The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1891-05-08
Farmers Please take Notice. Eut.
ter! Butter!

1t has been pretty we'll circulated that
| have bought the creamery and am going
to run it. l have been investigating the
pros and cons of the business and have
come to the conclusion that there are
too few COWS within Il reasonable Gis-
tance to pay to gather cream, and that it
Will be more profitable tor the farmers to
make their Own butter than TO pay us for
hauling their cream. We shall run the
business by trying to buy all the butter
and paving fair cash price for it, and
will pay according to the quality.
Now, for few hints to butter makers,
as | have been in Iowa aud engaged my
butter man and investigated the business
have few suggestions: 1t only costs
four to SIX dollars 10 put up cheap
we'll house that will hold a tank, and if
you cannot afford one better buy kero-
sene barrel tor fifty cents and cut it of
the height Of your cans. 1t Will hold
f"ur cans and that does very we'll for s
or 10 COWS. get a foot of small lead pipe
and put in the side of the tank near the
bottom and have plug nicely adjusted,
SO you can run your water from the tank
out through the side of your Well house
into your water trough for your horses
and cattle, and in this way you can keep
fresh water in your tank. Keep your
milk cool, thereby getting more cream
and by the way, never set your milk III
open pans 1t is impossible to make
first class hut,er in this way. The cans
can be made at any hardware store cheap.
Now about your churning. let your cream
stand undislurbed tor l. hours before
churning. Have a cheap thermometer
/ go cts..) and get your cream just as near
81 degrees as possible; then your butter
wall come quickly and be OF better
quality. Churning a long ume breaks
up the grain Of the butter and makes io
salvy and more like grease. DO not salt
| it too much. as you want to sell every
week Tin hot Weather). and 1t has to be
worked over, and If sailed too much. 1t 8
difficult to get it out | intend to drive
Regularly once week TO Revillo and buy
all that can, and will get butter from
other towns along the railroad.
! Now it the merchants Will assist me in
n>truc'ing everybody that brings in )
lbs. OF butter, to make as good as they
AN and deliver il to the stores once i
week, in hot weather., we will try 10
mike the best OF it by working it over.
and will establish IA market. And as soon
as the farmers get CONS enough, cream
ing Of fresh butter Is very satisfactory 10
farmers, as 1T does away with the cream
test which is SO unsatisfactory because
people do not thoroughly understand it
But If they make pound ot butter, there
is no misunderstanding and they ire
getting paid for their labor of making in
stead Of paying the creamery man for
AL lie teams that a:e used III gathering
the cream.
We have got to quit the wheat soon.
and do as Iowa and Illinois do go into
diversified farming; make butter, raise
cattle and hogs. and we better commence
before We are forced out OF wheat. Now
if the business men and farmers will as
slst we Will commence the work to stay
and think all OF us will he proti'ed bylt.
We intend TO commence purchasing but
ter about the 10Th or Goth Of this month,
and with Your assistance will try to
make il permanent market. Raise your
chickens, turkeys and ducks, as we in
tend when the weather gets cool to nuv
AL we can There is no toolng about
the business. We shall try it and with
proper assistance will make as Profitable
il market rs possible
Respectfully,
c. w MERRY