The Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times

TESTING SOUND MILK. -In order to secure milk, cream, and but- ter or cheese of fine flavour, the first point of importance is that of healthy cows, while the second and most determining factor is that of cleanliness. No milk that contains much dirt can have the same fine flavour as that in which extraneous matter is absent. In determining the superiority of the milk, {two tests that should be made are—first to ascertain its flavour, and secondly to deter- mine the actual amount of dirt and foreign matter or minute articles present. This latter can be done in two ways, either by the adoption of the centrifugal test-in which some milk is put in a test tube and rotated in a centrifugal machine at a high rate of speed—or by warming and passing it through a Gerber dirt-in-milk tester. This last is an excellent practical test, for which the apparatus merely consists of a large glass vessel, in the bottom of which is fixed a small piece of cotton wool pad and some wire gauze. The milk flows through the pad and gauze, and the dirt is retained on the cotton pad thus the relative pro- portion of dirt present in any milk can be quickly determined. There are many objectionable tastes and taints often found in milk. Many flavours are derived from the foods given the cows, in some cases from the food consumed by the animal actually passing some volatile strong-smelling substance into the milk, or, as is the case in the majority of instances, the milk absorbs some aroma of food from the atmosphere. Thus at different times milk may be found to taste of silage or gar- lic, or cowy" (due to the presence of manure, turnipy, etc. Generally speaking, however, such flavours ars usually pre- vented, though they cannot be remedied when once they have gained a hold in the milk, and the point, therefore, is to prevent rather than to seek a remedy.

What Newtown Has Found Welshpool Has Found. It is good to know that oar neighbours over in Welshpool have found what so many well- known and respected Newtown men and women have found. Mr E. Howells, of 8, Powis Arms Yard, Salop- road, Welshpool, says: In the course of my work I am subject to draughts, and I believe it was through this that I caught a severe cold, which seemed to settle in my kidneys. The result was that I suffered with bad pains in my back and loins, and the urinaty system became disordered, the secretions from the kidneys being thick and discoloured. When I awoke in the mornicgs I felt heavy and unfit for exertion. My eyes were puffy and swollen, and they watered a good deal. Reading of Doan's backache kidney pills, I decided to try them. In three or four days I noticed an improvement; I felt brighter and fresher in the mornings, and the feeling of depression h&d disappeared. The pains in my back troubled me and the kidney secretions became more natural. In fact, I felt much better altogether. I went on with Doan's pills, and gradually regained my usual health. I am plensed to say I have had no return of the trouble. Doan's backache kidney pills have my warmest r-commendation. (Signed) Edward Howells." Doan's backache kidney pills are two-shillings and ninepence per box, or six boxes for thirteen shillings and ninepence. Of ail chemists and stores, or post free direct from the Foster- McClellan Co., 8, Wells-street, Oxford-street, London, W Be sure you get the same kind of pills as Mr Howells had.

A PEN FOR LAMBS. Where sheep are running thinly, all may be fed out, but where a comparatively large flock is kept for the acreage, it is as well to feed only the singles, and to keep the twins on for stores, as it never pays to sell half-fat lambs. To ensure their being ripe, pens can be made with hurdles to place the troughs in, and so constructed that the lambs can get in, but the ewes cannot—a few troughs round the outside, with a taste of corn to draw the ewes up, and as much inside as the lambs will clean up, for de- pend upon it, they will pay for it. Lambs that have been with corned ewes from the first soon learn to pick at the troughs, and are not much trouble to teach the way into the pens. Many use different lamb foods that are on the market, but anyone can make his own if he will but be at the trouble-oats, kibbled peas, a little bran or sharps, mo- lasses, feed of any good make, and, when prices will admit of it, an addition of cakes. Sayo cake well takes the place of peas, but, like them, muste used in moderation.

——— VW TF When your physician and ™ M your friends and your own MB reasoning all assure you that Hall's Wine one and VV sure restorative, blood JKKL tonic and nerve-restorer, don't I ne" Delicious Tonic. and be tricked into buying a sub- „ Marvellous Restorative vK £ f £ «S5Ji3,SSr £ 1S

To get best results in feeding, there should always be sufficient variety, and this is one reason why so many compound cakes and meals have been successful. So fed, the lambs will pay for the corn many times over in the increased quality and ripeness, in the extra weight, and, what is of less importance in a good grass year, in the sav- ing of time, apd consequently of grass.

