THE DAIRY.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 502, 3 January 1906, Page 8

THE DAIRY.

A < CROSS ROADS CLOSET. Simple Way Whereby the' Patrons of Country Creameries Can Avoid Many Vexatious Delays. Many patrons of a creamery wagon live on crossroads and are obliged to; meet the wagon at the junction of the main and the crossroad. This often necessitates a long and tedious wait, with valuable time lost. Have a closet built at the junction of the roads as

■digested in the cut, with lock and key. Let the creamery man have a key to fit the lock, and the cream can be set in and left for the driver to collect when he comes riong. Leave openings in the rear to ventilate the closet that, being closed, it may not be overheated by the sun. Several neighbors on a crossroad c*in unite in the use of such a closet, each one putting his name on his can, taking turns in carrying the cream.—Farm Journal.

USE ABSORBENT BEDDING.

■*lt» Need in the in \ Much NegV lasted in Practice. Top much emphasis cannot be placed on for having plenty of bedding in all stables for two reasons, namely, to promote the comfort of the animals and to save the manure, especially the liquid excrement, which is the most valuable part "of it.: The need of clean, dry, abundant bedding must be generally known theoalthough much neglected in practice. The value of liquid manure la, however, a thir-r: people in general are very slow io learn or to do anything about Among the best absorbents may be mentioned sawdust, straw, and land plaster. Sawdust, an excellent fertilizer in itself, retards the decomposition of the manure, but rots quickly when mixed with it Where it is cheap and accessible, nothing better can be had. As most farmers have more straw than can possibly be used for feeding purposes, this is a most common and on the whole a most excellent bedding. Land plaster, where obtainable, is an excellent absorbent for stables, especially to hold the excessive ammonia in horse stables.—Prairie Farmer.

A FEW BUTTER BRIEFS. Butter should be. worked as little as possible; just <a*sugh to make.it compact and expel the superfluous moisture. . There Is no apparatus that can get more butter out of the milk than the cow. put into it But care must be taken to get all the cow puts in. In the dairy only the purest salt should be used. Salt that will not dissolve readily, in water is unfit for butter. The quantity is a matter of taste and the better plan is to consult the taste of the consumer. Generally from three-fourths to one ounce per pound is used.

When the cream is made too warm before it goes into the churn in one sense the globules are cooked together, causing the casing to be attached! rather than the globules,-and as the yellow of the butter is obscured by this envelope of casing the butter comes white and soft

Peaches in Cold Storage. The Hartford Day Spring says that an experiment which has been successfully conducted this season by a number of South Haven fruit growers is the placing of peacher and pears in cold storage. Early in October, 1903 several bushels of peaches and penrs were carefully picked, sorted and each piece of fruit wrapped in tissue paperthis was then wrapped in white print paper and placed on a shelf in cold storage. January l the fruit was ta« er out and placed on the local* marlet in as good condition and finely flavored as though freshly picked. The price thus obtained was nearly three times that which the fruit from the same trees sold far at the time it was put In cold storage.

Extracted vs. Comb Honey. Here in.the east the comb honey in attractive shape commands a far larg er call than the extracted toes and more so during the last few years. The light weight foundation, pure and nearlv transparent, has done away with the "hobo" of tough center comb which the consumer kicked on. What looks more pleasing than a fine cake of comb honev well filled? On the other hand extracted honey cannot be put on table in as gn oa form, though it be put.up in packages tc suit the eye. The consumer has such a /ear of adulterated gooes that he preitrs the comb honey which he know i' H ' T ° Wnse * d . * Ohio