The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-06-15
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| EDITOR ADVANCE: My attention was called
10 an article published IN your issue oe Nay 1s
headed Creamery rsaes In Iowa. which are@just
! and reasonable. Now Think that Mobiles county
b making start In the right direction. for In
twenty-five years Of my farming experience. the
COW and the hog. two animals with great
contrast in their habits,) have been the saliva.
ton OF the farmer; and they will be In this
county in particular, the saving and building
| up OF the farmer who makes them his cklef
| study and care. As regards the dairy business,
have had considerable experience in It. l
was brought Up to 1t in my youth. In the nrst
place, tho MOBILES county or Worthingt0n
Creamery wants to make for Itself = name for
No. butter In the market, so that the brand Of
that name xill be enqsired for. Yo1 know i
son asks you II you will sell him your horse or
whether you ask him II he will buy hun. Now,
70 give your butter the right name In the mar
manufacturer Of the butter must be interested
In each other. To make No. ! butter. the
cream must be . near even 10 quality ~ u can
form the cows should b. - near the same grade
ne cows in this county are Of all kinds. from
ner's wife kalews that some cows cream will
churn to batter IN from Is to IS minutes; others
VII VII take two hours and sometimes went bring
Is In the churn: 1t y only reasonable to suppose
when all qualities Of cream are mixed together
n:a et r 50 Hen in The time
cry will lose some. will just relate ono out OF
several instances With which I have been &C.:
quainted: When was about twenty years old
and living with my father AMI mother, l went
to An auction and bid OH a COW. She was very
good as far as quantity Of milk was concerned,
put great torment when the churning came:
enough to pay for her Keeping as we thought.
My mother Kept sa5ing she did not know how it
was, b9t she could not see much II any Increase
IN; then her cream va. kept To- isself At t tue
end OF the week we churnca as usual. The 9th
ere cows cream ehStnsd IL about 20 minutes;
We chur!lcd, believe IN was myself who took
the nrst turn for about the usual tine. but no
signs OF Sa butter ; We took turns about for two
rightly we were nearly three hours before we
made butter. ! have no doubt but all winter
es"f xfs w & tn
cows OF the same kind. That same COW was
excellent for cheese: 80 there are many good
,or Put =, F ost sa:d found
am Of the opinion that this thing Is more CON-
mon among the Durham grade tha" any other:
10 To- remedy tbs trouble should recommend
breeding IS taken and the prrtes interested
help to distribute the grade Jersey bull calves
through Mobiles county, in four Or tlye years we
be much more profitable to keep for home use,
but we would sO.M have an export trade for our
surplus COWS that would command from 80 to
9l5 each mo- e than tile uneven grade We have
now. Let the creamery propriet0rs be interest
ed to help this thing along.
consi ier 1t good cplNInno sense to raise cat
tie for sale, but it is not reasonable to suppose
that Mobiles county will be open for large herds
many wears more. It must eventually settle
up: then every man can Keep only as much
ST ok rs his own land will supply food for. |
say. pay attention to the COW and the hog and
let some other county Or state have the steers
Make tho steer calves tit for the butcher.
In regard to the Jersey and Atlcrney, they,
In my opinion are the best to pasture on the
picket. In their native islands they are raised
and kept all the time OIL the pcke;. III a pas
ture they are the most peaceabe OF any cattle
have ever been acquainted with.
Good, sweet. airy milk rooms are very neces
sary but one great point OF cleanliness as we'll
as to keep the COWS tits in good condition is to
he sure not to wet them when milking. 1t is
them TO- blister and crack in summer but il
frequently causes them to freeze i'll winter. At
this season Ut the year the cows bags arc very
liable to get dirty on account Of their feeding
st by Of the Tx ssS;Sty Of
rub the bag thoroughly. This will clean it. and
Il you BY chance vet the tits whilst milking.
dry 1t of ut once: Any one milking u COW two
tain viii never wet them again, because they
will be smooth as silk velvet. have seen pet-
pies hands, after milking four or five cows,
look - though they had been mixing mortar to
certain c"mpound in tse lime to msRe t stand
the IRE. ! used to do this myself until got
Disguised with 1t.
HsNng shall live to see this arrangement to
great measure carried out and that the cream
prodHeer AldeNanuiacturer.
EXPERIENCE. i