BREVITIES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 448, 16 March 1912, Page 3

BREVITIES.

Calves should be sired by a fullblood dairy bull. Thin cream churns less quickly than thick, and sweet less quickly than sour. The cow's machinery must, be run up to its maximum capacity for the best profit. The only sure way to have good cows is to raise them yourself and weed out some of the poorest. The crossing of purebreds of dairy cattle to produce milking stock has nothing to recommend it. The proportion of deep milkers amongst purebred stock is considerably greater than amogst crossbreds. The keeping of purebred animals to breed first-class stock is very like taking one step forward and slipping back two. Putting cloth under the covers of the milk cans, which is common with some people, is a frequent source to tainted milk. The breeding of high-clas» dairy stock is profitable work, for there is, and must always be. a steady demand for first-class milkers. Look out for the cow which is long in letting down her milk. Not a bad plan to keep hers separate from that of the others when setting for cream. Cream should be strained before churning. Put the sieve on top of the churn and pour the cream through it. This is a wise precaution at any season of the year.

The highest-priced farm product, pound for pound, that the average farmer sells is butter. When sold, it takes the least fertility from the farm.

It will not pay to keep a cow in a half-fed manner if she is a good one, and if she is not good it will not pay to feed her grain at all nor to keepher.

It is stated that Ur Siegel, of Berlin, has discovered the bacillus of foot and mouth disease.

It depends mainly upon the individuals temperament of horses whether they are temperate or hot-headed and excitable or lazy jumpers. In some cases a young horse becomes a hotheaded and intemperate juniper though being spoiled in his training or being badly schooled.