The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-06-07
THE DAIRY.

The Utica On. W Herald. which \,
an excellent authority on dairv matter
thinks the cold storage system is essen.
TALLY failure as applied to preseryins
butter and cheese.
"A Cedar Grove, Wis, cheese-maker
mas built curing room which is lined
Win building paper and ceiled inside
with matched stuff, and will be heated
oy large stove underneath.
The hrst new cheese sold on the
Llttle Falls Board of Trade, had wide
range IL price, running all the way from
eight to twelve cents. Fall cheese sold
At twelve to twelve and half, and butter
at twenty to twenty-five cents l -.-
The cheese season In the northwest
Is about open, and manufacturers who
have not done 50 should Immediately
put their curing rooms in thorough
order. More cheese Is wasted by imper-
feet curing rooms than in any other
way. The Advocate has frequently
called attention to the imperfect curing
rooms, and while some have needed the
warning Others have neglected to do so,
and last season they encountered the
same results, and wondered what caused
the loss.-Et0in Advocate.
-Dairymen in various portions of the
country are keeping accurate accounts
as to the receipts they obtain from their
cows. In the past there has been much
guess work about it, but now they are
furnishing the figures to show their
profits. During 1881, Charles Mil
lard, of Lake Mills. MIXED thirty-three
cows, obtaining 224. 1856 quarts for which
he received q, ,367.25. He also sold
$500 worth of hogs, and 800 worth of
calves. Deducting $500 for corn fed to
the hogs, would make the returns from
the cows, sS,067.25. or nearly 500 per
COW.
w. B. Straight, of the Western Re
serve, writing 10 the Country Gentleman
on the subject of glucose refuse, says:
'.We believe sugarless meal to be un-
wholesome food for cows, and that it
produces unwholesome milk, and for
this reason-aside from the question OF
1oss-we cannot conscientiously permit
ats use for the production of milk to be
purchased by us. We think the opinions
of New York physicians, that the causes
of much of the usual amount of sick
ness of infants and young children in the
cities of Buffalo and Erie. is attributed
to the milk produced by feeding glucose
refuse, are entitled to some weight. All
who read the papers must have noticed
the numerous statements from other au-
fhorities to the effect that this feed is un-
fit for the production of good milk. The
utter Indifference of many producers and
manufacturers in reference to the well
fare and health of those who consume
their products is growing disgrace and
shame A large majority ask them
selves only, viii our products sellP
They do not ask, Am / making . pure,
healthy article that will do the consumer
goodp' Milk is being shipped into Cleve-
land, Ohio. daily. in large quantities
from one station in particular (unless
its use has been abandoned lately) that
is produced by feeding sugarless meal,
and we believe part of the sickness of
infants and young children in that city,
as well as Buffalo and Erie. is caused by
the use of this milk We have not
heard of any Illinois dairymen using the
refuse from glucose mills, and it is to
be hoped that they will not, unless they
desire to ruin their milk.