Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1892 — LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY.

I made a meal chest with a selffeeding attachment, writes a correspondent of the Country Gentleman. I pour in the meal, the pigs do the rest. It is a great convenience and

the pigs can have their feed whenever their appetite calls for it, Will it not be more thoroughly digested if eaten dry? The cross section in cut shows the construction of self-feeder and renders explanation unnecessary. In this connection it may not be out of place to say that the Rothamsted experiments on pig feeding conducted many years ago are still the best on the subject. They showed that success depends more on good Judgment in selecting, or on care in breeding the pigs intended to fatten than the particular kind of food given them. Those who buy pigs for fattening should therefore try and get good ones. Proper Pressure in Cheese Making. A frequeat mistake is to apply too strong pressure at first to the newlyhooped curd. The pressure should be gradual, and tho snug squeeze only given after several hours. The white whey that starts from a severely pressed curd, is rich in butter fats, which will not appear if the curd is allowed to settle firmly in the hoop before strong pressure is applied. The facts go to show, says the American Agriculturist, that the average full cream cheese has parted with far too much of its fats in press, vats, drainers, jtnd hoops, and is often found to be a halt-skim when it reaches the consumer. Great hue-and-cry is raised over the idea that it is commercial wisdom to-take out a pound of butter fat to each 100 pounds of milk, which tests 4} per cent, fat for cheese making. The cheese is no better that has lost that amount of fat in manufacture, than is another cheese from which has been skimmed an equal amount, and the balance of the fat retained by skillful .manufacture. A little care at the beginning of the 'operations will always prevent such wastes and result in a better product. Sheep and Gats. No better grain can be used for sheep than oats. They will thrive well on oats and plenty t of hay. If oats are given with cut straw, and the ration varied by allowing cornmeal and sliced turnips occasionally, the sheep will thrive. With a liberal allowance of grain, sheep will consume many coarse foods that other stock will not accept Fending Potatoes. It does not pay to feed potatoes to stock unless they are very low in price. In proportion to the amount of solid matter in potatoes (they being composed mostly of water) they are expensive, and should only be substituted for grain as an article of diet in promoting the condition of animals by a change of food.

SELF-FEEDING ATTACHMENT