Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-28

Hoard clesed with hanks to- the press for is
publications regarding the dairymer-
c0MNuxTKEs.
President Hoard appointed tae following
committees:
Butter and Cheese--Hiram Smith, Sheboy
gan Falls. Wis. ; III. w. Hurtz, Elgin, Ill p.
Nower. Csdar RAPIDS, lows.
Nominations d. w. Curtis, Fl Atkinson,
Wis. ]. ID. vosbury, Richmond, Ill p. G.
Truman. Independence, Iowa, T.. c. Hunting
ton Window. Mimi r. II. Rose, Mankato.
Resolntions-G H. Dexter, Chicago,M. 10. w.
Thompson. Wells, MINI. j. G. Lombard, Chi
4 Z I'll h c. Jndson, Pennington, Mimi
e. r. Beach, Whitewater, Wis.
WAYS aud Means--A. T. Mckinstry Winnie
baSs CITY, Mimi Lovejoy Johnson, Stillnlan
VALLEY. III. w. s. Green, Milford, Wisconsin
Dairy and Farm Implements--A ID lie Land.
Sheboygan Falls. Wis. L. id. Potter, Ele Claire
Ill ;GE ID Holmes, 0watonna, Mimi.
7. G. Curtis of Rocky Run. Wis, read a
paper on the subject of Butter Making by
private dairyTaen.s
His farm, twelve years ago, WIS very much
depleted and the speaker found himself at
that time. in debt by raising wheat He be-
gun to raise sheep, bnt did not raske the bus
mess . success; and fndly was driven into
dairving. AT first made fair butter anti o0uld
take premiums ag heme fairs, but when he
sent his butter 70 Milwaukee it aid not coTn-
mand the highest price. n chairman of
this convention was the individual whose val
uahle advice enabled him to become a good
butter maker and u successful dairyman. Mr..
Curtis smoke of the difference between cream
cry and diarv butter. The first is the product
or a factory with all necessary
improvements and appliances, and To this fact
be attributed its superiority. In making but
ter one trouble lies in the eoacsit OF the makers,
good cows well niIked, well fed and kindly
cared for. Pure air and proper temperature
absolute are necessities for excellent butter.
Impurities absorbed in private farm dwellings
ara injurious. The milk should be cooled to
sixty degrees in five hours. Milk heats quick
Iy and cools slowly; IL gals. milk
cooled from 80 to 90, lose one pint
One hundred pounds of milk contains one
pound more sugar than butter. Sweet cream
makes 4 good butter, but does not keep. To
give the granting quality a small degree of ac-
ciditv is necessary; too much DESTROYS il. Sol
idity is Important In packing and neatness is
one OF the best points to be attained The
speaker recommended the use of Higgins salt
Could see ia advantage In sailing in brine.
Uses a little more than a pound of salt 70 sew
enteen pounds of butter. He tCurtisl takes
about one hour and q half to churn, work End
pack bis butses Recommended ~eoloring but
ter. In cans set IN water milk
must be SKINNED swees and ac-
cidity obtained afterward. Places water
cans to height OF milk. Churns at six
degrees. He feeds his cows well, salts
stock three times a week fences of bad water
giving COWS only such water as he would drink
During drouth use corn fodder,
pumpkins, etc, never allowing the COWS to
loss flesh. Does not try 70 obtain all there is
IN . Cow IN one year; keeps his COWS longer;
Keeps his cows up TO regular quantity, because
when e0,sa 0zsEes slacken mp one cannot bring
them back t0originaI quantity
II E. Hoard Of Monteyideo, Mimi. in a paper
o skim milk farming, compared wheat and
dairy farming. Showed the cost of raising
wheat in upper mississippi valley, and stated
that in his county about 10000 bushels of
wheat are yeised annually, bringing in Chicago
abont s500s00A Il costs sf50,0te 20 send this
wheat 10 market, leaving about sI5G ne+ pro-
ceeds to each farmer. The speaker felt sure
the result would be much better if farmers
would turn their attention TO dairving instead
@ +. Dexter of Chicago followed with a paper
ON Organizations for ths Promotion Of Special
OBJECTS wifhspecial reference TO organizations
OF the dairy interest.
Vice president r. al McEinstry of Winneba-
go City, Mipns read . paper entitled ssshortage
Ia the creamery Gathering SYSTEM
BY the teEskQg shortage as fused hYereamerxI
niefs, we Eat IN buying a certain qualifvI
of cream, which has been supposed To make 4
quantity Of butter. and il fails 10 a= 40.
say we are short on butter; or, in other
words, we bought cream enough 10 make 80
many pounds az hus1er, according to the stand
lrd rules and /. failed to make it
de said the shortage
in Iowa for the year 1852 was 4 per
cent on all the butter manufactured by the
srean- gathering creamerieH running on the
gauge, where I have no doubt thar IL was fzIiv
- much for 1855 in Minnesota. What is the
reredy for the ereamev MANI know of none
that can be adopted and deal Justly with each
patron except the test ehurn plan He conclu-
led By sayiag chat unless the manufacturing
shortage shall be done away, cream-buying is
) failure in Minnesota.
w. b. Straight did not wish The idea 70 gp.
abroad that tie shrinkage was due to difference
IN cream instead of the amount Of milk turned
cream Mr.. johnson Of Illinois asked for
how I'd secure uniform skimming. !
Mr.. McKinstry answered.
BY having milk skinned daily BY same per-
SON and at same hour of day He collected
cream for hrs creamery every second or third
day. Used a preservatlve, which the gatherer
AZ he proeures THE cream, which holds
back the cream from mature aeidity. Ripen-
ing cream tEickens as ii grows sour; sweet
cream IL thin Butter from small churnings
does not gr-uulate az well or az rapidly as that
from larger cA1rninga. / open nv cream lars
and SUR cream frequently and leave exposed to
air, for the reason hat the cream takes UP oxy-
gen, which affords a finer flavor TO the batter.
President Hoard stated that:
One OF the secrets OF .scream shortage was
the effect OF the chnrn on cream. In the sea-
son OF succuient food the ellura receives It's
due proportions of butter. By feeding roots.
ef1sIlage and succuleat food the churn will DO
III work with profit Farmers who allow their
hay to fipen too much and grow woody are de-
nyfng to the churn the proper returns It's should
receive.
President Hoard then read a prize ESSAY read
by d. w Carter at the Wisconsin Dairymen,g
association The essay was repIete with yalu-
suggestions,
H. b. Garler, OF De KaIb, Ill, then read a
paper ON sass COW, the calf. and the pig.
These animals naturally go together in dairy
ing. Have raised them III order of tI,a;r iro