SELLING FAT LAMBS. An Old Breeder" writes :—There are many things one would like to know that the published statistics fail to tell us. It was understood that we were to have had the numbers of the different breeds in last year's returns, but they failed to appear. Poultry, too, were to be enumerated, but for that we are still waiting. These things will doubtless come in time, but would it be too much to expect that the number ol fat lambs sent to market should be kept separate from those of sheep ? At present we only know that this premature slaughter of our sheep stock is carried out on a very large scale, and very often without profit to the farmer. It is difficult to see the advan- tage of selling off the cream of the crop of lambs at 36s each and buying in tegs in the autumn at 45s to eat the turnips, as is so often done. There have been far too many lambs sent to Islington this spring, making it the cheapest market in England, and late- ly they have fetched scarcely more per lb. than small mutton. This seems but poor business, and I must say I think the send- ers are ill-advised. The slaughter of lambs and calves is regarded by many as a na- tional loss, but, of course, it is legit- mate enough within due limits. To sell ear- ly lambs as a luxury at Is 2d per lb. is one thing, but to sell them by the thousand in the month of May at 8id is another, and only a waste of good material.

FEEDING POULTRY IN HOT WEATHER. A frequent mistake is made by poultry- keepers in that they employ the same foods throughout the entire twelve months, since it is necessary, if the best results are to be achieved, to vary both the foods themselves and the methods of feeding according to the seasons. A ration that is eminently suitable during hot weather may be quite unfit dur- ing the depth of winter, while some foods that give satisfactory results during cold weather are positively dangerous when it is very hot. Foods that contain a large proportion of carbohydrates should, generally speaking, be avoided in hot weather. Under this heading come maize and barley meal, both of which are more suitable for winter than for summer use. The best grains for hot weather are wheat, oats, and buckwheat, and the best meals ground oats, middlings, and bran. A good deal of confusion exists owing to the great variety of names possessed by middlings, it being also known as pollards, toppings, sharps, dan, seconds, and thirds. It consists of wheat-meal, and is reallv half- way between flour and bran it might also be called very coarse flour or exceedingly fine bran. Green food is a very important item in the diet of poultry during the summer months, and without it really satisfactory results are rarely obtained. Green stuff has the effect of keeping the blood cool and the in- ternal organs in good working order.

THE DISPOSAL OF OLD HENS. Since June is the month when it is usual to break up the breeding pens, all the stock birds should be carefully examined within the next week or two, and only the best ones retained for use next winter. A rigid selection should be made on the score of age, and any that have passed their prime should be disposed of. The most profitable period of a hen's life is her first and second seasons, after which time very few pay for the food they consume or the space they occupy. Now that the profitable time of year is passed, so far as egg-producing is con- cerned, it is no use whatever keeping on the old hens, and they should be sold with- out delay. Once they commence to moult, they cannot be sold at a good figure, and it certainly pays better to sell them now, even though sixpence or ninepence per bird more might be obtained for them in the autumn.

Montgomeryshire Rector's Retirement The Rev Canon Wynne Jones intends to resign the rectorship of Lianymynech, probably in September next. Canon Wynne Jones is the oldest clergyman in the Diocese of St, Asaph, having been or- dained by the Bishop of St. Asaph in 1845. He has been rector of Llanymynech since 1890, and Canon of St. Asaph since 1897. He is the father of the Venerable Arch- deacon Wynne Jones, the Archdeacon of Wrexham and Prebendary of Meliden. _n- 1 I

Cakes, Pastry, Puddings <fc Pies. [BORWICKSi W. BAKING POWDER.

The Man Who Warned Us. General Sir William Butler, whose death is announced, was an officer of conspicuous ability. He was Commander-in-Chief in Cape Colony before the South African war broke out, and when consulted by Mr Chamberlain as to the position of affairs, he expressed the view that the difference with the Transvaal might be peacefully adjusted. He warned the Government, however, that if they wanted to go to war they would have to send at least 100,000 men to South Africa. This estimate, as it turned out. was below the mark, but it showed a much more accurate view of the position than that taken by Sir Redvers Buller and the other wiseacres at the War Office. Sir W. Butler bad, in consequence of the distasteful opinions which he had given as to the fighting strength of Boers, to resign his position in South Africa, but even the Government which he had offended by his frankness were compelled to recognise his honesty and ability, and they subseqaently ap- pointed him to one of the homo commands. Lady Butler, who survives him, was Miss Elizabeth Thompson, the painter of The Roll Call," a picture which received the special Dotice of the late King at the Roy&l Academy when it was first exhibited.

