there are several species all quite ins
tinct from those East, two of which are
found in cultivation. One is the Aug
genbaugh, and is highly prized. The
other is the evergreen blackberry of Ore
gon and Washington, which grows finely
in cool, moist, somewhat shaded locali
ties all along the coast. These two spe
cies and hybrids between them, and
some of the raspberries and Eastern
blackberries, have a great; future before
them. As yet varieties of the Eastern
types are the market and commercial
blackberries. Of these the old Lawton
still holds the lead for canning and es
pecially for drying. Experienced dryers
who dry large quantities want nothing
but the Lawton. A careful observation
of the Erie, a newer and very similar
berry, indicates that it is a stronger and
healthier grower. And, so far as can be
seen in three seasons' fruiting is more
productive. It seems that the Erie will
supplant the Lawton.
Other varieties than the Lawton are
much preferable for home use, especially
the Kittatinny which is one of the most
delicious and wholesome fruits the
world has yet produced. It does finely
nearly everywhere. Its fruit is very
large. If picked when it first turns
black it is a fine shipping fruit and does
not turn red. Allowed to remain on the
plant until overripe it becomes very soft.
in fact, liquid nectar.
Other varieties that have been tested
on the coast and giving good results are
the early Wilson, early Harvest, and the
early Orandel. The last seems to he ex
tra fine on the interior foothills. Those
named will all do fairly well wherever
planted. If the intention is to plant
largely it would be a good plitn to plant
a few of each as a test. If anyone has
had experience on like soil near where
you wish to plant, profit by the results
they have obtained. Near the coast the
Lawton and Erie seem to be best. These
for evaporating on a large scale have
proved a fine business, and there seems
to be no end to the demand.
The best soils and locations for black
berries are : First, fine moist sandy loam
uplands, with or without gravel; select
a northern exposure, and the steeper the
better, if it can be cultivated. Second,
the red upland sous, especially such as
work up mellow and hold moisture well,
Third, any conglomerate upland soil of
moderate richness, not of a too sticky
adobe nature, especially sand, red gravel
soil, or brown adobe mixed with sand
and gravel. Fourth, sedimentary val
ley soils. These give immense growth
of bushes and great quantities of large
sour fruit of poor, . watery quality.
Though if dry and warm and quite
sandy and gravelly the fruit is oftenfine.
Valleys, however, are not the best places
for fruits, because plant and fruit are
there subject to many troubles which
they escape in the uplands, except, per
haps, in dry interior regions. Black
berries can be fruited superbly on the
soils mentioned without irrigation if
given thorough cultivation throughout
spring and summer, in dry regions
they can be grown equally well with ir
rigation, except possibly, in the hotter
localities, and even there with plenty of
water and a little shade. Pruning and
training is a simple matter. It consists
in summer in stopping the cones at the
proper height and then shortening the
side branches, and removing the old
cones in autumn. D. B. Wier.
STAND UP N COURT AND ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS.
If Ton Must Ansa-er "Yet," Then Yon
Will Know Why Tour Neighbor Get
Better Prices for Butter Titan You Can
Command Attend to Details.
Many a housewife wonders what
causes a peculiar taste to her butter, or
why it is that her neighbor's butter
brings a fancy price the year round
while her own la sacrificed at the fluctu
ating market prices. I wish to ask this
puzzled butter maker a few questions,
and if she can answer any one in the af
firmative she has at least one solution to
the bad taste of her butter: .
Does milk come from the barn cov
ered with . specks of . filth and dirt.
dropped during milking, from the poor
ly bedded and unbru&hed cows? If so
do you only strain . through the coarse
tan strainer? . Do sour milk , and sedi
ment accumulate in the fine seams of
the milk nans or cans? Are your milk
vessels washed m doubtful water and
nsed without being scalded? is your
milk room poorly ventilated? Is food
with strong odors, such as fish, vegeta
bles and meat, placed in the same room
with the milk?
