Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-12-04

,,nni,ies hacause but few OF the psopis
A.. those communities use milk In any i
form. We heard some time ago " ~
American who tried 20 get some pu'''i
In a town OF Venezuela. lie siea y
find grocer that had Il Tor saie' ".
was finally told that in all prooapiiss
he could get some at the drug sloro.
He went there and found that they hau
very small supply that was kept ~
permanent stock TO be used Tor iheui.a.
purposes. Whether II was USED lot
outward or inward application does noe
appear. When the American askeu -.
a couple OF pounds the native nfusss.
nearly fell over in establishment anu
wondered what on earth the American
could do with two pounds OF nuttef'
which, by the way. was about MS "hoio
stock In trade. The butter. however
was found 10 be rancid and deciusuly
unfit for the internal use intended ny
the American. This but illustrates
that there are vast populations that
have got yet TO be educated into the
milk and butter using habit.
In our large American cities the use
Of milk is every year increasing. More
and more II Is becoming an article OF
universal diet. Even buttermilk II
coming into great demand In all OF the
city restaurants and even multitndes
OF saloons keep supply of good. cold.
fresh buttermilk constantly on hand.
These are signs that the COW 10 70 DO
~ hE4
| future. Two great considerations
come up In the spreading Of this milk
drinking habit First the quality Of tho
milk and second its cheapness. Both
| sweet milk and hutteEmllk win their
way on their quality and II the farmer
wants his trade 70 increase he must
| give the best milk that can be had.
| We know OF course that feed does not
cut very great figure in the solid
/ contents Of milk. bur we cannot but
think that feed does have very much 20
do with the flavor and palatabllity Of
milk Perhaps this point will be dIs-
puted. but We doubt II one that has
been an habitual drlnker OF milk will
be satisfied 10 take Il from any COW ana
from any food We know that with
domestq animals used for food. the
food on which they have been grown
and fattened transmits lis favor TO the
flesh Thus the waterfowl that feeds
on fish Is 50 fshy thar Il Is very dis-
tasteful 10 many. The oe-yea. NUT.
tons and swine are notably affected 10
suh an extent that Il makes a srna.
difference on the market. Can IL bc
dotlbted. therefore. that the feed does
haze a very great effect on thc quality
% The milk The cows that are led on
pasture grass alone viii not produce 4
as they will milk produced from graa,
and mllifseds. Especially Ii this trat
In tho early part OF the summer when
after heavy rains there Ia a decided
grass flavor 10 the milk
So far aA cost IA concerned the oni,
way Il can be put on the market al i
lower rate than present Il 10 rlmlnat,
no waste aud the selling d milk Il
people that never pay. So far as u.
restaurants are conessaed thIa Is no
ct much consequences. provided tina
elk doeg not 10 up as Y has Ia wash
lrgton, Baltimore and some other cit
len. where II sells at ten cents %.
quart In Chicago II still sells for A.,
ari six cents per quart and should b
kept al this point II possible. I
should be kept at thts point to keep ii
i a steady demand tina, Will prevent th
supply increasing faster than tho de
, mand and thus In the not distant IA
Z ture causing collapse. Restaurant
. sell their milk by the glass al about 2
, cents per quart. Recently on til
: streets 81 Chicago we noticed a ma
Q that aad stand for the sale OF lce.col
J buttermilk lie sold Il at two cent
0 per s asa. which would be about olah
!. cents per quart or more. His Elasae
j, were 81 size that would require abou
!, five for quart. so We may say that b
4 got ten cents a quart for hia milk. II
a seemed to hayn brisk trade. But OF
! day be disappeared from his corns
n and the people that had begun to drin
b bnttermilk there and had begun
! form the habit felt his luss. ProbabI
b he had moved to some place In the ell
. where trade was brlsker than at b
q FIRST stand. His being missed. HOY
:. ever, shows what vast amount on BIZ
9 termilk might be disposed Of In Ii
., way.
2 Beef-Producing cattle.--There IL
p present tendency to increase tho nun
* Der and improve the quality Or the bee
s producing cattle on our farms. owir
y to the long period Of depression in Il