The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
improvements in Dairying-Preparing Sheep
for Market-Other Notes.
improvements in pa,rylns.

improvements in Dairylng.
At a recent picnic of the dairy farm
ers of central New York Daniel Batch
elor delivered an address, in which he
said: Ishall not pre- sume in this pres
ence to talk much on the operations
and economics in dairying. Yet there
is a striking fact to which / am con-
strained to allude. l refer t. an al.
most startling statement by your
secretary before a dairymen's conven.
ton held at Stratford. Ont. in Febru-
airy last. The gentleman on that
occasion compared the counties of
Derby, England, and Oneida, New
York, as to the quantity of their re-
spective milk product, and he showed
that the American county had $4,000
more acres under cultivation and 1887
more milk kline than the English coun-
ty, and that Notwithstanding this ex-
cess in COWS and cultivated land the
American county gives but little over
half as much milk as is obtained il
Derby. The secretary stated the
amount of dollars in favor of the
English county to be 81, 11S,5 86 per
mum. Now here is a mighty differ
ence, and one that ought not t O exist
to that degree. OF course we all know
that our long and severe winters. to-
gcther with our unusually hot and dry
summers, awe much to do with the
comparative paucity here. Yet there
ought not to be this amazing differ
ence; nor would there be if our pastures
were well drained, annually top-dresscd
and lined, and sown to such grasses
as are found in the English pastures.
In fact, if our grass lands received one
half the care that is bestowed on the
English fields a great improvement
would be the result. 1t may not be
out of way to say something of the
effects of sweet heritage on the flavor
and SAVIOR OF meat, milk, butter. and
cheese. Someone has said that mere
cleanliness in the dairy will not of
itself give sound milk and cheese I'M
less tho regimen of the COW is strictly
watched. If her food is unnatural and
the water She drinks impure she may
give as much milk as ever, but that
milk has a ferment in it which will
breed mischief in the cheese and NAL
ady in those who use the milk" This
Is well and wisely SAID; and 1T is quite
certain h a The grass, hay, roots,
grain, and water on which the cows
are fed must be clean and sweet, else
the best results IA not be obtained
either in butter or cheese making.
The mere art Of making Parmesan
and other Italian cheese is well and
widely known all over Europe; but
what fields are there, outside of the
dairy regions of the Pc, where every
noxious weed is eXterminated, the high
est possible culture of the pastures
practlced, and tho best nutritive
grasses and aromatic heritage encour-
aged? In II recent report of United
States Consul Grain, late from Milan,
on dairying in Italy, he describes the
processes of making the various ia
nous Italian cheeses, and shows how
extensively they are reported to all
the world. Of the Gorgonzola cheese
he says that it sells at 20 cents per
pound where it is made, and also that
this famous cheese took the first pre-
MUM three years ago at the DAIRY
shows in London, Paris. and Florence.
Mr.. Grain Says, abruptly, that '1the
excellence OF this cheese is due to the
sweet heritage which nbounds where
the Gorgonzola is manufactured"
That the flavor and SAVIOR OF the food
on which animals are fed permeates
the flesh, the fats, and the lacteals is
not to be questioned any more than
that the rich flavors of the butter aud
cheese of some localities their
good qualities as much to the heritage
on which the cattle are fed as to any
manipulation in the dairy, be it even
so sklllful and careful. Tho farmers
in eastern Pennsylvania are famous
for the fine butter they produce from
their excellent grass lands. Most OF
the richest butter of that region is sold
in Philadelphia and Baltimore, and
the best of it commands high prices.
Tho Darlingtons, of Pennsylvania,
send their entire mako TO New York,
where it sells at 81 per pound. AS |
have ventured to say that the grass
lands OF central New York ought to be
I improved, | may add that our severe
winters will not permit the perennial
growth of many kinds OF heritage Oh
which the European cattle feed. Yet
there is no good sandy loan in our
region but what will grow that prince
OF fodder plants, the alfalfa of Luz
ccrne, which ought to be grown
wherever the land IS right for it. More
roots, too, should fbe grown and fed.
oil meal and cake, if only for its fer
tilizing qualities, should be part of the
daily ration, at any rate in winter;
and as your secretary said at STRAIT
ford, our stock ought to be more
generally improved by the introduce
ton of II good S ain OF blood and the
wedding out of the poorer animals"
Blackwell $50 ears ago began that
improvement in English stock breed
ing which has b1 bought more riches to
England than even the great inventions
of Arkwright and Hargreaves. And
the good work that Blackwell begun
has gone on rom improvement to
improvement. till. in IL day, England
leads the world in the quality OF her
domestic and farm animals.
Preparing Sheep for Market.
In preparing sheep for market, says
to have them look to the very best ad-
in this not only pays but affords an
opportunity for displaying skill and
taste in sheep management. The
more equal IN size, type, color and age
sell. OF course the sheep can not be
remade-the aim is TO make the most
of them. Tn the case of fat sheep the
best of the lot are frequently picked
out week by week, and sold as they
arc ready. But take the case Of a large
lot to be cleared out at once. Having
brought the sheep together into u
large pen or yard, commence by catch
ing out the worst ones. 1t can then
be SEED If what remains are fit to go on
or not. If they still appear unequalit
is<often better to divide them again.
making a top lot, a second, and a
third. There are buyers for ali the
classes, so that each lot will sell for