Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-03-12
WISCONSIN DAIRY SCHOOL.

duce, a semi-weekly published in the
/ interest of the butter trade, contains a
] long write-up of the dairy school OF the
university under the caption "A Dairy
Education: Something About the Par
ent Dairy School at Madison, Wiscon-
sin. The article is handsomely illus
trated with a number of half-tone cuts
OF the dairy faculty, the class Of 1896
and the Hiram Smith hall with its va
rious apartments, The article says in
part; ITO Wisconsin belongs the
credit of ghe greatest accomplishment
in dairy instruction 1t was the Wis
consin station that gave to the world
the Babcock test, which is detsined to
be 70 dairying what electricity promises
to be TO commerce The Wisconsin sta
ton has educated the majority of in
structors who have gone to other fields
to take up the work and today this sta
tion stands at the front as the most
perfectly equipped and most ably con-
Quoted dairy school in America.
The growth of the Wisconsin dairy
school has been wonderfully rapid. Pre-
was the only dairy building on the uni
versity farm In 1889 this building was
enlarged by the expenditure OF about
$1,000 and in January, 1890, dairy
school opened in II with two pupils in
attendance. The next year 40 pupils
were In attendance, with several APP
rlicants turned away for lack Of room.
The first dairy scohol building
proper in America was begun at the
University OF Wiconsin Oct. 1, 1891, and
occupied by the dairy class of 1892.
This building is named Hiram Smith
hall, in memory OF one OF Wlsconsin's
veteran dairymen, who long served as
a member of the board Of regents, look
Ing especially to the upbuilding Of the
college of agriculture, and to whose I'M
firing efforts in no small degree the
establishment OF the dairy school may
be credited. II is constructed of Dun
Vile white sandstone and white brick,
the exterior of the upper stories being
finished in pebble and beam work. With
equipment Is represents an outlay Of
about $4,000. This building will ac-
commodate 100 students, and this num-
Der was reached the first year. In 1898,
100 candidates applied for admission
before Dec. L. Fully as many more APP
plications were received before the
term opened, Jan, 8, but some we're
turned away from lack of room One
hundred and four students attended the
dairy school in 1S94-5 After register
ing 1876 students up to December, 1895,
there were 10 who were requested to
wait another year. bit the unusual
hard times prevented more than the
usual number from coming after they
had registered More than 400 pupils
have now gone out from the Wisconsin
dairy school and are operating cream
cries and cheese factories from Maine
to California, the larger number, Of
course, remaining In Wisconsin In
addition to the factory operators which
the school has graduated, II has sup
piled teachers and intructors to nearly
every other dairy school in America,
and the demand for It's graduates Is
constantly increasing.
"The 1000 pounds OF milk used for
instruction at the dairy school is re-
ceived from 20 farmers and delivered
daily, as is the usual pratice In cream
cries and cheese factories. The stu
dents thus have an opportunity of
meeting the factory patrons. weighing
and sampling the milk as II is received
and dealing out skin milk to the pa
irons. They get from this pratice a
good knowledge OF the varieties OF
milks which are produced from so
many farms. They are also taught
how to select the sweetest milk by test
ing its acidity as II comes In.
Butter cheese and pasteurlzed milk
and pasteurized cream are the products
OF the dairy school. Butter Is packed
in 20-60 ID. tubs, $40 ID. bail boxes,
2-3-5 10 paper packages and fancy
stamped h. prints, which are wrap
ped in parchment paper and wooden
veneer wrappers The fancy print but
ter is delivered daily TO families in
Madison and other cities pasternized
cream in bottles has been supplied with
much success TO the local trade for
more than year past, During the
past season pasteurized milk has been
supplied to invalids and ailing infants
upon doctors prescriptions, the results
proving highly satisfactory. Six per-
sons are employed regularly in manu-
h featuring and delivering products BY
handling milk In such quantities and
catering to select trade, those in charge
Of the school are compelled, by the
very nature OF the work. to keep well
to the front in dairy knowledge and
practice. The purpose Of the present
plan OF operating the factory Is not
money making but that there may be
the largest opportunity for investiga-
ton and that the instructors may be
practical and up to date In their knowl-
edge OF dairy matters
DAIRY instruction is divided into fye
sub-courses- lectures on dairylng, milk
testing, buttermaking and cheesemak-
ing and pasteurization. The class is
divided into three sections one OF
which rs assigned to the laboratory, a
,noond - 4ha nraa m cry a nd thp third