The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-29
Better Care Of Milk.

DOOoOA NdAC vi
AS the area devoted to the dairy in
terests enlarge, we are led to speculate
upon its future greatness. Are we to
go on increasing, always finding mar
ket for our butter and cheese, good,
bad and Indifferent, or will there be such
an enormous quantity placed upon
the market that only the good will be
accepted and the bad rejected, thereby
forcing the manufacturers of the poorer
grades to work out their own salvation
or go to the wallp Such turn in af-
fairs would confine the production of
butter and cheese to those who aim, to
make only fine goods, and who are en-
abled to accomplish this point by the
use of the best appliances and the aid
OF human skill and ingenuity to assist
them in the manufacture of the finer
grades of butter and cheese. There
fore it is necessary that we watch every
manipulation of the milk from the time
1t leaves the COW Gin fact the food
which is given the cow to the time it is
placed in the hands of the consumer in
the form of butter and cheese. The
responsibility for its good care up to
the time of its delivery to the manu-
facturer rests with the farmer. Much
as this subject has been dwelt upon,
and although many precepts have been
laid down, not one-half of the dairy
men who take milk to factories
feel the responsibility resting upon
them. Many seem to think
that any time or money spent in car
ing for their milk is SO much clear loss
to them personally, although it may
Benefit the manufacturer, falling to see
that any deterioration in the quality of
single can of milk will affect all the
butter and cheese made that day, and
consequently lessen the dividend that
should come to them. The other half
of our dairymen deserve the credit of
seeing the necessity of taking proper
care of their milk, delivering it to the
manufacturers in a good condition. In
discussing this question Mr.. G. S. Kel-
baum gives some very valuable sugges-
tons to the Indifferent and inexperi-
enced dairymen of the grave results
that come through their carelessness
He says manufacturers want the full
and hearty cooperation of every dairy
man in endeayoring to get the best pos
sible results from their milk with the
least per centage of loss. Good COWS,
well fed and well watered, will produce
good milk. Well watered means plenty
of good, healthy water, from running
stream or good well. 1t is notorious
fact that poor water-or water from
stagnant pools-is the cause of more
faint in milk in the summer time than
anything else. Salt, regularly given,
adds to the quantity as well as the
quality of milk. If it be possible, let
your COWS have access to plenty of
shade during the hot days of summer,
for many can of milk is spoiled by a
single pailfull drawn from COW in an
overheated condition. Do not hurry
your cows. Do not allow your men to
beat them nor dogs to worry them.
They will give more and better milk
for the kindness bestowed on them.
When your men come to milk, insist
that they clean the bag and teats with
water, if they need it, and then dry
them before milking; and, for heavens
sake, don't allow them to drain the
dirty mixture into the pail. Look to it
that every pail, every strainer, every
can, is washed in cold water first, and
then most thoroughly with hot water,
drained. and allowed to get the SUMS
rays upon them, if possible, for there is
no purifier like good pure air and
bright sun. '7'
Every dairy farmer should be pro.
vided with q good milk-house, situated
at good distance from the COW stable,
so that it may be free from the disa-
greeable odors that milk is always sure
to absorb if left all night in the COW
stable. If you have not running water
in the milk house, provide yourself with
a good windmill pump. As soon as
the milk is drawn, carry it at once to
the milk-house. Have the water about
your cans changed several times, and
the milk stirred to prevent cream rails
ing, until it is cooled to about sixty de-
grees for the nights milk. and sixty-five
degrees for the mornings. During all
this time be sure and leave the can
covers off, to allow the animal heat to
escape. Do not mix your mornings
and nights milk, but place them in sep
arate cans, even if you have only can
altogether. Carry to the factory as
soon after milking as it is cooled to the
proper temperature, using, if possible,
a spring wagon, to prevent too great
churning of the milk on rough roads.
Always cover your cans with blanket
to protect the milk from the sun in
summer and from the cold in the win
ter.-Anaerican Dairyrnan.