In order to make good butter all these
details must be strictly attended to. . If
they are not it is impossible to secure
sweet, finely flavored butter, such as
many consumers are willing to pay an
extra price to obtain. Many a farmer's
family would enjoy an increased income
if, instead of producing an indifferent
grade of butter, selling it at the grocery
at the market rates, they took the pains
to make a fine quality which would
realize for them a better price. Orange
County Dairyman.
' Experiments in Cream Raisins
The Cornell University Experiment
station has made a series of experiments
in setting milk for cream raising by dif
ferent methods, the results of which, as
summarized in Bulletin No. 20 of that
station, are as follows: In eleven trials
where the milk was set in the Cooley
creamer with ice water at a temperature
of 44 degs. the average per cent, of fat
in the skim milk was .23; in eleven trials
where milk was diluted with an equal
weight of cold water and set in the open
air the average per cent, of fat in the
skim milk was 1.88; in six trials where
milk was diluted with 20 and 60 per
cent: of cold water the average per cent,
of fat in the skim milk was 1.24; in ten
trials where milk was diluted with 10 to
100 per cent, of its weight of hot water the
average per cent, of fat in the skim milk
was 1.11; in two trials where milk was
in deep cans witnout dilution, in run
ning water at 60 degs. to 63 degs., the
average per cent, of fat in the skim milk
was .89; in two trials, where milk was
set in shallow cans, at 60 degs. and 64
degs., the average per cent, of fat in the
skim milk was .48; in one trial where
milk was set in shallow pans, and one-
third of its .weight of water at 120 degs.
added, the per cent, .of fat in the skim
milk was .75. Science.
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Danes
Winter Dairy inc.
The advantages of winter dairying
over summer are many. A cow will
jrrve more milk and butter in the year.
to be fresh in October, than she will to
come in in April or May, and she is do
ing her best at a season of the year when
her product is worth most, when hired
help is cheapest and you have more time
to devote to her welfare. It is a well
known fact that milk is richer in butter
fat during the winter months than at any
ether time in the year. My cows, that
were making one pound of buttr to
every twenty-four pounds of milk in May
and June, are now producing the pound
from nineteen pounds of milk.
Better calves can be raised in winter
than during the summer months, and
when they go cn grass in May you have
the Bkimmed milk for . the pigs that
should be carried in connection with the
dairy; but it would be folly, in my judg
inent, to ' undertake winter dairying
without warm cow stables, warm water.
proper and liberal feeding and the beet
f care. Cows like a variety, and will
do better than when fed continually on
the same feed. Western Farmer.
Working Batter. ' -
In cold weather temper the water for
washing butter to 53 to 68 degs. and
warm the salt and butter worker, and
bold the butter before final working two
or four hours in a tank of water, box or
closet, at a temperature of 60 to 64 degs. ,
then the streaks will show at the second
-working. In packing in winter, instriad
of using the conventional grease stick for
striking off the top of the tub, try a fine
brass wire or linen thread, after filling
the package rounding full, and yon will
be surprised to see how plainly any im
perfections in the butter appear on the
smooth cut surface upon rolling off the
surplus butter. .
Salting and massing butter while in
the churn is very satisfactory in a cold
room, but requires considerable judg
ment and experience, and any mistakes
liave to be corrected on the worker.
Give Her a Monument. .
A good ben of mine a Brahma of the
Autocrat strain died Dec. 19, 1890,' aged
13 years, 8 months. She was not like
other hens of her breed. Generally they
want to sit a little too often, but this
Biddy was in her 14th year before she
proposed to do such a thing. When she
did I wanted to please her by placing a
few eggs under her, but my wife thought
it would be best not, as she was too old.
Up to her ninth year she never laid less
than 200 eggs each year. Since then she
has given a much smaller number; but
in her 14th year between June and Oc
tober she dropped an egg now and then.
Her total egg record is a little over 2,200.
She was nearly blind and a little deaf
before death. T. H., Goodrich,Canada.
We would add that every egg of such
a hen should have been hatched. It is
by careful breeding from the best only
that the best stock is obtained. If poul-
trymen would take half the pains to
breed for eggs that the fanciers do to
peculiar feather markings, we would get
better results, In this case we have a
hen of wonderful longevity and egg pro
ducing qualities with the non-breeding
habit so much sought for strongly de
veloped the three qualities that make a
valuable hen. A trio of such Brahmas
that would leave such characteristics to
their offspring would be worth their
weight in gold.
