The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-01
DAIRY FARMING,
A New Enterprise Successfully Car.
ricn Out.


Yesterday reporter Of the Times
Democrat interviewed Mr.. r. +. Ban
croft, proprietor Of tho l.audcrdale Coun
~ Creamery Company. Of Meridian
Miss. from whom the following facts
were gathered in regard to successful
dairy farming. by the former method
practlccdhy the good old farmers wives
IN days gone by, cream was set to rise in
shallow milk pans. and after twenty
| four hours the cream was skinned of
leaving, rs proved by analysis, 10 pei
cent OF the cream still. The first i'm
provcmcnt was that Of the Cooley
Crenmcr,' by which the warm milk
fresh from the COW, is emptied into cans
which are submerged in an ice bath, by
means Of which the water in the milk il
conl.aled and the fatty matter, OF
cream is Immediately made to rise tc
the surface. This is taken from the
SKINNED milk, and il sold or used for
making butter. This was practiced by
all large diaries in the north prior to the
invocation OF the ''Del.ayal Separator in
Switzerland in 1870, and which was IN.
troduccd into this country in 1889. There
are At present 5000 in use in America.
Three Of these are located in Mississippi
one Of which il in the Agricultural Col
lcgc at Stnrkvilc. and another ut the
Laulcldalc Creamery Company in Me-
ridian.
This IL the application Of tho ccntri
fuEul principle by which the water is
forced out Of the milk 10y the rapid rev.
olution Of milk confined in a globe, il
the center of which u column of cream
is made TO Use. and flow out through an
orilicc into receptacle, while the skim
med milk by the centrifugal force i,
made to empty itself into can provid
cd for that purpose, The cream is then
DO tied. and in this state will keep pure
and sweet for twelve days. 1t is found
to be perfectly ,ligestlblc, which is not
the case with cream ordinarily sold. !,
has been found to possess rare dietary
qualities, and is frequently prescribed by
physicians. 1t requires from four Il
eight quarts of milk. depending ON the
COW ,toproducc one quart Of cream.
Twenty years of experience in dairy
farming in New York has made me con
versant with the requisites for success in
this industry. After travelling over the
various sections of the southwest, an
convinced that no part Of our coutry Of
fcrs such promising results in dair,
farming as that adjacent to New Or
leans. The system which has proven
most profitable in the management oi
cows is the ensilngc or soiling method
Of feeding.
II is estimated that cows thus fed car
be kept Oh the produce of two acres OF
land. but here in the south, with the al.
,antagcs of soil and climate. and the
help of such fine natural grasses as the
laspe1eGl, Burmuda, Crab. johnson
scdgc grass, when green; canebrakes
chicken corn, which will produce from
twenty-five to thirty tons per acre OF
green fodder; cow-rca vines, and sweet
potatoes, three COWS per acre can be east
" maintained.
by this system milk can be produced
at a cost Of three mills per quart, OF
three and half quarts for cent, An av
srage northern or standard COW will give
three gallons per day. A southern COW
would average ten quarts per day fof
365 DAYS in n wear. One hundred cows
kcpt Ivy the eoiing system can be cared
for and MIXED by Il herdsman and tire,
assistants. The former will cost SEQ pei
month; the latter $40 each per month
Feed, consisting Of green grass and crops
which can he grown the year round, vii
provide cnsilaged at cost Of not over
j0cenis per ton, and hay can he raiset
without cultivation at 81 30 per ton. Tn,
estimated cost for feeding one hundred
cows put at 81 per day, after the mos
careful examination and observation OF
the experiments made at the Mississippi