Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-05-20
: UiS HE'S.
now acknowled ged
establishment of cheese


establishment of cheese
AS done 80 much to improve
aality aud increase the CON
nntIon, and therefore the value of
cheese, it may be well to consider
the necessity and feasibility of i'm
proving the quality ofbutter through
the means of associated capital and
fort, directed toward the establish
n'ent of butter factories. Notwith-
landing ell that has been said by
tire agricultural press on the subject
OF making butter, and the extra in
ducement offered in the way of high
er prices for s really good article,
there does not seem to be any gen
eral Improvement in the quality of
butter sent to the leading markets Of
America. So far from Improvement
hein, the order Of the day in this
article, We are afraid that quite the
reverse is the case.
This is not difficult to account for.
The farmers wives Of the present
day are very different from those of
generation ago. The spread Of
knowledge among them is doubtless
great; but the knowledge they az
4lired is too often not of the most
desirable kind. Many---too many of
,hem-rare)y extend their acqlaint-
ance Of literature beyond the pages
Ut that numerous class of trashy
story papers now so inaus,riously
circulated by means of travelling
agents. Many again trust too much
to having the household work left
entirely to the servants, who in these
days are far from being as careful or
capable as in the olden times Those
tAat are really indnstrious-and they
form tae large majori:y-arc in so
many eases left to carry on their
work unassisted, that they cannot
devote any time to Improvement,
and then they soon become so over
hurdened with cares, that it becomes
impossible for them to look properly
after the dairy en- farm. 70 this
class butter factory in their neigh
borhood would prove boon. 1t
would be The means oflesscning their
Ilbors greatly, while still enabling
them to make money out of their
diaries. 1t would also prove beneii-
cial in another way, namely: en-
eouraging the farmers TO pay more
attention to breeding stock, with
view to securing cows that would
produce milk rich in quali'y-also in
leading them to see the advantages
of improving their pastures, with the
ubicct Of keeping larger number of
COWS on the farm. Under the pre-
sent system of making butter at home,
the ability Of the farmer to probably
stock his farm, is frequently cur
tailed by the impossibili,y of having
more than the products Of a very
limited number of COWS properly at
tended to.
The best pan to be followed in
establishing butter factory has yet
10 he discovered by the results ofex-
peliments, but in any case it would
require much less outlay Of capital
Tor materials and costs of manage
ment than is necessary to start a
cheese factory. There are two
courses TO be followed. One is for
several farmers in a neighborhood to
clab together and start one, cacl4 |
supplying tie milk from his own
COWS, to be set and manipulated at
the factory by skiltnl dairymaid, |
the proceeds Of the butter to be
divided according to the quantity Of
milk supplied by each, This plan,
however, would present many diff
cui,ies.
The Other is for person to start
tie factory with his own capital and
bug the milk from the farmers, the
5}iee being regulated by the quality |
and richness OF the milk, which can
X ascertained by laclometer. In
lis ca<e the factory man would take
'he whole responsibility upon himself |
lie would require TO visit OCCASION
ally each Of those from whom he |
bought milk TO see that the COWS
we're healthy and properly managed,
rel acting the milk of those who |
allowed their cows access to bad |
water and pastures over run with |
weeds, or who treated them in a
manner likely TO make their milk
prove injurious to the interests Of the
factory.
The milk could be brought to the |
factory either by the patrons or the |
factory man, as might be most
desirable. The clurning of the
butter could be done by machinery.
A good supply Of ice and good |
spring OF pure cold water wonld be
necessary, and with all the details OF
management under the care of an |
experienced person, success in pro-
ducing q first class article, that viii /
command ready sale at high prices, |
ought to become nearly a certainty. !,
---Coustry Gentlemon.
Cruelty 10 Animals.