The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-22
HORNY HANDED SONS.
They Are Discussing How to Make
People Eat Butter
And TO Stub OLEOMARGARINB.

Annual Meeting Or the Kansas Dairy
men at Representative Hail,
A large part Or the time at the conven-
ton of the Kansas dairymen at Repre-
sentative hall, has been devoted to a dis
cussion Of hogs and skim milk. G. E
Durham Of Minneapolis, opened the dis
cussion with paper on. by Products Of
the Creamery" 1t was finally decided that
ID was a nice thing to feed skim milk
to hogs, especially for the hogs,
and it stood that way. This led to a con
siderable discussion as to the distribu-
ton of skim-milk 50 far as the feeder is
concerned. and various theories were
advanced regarding the best method Of
distributing skim milk back among the
farmers. This led to a question Of the
farmers honesty. aud while il was adj
mitted that the horny handed son of toll
Is honest as a rule, it would not do to bet
TOO much on his powers Of resistance
when it came TO getting more tn an his
share Of skim milk. Ia fact one bold and
ready talker declared as follows:
"l would trust the average farmer
with anything 1 had, my money, my
watch or my wife bnt if I should give
him the Opportunity Of measuring out
his skim milk I should put a double
guard on the milk tank It seems to be
as natural for a farmer to get more than
his share Of the skim milk as it is for
small boy to get acquainted with APP
pendicitis that doesn't belong to him"
AIT the request Of the president ct al,
y. q. Matthews of Winchester started
the discussion on the question of Test
vs.. the Pooling System for Buying Milk"
and it strung out TO a considerable
length. By far The majority of the
creamery men present were in favor Of
the test system because it insured good
milk to him If it did rather cut off the
supply of cream for the farmers break
fast coffee. BY the old way Of dumping
the milk all together the farmer that
brought in poor milk got just as much
money for It as the man that brought IN
milk that was heavy with cream. By the
testing process, the farmer that bitches
up his galluses in the early morning and
sKips gaily out to his milk house with a
tin cup and a big spoon to get cream to
put in the breakfast coffee is likely to be
discovered in his crime as soon as he
reaches the creamery and has his milk
tested.
This may not be pleasant for the
cream-lOving farmer. but il insures good
milk to the buttermaking creamery man
Secretary Coburn broke IN on the pro
gramne just here with a short cOnRratu-
latory address and sat down in time to
get out of the way Of the vote on the test
vs. pooling system which resulted in a
victory for the test in a ratio Of about
16 to 1.
Secretary Coburn very magnanimous-
ly offered what is left lin time) Of him :
self and his department TO the further
ance Of the dairy cause.
At the evening meeting A W. Orner
read a little paper about "Ripening
Cream" This led TO a discussion about
the relative merits Of sweet and sour
cream butter. Nearly everybody was in
favor Of the sour cream, although Prof
Georgeson and MIR. Matthews OF Win
chester did the best they could for sweet
cream, but sentiment was against them
and they were moved down even as the
daisy is
paper on working and Sailing But
ter by p. IT, Engle Of Moonlight, was
tne next thing on the programme and
there was discussion about it Moth
ing was said about working the farmer,
however, or salting the profits.
A O. Eythe Of Enterprise, had a paper
ready on marketing butter and he read
IT, There was discussion about that.
too. One man thought it would be 4
good scheme for the diarymen who had
butter to have sort Of central market
with cold storage attachment There
were a good many opinions re-
garding this and one man declar-
ed that the commission man was a
necessary evil and must exist, that cold