The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1888-11-01
"The Best Horse Wins the
Race"
For the Bureau of Dairy Information, by
). IT. Monrad, Winnetka, ILL.,

For the Bureau of Dairy Information, by
). Fl. Monrad, Winnetka, I'll.
In every country the farmers are
more and more looking to the dairy
as their only salvation, and no won
der, as intelAgent aat,wng has always
responded freely to the call for hnan-
cial help, and this is proved by the
fact that such communities are al
ways well-to-do.
When dairying was pushed to the
front twenty years ago in Denmark,
croakers said: "What is to become
of our wheat production when we re-
duce the wheat fields ?'-and the
fact is, more wheat is produced on a
smaller area, thanks to the higher
culture and heavier manuring en-
tailed by dairy farming. Crackers
have also been heard in America for
several years: eff we build more
Creameries, more cheese factories,
what is to become of the surplus !?
There will surely be glut in the
market !" they keep on saying, and
nevertheless-in spite of all the new
factories that are being built yearly
we have been exporting less butter,
less cheese in the last years. The
home consumption is increasing just
in proportion as we produce real fine
butter, real fine cheese, and it is on
ly the poor butter and cheese that
has and will have to 60 begging
for market.
Denmark has long enjoyed the rep
utation of being at the head of all
dairy countries for butter produc-
ton, but it is only by eternal vigi
lance, it is only by continual watch
ing for every nice Improvement, it is
only by never slackening the reins
that she will keep ahead in the race !
Ireland and Germany, France and
even Italy are erecting dairy schools.
and in London | saw tub of Irish
butter that was very nearly "neck
and neck" with fine Danish butter !
At Munster dairy-school the mana
ger told me that 500 girls had been
trained there, and the officials at the
Cork butter market acknowledged
the good effect on the market caused
by this training. At London dairy
show last week 48 girls competed
for the championship in butter max
ing. At the Glasgow and Copen-
hagen exhibitions, working diaries
have been running for four months.
SO the course is clear and open to
all communities for fair race, and
"the foremost horse will win it..
But if this is the case with COM
-munitles, it is no less SO with the in
dividual dairymen. In each com
munity, the farmer that produces the
finest butter, the cheese factory that
produces the finest cheese, will find
a ready sale for the products, will
win the race.
But, to win race, it is not enough
to have a good horse (cow) and
train it we'll, feed her well), but the
rider (maker) must also be we'll
trained, and he must be given good
saddle (the best of dairy utenslls),
and he must be allowed both spurs
and whip authority to push her to
the front, to win the race.
Whether you are making your own
butter, or selling your milk or cream,
remember this: "The best horse will
win the race. In either case, do
not neglect the small things My
observations on trip through sew
eral European countries has strength
ened my conviction that it is on the
"little details" that it hinges whether
a dairyman wins the race or not;
and one matter | have reason to be-
lieve we have been too inclined to
consider as one of the less important
details, and that is the keeping of
the COWS, and especially their bags
and teats, perfectly clean. In fact
we have been too apt to think that
straining the milk should redeem
any neglect in this direction. Yet,
what straining! Through a fine
wire sieve, or, at most. through a
linen or cotton cloth. This is not at
all enough, and I again remind you
of the simple use of piece of flannel
as a step ahead. But even if we
adopted the newest system used by
the Copenhagen Milk Supply Co.,
that is filtering through sponges,
even then say zone ounce of pre-
vention is better than ten pounds of
remedies. y