Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-11-13
DAIRY SCHOOL,

~ A'oSeHtS VI IAe OulVclslCy VI
Minnesota have recognized the i'm
portance of education to the dairy in
dustry Of the state by founding a Dali
~ School at St. Anthony Park, MINI.
The opening term, which will be de-
signed expressly for dairymen, FARM
|ers sons and farmers generally, will
commence Nov. 18TH, next and con-
tinue for five weeks. A commodious.
brick building costing $4,000 and
amply equipped with all the appara-
tus Of q we'll appointed cheese and
butter factory has deem erected for
the exclusive use of the school, In.
the adjacent barn has been brought
together herd Of choice COWS to il
lustrate the teaching in breeding, feed
ing and care Of dairy stock and every
facility has been provided for thor
Eough practical work in dairy lines.
The Instruction ia this terms work
will include, besides the theoretical
chemical lectures and labratory work
on the chemical composition of mild
and timple tests for fats, daily lect-
ures on the way to pick out good
COWS by examing their form and an
alyzing their milk, the way to care
for the herd, the way to feed the COWS
economically using the feeds cheapest
in the state, with sufficient scientific
to make intellegible the
technical language on the subject. |
Especial pains will be taken to drill
the students in the use of the Babcock
and Biemling tests and in the art of
judging both butter and cheese, hav-
ing samples that have been scored by
the experts Of one of our great cities
rejudged by the class and their indi-
vidual opinions compared with the
score card of the experts.
Even with the present high prices,
really good butter is a scarce article
in the city markets. There is an
abundance of inferior goods that have
oeen spoiled in the making by the
neglect of some scarcely noted but
important detail, thsough the ignor-
ance of the maker.
Among the many reasons why the
armers' sons should attend this ses-
ion Of the dairy school, if the farmer
himself cannot come may be mention
ID the following: 1st, because he
wants to learn how to select COWS that
will give him profit on the feed given
hem; One half of the COWS in the
tate eat $50 worth of feed and return
'ut $40 worth Of product year. It
. high time that the dairymen of the
tate caught on" to this fact and sort
ID out for the butcher this unprofit-
lble stock. End, because he wants
sAnow now TO Feed and care Tor hIs .
ows in the cheapest and most effect
We manner so as to get the best re-
urns without wasting feed; 3rd be-
ause he wants to become an expert
udge of butter and cheese and he can
;et more valuable experience in the
chool in five weeks in this line than
n years outside; 4th, because he
wants to become so familiar with
very detail of the whole business that
le will make a first-class article every
ime without those frequent failures
hat hurt the reputation and take off
The profits; 9Th, because the total ex-
oense of all this education is but little
more than the cost of his board at
home; 9Th, because at this critical
;ime the reputation of the dairy pro.
1ucts Of the state is becoming estsb-
ished and it is vitality important that
very means be taken to make them
he best possible. The dairy school
$ designed to accomplish the above
objects and deserves the patronage
fall dairymen in the state. For cir
,ulars and information address Clin-
on D. Smith, St. Anthony Park,
Minn. Tuition is of course free.