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TREATMENT OF BUTTER Important Factor in Washing ls Temperature of Water. Primitive Method of Performing Task With Hands ls Highly Unsanitary and Spoils Both Grain and Appearance. (By F. RASMUSSEN.) Only pure well or spring water bhould be used for the washing of butter. If the buttermilk Is well drained from the butter, one washing, filling the churn at least as full of water as it was of cream when churn ing was begun, is sufficient. If for Unsanitary, Unsatisfactory Method. any reason the first wash water looks milky, a second washing may be necessary. One very important factor to be considered in washing butter is the .temperature of the water. If the churning temperature has been right and the butter has come in good con dition, the temperature of the wash water should be the same as that of the buttermilk. If the butter comes soft, it may be necessary to use a ?lower temperature, and if too hard a higher temperature. Extremes should be avoided in all cases, as too warm water will cause a soft, greasy butter, ?while too cold water will make the butter appear brittle and tallowy and cause diTiculty in getting the salt weli dissolved. The snit should be added before working :s begun, then it is possible to get th^ salt distributed evenly with a minimum amount of working. As a rulo, one ounce of salt to each pound of butter is sufficient The use of cheap, coarse salt should be avoided, as it often contains chemical Clean, Convenient Method of Working Butter. Impurities and dissolves with diffi culty. The salt must be stored in a clean, dry place, as it readily absorbs moisture and foreign odors from the air. The object of working butter is to uniformly distribute the salt and give the butter a plastic consistency. The old primitive method of working but ter by the hands is still in vogue in some places. It is very undesirable in all cases to get the han<:? directly in contact with the butter. It is not only highly unsanitary, but it spoils both the grain of ?he butter and its appear ance. When the hands come in con tact with the butter it melts, makiug it oily and greasy, at the same time giving it a dead, dirty gray color. Many farmers making only a small amount of butter use a bowl or tray and paddle, which is a groat deal better than using the hands. PROPER TIME TO SELL HOGS Cxpense of Keeping Animals for Rise in Market Often Wipes Out All Margin of Gain. As a general proposition, it seldom pays to carry hogs long after they are ready for market. Feeders who have held their hogs for a rise in the market have found that the expense for feed wipes out all the advantages pf a higher prie J later. Gains must be made or profits will be materially reduced. Light feed ing is a risky speculation, because they cannot be carried along without expensive grain feeds. Heavy feed ing can be continued profitably to grow ing pigs as long as supplement feeds are fed along with the fat put on by the corn. In this way 150 to 200 pound hogs can be continued on full feed to a weight of 200 pounds or more and pay large profits. Care of Mares. In mild weather mares must be .Kept in the open sheds outside, both day and night. Each mare should have a special place where it is tied to re ceive its grain feed. If fed from an ordinary trough the more vicious mares may kick the others and go5 ble most of the feed. Roughage may safely be fed from racks in the yard. Prices for Ducks. In the east the lowest prices in the duck market are from the first of July to the first of September; from then on to November the price al ways goes np from two to five cents the pound. MUCH COMFORT FOR POULTRY Hens Sing and Cackle In Cozy Winter House When Kept Busy Scratch ing for Their Feed. In our winter poultry house on cold, snowy days our hens sing and cackie as if they were enjoying summer weather. The house is 14x56 feet, with large windows on the southern exposure. Its equipment consists of clean, inviting nest boxes, self-feeders, with grit and shells, the gropnd floor banked deeply with leaves and straw, writes George W. Brown of Hancock county. Ohio, in the New England Homestead. We keep the hens busy from daylight until perch time dig ging after small grain scattered sev eral times daily in the litter. Lawn clippings, meat offal, beets, pumpkins, cabbage and an occasional sheaf of wheat, oats or clover hay suspended from the roof gives them business. It is the busy hen that lays the eggs. She hustles and has red blood coursing in her veins to keep her warm on cold days. Our perches can be hooked to the roof, and if we have any drones in the flock inclined to spend much of the day on the perch we