The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1897-01-29

cohecteu Dear LaingSOurg. de said that
80 per cent of the people who are making
butter profiably. used the method which he
explained. First, the milk must be clean
bacteria are everywhere; milking should be
done when the barn Is not full of dust.
every animal should be kept as nearly alb
s0lutely clean as possible; wash every can
and pail clean inside and outside and wipe
carefully in all crevices and around handles
and bottom and top. Warm milk liyens up
any bacteria that are left In pans or pals.
TO raise the cream put in deep cans, shall
low pans or cans wasting the milk; ill cans
while the milk is warm; set the can in cold
water; the butter is in fine gobules and
lighter than the milk, hence rises to the top.
and setting away in cold water immediately
after milking is the best plan, the first half
hour being better than any seven thereafter;
the can should be about % inches deep and
inches in diameter. holding four gallons:
set where no Od0rs can reach it; use a fun
butter depends on the sourness of the cream
and can only be judged by experience; the
bacteria cause the change from sweet to
sour, as milk absolutely free from bacteria
will keep sweet three months or more; no
cream should be added after the first day;
the cream should be left uncovered for
half hour and then tightly covered and
stand in temperature of 65 to 70 deg :;
churn every day If possible, every other day
II convenient, and never less than twice
week; the temperature for churning should
be just so the butter will stick together,
with no inclination to run or soften, and
not so cold as to not stick at all; cream had
better be thrown away than to churn half
day on it; it should not come i'm less than
20 minutes, and 40 minutes ought to be
about an average; warm the cream if there
is an inclination to slow coming together of
butter;use good barrel, box or swing churn,
the old dasher is out of date; the barrel is
preferable, easily cleaned and nice to ham
die; milk should stand IL hours before
skimming.
Mr. Van Norman churned, rinsed, salted
worked and colored the cream brought in:
he used two ounces of salt to pound of
butter, but the amount must be regulated
according to the taste of the consumer.
The business is very profitable and every
man or woman must have a reputation in
order to make sales at the highest price.
"Sheep at a profit at the present time, -
was taken by A. b. Cook in an informal
talk. Mr.. Cook is close observer and a
practical and successful farmer, and he has
had experience in almost every line, using
the best methods and devices, believing
them most profitable. He would buy lambs
In July or August, turn them in on rape.
shear in March and sell in April or May;
dip every lamb, as a ticky lamb is worse
tnan lousy steer, and neither can be made
prohtabe; use fall pasture as long as it is
good, then feed oats and corn so as TO start
the lambs in winter in good condition; then
feed them as fast as possible the stuff you
have on the farm; buying feed is not profit
able ordinarily; little oil meal is strength
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necessity, but roots are also good; both
cheaply and easily produced; sheep are
more profitbble than cattle, will eat more
different articles and are more sure in the
market.
j. w. Hibbard said that June wool sheer
were necessity, as wool for extra garments
must be made from Merino wool. and while
so many had gone into the Merino business
as to make it Improbable, they were drop
ping out now and the Merino breeder who
had good stock would again be making
good profit; the same thing has happened
three times before In this century.
John Carruthers thought there was more
profit in hogs.
Mr.. Van WOrmer said good dairy, will
hogs to eat up the buttermilk and SOU
milk, would be profitable combination, az
the hogs could be turned Off, and at the enc
of the year their number might be the same
with but very small actual outlay, ant
the odds and ends cleaned up by the hogs
Prof. Ii. X. Vedder gave an interesting
talk on bridges, advising thorough inspec
ton yearly, and when buying get plans ant
hire men to superintend the construction
leaving the bidders out entirely, as the!
often combined and then the one that go
the contract paid the expense of the other
taking the money out of the quality of th,
bridge.
DIR. Ward claimed to be an agriculturis
and owned farm, but for having beeI
, turned aside into the nefarious business o
medicine, would still be tiler of the soil
He said Adam was a farmer but had los
, his place through his wife's fondness TO
8 dress or something of the sort. Rye ha,
been one of the first things raised and II
5 fact 1t and everything else on the farm, ex
a cept the potato bug. were there when Ian
was first cultivated. but not developed. II
/ had been asked by friend to read pape
: on "Rye," and this measly friend ha
: lprepared the paper which he would read: