The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
THE DAIRY.

AS an illustration OF the growing
dairy prosperity of the Northwest, we
note the decline of the beef raising
business in the dairy belt. Iowa SOLD
s15. OOO. 600 worth of beef cattle IN
1879. In 1880 it was only Sg,O00,0O0'
while in 1881 trife over sc, 500,OO0.
This not because Iowa raises less stock
than formerly, but because she raises
more for dairy purposes; and, where
diaries 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 Craze dur
ing midday heats. If they are put IN
dark stable through the day, watered
and given soiling feed at noon, the
animals viii be much more comfort
able and their milk product will be IN
creased. To this extent soiling should
be practiced by those who adhere to the
pasturing system.
At recent dairymen's convention
one of the members, during the course
Of his remarks, among other hints
about farm economy. said: ''lf there
is anything under heaven that will
raise the mortgage off your farm
quicker than a COW do not know what
it is. 1t has proved to be the best
mortgage litter that was ever intro
luced into Illinois, Iowa and Wiscon-
sin, and it will do as much for other
States as it has for these
"A correspondent of contemporary
saws it is bad plan TO mix the curd
eft over from one days make
with the curd of the next day. When
there is not enough curd to make
another cheese it will do no particular
harm if the curd is thrown into hoop
where it will drain. and mix it with the
ourd of the following day, though it
will probably produce amottled cheese.
The trouble is to get two patches of
cheese made and colored exactly
alike
Here is as good an idea as we have
come across in many day. 1t comes
from the AHer,can CUljicGt0r. Who
ever places much dependence on the
strainer for securing clear milk will
never make gilt-edged butter Allowing
| dirt to get into milk and then depend
ing on the strainer to get itout is good
apology for cleanliness. More or less
of the dirt, especially everything of a
soluble nature, and some that is not,
will find its way through the meshes of
the strainer The justice of this COM
ment will be apparent to the casual
reader when he remembers that all the
rash and dirt that lodges in the strainer
S washed and melted by all 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 it, and this pre-
caution is very rarely taken, though it
is proper one.-Ihe Dairyn1an.
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 why should
it not be so used? Many years ago it
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 possess there is no more
reason why the butter should "be
kept than there is that our mutton OF
our game should ''be kept until its
odor pervaded not only the house, but
the coming guest could smell his din
ner mile OIL, as was once the fashion.
The Dairy.