The Dairy

Sowene is tiow eonsidered the appropriate and elassieal name lor lard, or hog butter. In seleeüng cows for mi1kinr, the 1 free, easy step, the pleasant and eomfoftable expression of oountenftnce and the round, oapftciouö form of body aro far more important than the line of descent or the iauiily history. A cow that i driven a mile, or even half a niile, twice each day, to drink, wil! shrink in hor milk sume twenty to twenty-live per cent., and henee it ia manifestly more eeonomieal to bring water to the cow than to drive the eow to water. The oHicers of the International Dairy Fair assoeiation niet in New York a íew days 8go and deeided that it would be inexpedient to hold a fair this fall, beeause of tl; Presidential election and beeause it would be impracticable to raise 810,000 from the trade to pay premiums. How to Tkst Daiuy Cows. - There is no difficulty ia establishiiif; the eharacter and value of each cow in a dairyïhe method usnally followed i.s to ve:h each cow's milk upon a s;n-i.ir scale as soou as it is drawu and before it is poured out of the pail into the eneral reeeptacle. The weight is noteü down a slate or board uuder the cow's name and against the dato. One week's trial is sulHcient for each month, so a3 to get a fair average through the year. For a butter test eaoh cow's milk may bc set separately in pans of diftererent size or form from the ofiiera and churned by itself; this will give the yield of butter for a certain (uantitv of milk. Generally when one begins a habit of keeping accounts in the dairy in this way it is continued and is found a valuable help in making a dairy protitable, for it is a check on feeding, watering and otherwise oarlng for the cows and when a falling oö' or increase is noticed oue immediately becomes anxious to find the cause of it. and thus much valuable information is gathered.