- A Useful Material.
The lime, sulphur and salt remedy as
a winter spray to kill scale bugs on all
deciduous fruit trees, and so far as can
be seen all species of scales, seems to
give perfect satisfaction wherever used.
Not only does it keep these pestiferous
things in' subjection, but it . keeps the
trees free from moss and lichens and
rough bark scales, making them look
like a well groomed horse. . It is also a
choice fertilizer of the soil. Great care
should be taken in compounding it,
none but the best materials should be
used, especially should the lime be of
the best quicklime..
t Cranberries.
Washington is preparing to grow all
the cranberries needed on this coast, the
Pacific islands and the South American
coast. She has the climate and soil.
- " Togrs for Dairies.
Dogs for dairies should be trained not
to run the cows. . A milk cow should
never be excited or driven out of a walk.
New Way of Testing Milk.
We again have a bulletin introducing
a new method of estimating the fat in
milk. This . one consists of test bottles
with m-aduated necks., a pipette for
measuring . the milk, a glass acid meas
ure and a centrifugal, machine, a kero
sene gas lamp and commercial sulphuric
acid. Many: words of precaution are
given as to sampling the milk, its care
ful measurement of milk and acid and
the mixine of them by. means of the
whirling machine. Cream is the most
difficult . to sample. The cost of , the
estimation of fat is small not over one-
half cent per teat. The only cost is the
sulphuric acid, except, when a bottle is
broken by accident, r It follows that it
is important to have the measure accu
rate, and therefore all should be tested
before being Bent out. The test is not
patented, and is within the reach of alL
iSxchange. -
Notes. '
The best ' temperature for a cellar is
about 8 degs. above the freezing point.
A level teaspbonfnl of the best white
suarar added to a pound of butter im
proves the flavor of it greatly. .
And now, heaven help us! we have
got microbes and germs into the butter,
Dr. Storch. of Copenhagen, gives it as
the result . of scientific . research that
white specks in butter are caused by
"certain kind of bacteria.' .
Dr. Coventry, of . Detroit, says that
75 per cent, of the milk sold in that city
is adulterated. . This is . enough to keep
strangers from moving to Detroit.
The farmers who supply milk to the
New York market are forming an' or
ganization known as the Five States
Stock company. They will hang together
and make bargains themselves for the
sale of mil lr, doing away with the-mid-dleman.
In the vicinity of Chicago and
Boston uairy farmers are uniting in the
same way for mutual protection.
Cocoanut butter is an established fact
in Europe, particularly in Germany and
Switzerland., It is ' rapidly superseding
oleomargarine among the poorer classes.
and. is used to a. large amount in hos
pitals and state institutions. It is good
for both cooking and eating purposes,
though how it can be produced cheaper
than cow butter is a mystery, since the
nuts from which it is made must be
brought from Africa, South America and
the South Sea islands. It is very health
ful and easily digested. '
A plentiful supply of salt actually in
creases the flow of milk from a cow. .
Irish and Danish butter dealers are
flying into each others' hair over the
counterfeiting of butter trade marks
from their respective countries.. The
Irishmen declare the reputation of the
best Irish batter is seriously damaged by
having the Danish grease labeled. Irish,
while on the other hand the red headed
Danes affirm that their trade will be
ruined if the vile stuff shipped from Ire
land continues to be .put into firkins
from Denmark. -
I
JAMES WHITE,
Has Opened a
Xiixiiolx O ountor,
In Connection With his Fruit Stand
and Will Serve
Hot Coffee, Ham Sandwich, Pigs' Feet,
and Fresh Oysters.
Convenient to the Passenger
Depot.
On Second St., near corner of Madison.
Also a
Branch Bakery, California
Orange Cider, and the
Best Apple Cider.
If you want a good lunch, give me a call
. Open all Night
C. N. THORNBURY,
Late Rec. U. 8. Land Office. .
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