The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-08-04

1rssA ". 6tripper Cow Dsttsss
+. L. Kent. In Oregon Experinene
Station Bulletin: It Is a well known
fact that as the period Of lactation adj
vances the fat globules become small
er and the milk becomes more viscous.
1t would naturally be supposed that
both churning and Dreaming would be
more difficult with milk from cows
well along in the period OF lactation
than from those comparatively fresh.
It Is also frequently claimed that the
butter from fresh cows Is of consider
ably better quality than that from
cows well advanced in the period Of
lactation. To determine as much a.
possible In q short experiment. the
eject due to an advanced period Of lac
tation the following experiment was
carried out, the points above mention
ed being kept in view. In this case q
COW which had been in milk more than
eight months was considered a strip
per. The records indicated that there
were four such cows In the college
nerd. the most advanced period being
SUB days. and the average of the four
cows being 2S3 days. Accordingly tho
milk from these four cows was kept
oy itself and considered "stripper"
milk. The remainder Of the herd. elev-
en- IN number. had been in milk less
tnan six months, the ayerage time for
the eleven COWS being Ia days. The
milk from these was considered az
fresh" cows milk.
As soon as the milking was finished
the milk was taken to the dairy build
ing. The nights milk was allowed to
stand until morning, when the cream
was removed by the centrifugal separa-
tor, and mixed with the cream from
the mornings milk The cream from
the shippers milk was set aside in an
ordinary shot gun can. After the
fresh cows milk was separated the
cream was we'll stirred and quantity
equal to the stripper cream placed in
another shot gun can and set beside
the can containing the stripper cream.
This was done to get the same degree
OF ripeness in each lot of cream. The
NAu2 hAAS was uo0C III q 1--WE So.lOA
barrel churn. In each case there was
slightly more butter fat left in the
skim milk from the shippers than in
the milk from the fresh cows. Possibly
if the cream had been raised by the
gravity system the difference would
have been considerably greater.
The time required for churniag was
q surprise to the writer. II was eX-
pected that the cream from the fresh
COWS would churn somewhat quicker
than that from the shippers. but the
record shows that such was not the
case. In two out of three comparisons
it will be seen that the stripper butter
churned the quicker of the two. tho
difference in time being five minutes.
In the other case the fresh cow butter
churned in seven minutes less time
than the stripper. The butter was
nodded into two-pound rolls and roll
from each lot set aside for ten days
from the date of the first churning.
when the whole was examined for fla
vor and grain. The examination was
made by Mr.. Geo. Harding. who had
been in the butter business as COM
mission man for fifteen years. In max
ing the report Mr.. Harding said: Il
can't say that / see any difference in
the grain of the several samples. In
Nos. 1. and 5, however, the flavor is
slightly better than in the others. but
the difference is so slight that Il would
make no difference in the selling price.
not even to the amount Of one-eighth
Of cent per pound"
Conclusion.-So far as the short ex-
pertinent goes it shows that the milk
from comparatively fresh cows gives
up its cream more readily even with q
separator than does milk from cows
we'll along in the period of lactation. 1t
also shows that butter made from the
milk of cows which have been in milk
Tor a considerable period Of time Is
slightly inferior to that made from the
milk OF cows which are comparatively
fresh.
Potato Bugs on Tomatoes.-A few
tomatoes In the garden are often
grown by people who have no. room
enough to grow potatoes or prefer to
buy them. Such people are often sur
prised to find potato bugs flying on
their tomato plants. and laying their
eggs on the underside
Of the leaves. The larva, when hatch
ed, will eat the tomato leaves as vora-
.iously as II they were OF its usual
liet. BY what instinct this pest learns
hat tomatoes and the egg plan. all be-
ong to the same family of plants. and
are each adapted to its use. nobody can
zuess. If the potato beetle is forced
70 lay eggs on weeds or grass. though
.hese eggs will hatch. the young larya
perish before they can reach maturity.
It n probably fortunate that this Is so,
Use the potato beetle might become a
general destroyer Of all kinds Of vege-