THE DAIRY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3539, 27 June 1905, Page 4

THE DAIRY.

PERFECT COW ST ALIA JtW a Test of Seven Y«<uw Its D«slatner Con»lder» It the Thine of Its Kind. There ia nothing about the dairy tern, that requires so much care and ngenuity as the construction of cov iUlls. the wisdom m in jtjjat would give not jerfect comfort to dairy anima.s. . nsure perfect cleanliness, I coins., id one that has proved to be a gr...... iucccsw, after a test, m seven years, Mace my stall appeared thousands ’ ’ -men have placed them in , yrus and where c. n wording to the plans shown in inillustrations they have always given feet satisfaction. The construction is simple and the plans easily followed. If a carpenter fe employed see, that he makes no

SIDE VIEW OE STALL. changes, as any deviation v.ill resale in ruining the whole plan. 'The platform is i.a’.(le of inch oak doubled with broken joints uud a two-inch /a ’ ot ditch.. This jdafform may be made of cement imt.Md of plank or boards. The ditch should be made watertight. 1 have found that where a considerable quantity of* absorbents are used a ditch Jo inches \\ ide, 9 inches deep •t platform and 7 inches at walk has given us the greatest satisfaction. We and that a pltmorm (1 feet 6 Inches from ditch to the piece across the front of the stall is just right for a cow weiirhinir LOt'O pounds. I 1 or shorter' cows decrease the length, th* idea being to temv the cow oack ;> the ditcli so that all her will falllntothelatl er,which insures a clean animal. For the mangers I use two three by three studding, and lay them full length of stalls, so that the feed •trough will be 18 inches wide and four Inches above platform after placing a tight bottom of either an 18-inch board or matched flooring. The Mange board next to cow is sewn inches wide, being just tea inches from top to floor.

The opening of the manger at top ought to be 18 inches wide. At this point all feed, grain, silage, hay or fodder is fed. 'The last slat at bottom should be only six or seven Inches wide from the slanting back of manger, so that nothing but grain or cut feed will pass into the 18-inch trough. The cows are. tied with the common ewlvel tie chain. The partitions for thestallsare three feet six inches long and four feet high; width ot stall, three feet two indies from center to center, The partitions do not follow through past the five-foot post to the slanting back of the inam. r er higher than one foot above the fed trough. I his is done so that green corn or corn stover can be fed more easily, which to many farmers is an item. The feed bin is ttn adjunct which many have attached end run the full length of the feed alley with door to door, as shown. This feature saves many steps in a whole winter’s feeding and holds u large quantity of feed.—George E. Scoit e in Orange Judd Farmer,

brief dairy notes. It is the neglected cow that never fills the milking pall. Be merciful to your cows if you expect to make money in the dairy business. The cool night* of fall should admonish dairymen to house their cows •t night. Rowen freshly cut from the meadows form a valuable adjunct to the fall feed of dairy cows. To allow the cotvs to lie in open pastures until the nights are freezing cold is to invite a steady decrease in milk yield.

Unless the night* are warm and pleasant at this season, it is wise after the evening’s milking lo give the cows n feeding Of jfodder corn or freshly cut rowen," and let them lie on dry bedding in the stable all nights The fodder can be fed to them in their mangers, andi’will result in a much more bountiful yield of milk in the morning than if the cows lay out through a frosty night.—National Rural.

IdtnlliU in Poultry Cars, There are a few rule* absolutely necessary in the care of all varieties of poultry. Feed regularly at stated times, and give no more than will be eaten up clean. A change of food will be relished ami will give a good return. Nests and places must be kept clean amt free from offensive odor. Fresh, clean water should be supplied even' day. Quietude and freedom from alarm of any kind are necessary to eon* 1 t confidence, which Is a , .<t considcration; keep them familiar with your presence and voice, and do not disappoint their confidence. Ground plainer is ond of*theTbe?t disinfectants to allay the offensive odors of th« henyard, aoid coats but little. Table), —---rminsM~^oPoN-

