The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-02-20
"IT DON'T PAY "

, Iyear, in growing this cereal. 1t
5fappears they have got into habit
of plowing and sowing wheat and
Ican't break off, and still continue
to growl at low prices. If they
would turn their attention to
dairying and poultry a little more
fthey would do far better. Butter
for at least eight months of the
Iyear will bring 80 cents a pound,
and for about four months of that
time it sells readily at 35 cents a
pound. For the other four months,
May, June, July and August, it
will bring 25 cents pound. That
lis, good butter will command these
prices, stuff, of course, will scarce
ly sell at any price. The great
trouble with many of our farmers
wives is that they do not under
stand how to make a number one
quality of butter To make good
butter certain care of the milk is
absolutely necessary. To acquire
this knowledge they must either
consult some good butter makers
or take some agricultural journal
which in the course of year will
give the necessary knowledge for
the manufacture of this valuable
article. 10 make good butter
there are several things to be
| known. First the COWS must be
properly fed, have pure water to
drink, and be milked cleanly.
Second, the milk must be handled
| in clean vessels. We mean clean
in a special sense. The buckets
cans and pans must be sealded
every time they are used, to de-
stroy the bacteria, which, without
this precaution, will generate i'll
the vessels used for handling milk.
Pans in which milk is put for the
cream to rise must be kept abso-
lutely clean if good results are re,
quired. Next, the milk must not
be allowed to stand too long in the
pans nor covered too close. A
free circulation of air is very es-
sential. The temperature, too,
must be looked after. Too high a
temperature is unfavorable as is
too low a one. About 4S toa60
degrees gives the best results.
Then, the cream after s!1imming
must not be kept too long before
ehurnlng. After churning the
butter should be freed from all the
butter milk. This process is quite
a scientific one, but easily master
ed by one of ordinary intelligence.
When good clean butter is brought
to the market. in this city or else
where, there is very little trouble
in findinga purchaser at a re-
numerative price. Who ever
heard of a dairyman going into
BANKRUPTCY? They can't do it if
they furnish a good article, for
people will buy good butter in
preference to bad, be the differ
ence in price ever so great. There
lis no danger of overstocklng or
Cutting the market. There is al
ways demand for a good article
land the demand will increase in
stead of diminish for many years
to come. Try it and see. Then,
in connection with few cows for
butter purposes, few dozen hens
properly cared for during the late
fall and winter seasons will yield
more profit than a field OF wheat.
]Of course the farmer will need to
raise some grain, but instead Of
taking it to market, feed it 10 his
COWS, hogs and hens and get bet
ter return for his labor. Hogs,
butter, poultry and eggs now
bring much better prices than a
few years ago, because the facili
ties for shipping are better and
the demand is continually increas
Iing.-Plaindealer.
i The Statesman says: sThe leg.