Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-09-26
OF Interest to Dairymen.

or Interest to Dairymen.
Cold Spring Creamery is situated two
miles northwest Of Whitewater Wis.,,
the property of w. M. Marshall, and
operated by himself and sons. The
milk Of slxty-two cows, owned on the
farm, and the cows Of fourteen other
farms in the vincinity, is daily manu-.
featured into butter and cheese. The
butter is sold mostly in Eastern mar
kets, and to-day Mr. Marshall closed
out large lot OF tubs to go to Colorado
The cheese is all sold in the Liverpool
and London markets, and sells for NJ
high price ~ the choice brands Of
English cheese. Mr.. Marshall hne
made as high AZ 100000 pounds Of
cheese in II single season. To us, the
most interesting feature Of this impor-
tant industry was the manner and
by which Mr.. Marshall preserves his
butter and cheese for mn indefinite
period and in n perfect condition.
The cheese and butter store-room il
sixty feet long, ten feet high, and fifteen
and half feet wide, with an arched
roof. The store.room is built Of stone
aud brick, and will store 5000 boxes Of
cheese. The temperature, the day we
visited il, Mt q o'clock in the afternoon,
was fifty degrees, while outside the
store-room tho mercury stood ut ninety
degrees. Yon will very naturally ask
what causes this wonderful difference Of
temperature. The whole secret lies III
what is termed the subearth air-duct.
| Three hundred feet from tho cheese
and butter store-room IL II dry well,
| twelve feet deep, covered Mt the top with
wire gatlze. At the bottom of the well
commences duct twenty-five
inches wide and eighteen inches high
brieked over, but with the floor left in
its natural state. Through this duct the
mir passes along on II level with the
cheese store-room. AT the point Of en-
trance stove is placed for the purpose
Of creating n draft, or, in other words,
M Mr., Marshall expresses it, Sucking
tho mir from the duet" This dry-nlr
duct passes along the whole length of
the store house under the floor, and ut
the extreme end finds vent through
grated wooden ycntilntors. Az the dry
mir comes up through the ventilatora ii
drives out every atom Of moist mir, and
the temperature is nearly perfect.
During tho summer the mercury
never rises higher than 30 degrees, and
in tho winter never falls lower than 40
degrees. In order TO test the purity and
also the fprcc Of the air M il comes into
the chceseroom through the duct, Mr..
Marshall tucked II piece of cotton cloth,
twelve inches long and one inca wide,
ovCr tho vent. The force Of all was 80
great that it drove it to mn angle of 80
degrees. Az wo inhaled this dry mir,
and filled our lungs with it TO their ut
most capacity, it did seem to rs that we
Ind never inhaled 80 pure il breath Of
mir in our lives.
In September last Mr.. Marshall stored
large amount OF cheese in this room.
His general practice is to take his cheese
from his creamery after it il Il month
old, and store ii here until he wishes to
sell il. This cheese remained in the
store-room until tho day Of our visit.
When taken out il was found to he sweet
and mellow, and very easy Of digestion.
Mr.. Marshall stated to us thai there
is large class Of persons who, owing
to weak stomach, are unable to eat
cheese. But he has found ready
market now for all his cheese which
hns been subjected to the "dry-air
duct" We tasted some Of this cheese,
and were not surprised when MIR. Mar
shall showed us his account of sNles
from Liverpool, that this cheese sold as
higA NJ any Cheddar in tho market.
During the present harvest MIR. Mar
shall killed n tat sheep, and hung il up
in his store-room, There il remained
for ton days, until il had MI been eaten
upon the farm. Every farmer il sum
mer knows the great difficulty in pro-
curing "piece Of fresh meat" and
when he has obtained it does not
know how To keep it fresh until II is all
cOnsnmed-ou own experience last
week when we wished TO kill II South
down lamb. In order to have what we
wished for our own taplo, we were
obliged To give away three-iourths of
the sheep, and cat what was left our
selves. With the use of the dry.air
duet loo IL entirely done away with.
Bat storing in ahice house causes the
tubs to shrink badly, and thus renders
il bad for shipping. II has been found
MI almost utter impossibility to keep
M ordinarily constructed cheese house
cool, from the fact that they are
usually constructed of wood, and very
often, when built Of brick, the cheese
spells ifkept through tho hot weather.
The cost of tho sub.earth air-duet is
only u nominal sum, and is tho inven.
tion Of j. Wilkinson Chicago 1rib une
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KING ALFuNsos new quecn-elec,, the
Observation-Disclosures Christina, il de-
scrihod hy " foreign correspondent rs
tall and elegantly formed, bold and
very graceful horsewoman, an excel
lent musician, tho mistress vi several
languages, and possessed of fine How
Of animal spirits. She is considered
somewhat hoidenish, withal. and is de-
cended i'll direct line from the Arch
duke Charles, the military competitor
Of tho First Napoleon. Queen Isabella,
to facilitate this match, which she has
always favored, oilers to transfer to her
sons future consort all the jewels re-
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