HURALISMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3763, 23 April 1907, Page 4

HURALISMS.

The, Lancet thinks that the horse is gradually becoming a “ butcher's animal.” In Paris, last year, 45.000 horses were slaughtered at one abattoir for food purposes. Raw horseflesh has recently been recommended for patients sullering from tuberculosis. A dainty dish to set before an invalid. The “open - air” treatment seems to be as good for hens as human beings. At an egg-laying competition beetween “open-air” and “indoor” hens, the former easily carried off the palm. Having obtained a good bull to place at the head of the herd, the owner should take such care of him as will help to produce good results. There will, always be a great distance between the best and the worst cow in the herd. The worst cow will probably be either a money-loser, or so nearly on the border-line of profit and loss that it will be difficult to tell on which side she is. The best cow will always be a money-maker. Therefore, the man who has the best cow has a certainty, while the one who has the poorest cow has an uncertainty, and no satisfaction with her. Bread is more largely eaten in Germany than in any other European country. The German consumption is per head per week. In England the consumption is considerably less, but there is much more meat eaten. The farmer needs to do a little more investigating along the line of the sale of farm-made butter. The old milk-straining cloth should not be used over and over unless it is cleaned every day by being boiled. Dust should be kept out of the milk, for its presence means bacteria in the milk in increased numbers. In improving'dairy stock, it is much more important to’get a good bull than a good cow, for a bull is half the herd, while a good cow is only part of the herd. Too much care cannot be taken in the selection of the herd. The difference between a really good bull and one of ordinary value is not to be counted in pounds when the purchase is made. The bull should have a large, full, intelligent eye, a head broad between the eyes, a large, broad muzzle, with strong jaws ; a strong masculine crest ; thick through the heart and lungs ; mellow hide, of medium thickness, and a proud bearing in his gait. The cow absorbs the raw products of the farm, and converts them into a form which is becoming more and more necessary every year, and, at the same time, she returns to the field a large, percentage of the original product, in the form of manure. The successful farmer is the man who has learned the science of the soil and the growth of crops, or how to increase the products of the farm by the best use of the feeds and materials available. Cattle may be made comfortable without being either coddled or exposed to hardship. After all, there is noplace like the farm, and no people like the farmers. The noble traits of rural character, born of natural evironment, and strengthened by wholesome, self-reliant occupation, are a nation’s safeguard. Machinery and science in farming have released the successful farmer of to-day to a large extent from the thraldom and drudgery of labour. There is no other branch of agriculture which builds up the farm while furnishing the market with an essential product like the dairy cow. On February the 7th a sale of 200.000 bushels of durum wheat was made in Chicago, for shipment to Russia. The Breeders’ Gazette, Chicago, says that, owing to crop failures in Russian cereal-growing districts, the Government of Russia will have to spend millions in the purchase of grain in the world’s open market. Professor J. E- Rice, of the Cornell University, says that one of the results of withholding lime from pullets is that they eat their eggs. When lime is supplied, they do not acquire the habit. As farmers become more and more educated in their avocation, the higher will become the benignity of farm life, the greater the reward, the more numerous the comforts, and the more attractive the occupation for young men, who are seeking a life of independence, and a healthy home for their children.