Birth of Welsh Nonconformity. A large number of people assembled at Llanvaches, a picturesque hamlet in Mon- mouth, known to the ancient Cymry as the Land of Gwent," to celebrate the birth of Welsh Nonconformity. It was the 271st anniversary of the found- ing of Tabernacle Chapel, for here in 1639 William Wrouth,. expelled from his living as vicar of Llanvaches parish because he declared to read "the book of sports" in church on Sundays, established an inde- pendent cause. The excommunicated clergyman and pioneer of Welsh Nonconformity, by his eloquence, the simplicity of his preaching, as well as the sincerity of his life, thus on the village green called into being the greatest movement in national Wales. In Waiter uraactock, tne great rurnan, who died a martyr, Wrouth found a faith- ful adherent and wise counsellor, whilst another of his loyal disciples was Ambrose Mostyn, himself a young Welsh student from Oxford. The spirit of Llanvaches has now for cen- turies been the very symbol of the national worship, and it is interesting to recall the fact referred to by some of the speakers that up to this period Wales was entirely Catholic.

The Question of Health. The question of health is a matter which is sure to concern us at one time or another, especially when Influenza is so prevalent as it is just now so it is well to know what to take to ward off an attack of this most weakening disease, this epi- demic catarrh or cold of an aggravating kind, to combat it whilst under its baneful influence, and particularly after an attack, for then the system is so lowered as to bo liable to the most dangerous of complaints. Gwilym Evans' Quinine Bitters is acknowl- edged by all who have given it a fair trial to be the most specific remedy dealing with Influenza in all its various stages, being a preparation skilfully prepared with Quinine and accompanied with other blood purify- ing and enriching agents, suitable for the liver ,digestion, and all those ailments re- quiring tonic strengthening and nerve in- creasing properties. It is invaluable for those suffering from colds, pneumonia, or any serious illness, or prostration caused by sleeplessness or worry of any kind, when the body has a general feeling of weakness and lassitude. Send for a copy of the pamphlet of testimonials, which carefully read and consider well, then buy a bottle (sold in two sizes, 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d) at your nearest Chemist or Stores. But when purchasing see that the name Gwilym Evans is on the label, stamp, and bottle, for without which none are genuine. Sole Proprietors :-Quinine Bitters Manufactur- ing Company, Limited, Llanelly, South Wales.

HOUSEMAID'S KNEE. This is so called on account of its fre- quent occurrence to those who have to kneel upon hard floors or stairs, scrubbing stone passages, etc., and is met with among others, who, from the nature of their occupation, habitually exert much pressure upon the knees. The complaint presents itself as a colourless, prominent, round swelling just over the kneepan. TREATMENT: Bathe the part with very warm water for two or three minutes each night, having a good dressing of Grass- hopper Ointment spread on a piece of lint ready to cover it with whilst warm let it remain till the following night, when re- peat, resting the limb as much as possible, particularly the calf, moving it occasionally and stretching the leg straight out when lying down, to prevent contraction. With patience this will cure you. Send at once a postal order for 2/6 to Albert and Co., Albert House, 73, Farringdon-street, Lon- don, E.C., for a box of

GRASSHpPPER Ointment and Pills, which are a certain remedy for Bad Legs, Housemaid's Knee, Poisoned Hands, Tumours, etc., etc.

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SINGLING AND HOEING TURNIPS. The best time at which to commence the work of singling the turnip or the swede crop is eight or ten days after the first rough leaf (cotyledons) is developed. The state of the weather will, of course, have some considerable influence on the progress of this operation. For example, in wet, showery weather, the work must be carried on apace in order to cope with the rapidly increasing growth of the young plants. If sufficient labour is not available in order to cope with this accelerated growth, the seed- lings, especially if they are scattered thickly in the rows, rob the soil of a vast amount of nourishment, sometimes as much as would be extracted by an ordinary crop during the whole growing season in addition to which there is imminent danger of disturbing the soil around the remaining seedlings, for the work has invariably to proceed during dry v.eather. The expense attaching to the work of hoeing and singling is considerable, and, as a rule, the latter operation costs about 7s 6d per acre, but a good deal depends upon the state of the weather, the quality of the soil, and the proportion of weeds present therein. We may assuredly be justified in urging farmers to attend more carefully to the cultivation of this and other root crops. What is wanted is a heavy crop of good sound roots, not half a crop of badly shaped inferior roots, as is usually exemplified in "stubble turnips." The latter system of cultivation tends to encourage the dreaded turnip "fly" and other insect pests, also weeds in great abundance, and as a natural consequence the land becomes seeded with these enemies of successful cultivation, with the result that following crops suffer ac- cordingly. Land deficient in lime is also apt to give rise to finger-and-toe, a disease which plays havoc with any crop of turnips or swedes. These and other drawbacks are largely under the control of the farmer him- self, and it is not a difficult matter to re- medy them, provided that liberal manuring and careful cultivation are practiced.

