HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3612, 19 December 1905, Page 4

HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

If you have found an honest commission house stick to it.

Borne cows do not like some milkers, Mid it is unwise to have them milked by such persons. .Unless it is an extraordinary good fOW, an habitual kicker ia too much of a nuisance to fool with.

It took a long time to stop the fraudulent sale of oleomargarine, but the law has triumphed at last. Never trust the milking of a heifer to any one who has not a good stock of patience and judgment. Lack of either may ruin the cow. The farmer is foolish ever to buy cod liver oil. Cream and butter answer the purposes, medicinal and for nourishment —much better. fiore teats can often be cured by vaseline, which is one of the simplest and best remedies we. hafe for ordinary •ores. So is the extract of witch hazel. —Western Plowman.

One of Dairy Heifer*. The young dairy heifer ought to be a# WtU led and cared lor aa the milk cow* because her future usefulness depends On her condition prior to her first pregnancy. She does not need food either lor milk production nor for fat, but ought to be kept in strong, growing conijltfon by food that makes bone and milscular tissue and gives vigor of constitution. The heifer should have a more active life than the cow kept for milk, but requires just as much care In feeding and just as sufficient shelter irom inclement weather. Prairie Tamer-

The Cheeno CaHnsr-Rooa. ' In regard to cheese making a writer says: “The great need to-day is a more perfect curing-room, where the cheese can be held at a lower temperature to cure and obtain slower maturing, and holding all molds in the cheeseroom in check by the use of the formaline spray. All this means a saving in weight and on improvement in flavor, which results in more money, which ia what wa are ril after." >