The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-09-29
THE DAIRY.

AS an illustration of the growing
dairy prosperity of the Northwest. we
note the decline Of the beet raising
business in the dairy belt. Iowa sold
$40, o0G, COO worth of beef cattle in
1879. In 1880 it was only So.o0o,00o,
while in 1881 trifle over Sc. 1900. 900.
This not because Iowa raises less stock
than formerly, but because she raises
more for dairy purposes; and, where
dairies abound. beef raising Is Of
secondary Importance.
Cows left to pick their living
through the hot weather often suffer
even when the pasture is reasonably
good, rather than go out to grazo dur.
ing midday heats. Ii they are put in
dark stable through tho day. waterod
and given a soiling feed Mt, noon. the
animals will be much more comfort
able and their milk product will be in
creased. 10 this extent selling should
ta pracuced by those who adhere TO the
pasturing system.
AT recent dairymen's convention
one of the members, during tho course
of his remarks, among other hints
about farm economy, said eff there
is anything under heaven that will
raise the mortgage of your farm
quicker than COW / do not know what
1t Is. It has proved TO be the best
duced into Illinois, Iowa and Wiscon-
sin, and 1t will do as much for other
States as it has for these Il a8IatHn.
A correspondent Of contemporary
says It Is q bad plan to mix the curd
left over from one days make
with the curd of the next day.. When
thers Is not enough curd to make
another cheese it will do no particular
harm il the curd is thrown into hoop
whore it will drain, and mix it with tho
curd of the following day, though it
viii probably produce amottled cheese.
The trouble is to get two patches of
cheese made. and colored exactly
alike. W
II Here is as good an idea as we have
come across in many day. 1t comes
from the american Caltirdtor. Who
ever places much dependence on the
straner for securing clear milk will
never make gilt-edged butter. Allowing
dirt to get into milk and then depend,
ing on the strainert TO ctitout Is a good
apology for cleanliness. More or less
Of the dirt, especially everything Of q
soluble nature, and some that Is not,
will find its way through the meshes Of
the strainer The justice Of this COM
ment viii be apparent TO The casual
reader when he remembers that all tho
trash and dirt thatlodges in the strainer
is washed and melted by al the warm
milk that is subsequently poured into
the strainer, unless care Is taken to
clean the strainer after each bucket Of
milk is poured through IL, and this pre-
caution is very rarely taken, though it
is a proper one.--1hc Daatypiaaa.
The centrifugal cream separator is
the coming Improvement in the dairy.
BY and by the milk will be creamed as
soon as it is sufficiently cooled, and the
sweet cream churned and made into
good butter All the talk and disputing
about sweet cream vs.. sour cream is
simply due to our want of knowledge
OF how to make good sweet cream but
ter. No doubt this is the sweetest and
most delicious of all kinds, but it is nee
essary to use it fresh. And whyshould
it not be so usedp Many Yeas ago Ii
was customary to churn the night and,
morning milk mixed all together, with
out setting it for cream. 1t was in
this way that the fine butter given by
the early Shorthorn cows in the north
OF England was churned, and the Ken
dali Cumberland, England) butter
sent in pound prints to the London
market was of the very best quality.
With the facilities for communication
that we now nosspss there il no n ora
reason why the butter should "be
kept than there is that our mutton or
our game should ''be kept until its
odor pervaded not only the house, but,
the coming guest could smell his din.
ncr mile OFF, as was once the fashion
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