The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1898-01-21
MILK FOR DELICATE STOMGCHS.
Methods Of a Model Dairy Farm Near
DeKaIb, Ill.

IdTil, Which, LIDS dbtfdCOSQ COLSlQ0F-
able attention from different sections
Of the country. The entire milk out
put of the farm is utilized for. the re
quirements of nursing mothers and
invalids. The methods and pro-
cesses by which absolutely pure
milk is produced are said to be diff
ferent from those of any dairy in
the United States. Last fall dele
cation of physicians from Vermont
visited the farm in order to ac-
quaint themselves with the plan fol-
lowed, and authorities from other
sections of the county have been
likewise interested.
The farm embraces 800 acres, four
miles south west of DeKalb. Here
is kept one hundred crossed Jersey,
Holstein and Durham COWS.
The first precaution taken on this
farm is to be sure that COW is free
from disease. Before she is per-
mitted to run with the herd she is
treated for tuberculosis. Normal
temperature is then taken, after
which tuberculine is injected. Then
the temperature is again taken, and
if it indicates a rise above the nor
NAL figures the beast is known to be
infected and she is at once slaugh-
tered and her carcass incinerated in
a secluded place on the farm fitted
up for that particular purpose.
These tests of the herd are made
several times a year and only
healthy animals are allowed to min
gle with the herd or to be brought
on the farm.
They are pastured as long as there
is grass. after which they are fed on
selected dry food. This consists
mostly of ensilage, by which term
is known a mixture of corn ground
up fine with the cob, husk and stalk
and then stored in silos. On the
eighty-fuur. feet, in which there are
three great round silos, forty feet
high In these 1900 tons of ensilage
produced from 100 acres of corn have
been packed The ensilage is damp
ened as it is packed and it is said to
form the most nutritious of cos
foods.
The COWS are MIXED at 3 o'clock
in the morning and at three in the
afternoon. Each COW upon being
stabbed is curried The man who
does this work is not allowed to do
any milking. He is followed by an
: other employee carrying pail OF
water and a huge sponge with which
he.thoroughly cleanses the udder OF
each COW, after which she is ready
to be MIXED. The mixers are all
dressed in spotlessly clean uniforms
of white duck and no one is allowed
: to begin milking until he has wash
ed his hands and donned his uniform.
$ The mixers carry two pals, into
s one of which the first three or four
! spoonfuls of milk are forced. This
l is rejected from the food supply
q The remainder of the milk is turned
!, into the other bucket, which has
r been constructed after a special 6s
!, sign. The top of the pail is provid
ed with a straiuing continuance
: made of two layers of muslin, be
tween which has been placed lay
er of fine cotton batting. The mill
passes through this strainer int
the bottom of the pail, from which i
is poured through another strainel
of fine wire, fixed into the top of al
. eight-gallon can, row of which
stands outside of the barn waiting
;, to be filled as the milking of the
i herd progresses.
o Each COW in the stable is number
: ed and as she is MIXED the prod
It uct is weighed and the amount il
. pounds is credited to her on a daily
t sheet prepared for the purpose. Eacl
> COW is charged with the number o
t The big cans into which the mill
|. has been strained are carried to tn,
, separating room, where, by macbin
Z cry, the milk and cream are sepa
4 rated in order to ascertain the pei
v cent of fats, and also TO further
q cleanse the product. Atthis season
: of the year the milk as it comes iron
the COW does not reach the PEI
: cent standard and consequently suf
:. ficient milk must be taken away {,
s insure the proportion of fats Tn,
reduced quantity of milk is thel
run into the cream again and after
wards cooled. The milk is thel
:; bottled in quart bottles, which ar
sealed, with the date on which tn
product is bottled indicated in tn
cap. The bottles are placed in
box, covered with a thick layer c
cracked ice and in this condition
the milk is received and delivere.
in Chicago.
The bottles upon being brough
back to the farm are first washed
after which, in an inverted position
they are placed on perforated shelve
in small room in which steam
turned until. 212 degrees of heat
n reached The bottles stay Their
for half an hour, after which the,
are ready for use.
Que thousand pounds of milk
taken from this herd at singl
milking and the whole of it is cor
sumed by Chicago babes and invs
lids.-Chicago Record.