Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-18
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Tho ru,ure OF American Dairymen.

and that prices tor DAIRY pfooue'o wa
tairIv fall below the cost Of production. on
the other hand some OF the best informed
and most careful observers among our n9fl-
cultural writer's, insist that this Will not De
the case. that the rapidly increasing con-
snontion of cheese and butter will fully
eonai ,he increased production. There is
no onestion but that the daily business may
he overdone. We do not, however thlnK
il will be TO any great extent; yet with the
strong disposition among american iarm-
ers to engage in any speciality which pays
well nj the time--as has been the case IN
marked degree with dairying for :. lew
ears past, it is quite probable th,t the
prices of cheese especially Will be lower
This whole question is one worthy OF care
full study by dairymen and those thinking
of engaging in the business. ,
As the safest plan in largo majority OF
cases we recommend mixed or general
farming, or at least that exclusive attention.
he not given to any specially. so while
we would not advise those engaged IN the
business TO retire from it. 1t may well De
seriously questioned by them Whelhef any
increase in il will be advisable next year,
and whether it may not be we'll TO give
some attention to other branches OF farm
inc. We certainly think that some stock
might be raised by dairymen with pront.
A supply of good mich cows Tor sale "a az
low prices is each year becoming more dlni-
cult to find, and when the time spent III
looking them up, the cost and dangers OF
TRANSPORTATION the greater probability OF
securing some poor cows, the danger OF In
trodncing disease and many other things
are taken into consideration, we cannot but
believe that an increasing number OF garry
men will find it to their interest to ralse
their COWS rather than buy them.
TO the man who is prepared Tor IL, we
believe stock raising will be, for years 10
come a profitable business over large
mart Of onr country. The dairy farmer VINO
has fine pastures and meadows, GOOD shel-
tor, and good arrangements for feeding,
has many of the needed preparations at
his hand. To this he has each year
n stock CT calves necessarily thrown on his
hands, to be disposed of in some way, and
we believe many of them, especially IN The
West, viii find it TO their advantage to
raise and fatten steers for market as well
as COWS for the dairy. OF course II cows
for the dairy are to be raised, dalrymen
must take more care in the selection OF
bull than many OF them now do we
are not to be understood as recommending
that all the calves should be raised
We suggest these things now, that dairy
men NAV have time 10 think on them be-
fore another season commences. III the
spring of 1871 gives promise OF as great an
addition to the number Of cheese factories
as has been the case this year, we should
certainly feel 1t unsafe to continue TO rely
altogether on chees making rs source OF
profit. 1t is possible that some such ex-
perience as has befallen those farmers who
have grown, almost exclusively, wheat, wool
or hops, may befall those exclusively en-
gagged in dairying.
CLEAN MuK.-A correspondent OF the
Congregationalist communicates to that pa
per tae following plan for Keeping mix
perfectly clean: Having recently COM
menced selling milk | find it requires
much care to keep the COWS perfectly clean
and have adopted some new measures
which may be of some interest to other
mixers. In the first place the floor on
which the COWS stand is raised SO that va.
tor will run back into the trench, which is
xix inches lower than the floor Before
begin 70 milk | take a hoe and clean this
aoar. | then take bucket, large enough
10 .te hold Of a cows bag, fill t with cold
ao,.r with which l wash their bags thor
ougA.y, which not only makes them clean
but prevents their teats from becoming
Hore
Sawdust is then spread on the floor, and
az ! have some COWS which are inclined TO
brush my face when milking take a cord,
pass it over pulley which i fastened over
head behind the cows; attach weight to
one end Of the cord, slip moose the other
end around the end OF the cows tail,
which prevents her from brushing dirt into
the milk. l then brush the cows and be-
gin to milk where began to wash. milk
into wooden pail, turn it into tin strain
or pail, and then strain It into tin can
through @ cloth strainer which is attached
to the top OF the ean by wire, and we
hear no complaint Of dirty milk,
THRrYsx hours in summer and forty
eight in winter is the proper time to allow
milk to stand before skimming. 1t is better
to take off the cream before the milk lop-
pers, Many good butter-makers will dis
pute this rule, but repeated experiments
have proved that more butter. and Of a
better quality is obtained from cream sepa.
rated from the milk just as the lactic acid
has developed itself, and before the milk
has become thick, Though the cream
seems thicker after fermentation has taken
place it does not possess SO much richness
From II given quantity of milk--one
skinned just after it soured, the other
when loppered-two pounds more Of butter
were made from the former method, Civ.
ing quite gain to the purse, though it
may entail little more trouble upon the
dairymaid.
PROBABLY majority of educated men
and large majority of edpcators would De-
eide that manual labor ut colleges would
not be successful. Yet the evidence OF the
faculties at the Agricultural Colleges O!
Michigan, Iowa and Maine, is very en-.
phatc in favor Of this system. Protessog
johnson, Superintendent OF the College
Farm at Orono, Maine, says 1t is very APP
parent the labor system is n benefit to the