Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-08
MILK AND BUTTER.
SUGGESTIONS AND THE CARE OF
MILK AND BvTTER-MaKING.
Points Essential In the management
of MIX for Children. Invaiids. ana
Keep Dairy Utensils.
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/ Of it more speedily detected thar n
milking. the care Of milk, and in butter
/ making
Having had the entire supervision OF
our dairy. and having at one time as
many as forty cows in our herd. have
| given many minutiae the closest atten-
| ton. and believe that I can give some
| instructive suggestions and salient points
TO those keeping cows, az well as points
most essential in the management OF
milk for infants. invalids. and milk-drink-
ers generally. who wish 10 keep in
| health.
! Begin by requiring every care ana neat
ness in the management Of the cow
! houses; never allowing the excreuons to
remain I'm the house to render the atmos-
! phere foul and breed germs OF diseases,
| which, being absorbed by the MILK are
| carried through IL into the human sys-
| TEN. Literally, a cow-hOuse j. place
/ that should be daily swept and garnish-
/ cd and always well-ventilated.
| Comfortable bedding should be placed
| In each stall for the cows and every
/ morning removed 10 be renewed 10y a
| fresh supply at night In handling the
/ COWS the mixer should be particularly
| guarded against rough treatment. and
/ never allowed to run or strike them. else
! the milk will surely deteriorate from such
/ treatment. Every morning each milk
/ ing-cOw should BE- we'll curried and
/ Groomed. and turned out to graze or cX-
/ ercise. When thu cows are brought up
/ in the evening they should be- battered
! I'm their respective stalls, and they
! quickly learn their stalls; then after this
, Is done place the hot mash. or food in
| tended for them. in the trough before
! them. and proceed with the preparation
| for milking. The udder and teats should
be carefully washed in water which has
/ been boiled and allowed TO cool, wiped
/ dry with a clean cloth. then MIXED by
! Slow and patient pressure and strokes.
/ wish to impress on those milking or
! keeping more than one cow the inestiIna-
! bic importance Of milking each and every
| cow In a separate pail or bucket. If once
| tried for few weeks and the milk
| strained separately, this great necessity
! will impress itself upon those supervising
the work.
TDDER TROUBLE
When there a number Of COWS being
| MIXED. a week rarely passes that one
| Of the number does not have some little
trouble with the u1der or teats. Per
! haps il has been slightly horned by an
| other cow. and the udder bruised and in
| famed. and the milk will be bloody. OF
| there is some scaTihcatiOn Of the teats
| from briars or cracking from chappine.
which often tester and MI with pu".
/ and is only discernible when MIXED sep
| arately. but in each case the results are
| similar and the milk unfit for drinking
| or butter-making. Then thers comes
| period during CESSATION when the milk
becomes strngy and thready. Leaving
! these evidences Of unftness for use In
the strainer or there Is a time when
| there Is a sudden reduction in the usual
| tactical flow. springing from natural
| causes I'm themselves. yet rendering the
milk Of doubtful nutrition. ana especial
! ~ undesirable for infants and invalid-.
! for the causes that are sufficient TO affect
! the secretion Of milk are abundantlr
sufficient TO cause the milk To affect the
stomachs Of infants and invalds ! have
known calves to be given scours from
! Just this cause. and why should not an
infant be even more seriously affected
Then a COW may have n cough and
wheeling or labOred breathing. and UNI
der no circumstance should the milk be
used until il is definitely determined
whether or not II Is an ordinary cold.
heaves. or tuberculosis. this dread mala~
dy frequently found i'm herds Of valuable
cows and if II is the latter the animal
should ba at once killed. for If the milk
Is drunk incalcuiaOle evil effects follow
10 those drinking it. ana II the COW lives
and goes with the herd there is the
greatest danger Of the other COWS con-
tracing or being inoculated with THE
terrible disease. These are few OF the
most imperative reasons why | urge sepa-
| rate milking and straining, for when
cows are all MIXED in the same pail.
or the milk poured together, these trou-
blcs and objections are not apparent, ann
| many q child. ] believe. has been made
III and lost its life, and many cases Of
tuberculosis of the bowels or pulmo nary
tuberculosis resulted from just this care
lessnoss. ignorance. and Indifference on
the part Of the mixer or those man
aging dairics
IMPURE MILK.
Some physicians may claim that the
danger to milk drinkers IS eliminated, or
lessened. by taking milk from several
cows that has been mixed. but 7 fail TO
see or understand why even an infin-
tesimal quantity Of impure milk should
be taken into the stomach when 1t is
SO easy 10 obtain a perfectly pure article,
and / think that such reasoning is only
in the interest Of dairymen. and shows
ignorance and Indifference on the part
Of physicians who must arrive at their
hypothesis by scant analysis Of one or
several specimens of milk all taken, per
haps, from the same COW. and without
proper and a thorough Investigation OF
the diaries and their surroundings and
careful analysis Of each and every cows
milk, forgetting or ignoring the effect
Of improper care or feeding, impurities
and uncleanincss, upon these animals. and
through them the public health. As sure
as the bacteria Of the harn-yard getting
into wound win cause tetanus. or i'm
pure water can convey typhoid-fever into
the human system. just so surely can
unhealthy cows or their unhealthy cOnd-
ton, or improper attention. or milking
convey cholera-infantum tuberculosis. or
other diseases TO our nursing darlngs and
u the before-healthy man, woman, or
child
Every cow in our dairy has a name
and separate pail, which is tagged with
It's name. and the milk is brought in that
pail 20 the dairy. carefully examined
strained and measured. not weighed
then an entry Of the quantity given by
each COW IS made in a book opposite the
name Of each cow. II there Is any trou-
bic with any one Of the cows milk II
IS readily detected and determined upon
and invariably rejected for drinking OF
| butter-making, and the most successful
results have followed The milk for
%
IN cans or cocks. and as soon as sufl-
ciently cooled. Is put on ice or In an
ice-box where IT is kept until is is needed
WITHDRAWING
The milk for Jutter-making ~ strained
into a can holding not less than three, nor
more than six gallons. and after il Is
cooled, or loses Its animal heat. IL Is
placed In the ice-bOX. where IL remains
for twelve hours. giving ample time for
the cream to separate; then the can Is
taken into a room Of about 60 or 20
degrees Farenheit. whore il clabbers or
sCUrs. and Is churned daily. | find this
process insures sweeter better butter
butter that Is never cheesy nor oily.
and keeps better than II the cream IS
gathered for several days. and then al
lowe to sour. and is churned. yielding
cheesy paste. instead of the firm, beau
tiful sweet granules that result from
the former method. and the buttermilk
Is far more delicious. Those who enjoy
rearing their own pork Will find a more
nutritious diet for the pigs In butter
milk than in skinned milk. and these
scavengers OF the dairy and kitchen will
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