NOTE TO THE WWER The tables on pages 45 and 58 have been left as a replica of the original because there is no way to ensure a clear reading if the size is reduced. Farmer and Dairyman Edited by T.D. Curtis. AN EIGHT PAGE MONTHLY, 6 COLUMNS 20 INCHES LONG TO THE PAGE. THE * BEST * AND * CHEAPEST * PAPER * PUBLISHED FOR THE Dairy or the Farm. IT KEEPS UP WITH THE TIMES AND GIVES ALL THE LATEST METHODS AND IDEAS. [Illustration] Price Only 50 Cents a Year. T.D. CURTIS & SONS, - SYRACUSE, N.Y. [Illustration: THOMAS HIGGIN, ESQ., LIVERPOOL, Inventor of the Higgin Improved Process for manufacturing Salt, an improvement in this industry as important as the Bessemer process in the manufacture of steel. His firm are the owners of two of the largest salt works in the Cheshire salt district, turning out immense quantities of this article, which they ship to all parts of the world.] THE HIGGIN "EUREKA" SALT CO., Liverpool, England, and 116 Reade St., New York. USING POOR SALT TO SEASON GOOD BUTTER IS LIKE USING POOR THREAD IN SEWING GOOD CLOTH. HIGGIN'S "EUREKA" ENGLISH HIGH GRADE DAIRY * AND * TABLE * SALT [Illustration] GOLD MEDALS AND HIGHEST AWARDS AT THE Great Fairs of the World. 1st Prize Centennial Ex., Phila. 1876 " Ex. Universelle, Paris 1878 " Dairy Show, London 1879 " Dairy Show, Dublin 1879 " International Exposition, Melbourne 1881 " International Exhibition, Adelaide 1881 " Dairy Show, London 1882 " International Exhibition, New Zealand 1882 " Dairy Show, London 1883 " Dairy Show, London 1884 " World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Ex. New Orleans 1885 Over $15,000 in Premiums were awarded to parties using =HIGGIN'S "EUREKA" SALT= in their Prize Butter and Cheese at the principal Dairy Fairs in the U.S., carrying sweepstakes and highest awards wherever put in competition.