The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-01-26


the animal heat out of it, because warm
milk shut in a tight can is Liable to fer
ment to moro or less degree; this ope.
ration would not occupy more than five
minutes and the result would lie very
beneficial. These precautions should
he observed most certainly. Care aud
cleanliness are required to make cheese
one of the most successful In.
dustries that the farmers of this section
could possibly undertake. Cheese is an
article of food that is used all over tie
inhabited globe, and 1t is an article that
can lie shipped with the least expense
and the liabilities In shipping are the
least. We have no need Of expensive
refrigerator cars except In winter.
While the value Of u car load Of wheat
is about four hundred dollars, the value
Of car load of cheese is twenty-five
hundred. One OF the prevailing ideas
of farmers in Southern Minnesota il that
they cannot raise calves # they furnish
milk to be made into cheese. That, I
mn happy to assure them, is great mis-
take. To be sure the whey they get
back from their milk is not as good az
milk, but there ia more strength in it
than some may be led to suppose. But
that alone would not be sufficient for
the proper growth of the calf. The calf
is the most peculiar in its sustaining
qualities OF all animals, especially in re-
gard to its feeding qualities. There are
none that know this better than those who
understand the use Of the calf renet in
making cheese. One Of the principal
ideas is the degree of heat that causes
the renet to work in making cheese. 1t
has to be raised to certain degree to
make it work, and if raised a few de-
grees higher it will destroy the renet
spores and won't work at all. And so
it is in feeding the calf. The food
should be warmed in the cold weather
to blood heat. II whey is used to feed
calves it should be served in this way
and there should be something added to
il to give back about the same strength
that has been taken out and made into
cheese. consider ground oil cake the
cheapest OF anything. but care must be
taken not TO give too much Of this on
the start. There are more calves injured
by over feeding all at one time, than any
other way, and 1t is owing to the
popularity OF the Calls stomach to di.
jest food. When the calf derives its
from the mother, the food
is OF the proper temperature and quail
ty, and the milk is taken into the
at intervals so that the calf 10
not allowed IL get extremely hungry
before partaking Of food; and I believe
the nearer We can initiate nature in this
respect the better the results.
The farmer, as well as any other class
Of men. should be good .fnanciers.
They should study to utilize every.
thing raised on the farm. The grass
that serves no better purpose than q
cover for the prairie chicken should be
turned into small but continual
stream OF gold. All the grain that will
not demand price should be ground
to feed the herds. When one kind of
grain pays to sell, sell it, and use anoth-
er which does not pay to sell to feed the
stock. Place yourself on an independ.
ant scale with the Huctuating markets,
and you, of all the different GLASSES of
men, are the most independent. Some
say, I would like to enter into the dairy
business. but can't now. I'm not pre-.
pared, knowing what do now by past
experience. would make q start in
this industry if / could not start with
more than three cows, because that
would pave the way. If I had not
enough pasture to hold out till fall
would SOW piece Of corn to feed in the
fall. never knew man that under
took to keen cows for making cheese to
make failure when the factory was
run OH common sense principles. If
there was ever country where cheese
making would pay it is right here.
We have every facility that nature
could provide, and nothing remains but
to put ourselves in the way Of it, and
1t will force itself upon us. I have in
my mind two farmers that lived right
in dairy community but could not be
prevailed upon to carry their milk to a
cheese factory. Those men made but.
ter at home for ten years for fear if they
carried their milk to factory they
might never see it again. Their neigh
bors showed them how much better
their proceeds from the factory were
year after year. and finally they gained
courage enough to try it, and they have
been right there ever since. They were
some like Gen. Grant, when they got
hold they didn't know enough to let 60,
(as the rebels had it), but I see I am
getting lengthy in my writing, but If
these billiards keep up much longer
the farmers will have ample time tor
l hope we may have better
weather next month so as TO get the
benefit of the Northwestern Dairy Al.
ISOLATION. Very truly,
WIN. 7. HASTINGS.
Farming and Dairying in Mime.
sofa.