HANDY DOMESTIC' TIPS. If curtain;’ are allowed V 0 fore being' starched they V 1 clean quite a month longer. To prevent steel brooches <a, ’ °' meats from getting rus.y orwhen not wearing keep in a • ■> which there is a little p-’- t starch. Comfortable doorstep matsummer evening seats are t.,Uttrcs of Chinese matting, i---the edges, showing an interlayer o. ( a softer material. Sawdust laid evenly over the floo before putting down cause it to wear much bette. - deaden the sound of walking. A substitute for cream may made by beating the white of an f ■with a teaspoonful of sugar and i very little water. Put it into the cun before the coffee is poured ■ nn a painted hsoapsuds put on a nn carefully washed off with clem n Uupainted floors are whiter-•* use of fuller’s earth am 1 sard made into a paste into the boards. This paste washed off with lukewarm warer A quarter of a pound of p-a ■ i- 1 . n, pint of hot water will removf grp"e° spots. They must be we t semooed with the pearlash and water. To keep out moths wash c with a half pound of alum dissolved in boiling water. Powdered alum should be sprinkled about wherevei it is suspected that the moths will make their appearance. The winters -superfluous bed clothing, particularly the blankets, ought to be wrapped in newspapers and put away in boxes or drawers in which borax and .■camphor have been Kei. or black pepper, sandahvoo-- -a-Jr odorous substance—is offensive to the insects. ODDS AND ENDS.

For every 110 civilians, 380 soldiers commit suicide in Great Britain. A record pine log, 94 f eet lon ?’ 15 inches square and perfectly straight, was recently landed at Leith. Italy and Spain and have fewer houses in proportion to population than any other country. The Argentine Republic nas most. Since 18*0 European towns have increased 170 per cent, in population, u-vm :n the country districts, mcreas.. been but 70 per cent. Br.irin digs canals more chca • than other countries. The aver?, cost o f Fm'dish canals being £o,’ a nvlc. a ainst £IO,OOO in France and £ 15,50 a in Canada. Potatoes have ceased to be toe principal root crop of Ireland, if are to be compared with turnips by weight or yield-last year, for example, only about 1,512,000 tons, against 4,426,000 tons of turnips. The tusks of Congo elephants are! as a rule very large and weigh on an average 60 pounds. Some of them are of extraordinary size. At the Brussels exhibition a pair of tusks were on show each of which weighed 156 pounds At the Moon sale of coins in London a silver Oxford crown of King Charles I. brought $745; an ™; er Cromwell pattern gold 30-shiihng piece. $700; a “petition” crown of Charles I. in silver, $1,575; a pattern crown in gold of George 111, 1817. $720. and a double sovereign of Howard VI.. $1,275.

RUSSIAN ECHOES. . Russia’s Asiatic possessions 6F6 three times as large as the British,but have only 25,000,000 people compared with 207,000.000 under British rule. The first Russian newspaper was established in 1702, by order of Peter the Great. The Russian press intends to celebrate the anniversary next year. r 0 unt Talstoi is keenly skeptical of physicians. When he learned of the diametrically opposed views of his case by the doctors he said: ‘‘You excellent people' know everything: that medicine teaches, but medicine itself know* nothing.” The Novoye Vremya, Russia’s senm official newspaper, advocaes an alliance between Russia and Japan, saying that the Japanese government would be thus released from British dictation, while the Corean question would be less trouble. FROM SWITZERLAND. The latest electric railway planned in Switzerland is from Interlaken to St. Beaten-berg. Geneva is trying to attract sinful tourists. It is announcing that baccarat may be played for unlimited stakes in the Kur Saalhereafter. Zurich; in Switzerland, seems to have more clubs in proportion to its population than any other city. In 1893 the number was 534, but this had increased to 771 in 1901. The first men to ascend Mountßlanc were Balmat and Paccard in 1786. They gained the prize offered 26 year* before by Saussure for so doing. At present an average of 50 parties climb it annually. QUIPS OF PARAGRAPHERS. Boiling anger scalds nobody’s fingers but your own.—Ram’s Horn. Nearly every man believes that Napoleon had a lot of unnecessary weaknesses. —Atchison Globe. Before marriage a timid man doesn’t know what to say and after marriage he is afraid to aay it.—Chicago Daily News. i There are persons who do not know ,v to waste their time alone, .nee become, the scourge of b-