The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-12-14
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,

How DEEP SHOULD MILK BE SET P
For years this has been q inooted oues-
ton with butter makers. But the gen.
eral practice has been to put about %
inches OF milk in each vessel in sum mer,
and about 8 in winter. Experiments
made with great care the summer past
have proved the error of this usage, and
it is now generally conceded that more
cream and better can be secured by al
lowing the milk TO stand in deep pals.
A correspondents of The Rural Ne,o-
Yorker sends the results of two expert
ments as follows:
The first series of experiments was
made at Hummerson g. WHY'S dairy in
Little Valley, in cans 1S5 inches in di.
ameter and 20 inches deep, with 157 lbs
of milk taken from their dairy of 1O2
COWS the rest of the milk was sent to
the factory. The experiment was con.
Quoted by Mr.. H. himself, each time
producing lbs. of butter of superior
quality. The cream was taken from the
milk as soon as the change began to
show itself, or before souring. This was
made in July when the thermometer
stood in the room at 90o and upward,
in the afternoon of each day. The milk
was brought by the cooler as low as 600
in l hour and ten minutes after it was
put in the can, and kept at that temper
ature until the change (the time vary
ing from SO to so hours), and the cream
was churned at once, yielding 6 lbs. for
each experiment, or nearly lb. of but
ter from 26 lbs. of milk. Mr.. II. says
that the surroundings did not give
fair test.
The next experiment was tried in
Cold Spring, in the dairy of VIM. K.
Miller. They have 40 COWS, and have
been using for the last two years the
Pope and Tuttle pans in their dairy at
Cold Spring, also in their dairy in
Machiees. They are using all the known
facilities for making good butter, having
running water in their milk-room, and
ice whenever it is needed to keep the de-
sired temperature. This trial was made
the first ten days of August, and designed
to be a thorough test of the manner of
setting milk. The mornings milk was
used each time, the milk being divided
into nearly equal parts; first expert
ment, 1869 lbs. in the deep can Ia
inches and 141 lbs. in the pan 81 inches
deLp. The water was taken from the
same tank to keep the temperature of
the milk standing at about $50, it sour
ing in the pans in 40 hours and not
changing in the can till 4S hours. The
cream was churned as soon as taken
from the milk, the can producing lbs
lbs. 10 OF, or 10. of butter from % lbs.
6 o. of milk, and the can lb. of butter
from % lbs. 10 OF.
CHARCOAL AS A GENERAL REMEDY
Our rule has always been to give moth
ing, unless we know exactly what to do !;
and in the meantime attend to every
exterior comfort practicable. If the
weather is cold, place it in warm quar-
ters, avoid all exposure, and attend to
pure air and strict cleinliness. But there
is one medicine that can never do harm,
and is commonly beneficial; this is,
pulverized charcoal. AS we have Just
remarked, nearly all sick animals be-
come so from improper eating, in the
first place. Nine cases out OF ten, the
digestion is wrong. Charcoal is the
most efficient and rapid corrective. 1t
will cure in majority of cases, if
promptly administered. An example of
its use-the hired man came in with
intelligence that one of the finest COWS
was very sick, and a kind neighbor
proposed the usual drugs and poisons.
The owner being i'll and unable to ex-
anime the COW, concluded that the
trouble came from some over eating,
and ordered tea-cup of pulverized
charcoal given in water. 1t was mixed,
placed in junk bottle, the head held
upward, and the water with its charcoal
poured downward. In five minutes an
Improvement was visible, and in few
hours the animal was in the pasture
quietly eating grass. Another instance
of equal success occurred with young
heiter which became badly bloated by
eating green apples after hard wind
The bloat was so severe that the sides
were almost as hard as barrel. The
old remedy, saleratus. was tried for the
purpose of correcting the acidity. Bat
the attempt to put it down always caus
ed coughing, and it did little good. Hal
a teacupful of fresh powdered charcoal
was next given. In six hours all ap'
pearance of bloat had gone, and the
heifer was well.-C Country Gentleman.
A BETTER SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING
MILK.-In respect to such an article O
constant family consumption as milk, or
whose purity the health of a whole gen
GRAFTON directly depends, the scheme o
the middle-man has no essential appli
cation. The farmer need not sacrific'
anything like the half of what he now
sees grabbed from his pocket in order tc
establish and support comprehensive
system of distribution. A Milk Pro
ducers' Exchange is as feasible as CoII
Exchange, or a Shoe and Leather Deal
ers' Exchange. The machinery needed
is simple, and there must be plenty o
minds capable of inventing it at once
Only let the producers Individually
make up their minds firmly that the ex
isting extortion shall bs terminated, anC
the way will open as fast as they ad
vance. Frank discussions of the matte
In convention are the very thing wanted
The producers are indignant, the con
SumerS are dissatisfied, and the tryranni
Cal dealers are at the mercy of both. Tn,
only thing to do is to bring about
union that will crush the latter out. l
the farmers would have the public hell
them, they have but to show first thei
ability to help themselves.-MdsS. Pl0,o