Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-02-26

paper by o. L. Denison in an addres,
at the Iowa State Butter, Cheese and
Egg Convention. He said in relation
to creameries "There were three es.
sentials, honesty, cleanliness and intel
ligence, and if they were managed on
the live and let live principle, they
will be multiplied and of course be a
benefit to dairymen. | think so too, il
the test be correctly made. NY expe-
rience with the creamery has not been
very satisfactory. In the spring OF
1890 my son rented farm in Brook
field with 26 cows. We commenced
carrying our milk to the creamery the
first of April. The milk was tested at
the standard, 400. That was satisfac-
tory. In May it tested 444, and tina:
was satisfactory. 1t tested in June
but 376, which was not at all satisfac-
tory. July it tested 420. August it
tested 1893 and the first five days of the
month we set the milk for butter to use
in the family, and it took l6 lbs. and a
fraction Of milk to make a ID. of butter
on an average and from 1l5 lbs. OF
mornings milk, we churned lbs. OF
nice butter. Our cows gave but small
quantity of milk, but it was as rich as
any | ever saw except from some par
ticular COW, end we came to the conclu-
sion, if there was nothing rotten in
Denmark there was something wrong
in the testing of the milk. Now hope
the creamery will be rebuilt 1t will
be convenient for many to dispose of
their milk. We shall have 80 cows
with the heifers that are coming in, in
the course of the year and we may wish
to patronize it. A, Is. STILES.
Brookfeld, Feb. ,, 1891.
Mr.. Stiles seems to be troubled about
the creamery tests. We have known
of others who were troubled in the same
way. We have carried milk to the
creamery and been disappointed in the
sa"e way-provoked in fact, when a
low test followed high one-admired
the skill and judgment of the testing
chemist when a high test followed a
low one. As the result of our expert
ence we settled down upon two things
thai relieved us from the necessity OF
suspecting the honesty of the creamery
managers or the inefiiciency of their
testing chemist. lst, we reasoned, the
milk of a COW viii never test precisely i
the same at two successive milkings, ,un-
less by accident. The same is true OF
a dairy of cows. There are variety
of influences coming from the weather, I
the teed. the treatment, ETC., that affect
the milk of a COW Just the same as the
milk of human kindness is affected by
one's environments. But while these
variations are constant, the general av-
prage may not greatly vary il it does
not cover too long period. There is
something analogous to these changes
IN the movements of the stock market.
Buv stock to-day at certain premium
tomorrow the premium will be high
,r or lower, and so on continuously.
At the end of month the premium
perhaps, will be about the same as when
you purchased the stock. But there
we're times during the month when you
might have sod at decided gain or
oss. The milk Of COW or dairy
nav average about the same in quality
# the end as at the beginning OF any
particular month, and yet during the
month have been constantly going up
md dropping down. Samples for test
no are taken without reference to ups
md downs. If it so happens thai the
est is poor the sample must have been
aken when the cows from causes that
bev themselves cannot teNrlain' furnish
d a quality Of milk that was below /
heir AVERAGE effort. We may be en-
;relv off our base but we could never
ind any better explanation. of test va
cations consistent with our belief in the ,
of the creamery managers j
md In regard to making more but
er from definite quantity OF milk than
he creamery tests would allow us to
make we would simply say that we !
.ame TO the conclusion that there was !
mite difference between pound q
,nt,er as weighed in the dairy and a
,ound Of butter containing nothing but
olids. such as a creamery test would
i've. The farmer sells more or less