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WEARING SHOES T06 LONG. Farmers' horses are, as a rule, indiffer- ently, often badly, shod. That blacksmith is considered the best whose shoes remain on longest, and, knowing this to be the iarmer's test of efficiency, the smith pro- vides for it by high nailing and heavy shoes. It is not uncommon to see farm horses brought to the village smithy that have worn their shoes from three to five months. Consequently the foot gets mis-shapen, the wear is prevented while this goes on, and the font snreads over the shoe, especially at the heels, and the outcome of this is corns. Making a set of shoes last a long time is not economy if it causes lameness and per- manently ruins the feet. The reason why farmers are bad offenders is that their horses, being chiefly employed on the land, do not wear their shoes so hard as animals that work many hours daily on the roads, and this in itself furnishes additional argu- ment in favour of their ability to do with- out shoes at all. Mr Henry Thompson, M.R.CV.S. (" Ele- mentary Veterinary Lectures ")makes a simi- lar indictment" Farmers are very much to blame for not paying more attention to their horses' feet. Sometimes they allow a horse to go three or four months without being re-shod, by which time the feet are over-grown, and in such a state that it takes months to get them into condition again. It would be much better to take the shoes off altogether, and then the foot, with use, would naturally wear away. Shoes are best removed once every four or six weeks, and should never, on any account, be allowed to remain on longer than two months." How many agricultural horses get shod, or have their shoes removed, once in two months ? To allow the horse to go without shoes would be more economical—better for the feet and better for the farmer—not only in the saving for shoeing, but in the veter- inary account that usually follows neglect of feet.

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POINTS IN A GOOD DAIRY COW. When the Montgomeryshire farmer goes to market in quest of a good cow, he may find it useful to observe the following points:—(1) General conformation; (2) fineness and suppleness of hide (3) the dimensions, shape, irrigation, and condition of the udder, and some special signs of which the best known are the Guenon escutcheons and tufts. In general conformation a good milch cow differs greatly from the male type. The feminine characteristics are clearly in- dicated in the finely-shaped head, the light- ness of the head and foreparts, which seem l narrow in comparison with the breadth and depth of the hind-quarters, the slender tail, and the delicately-formed limbs. The con- dition of the hide is a precious indication, especially in the not fully-grown heifer. It should be supple, soft, slippery, and easy to manipulate, and the suppleness will remain even after the hide has become thickened and the robe coarsened by outside exposure. In the good milker the bag is ample, globe-shaped, reaching well under the belly and bulging behind, having a spongy soft- ness and elasticity to the touch. The skin of the bag should be fine and close lined, with numerous parallel wrinkles behind. If the animal has not been recently milked, and the udder is swelled, it is well to have it milked before you, so that you may be judge of the elasticity of the udder and the docility of the animal. The teats should be regularly implanted, which will give a good warranty of the symmetry and right conformation of the four quarters and the presence of supple- mentary supplies is a good sign, and indeed a precious one in the case of heifers. A well formed bag, well furnished with secretory glands, will perform its office all the better. The greater the amount of blood that it re- ceives, milk production being dependent on the blood, the better so the circulatory system ought to be well developed, and, the arteries being out of sight, an examination should be made of the veins. These should appear as flexuous channels under the skin of the udder, gathered together in front in two long swollen sinuous veins. By passing the flat of the hand under the abdomen, the disposition of these can be easily ascer- tained, and it will not be dUicult to intro- duce the first joint of the index finger within the orifice through which each vein pene- trates into the interior of the body. It is sometimes possible to perceive, just above and behind the udder, a small and very flexuous vein, and when this is apparent, one can be sure that the cow is a good milker.