National Republican., 1877-09-20
DAIRYMEN'S MEETING.
HIGHLY INTERESTING FACTS RELA.
TIVE 10 BUTTER AND MILK


ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUND LUMrs
OF BUTrER-CREAMoMETER FUL
LERToSs BULL-wHERE THE PRESIDENT
GETS HIS NILR-AND OTHER DISCOVERIES
A stated meeting Of the Alderny Dairy As
sociation Of Farmers was held yesterday
morning at their headquarters, No. $40 I
street. Estimates were made Of the price Of
butter sent In from the farmers TO the com.
mission houses to be sold II was said that
the average was twenty cents for that sold tC
the consumer at forty cents per pound, ard
that the difference between the minimum and
maximum was
EATEN Up
BY the commission houses and wholesale hand.
iers
A report was presented from a sub-commit.
tee that the best quality Of butter could be
sold direct to the consumer for thirty-hye
cents pound that the churning would cost
three cents a pound, and that thirty-two cent.
feverts to the farmer. There would then re.
main the butter-milk, all Of which not sold to
regular transient customers could be fed tc
hogs. Arrangements had been completed to
keep two churns IN running order constantly,
one OF which would be operated by steam and
MAKE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS OF
BUTTER At ONCE.
Another subject discussed was the cost Of
milk production in summer time as compared
difference Of three cents gallon In favor Of
the former. The average quantity Of ice con-
sumed daily In the establishment on + street
had been about two thousand pounds during
the present season.
An elderly gentleman from Fairfax Court
House said he had been testing
THE OLD DuTCHMAN's CREAMoNETER
and found 1t no less utilitarian than simple
He solicited the reporter to omit his name,
which was followed by general request that
a. the meeting was to some extent private, the
reporter would not be "too fresh" about pub
fishing anybody's patronymic, or they would
"sour on him."
THE cREANoMETER
consists Of small narrow glass, through the
side Of which the natural line Of dcmarkaton
between the cream aud milk is observable
1t came to the notice Of the association in con-
sequence Of visit to Schmidt, the great Dutch
dairyman In New York, who is running forty
wagons, daily engaged in supplying retail Gus.
toners solely. 1t was said: "The larger the
quantity of cream the finer the quality of the
milk"
At this juncture the reporters attention was
called to the fact that some old ladies still use
their
FoREHEAps As A THERMOMETER.
"They dip one Of their fingers IN the milk
and then rub the milk on their forcheads to
ascertain its temperature for churning. But
~ sometimes, when the old lady has the
fhills, or has just had brush with her hus.
band, Is in a high state Of dudgeon, excite
ment and fever, she Is likely to be deceived.
We do all that differently here. Our instru.
ments are perfect" was said.
DO you use Il lactometerY' the reporter in.
quircd.
NO, Stree" an enthusiastic member ex-
Claimed; that instrument is failure and a
fraud"
The reporter called the attention of the gen
a.. Al. r
nsh any of their names, it might seem they
were not the most expert in the business.
well, If You want to inform the public
who we are, said ono Of the members, lean
ing back In his chair and putting one Of his
thumbs in an arm-hole Of his vest, "you can
say that the gentlemen engaged in this enter.
prise are men of wealth. who own large farms,
stocked with the finest cattle that can he pur.
chased anywhere; such rs Judge Fullerton, of
New York, who has magnificent farm at
Clifton, Va. about eighteen miles from here.
The herd on that farm Is Holstcin and
Alderny. There is bull there only three
years old that weighs thirty-two hundred
pounds Il cost the enormous sum Of fourteen
Thousand dollars, and was purchased from the
american Agricultural College in Boston.
You can tell the readers of The REPUBLICAN,
Shat Is really
REFINED BULL.
Another source of supply Is the farm Of the late
Dr. Johnson three and n half miles below
Alexandria, and which Is now managed by his
Son"
BY request the reporter allowed himself to
be "creamated, as customers usually are and
found II very nice. In the meantime, how
ever the meeting had adjourned until the
18th proximo
HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT.
"How long has this dairy combination been
IN existcncer' the reporter inquired of Mr.. +.
K. Wsfd.
About two years" he replied. while
was In Government employ my business re-
qnired me TO ride about the city. saw the
necessity for a pure article of milk. There
was sIop.tub in every milk wagon"
What for2"
"slops from the houses, potato peelings and
the like. then went to New York and else.
where, and thoroughly investigated the busi-
ness, got all the good ideas l could, and am
utilizing them now"
How much milk is consumed in the city
daily"
~ suppose the city numbers one hundred
and sixty thousand people, and perhaps they
consume half pint per capita. The average
OF about what each person sells who IL in the
business is from ten to fifteen gallons. And
you eau say there are some cows in this city
mp alleywsys, that never see grasses at all,
particularly In the winter-time. They are
ied upon brewers grains and household slops
They become bloated, just like a lager beer
Guzzler."
The milk these cows yield Is abominable;
the amount Of cream is simply nothing There
Is no yield at all it is ali liquid. have
known cows in calying to die right off, be-
cause they were unhealthy from the effects of
what they had been fed on. This movement
bere was started with ton gallons of milk.
Now We sell Ave hundred gallons daily The
Bon ton held sloof at first they are all with us
today. The quality has effected the change
numerous wagons serve about two hundred
and ffty customers every morning between
i've and eight O'Clock. This could not he ac-
ecmplished hut that the business il thoroughly
0'stematiHed. Thirty-cight hundred dollars
cash was put In the business to start with.
From one hundred to one hundred and twenty
dollars month was sunk for seven months.
Now it is paying Handsomely. Quality did it,
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