Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08
THE DAIRY INTEREST.

THE DAIRY INTEREST.
Editor Register.-Thc great question which
agitates and interests every farmer of the
present day is this, What shall do, or what
line of business shall pursue, in order to meet
my current expenses and make my farming
pay? With ovcr-production and ruinous
competition in almost every branch of his
business, the outlook is discouraging, and he
may well pause and ask, What shall do?
The granaries of the world are full and conse-
quenty the food supply of the thousands of
millions of the human race is abundant in
every branch, and prices are low. The raw
materials from which are made the fabrics
demanded by civilization for the comfort,
convenience and adornment of the human
race are in large supply, and the storchouses
of the world are full of those fabrics. In short,
in this time of general peace throughout the
world, everything necessary for the comfort,
convenience and luxury of the human race
may be had at prices unprccedentedly low.
This superabundancc, apparently the result
of ovcr-production,is in no sense the result of
over-production of the raw material. The in
genuity of INSCRIPTIONS men, impelled by the
greed of gain, has enabled them to initiate
and adulterate almost every manufactured
uGIlclc,SO tnitt Scdrccly unNlnlIS put upon tnc
market, unless in its natural state is what it
purports to be, but is Il cunning and less valu-
able imitation of the genuine article.
This is emphatically the age of adulteration,
giving fortunes and prosperity to these vile
countcrfeiters at the expense of the masses.
Whilst this adultcration has depressing in
fiuence upon all branches of legitimate bust
ness, nowhere are its effects more kecnly or
disastrously felt than upon the dairy interests
of the world. Legitimate dairying can never
be ovcrdonc. The climatic limit beyond
which dairy products cannot be produced in
their greatest excellence is such that the sup.
ply could rarely exceed the demand for such
goods, and they would uniformly command
, remunerative prices. This was the case for a
long term of years during which the dairy in
dustry was more uniformly prosperous than
almost any other which could be named
But this industry, too, was destined to be as
sailed and ruined by this same cunning and
skillm imitation and adulteration of the
genuine article A counterfeit of sufficient eX
cellence has been compounded as to deceive
almost anyone that can be and is largely sold
, as pure dairy butter, and against which the
ordinary dairyman cannot successfully
compete unless he is doing business on sucl
= scale asto enable him to call in the aid OF
, and thus make an article far superior to tho
ordinary product. The result is that the small
dairyman or the one who keeps from five tC
4 ten cows, is crippled because from the nature
oft he case he cannot without too much Expense
and trouble make an article that will be uni
formly first-class.
Were the bogus compounds sold dairy
l butter driven from the markets, the dairy in
terest would resume its normal condition
secure healthy and steadily increasing eX
, pansion, thereby relieving other depressed
industries, As it is, the only remedy is il
associated dairying, which is the creamery
4 system in its various phases, enabling tn,
y small dairymen by taking their milk to
central place to receive all the benefits of tn,
most approved methods and appliances n
small cost and securing more uniform an,
2 desirable product for which there is n steadily
increasing demand, showing n growing fas
tidiousness of taste in the consumers, which 4
encouraging, and upon the cultivation o
which the American dairyman can rely NOR
. than any other means to neutralize the effec
upon the market of the bogus butter.
Such being the case, it seems to be impera
tive that the small dailymen combine an'
associate themselves together or abandon thu
= business altogether. And now comes tn
, dairying is the best and win give the best re
= suits Various systems are in use, all havin,
their strenuous advocates, yet all subject L
!, objections of greater or less importance. II
4 my mind, after II thorough investigation o
= the evidence for and against, obtained by eX
tensive correspondence with parties in al
= parts of the Northern States the centriflga
u cream separator process is open to the fewes
e objections and is the system which is dcstine,
q to supcrcede all others. 1t is a European in
, vention, the invention of DR.. DeLaval, and it
" introduction there commenced in 1879, sine
u which over $500 have been sold there and ar
In use, about 1000 of them having been sole
within the past year. Two years ago its intro
duction was commenced in this country an
d within the two years 600 have been sold an
are giving general if not universal satisfaC
n ton, being fully endorsed by many of the YER
first dairymen of the country.
> The advantages of this system are man
/ and will be obious to any one on a moment
II consideration. As the milk is brought to tn
l. factory IL is immediately passed through tn
% separator at the rate of 500 lbsor over an hou
which perfectly separates the cream from tn
: milk and the impurities from both. The sci
a arated milk is ready To be returned to tn
t, patrons .ld the cream is retained by tn
!. manufacturer, cared for and rpened prepari
tory to being chuned into butter.
By other approved methods the retention {
: the whole milk is necessary for at least lively
d hours and the use of large quantity of ice
: reduce the temperature TO low degree
- order to get the cream in "A short space
time
y BY the separator process not over Is to
d per cent of the whole milk is retained in Il