just hook the perches to the cell ing. They soon get the habit of hustling with the rest of the flock. We have no use for drones on our farm save in our apiary. HANDY FOR COLLECTING EGGS Desirable to Keep Separate Box for Each Pen Where Trap Nests Are Being Used. When trap nests are used it ?B some times desirable to keep a carrying box for each pen which receives the eggs as they are gathered, says the Farm and Home. Number each tray or box When trap nests are used in some to correspond with the number ol Handy Egg Tray. the pen. The holes in the bottom board keep the eggs in an upright position on the small end where the numbers can be easily read. HABIT OF EXCHANGING EGGS Uttle Money and No Satisfaction lo Practice-Best to Sell Direct to the Consumer. There is no satisfaction, and bul very little money in exchanging eggs for groceries or grain. By being care ful in gathering eggs, so that they won't become chilled in winter and sc the hens won't sit on them overnight and using a little care In sizing and selecting, quite an advance over the common prices may be obtained. When possible, sell your eggs direct to the consumer. If not possible, get a market in your nearest city with some grocer who deals in strictly fancy groceries and provisions. Agree to furnish him only strictly fresh eggs, and then, for your own sake, live up to your agreement. Carefully clean all the eggs; don't send any small, misshapen or large ones. Stamp each egg with a rubber stamp, using your initials or the name of your farm, and in a short time you will have created a demand for you: eggs, and when you have created such a de mand your eggs will bring the highest prices, considerably more than your storekeeper would pay. Several neighbors could send their eggs together, paying a cent or two per dozen to one of their number for doing the business, and in this way all would gain a little. Cold-Storage Tests. Tests of cold storage, as made by one of the experts of the department of inculture led to the conclusion that poultry keeps better when not drawn than it does when drawn, ^ue reason is that the process of drawing eau?- s bruises which invite the lodg ment of germs. Birds that were dry picke:, kept much better than those which had been scalded. The experts summe J up the requirements as prornpi -forage, dry picking and dry chilling These esesntlals have all been favorable to the cold-storag9 trade, b :t seem never to be com prehend^! by the host of agitators which e? -jry year try to socure ab surd colc-.uorage laws. Open Muslin Front Best. A glass 'ront poultry house causes extremes in temperature, warming up in the day time and then turning cold with the setting of the sun. This is also apt to cause disease and make the fowls' combs and wattleB more sensitive to frosts. The open muslin front is by far the best and at the same time the least expensive. Some glass may be used, but not exclusive ly_ RADISHES GOOD MONEY CROP They Are Easy to Grow, Develop Quickly and There ls Little Ex pense In Producing Them. For the gardener who lives near a good market early radishes often prove a money-making crop. From the opeu garden, radishes are the first crop in the spring that can be turaed into mouey. They are easy to grow, develop quickly and there is little expense in producing them. The first showing should be made very early-the first- day the ground dries off a little on top. Make another sowing a week or ten days later, and a third a week after that. If one sowing fails another will come on all right. Even though all three sowings pro duces crops, these successive sowings are necessary in order to provide crisp, tender radishes for several weeks, wrices W. F. Purdue in Farm and Home. Most varieties grow very quickly and soon become woody and unsuitable for use. The seed can be sown broadcast or drilled in rows a foot apart. Either way is all right, because a crop will make itself before any weeding is necessary. Use seed at the rate of about six pounds per acre and more nice specimens will be produced than if sown thicker. As soon as the first radishes are ready to pull, select the largest #nd nicest, wash them well and tie in bunches of six or twelve. Early In the season the stores pay us five cents per bunch of 12, a little later ten cents for three bunches, and finally two cents per bunch, when it no lodger pays to bother with them. The remainder of the crop may be plowed under and the ground put to something else. The little turnip-rooted sorts are preferred in most markets and pay well. The only expense In producing radishes is the seed, which costs from 10 to 15 cents per ounce, and the work of sowing the seed and harvesting the