The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-02
AGRICULTURAL.
IOWA DAIRYMEN.
A Successful and Profitable Meeting
Valuable Papers and Discussion.

pa,rv Association was held at the Agricul-
tural College, Ames, Iowa. 1t was very
enthusiastic meeting, and was attended by
some Of the most advanced dairymen ana
cTeamerynen in the state
Dr. Beardshear, president of the Iowa AZ
ricultural College, in welcoming the dairy
men, said: at one time cotton was KING
then it abdicated in favo| of corn, but the
dairy COW was queen. To be dairyman IL
required a man with determined purpose,
an honest and reliable man, and that as
such he greeted the members of the state
Dairy Association. He welcomed them be-
cause they had had successful year IN
the college, and the dairy department, IN
which they We're most interested, had been
highly successful and blessed with a larger
number of students than during any pre-
vious year. and that the success of this de-
partment largely due to the competent
instructors in charge.
From the report in Farm and Dairy we
quote two valuable papers, THE Creamery
Manager and Patron" by W. J. Smith. of
New Hampton and How to Make Dairy
ing Pay" by B. =. Norton, of Cresco.
THE CREAMERY MANAGER AND
PATRON"
This is a subject upon which there is a
wide field to work and yet when | under
took to write about it | was entirely lost
for something to write, that is and do it
Justice
First. we must take their relations one to
the other. their responsibilities one to the
other. and their duties to the other.
We today living in world of prog
ress, and to keep up with the progression
we must read and cultivate go hand in
hand, and remember the old adage, In
unity there is strength, Tor we all know
that we cannot get along without the
others.
We will now dwell upon the manager
and reflect upon his duties a while. He
should honest
He should be thoroughly competent to full
till each and every task in connection with
the creamery. There great many lit
tie things about creamery for the man
ager or the butter maker to look after that
the outside world knows nothing about.
To be a thorough butter-maker he must be
competent to judge and grade the milk as
it comes to the creamery, to know how to
sample milk for testing and study the
strength of his acid for testing. He must
know how to temper his milk for proper
separation He must always keep posted
on the temperature of his room ana how
to handle his cream so it will be in proper
shape to churn when churnng time comes.
he must also know when and how to churn
the same. He must know the proper
amount of salt and color to use at different
seasons of the year. and to be successful
nowadays he must be thoroughly acquainted
with the Babcock system of testing He
must know and understand all the working
good eye and a quick ear SO he can tell
at an instant by the sound of the machinery
whether everything is working right not
lie must try and cultivate friendly rela-
tons with all his patrons and take a friend
ly interest i'll their end of the business. lie
must encourage them to read dairy papers
that they may profit thereby, exchange
opinions and make creamery life one grand
sweet song Of prosperity. On the other
hand he must not pretend to know it all.
Each and every one of US will lind plenty
OF room for Improvement if we are only
inclined to think So He must not quarrel
with his patrons for little no reason,
but on the other hand overlook some things
which may happen contrary to his belief.
He must always be on the alert to learn
something new. and always bear in II ind
the old adage. cleanliness is next to God
hness. but in the creamery business it
should be vice versa.
Now then, take the patron who tries to
make success of dairying, watch his
moves as he goes along in line, just go to
his dairy, notice the kind of cows he keeps
and how he cares for them. You will al
ways notice that the mere he makes out
of his cows the more he will try to make,
and the better he will care for them You
viii always find that his milk will come
10 the creamery in good shape both winter
and summer. that if he is delivering it
himself he will always be on time, and
not come struggling along when every
thing is shut down and cleaned up for the
day uhen if the butter maker does not
start up and run his milk through he is
the LATEST and meanest man on EARTH.
And you will always find that if such does
happen to him, that the creamery man is
willing to forgive him. for he knows a,
glance that some mishap has befalen
Sush man is always the butter-maker'
friend. and now | must say that the sue.
cessfu dairyman or farmer is considered
the best man in the land In my estima-
ton this much abused, much pited and al
ways moderated individual is just now en-
joying an inning of his own. as the base
ball men say; whilst the merchant, the
professional man and the Spectator are
at their wits end to make both ends meet
The farmer never was in better condition
in his life Once in while he is hood
winked into some new scheme or another
and tunes his voice in unison with the
calamity howlers; but he soon gets tired
of this kind of a song. With his bountifu
crops and high priced stock these voca
gymnastics are probably his way of get
ting rid of his surplus steam. which other.
wise might lead him into unprofita BILE
schemes. We're it not for this safety valve
The dairyman has every reason to be
proud of himself. proud of his achieve,
ments. and proud of his country, for this
is a farmers country. Nine-tenths of the
really great men of this nation once
bare-footed farmer boys who did chores
They learned self-reliance, courage and in
dustry under the blazing sun, and in tn,
pure air of the fields The cities breet
anarchists. thugs and fre-bugs; whilst tn
farmer produces statesmen, jurists and di
vines. The cities have houses, the countr
has homes; the city has wealth, the coun
cry has cash; the city man is consumer
the farmer is a producer of wealth, an
Is rich in days work; which are the founda
ton of all wealth.
The farmer has emancipated himsei
from all drudgery and is surrounding MIN
self with the comforts of home This con
dition begets new tastes and new desires
These altered conditions are fast makin
the farmer a buyer as we'll a seller Wit
cash, taste and awakened ambition to as
sumo his proper place. the farmer bids fai
to be a leading factor as purchaser O
leading retail commodities
Now we will dwell awhile on the othe
kind of a patron. Why is the averag
creamery patron a kicker? There are 20
many instances where cooperative cream
cry patrons do not cooperate. When thi
is the case it is uphill business, and growt
is very slow. There must be harmony an
unity, and then success is assured. Tn
creamery patron is suspicious, jealous an
more out OF the business than himself II
will invariably complain about the expense
the butter maker or cream gatherer ougf
to work for almost nothing SO that the,
the patrons, could have gross proceeds {
sale, etc They are sure that their mil
Or cream is richer than their neighbor