The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-14
milkmen.- Around here know Of only one

A.Well. you may hear some Of our milkmen
Ing extrao ordinary quantities ofmilk, but gener-
ally. when you go into dairy and ask dairy
man which is his bes- COW, and he will take you
out into the yard and point to his 5000 gallon
Q.-How much do our COWS yield2
A.-Our CREOLE COWS. those born and raised
day The Western COW when they can be &C.
climated. yield from three to four gallons. But
which one out Of ten is saved and then with
great deal of care. They must not be allowed
to 60 out In the hot summer SUM- or they can't
Q.-Is there any danger In the milk yielded
by sick cows -..--..,-.
,A.--There cannot be, for as soon as a COW gets
sick 1t ceases to yield milk and that is about the
only way that the dairyman learns that she
Jean Marie then went on to say that the dairy
business was a precaTious one nowadays, and
| that q man who owned forty cows could reckon
on no morett an about thirty gallons Of milk
ee sss - eaIsise afta etheF aeeiaeRts. :.
Q-Why isn't the business as profitable now
Because formerly corn, which is the best
feed for yielding purposes used to be cheap.
II used to sell tor 80 cents. and now corn comes
year corn Is cheaper, but the usual Eigh prices
have caused the milkmen to cease using boiled
corn. and take to cotton seed cake, which Is also
fine feed for the COWS.
PAUL BRoUssE
also runs dairy on the Metairie Ridge. near
the Orleans Shooting Park, and has about thirty
cows. Our visit to his establishment was dis
ny e yoans mhe hser had ben
brought In with gored udder, and the entire
household was in an uproar ut the accident
m An Me s9 noce calling as au
| q cream cheese can and smoke It," We were
soon Initiated into the mys cries OF curing
COW with good udder, and given an eyplnna-
ton Of the mystic ious smoking" proc IS. The
COW was led int her stall and her legs tied with
strong ropes and she was hed 3, stalwart cow
| into the stahe armed with an old cream cheese
can filed with coats, which she placed under
| fire quantity Of sweet oil from a bottle which
was handed to her. While the process OF fumi-
Cation was going on. Nine Paul Bronsse the
absent), looked on with humid eyes. 1t was one
| Of her best cows, she said, pet born and raised
n the family, that had Just gone ont to Craze. and
! there she was In pitifui 8 ate The fumigation
was intended as Il prevent We against lock jaw.
and was universally, prac,,ised dams notre pays.
lost sad s panIe n ba VIII dS
mtnation Of the scene was violent struggle on
the part of the MANNED h~ifer to free herself
from her shackles. and in u second more the
cream cheese ran, and the Goals were flying !n
one direction. the bottle in another. and the old
lady was retreating hastily from the vicinity OF
| few minutes afterwards we were conversing
with Nine. Brousse about the milk business.
From what she said we concluded that this dairy
was being conducted on old principles. eschew-
ing the use Of swi. which che said fattened
the cattle. but did not always improve the yield
m hsbaaa on s he Il, made ed aey
on boiled corn MS was evidenced by one Of the
old time cauldrons lying in the corner of the
The milk business was bad now. AS far as
their dairy was concerned there was no neces-
sity of watering the milk for they had more
than they could sell: and people didn't pay
nowadays rs they used TO.
} What do you do with your surplus milk
Ave make cream cheese; but. my dear sir
just imagine, 1t takes twenty cents worth oil
milk to make cream cheese that We sell fot
five cents.
Madame Brousss then related an incident
OF the business, affecting q restaurant man or
show how pssss ssf SUI The 5Ssasss was
piled the restaurant keeper with milk for some
time and when the bill had reached the sum o
$3.50 q settlement was called for. Mr.. Brouss'
accepting the note Of the Journalist. 2 boarde
at the restaurant, for the amount. the jour
nalist. It also appears, thus settling his owl
, account with the restaurant man. The note II
now being sued for In one of our courts.
} PIERRE MARCERE.
Metairie Ridge, near the City Park has beef
engaged in the milk business since 1910, ant
thinks that prices have fallen down and bust
ness slackened considerably. He thinks tha
there is too much competition; milk now sell
from thirty FIVE to forty five cents per gallon
Cows are Eel on great variety Of fod ,eI
Their principal nouriShment consists OF cOttol
, fine and moistened with well water. The COW
roam at large during greater part OF the dhy
and are driven in the stables to be fed. The
| are MIXED whilst eating Mr.. Marcere con
siders corn, cotton seed meal and grass as tn
best nonrishment and the most efficient i 100 %
; refuse from distIleries and breweries. the sup
ply having fallen off considerably.
BERNARD TUHEIL,
milkman., residing on ,Bienvile street. n1ea
. Metairie Ridge. said: Tho best food for milo
,r,o r hnr mil
for eighteen years, and feed my COWS principal
= ly on mixture Of cotton seed meal, chat, cor
/ meal, and sometimes stale biscuits. 1t is nc
very easy to state what quantity OF mil. a Coz
0 yields each day: i depends on many an eircun
ment Of the animals think That fair Aver
a reporter, 'and lose great deal Of money b
dealing f'airy with my customers,I give the1
q sure" The reporter assured Mr.. Tuhei Of hi
n deepest sympathy, and withdrew to intervie
: another victim of honesty. the best of policies
ia practice, judged from the milkman
y We next called upon
). J FERRAND.
h who owns large dairy on the Metairie Ridg
a our reporter reached the place Mr.. Ferran
was about to start in his. cart on bis dai
e round. The following is the interview vii
- - Reporter-Mr. Ferrand. will you allow, me
. few minutes Of your time in order that l ms
=, have some information from you with regal
y, to diaries, cows etc.
n FerraDd-Why?
a a Rep.Becapse it is question which may IL
III Ferrand assuming suspicious look,-Wl
are you. anyhow? Do you want to buy
dairy?
K. Rep. (modestly)-No. sir.
rs Ferrand-Then, do you want to sell me son
al Rep' (who had come to interview and who W
:" interviewed in return)-NO. sir: do not man
Is pulate in the CIV feed market.
te Ferrand-Well, sDh0 are you?
I'd Ren.~i have told you'll am reporter
): 90 ID ut in search Of news aud hope to FL
y some hing interesting in this part Of town.
id 7 have no use for newspaper; have nothi
ID to do with a newspaper. Good day. sir; who
at eet up. Jim-and he was of. -,
Or The interview was thus DrOuRHt u d suuu