Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
THE DAIRY,

THE DAIRY,
The genuine stone crock with In
glazing of glass makes q perfect pack
age of butter, but the common clay
crock, with its salt wash, or vitreous
glaze Is often a delusion in butter-
keeping.
"A Georgia daifyman figures out the
cost OF good butter in that State at 12i
CENTS pound, where good pasturing
can be had on easy terms for ten
months in the year, ard the butter sells
at rs cents pound.
Prof. Arnold says that by persistent
full feeding he once brought the milk
of two common cows to such a state of
richness that 200 pounds of their milk
made fifteen pounds eleven ounces of
butter, using twelve and three-qCarter
pounds of milk for one of butter.
An Illinois dairyman feeds green.
corn fodder when cows begin to fail in
summer; in winter he feeds ground
corn, oats and bIan In equal parts with
Hungarian. He thinks Hungarian
superior to timothy, and that potatoes,
turnips, etc, are not suitable to pro-
duce good butter.
According TO German authority
there are l56 varieties of cheese, more
or less distinct in their character. made
IN Europe, while we are quite certain
there is but one kind made in this coun-
try, though the shape is sometimes
varied. Is there not vast room for i'm
provement in this respect?
"A Western farmer says n common
mistake is turning cows into n pasture
in the early spring, before there is a
sufficient quantity of grass. In their
search for better cropping they pack
the soil and destroy much grass. After
there is supply of grass care must be
taken TO allow only n limited range
at first.
The practice is becoming quite
popular with dairymen after the butter
milk is drawn from the churn and the
granular butter well washed out, to
put the full amount Of salt in, and then
with moderate working leave the butter
without the usual second working. We
w0Ild suspect this TO leave a certain
amount of marbled appearance to the
butter, which is always highly OBJ
jectionable. The DairVnldn.
night too early in the season. The in
stinct of n well bred COW is pretty
safe guide, and so we allow her to go
into the stable nights as she wishes to
do so. 1t is a singular but suggestive
fact that a great many cows know
vastly more than their owners, and
would prove much more profitable if
they could have an even chance. -
Prairie Farmer.
When a cow learns the trick of
sucking herself she is rarely cured.
The habit may be prevented by putting
a girdle about the COW and halter ON
her head and fitting a wooden rod from
a ring in the girdle TO another in the
halter, making it pass between the fore
legs. She cannot then get her head
around to her side. . But generally it is
best to fatten such a troublesome cow
for the butcher.-Gc rmdntOUn TeLe-
graph.
Give calves a comfortable yard or
pen whether raised by hand or the COW.
Confined in close quarters, the floor
beneath should be cleaned often and
Uttered abundantly. 1t is rs cruel As
Improbable to keep them tied in cold,
filthy places. Two calves may often
be proftably raised on one cow.
Always scald or cook meal for young
calves before mingling it with any kind
of milk or feed, as raw meal is very
liable to produce scOurs. Wheat flower
boiled in milk checks scours.
While it is extremely hard TO avoid
the streaked appearance in butter when
worked only once, yet it is equally
hard to rewOrk it without damage to
the grain. If the butter ever becomes
''set and hard and mas TO be warmed
up To rework it, the grain will surely he
injured. 1t is best To learn to do all the
work ut one operation. I he great art Of
! butter-making is in the working, and ii
is in that respect that the ! anish butter
makers so Crra T. eel Us. The keeping
quality is Almost solely dependent upon
the skill with which the butter is
worked. DdiTBmdn.
The time milk should be allowed to
set, varies with the breed of cows, time
after calving. temperature OF milk, and
system used. In Jerseys milk the
globules of butter are large and rise
fast In the milk of Friesians and Gal
loways, they are uniformly small and
rise slowly. In all breeds the globules
are largest just after parturitiOn, and
diminish in size until the milk-fow
ceases; so the time which the milk is
act cannot be definitely stated. One
hing is certain-th that il should not be
allowed TO set until the milk is thick;
generally twenty-four hours is long
enough in summer and thirty-six in
winter. C2eUeldnd Herald
Fifteen and ten-cent butter is thus
referred to by correspondent: eff an
architect and builder should say to a
man who wanted a fine building put
up that he never used line. level,
plumb, square or rule. he wouldn't
| get the job even of the most ignor snt.
| But IL is no more absurd to attempt to
frame fine building without the use of
proper tools than To- attempt to make
uniformly fine butter or cheese without
| the use of the thermometer. But that
| is tho way the most of ten-cent and
shilling butter is made. The mass OF
the butter sold goes :or half price year
| in and year out, and ut all seasons Oi
the year, largely caused by being
churned at the wrong temperature by
persons too stingy or too stupid TO in
vest thirty cents for n good thermom-
eter. A variation OF five degrees from
the standard spois, or greatly Injuries,
either butter or cheese, while it is com
mon to not guess within ten or fifteen
degrees when feeling the temperature
with the hand. The unconscious con.
dition of the body, and the state OF the
atmosphere, and our exposure to great
heat or cold, leads even experts aslray
Unlike most men, good thermometer
never lies. And unlike most men. when
it does lie il lies only very little, and
does but little harm teceldnd Her.
aid.
Heifers With Their First Calf.