The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-06-22
THE DAIRY.

Whoever places much dependence
on the strainer for securing clean milk
will never make gilt-edged butter. Al
lowing dirt to get into the milk and
then depending on the strainer to get II
out. is a poor apology for cleanliness.
More or less Of the dirt, especially
everything of soluble nature, and
some that is not, will find its way
through the meshes Of the strainer.
Whoever places much dependence
on the strainer for securing clean milk
will never make gilt-edged butter. Al
lowing dirt to get into the milk and
then depending on the strainer to get it
out. is poor apology for cleanliness.
More or less of the dirt. especially
everything of soluble nature, and
some that is not. will find its way
through the meshes of the strainer.
-Acow will give more milk and make
more butter on light sunshiny day
than during one of a dull. dark char
acter. The animal eats more heartily.
digests better. while the vital forces are
active during the pleasant day. These
facts are not in themselves very impor-
tant, vet they suggest the query whether
close stabling of cows in winter OF
summer is better than giving them the
run of a yard or pasture lot.
Referring to the matter of the
amount of milk for pound of butter
and pound of cheese the jamestown
Journal makes the following estimate
from thirteen factories and three
creameries in Chautauqua County. N.
Y. for 1882: Average pounds of milk
to one pound of butter, %. p; of cheese
9.S; net to dairymen of milk made into
butter. Sl.02a per 100 pounds; made in
to cheese, SO.99I. These are the prices
for the season of 1882. In the cream
cries where the milk was skinned and
made into cheese, the cream being
made into butter, the net value of milk
per 100 pounds was Sill. 1t seems
about fair to estimate one pound of
butter to twenty-five pounds of milk.
and one pound of cheese to ten pounds
of milk.
The refuse of glucose factories is
decidedly bad stuff for milk, and dairy
men should not feed it. Some factory
men in this vicinity used it some time
ago. and the result was the poorest lot
of butter and cheese ever made any
where. In speaking of it awriter says:
:. 1t is not INITIATED. as many suppose,
by the use of sulphuric acid employed
in the conversion of starch into sugar.
for the acid is not applied to the starch
till after it has been separated from the
corn. But the corn is soaked in warm
water for about two days. and thus be.
comes stale. if not actually sour. before
grinding, the starch is quickly washed
out and the refuse at once deposited.
wet. in huge masses, and fermentation
begins Immediately. before it can be
used. and goes on with rapidity. Fer
mentation implies acid and alcohol.
which never makes good milk. They
iniure it for the use of infants and in
valids; spoils it entirely for condensing,
whatever the food they are mingled, and
depreciate it for both butter and cheese
I have repeatedly proved this in regard
to sugar meal.-Rural NeW Yorker.
Wherever dairying is carried on te
anv extent in this country, We note the
difference in the value, of land. Take
the Fox River valley in Illinois, fol
example. and farming lands are higher
in that section than elsewhere in the
State. and so it is in other States. a
few years ago many Iowa farmers were
about hopelessly in debt, but by the aiC
of dairying they were not only able &c
pay their debts. but make decided i'm
provements to their farms, thus greatly
increasing their value. In this last
named State the COW has proved to be
a wonderful mortgage litter. and she
will prove so in other States where the
conditions for dairying are as favorable
as in Iowa. The increase in the value
of land is occasioned by the liberal use
of manure, which adds to the product.
iveness of the soil and makes it possible
to grow large crops of oats, corn anC
grass for feed. When grain crop
fails. farmer has little to encourage
him to make an effort at improving his
land, SO generally he gives up in DIES
pair. the farm in a measure is neg
lected. and soon becomes Improbable
But with dairying and stock raising
with ready money coming in every
month. the farmer takes no little pride
in fixing up" knowing that for the
care he bestows upon the land he viii
be sure of a good return.-Io,od State
Register.