crop. SURE CURE FOR BROODINESS Swinging Coop, Accommodating About Five Hens Without Crowd ing,. Insures Quick Results. (By W. R. GILBERT.) A sure cure for broodiness ia hens ls said to be a swing-coop. It is easily made, all that is required being two box-ends about three feet square, and some ordinary laths. The mode of construction is as fol lows: Stand the box-ends up and nail on laths 2^4 inches apart for the bottom and two sides-the top is cov ered with canvas, tacked along ons edge and tied on the other. This curtain is raised when the in tended sitters are placed in the coop, or when they are removed later. No\? bore a hole in the ends a trifle above the center, and pass a pole or piec? of pipe through. The ends of the pole should extend about one foot beyond the coop. The coop is one lath long, or four feet." It is now ready to hang I by dropping the ends into two forked j posts. It is impossible for a hen ta j sit on the slatted bottom. If she triea j it, the rocking and tipping of the coop makes her give up in disgust. The only steady thing about the coop is the pole passing through the center, and the most persistent broody hen ls usually glad to roost on it the first night. When a hen has Coop for Broody Hens. perched for two nights, she may be considered cured. The coop will ac commodate four or five hens without crowding, and insures quick results. MEAT RATION FOR THE HENS Experiment Conducted at West Vir* ginia Station Shows Its Use In creases Egg Production. (By M. K. BILLINGS.) The effect of meat rations for hens was tested at the West Virginia ex periment station where one pen o? fowls received a ration largely of corn and other starchy graias, while an other pen was fed partly on meat and fresh bone. The meat-fed fowls laid 7.555 eggs, while the grain-fed fowls laid 3,431, or less than one-half as many as those receiving the nitro genous ration. The eggs from the meat-fed fowls were larger, much firmer, rather better and produced far more vigorous chickens than those of the others. Both lots of fowls re mained in a healthy, vigorous condi tion. Cause of "White Comb." "White comb" in fowls is caused by decayed food, impure water and over crowding in dark and filthy houses. There is a scurfy appearance to the comb, wattles, head and neck, with a gradual loss of feathers from the head and neck. Treatment consists in re moving to clean quarters and giving wholesome food. At night give a tea spoonful of castor oil, after which add daiiy a teaspoonful of a good condition powder to the soft food and anoint the head and affected parts with vaseline. The castor oil need only be given once. Decreases Egg Production. Hens will not lay when permitted to run about the farm tn the wet and I cold. Seas We carry and househol ing the need ways fill ord See our line of ! Screen doors and windows Water coolers Ice cream freezers i Gasoline oil Call on Baling Stew Fertilizi Cotton S Soda,Bloo Mixed go< Royster, . can Agri< Georgia C Call and see 1 Very Serious j, It is a very serious matter to ask S \ for one medicine and have the fl ( wrong one given you. For this fl : \ reason we urge you in buying to fl be careful to get the genuine- B j BLACK-DDR??IGHT i Liver Medicine (The reputation of this old, relia ble medicine, for constipation, in digestion and liver trouble, is firm ly established. It does not imitate other medicines. It is better than others, or it would not be the fa vorite liver powder, with a larger sale than all others combined. SOLD IN TOWN F2 PROEESSIOISTAI. DR. J. S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE. Residence 'Phone 17-R. .? g;jOffice 3. James A. 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The next regular teachers' exam nation will be held at Ed?refield irst Friday in May. VYorl< wi)'. )Cirin at 0:30 a. m., anil clos? at r :30 p. m. W. W. Fr. ll or. Co. Supt. Ed. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops the "ouch and Headache and works off thc Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c Now Well "Thedford's Black-Pniught is tire best all-round medicine lever used," writes J. A. Steelman, of Patton ville, Texas. "I suffered terribly with liver troubles, and could get no relief. The doctors said I had con sumption. I could not work at all. FinaHy I tried THECFORO'S and to my surprise, I got better, and am to-day as well as any man." Th ed ford's Black Draught is a general, cathartic, vegetable liver medicine, that has been regulating irregulari ties of the liver, stomach and bowels, for over 70 years. Get a package today. Insist on the genuine-Thedford's. E-70 Liijht Saw, Lathe anrl Shin le Mills. 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