Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-11-18

majority of the people of Texas, " who
"are not disposed to live high today and
hide behind the exemption law. the as
signment law or some other law tomor-
row, should be forced by the discredit
of bad laws and a few dishonest men
Ito pay two prices for every dollar they
borrow" 1t believes the rate Of interest
would come down one-half and the
loanable funds would double if the hon
est men of the state would demand the
enactment Oh laws under which a cred
itor could collect what is due him.
One City Where Commission Men Pay
More Than wholesale Grocers.
F. A. Leighton writes from Philadel-
phis to The Creamery Journal:
There was a meeting here in Phila-
delphia, which / attended, of the cream
cry men within a half days drive of the
city. The men got up and made the
statement that they received more o
ey for their butter when they shipped
it to the commission men than when
they sold to the wholesale grocers or to
any other line of trade. Now here is
the point. If these people within 90
miles of Philadelphia can do better
with commission men than with any
other class of trade, will not the same
thing hold true with us in the west?
These creamery men are here where they
can watch the business, but still all are
agreed that the safest way to do bust
ness is through the commission men.
1 wish to call the attention of the
butter makers to the correct way of us
ing the parchment lining for tubs. My
authority ON this is one of the largest
commission firms in New York. They
say there is no doubt that the parch-
ment paper is one of the great i'm
provements of the age in BUTTE making
and something that will have 10 be uni
versally used jim a short time, but there
are not many who know how to use it
properly. In the first place, don't buy
the parchment circles for the top of the
butter. They are not wanted on the but
ter at all; they are more of AN injury
han a benefit. They have a tendency to
wrinkle the surface of the butter and
make it very unsightly. When the lin
ing is used, let it come up about an
inch above the top Of the tub; then, aft
er the straight edge has been used, fold
the paper G the butter and place the
cloth circle on top, then a light sprin-
king of salt. g
And now o few words about flavor.
Here is q subject that will stand more
investigation by our experiment stations
than any other feature Of the dairy
business. 1t is something that we don't
know anything about. One butter maker
will win the sweepstakes at a conven-
ton, but he does not do it the second
time. Why? Because he doesn't know
how he did it before, and when he comes
to make q second tub like the one he won
with at the previous show he is entire
ly in the dark. / believe the whole Sc
cret is in the ripening of tie cream. It
must be- possible for us to make az fine
butter in some Of our creameries as the
classes Of this country who are sels.rg
their butter for from 40 cents to 81 per
pound.
/ am stumbling on to this butter about
every day now, and / say 20 you there
is nothing equals it that / have seen IL
the west. 1t is no better than ours ON
ly in flavor. The mechanical part is no
better. Ours has just as coed srlin, il
seasoned and colored ard worked jest es
well, but the lavcr, that's the rab.
Let as pay mere attention to HavoT