Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-12-21

herds SO al to get larger, results from the
same number of COWS. Il vt. l=1
L. Third-Ihe creamery system allows the
farmer to Keep more stock as the home
labor is lightened; can take better care OF
them, bestOW better treatment on them. A
patron OF q creamery finds out that kindness
to his COW pays at the cream gauge.
Fourth-It eduoates the patrons how and
where to set their milk to get the best re-
suits. Il @%'-s =
Fifth-It furnishes the patrons with a
market at their own door and pays him his
cash, and all the hard labor Of making
butter is removed.
Sixth "A creamery assists dairyman who
are not its patrons by moveing out of their
market large quantities of butter which
would otherwise be in direct competition
with their business.
Seventh-It enables the farmers to raise
his calves, swine and poultry in good con-
Eighth-lt brings character, reputation
and wealth to tina community where they
are established. We quote Oimsted county
IN illustration. Minnesota is the best diary
state in the Union, and we need fear no
market competition for our creamery pro-
ducts.
An interesting discussion was brought
out by this paper, regarding the practical
WORK OF gatnerlng cream.
In regard to the handling of milk Mr.. B.
F. Holmes on this subject said:
First-select good COW, kind. yellow
skinned, quiet.
Second-Give good, warm stable.
Third-Give her all she can eat and di-
gsst. Put in stable summer and winter
alike.
Fourth Milk quickly and strain at once;
and set apart from anything that can i'm
part bad odors. Set in deep cans; skim in
about twenty-four hours, aid stir the whole
every time you put cream into the cream
tank. He went on to show very wildly
the striking contrast between the careless,
Ignorant dairy farmer without plan or judg-
ment aud the improved dairy farmer who
takes due care OF every poitn of his herd,
and eiihis milk and cream. He said 81 to 6
deg. in wiI$er. and Sc to So deg. in sum-
mer is the proper temperature for churning.
A paper was read by 0. 9. Gregg of Mar
shall, How to Makel Farming in Minnesota
Successful. He said:
The STYLE of farming in this section of
Minnesota for the past ten years has not
proved it q paying business. Mortgages are
stacked up in every county aud great pros
perity is not apparent. Successful farming
is not connected exclusively with grain rails
ing. It must include stock raising. Whent
raising, il successful, must in the future
mean to take cheap wheat to the worlds
market. Our experience in wheat raising
is not promising for this section. But Min
nesota is the very first as an oat state, second
as a rye state. third rs corn state and in
the BIZ CHEAT place we must put the produc-
ton of grasses. Blue grass, timothy snd
clover are perfectly adapted here. Acre for
acre we cannot be beaten in these. We have
been striving to raise the most difficult crop,
and disregar6ing those more natural and
most pr ofitable.
On the management of craameries G. u.
Vernon Of Mankato, said:
Successful management, in order to o.
tain the best results, involves the hest
means and skill in the manufacture OF but
ter; good fnanciering, and retaining tho
among patrons.
H. 4. Holmes of ChatGela followed on tho
sane subject:
First, must be cooperation Of the cream
cry men with each other. Farmers are
coming to recognize the cream cries as their
best helpers. The difference in weather
and station makes a difference in the guam
tity OF butter obtained. Forty eight TO SIS
deg. is the proper temperature for raising
cream. Ice should not be used in raising
cream.
The last point was disputed by Secretary
Rice, Mr.. Huston and Col. Littler.
Mr.. A. P. McKinstry read paper on the
best methods of testing crea1u. He said,
two methods are known to me, which have
the past year met with success: First, the
test-tube plan; second, the Schach & Balen-
der system. The tlbe system gives only
solid inch of cream, without reference to its
value as butter maker.
The Schach u calender plan consists in
taking half inch (564 cubic inches) of
each patrons cream, churning and weigh
ing the butter ny ITSELF thus determining
the exact amount of butter he should be
what is purchased. The test is, of course,
made at the creamery. Any one can
make it at home by taking q two-quart
frait jar aud putting in q quart OF cream
and shaking it by hand until the butter
comes.
Rev. E. Miller, o. D., pastor of the First
Methodist church OF st. Paul, gave an adj
dress on Mental Culture and Agriculture.
An address was made by Col. H.. M. Little,
80 msny times reelected secretary of the
National Butter, Cheese and Egg association.
His subject was the Importance OF Our Dai-
ry Interests. One speas er says: 1.-THE COW
Another said; There is such thing as a
dairy belt just as much as theae is No. l
hard wheat belt, and We are right in the
midst Of it,"
Tnuraday morning alter an inspection of
the dairy fair, the association liste ned to
the lecture Of DR.. Grange on health of ami
mails. He took up first the cause of abor-
ton, naming amoag these:
Very COLI water in later season before par
turition. Frosted food, especially roots.
impure water. Excessive muscular exertion
Il, Il
abortion should be kept quiet. Sedatives
should be administered, such as tincture OF
laudanum or chloral hydrate, andskept in a
carefully ventilated room. If the mother
is properly cared for, milking should be
stopped six months before the birth of the
calf; should be carefully fed, but not made
too lat; allowed plenty of outdoor exercise;
no surgical operations. After caIving,
mother kept in a comfortable place for a
few days. The calf as soon as born should
be attended to. Membranes removed from
nose, etc.
Col. Littler has used for eighteen years
one pint of wheat flour s:alded to paste
for the successful bringing away of the
afterbirth. Garget is inflammation of the
udder, often accompanying parturition of
deep mixers, all quarters or one being
of over-suprly Of milk.
Sometimes result of bad milking. GLAND
hard, hot and red. Two forms of treat
ment, constitutional and local. First con-
sisls in removing constipation with epson
salts, ETC., then give diuretics like saltpetre.
Local treatment consists of application of
hot water to cause fermentation, or poul
tce of spent hops, which retain heat and
moisture a long time.
There was discussion on the Schoch &
Bolender system of testing cream. A. P.
McKinsley and G. A. Houston advocated it,
and believed that this would in time pre-
vail. This method is fair to both buyer
and producer. A certain quantity of cream
does not represent certain quantity OF but
ter. G. A. Houston then discussed the inn
portance of brand reputation:
Brands, in connection With any other
good article are very valuable and impor-
tant. A certain brand OF -four sells for