The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-07

four years later While there |
never Swerved from my pnrroSe of
going into this business, ,honHh |
used TO think that II hS6 tr do
something else should like to SO IN.
to litels,ura Ion wouldn't thi ki'.
would yon " she went on with n nor
ry laugh, "hut was quite d poe;
when in college, Poetry and the
milk business don't seem to 20 vcyv
we'll together, do they Alt the
same wrote good deal for the
college paper, and generally in verse.
How l loved to study when there,
but there is an atmosphere about
Holyoke that incites studiouS habits
| took an elective course in higher
mathematics, and l used to work nn
til was exhausted"
"Nomen generally think that
higher mathematics is no help to n
woman who intends to 60 into husi.
ness" Suggested the reporter.
"Anything that teaches ono to
think accurately is help TO any
body who attempts t" do any sort of
work." answered Miss Halsey.
"Now I'll prove to you how my
college course has simply been the
making OF my success in the milk
BUSINESS she went on enthusiastic
cally. A young man, n cousin of
mine, who graduated ut Cornell in
the dairy course and have charge
of onr laboratory department. We
are continuously experimenting and
making valuable discoveries. We
put up all milk for infants and invn-
lids, and we have found process
by which we can put 4 per cent mill,
in our machines and bring it out )
per cent. If a physician prcscribes
more or less We can bring ont Just
what composition he wants. We OK.
perimonted long time before getting
the desired results, and in the mean
time the farmers had us at their
mercy. We keep no cows, and buy
all Of our milk. Since the day my
father sold that first pound of butter
our rule has been to keep the stand
ard Of our goods up to tho highest
mark, and SO We had to insist that
the COWS belonging to the farmers
who supplied us should be absolutely
free from disoaso and that they
should ho SO fed rs to produce 5 pei
cent milk.
They raised their prices on us, OF
course, and they were dumbfound
ed lot when they heard of our pro
cess, which made us independent Of
them, though we stick still to tn,
stipulatlons abont the feeding and
health of the COWS. Now we ear
take the blnest OF blue milk and
bring 1t up to any standard we WISH
Before this when we wished to fill
prescriptiors of milk of different
compositions we did it by mixing
cream and skinned milk. That, OF
course, involved great waste at times
but there is almost no waste now cx-
cept in skim milk, which is made in.
to cnrd and sold for paper sizing.
"What other experimenting have
you doneY" asked the reporter.
""e've been experimenting on and
accomplished the perfection OF
cream,' Miss Halsey answered with
the eagerness OF the average woman
discussing the merits Of her new an.
tumD hat. 1--WE succeeded in this
experiment less than year ago, and
IN less than three months our sale g
III cream had more than doubled.
For some time all the separated
cream in Now York markets had
been bad; it had Il bitter disagree
"bl" taste and people began to com
plain and TO hunt for pnrc, sweet
cream The cream is, OF course
separated by machinery and never
could account for the bad taste il
had unless il was caused by the heat.
ing. We, my cousin and ], set 10
work faithfully to find out what the
trouble was, bnt did't succeed: in.
stead, we discovered process that
prevents it, which is better. Then.
too' I've been experimenting in max
ing kouLnyss At first it would not
always 'koum,' rs the Irish cock re.