The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-22
THE FARM AND HOME
WHY COUNTRY BUTTER is NOT
0ILT-EDGED.
The Difficulties Of the Farmers WIFE 1t
Pays to Keep Bees Milking and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
Home Hints.

The difficulties with which the av-
Drage farmers wife has to contend In
the management OF dairy large or
small. are much greater here in Texas
than any OF the older states. writes
Mrs. Little in the Texas Farm and
Ranch. There is a prevailing idea
that mich cows deserve no better
treatment than what are termed the
tut stock" She must subsist on the
same dry and unn utritious grasses.
and drink from the same dirty pool OF
water. While this treatment may suit
the range stock. 1t is a poor way
when applied to cows We should a.
ways provide the best and most sue.
culent food and pure. fresh water for
these docile creatures that provide
such Injuries as milk and butter.
Every farm, even II it Is a rented one
should have pasture OF some va.
riety OF tame grass as wild grass Is
green for so short II time, and is gen.
orally so mixed up with weeds as to
be ruinous to both milk and butter.
1t not only spOils the flavor but in
lures the texture Of the butter as we'll.
Butter made from the milk OF cows
that run on poor pastures will absorb
impurities much more readily than il
the COWS had access to good grass
with a grain ration at milking time
Very few consider it necessary to feed
solid food when there is plenty OF
grass but it Is a good idea and cotton
seed. or meal have no equal as Il
summer ration, as the milk will stand
much higher temperature without
'souring," and the butter is much
finer.
Any method for keeping the milk
sweet sufficiently long TO allow of the
creams rising would be eagerly vel.
coined by the much suffering famer' s
wife. who sees all her struggles
against the demon. heat OF little
avail. The plan that comes nearest
to successful solution OF the prob
lem, is to provide an open shed,
through which the air can circulate
freely then keep the vessels contain
ing the milk thoroughly envelOped in
damp cloths, and see that the cloths
are always wet; the vessels should be
OF stone or earthenware. One and two
gallon jars are the best Tin is light
or and easier handled but does mo-
give as good satisfaction. 1t is always
the main object or should be, to gel
the milk cool and keep it So and il
this is accomplished the butter may
almost be depended upon to take care
OF itself. always provided the cow
have had tho right treatment before
hand.
1t will be a grand victory for coun
try butter when n little piece o
ground will be taken from that mon.
opolist the cotton plant and put in
Bermuda or alfalfa on every farm in
Texas When this has been accom-
plished the farmers will begin to Sc,
a reason for providing suitable &C
commodatlons for dairying, for which
he is now sadly blinded. And he viii
begin to see that the scrub COW look
out OF place in those beautiful pas
lures, and will get a ''ine' COW tina
} will look more suitable, and that will
most certainly suit his wife becaus
she will then be enabled to make but
to suit the most fastidious and tn
much derided country butter wi
float serenely on the topmOst wave o
public favor,
Hoping that this prophecy will b
fulfilled is the earnest wish OF on
who has become tired of the presen
methods.