Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-07-13
HENRY'S BIG FARM.
The Cow Dominant; She Yields
S3o,O0O,Oo0 Annually.
NOVEL FEATURE OF THE BARN.

Race Is Invoived-How to Tell Bad
MIRA New Berry an Inch Long
Ready Jobs for Educated Farm Boys.
Madison. Wis. July 12.-The visitor to
our agricultural college. a department
Of the State university at Madison. will
observe chat this institution is devoted
to research as well as to instruction.
Indeed, larger part Of its income.
which is derived jointly from the United
States government and the state, is de-
voted to the former purpose. With
the butter and cheese of Wisconsin re-
turning annually to the farmers $780,
coo, eco, 1t is not surprising that Director
Henry holds that large part of the
energies of the station should go in the
direction of dairy Investigations.
Everybody in this country, whether
dairyman or not, has heard of the Bah
cock milk test, which was a discovery
at this experimental station. Whoever
knows of the value of this little instru
ment will coneede the claim that the
Babcock milk test returns to the farm
ers of Wisconsin each year all that the
whole university from its first to last
costs for the same time. Not content
with this discovery. which was given to
our people without patent or restraint
of any kind. the station has since con-
tinued it's studies with most profita-
BILE returns.
Cheese Makers Trace Bad Milk.
A couple of years since there was
placed in the hands of dairymen, es-
pecially the cheesemakers, method for
detecting unwholesome milk, which was
named by the station The Wisconsin
Curd Test. BY this device a cheese
maker. for example, whose product is
running low in quality because some
patron is turning in poor milk. can
easily locate the source Of trouble,
which is sometimes found to be the
milk from u single herd n even that
from a single cow. Some times bad
milk has been found to result from al
lowing cows 20 drink stagnant water,
while again an unburied horse in the
pasture field has been found to faint
the milk from the cows grazing there.
so that the product of the whole fac
tory was ruined. The Wisconsin curd
test is detective of the most skillful
character. hunting out bac milk and
locating it beyond question.
What "Cures'' Cheese?
More scientific and perhaps more far
reaching is the combined discovery OF
DR.. Babcock and DR.. Russell, who re-
Gently announced to the scientific world
the discovery that the COW places in
her milk not only the constituents of
cheese and butter but also a digesting
fluid similar to pepsin, or rather TO the
secretion of the pancreaS. This remark
able discovery was brought about
through the studies to ascertain what
occurred in cheese when ripening. Bac-
terra will not grow in ether or chloro-
form, and in order to suppress their
growth in milk DIR. Babcock on one
occasion filled large bottle with milk
and chloroformed it heavily. This bot
tie was set aside after examination and
remained a year or so on a shelf in the
chemical laboratory. One day wishing
a large bottle, Dr. Babcock took down
the one filled with milk and chloroform
and was surprised to find that instead
of a substance resembling milk the con-
tents of the bottle were now almost as
clear as water and yet had undergone
no putrefactive changes Analysis
showed that the caseine of the milk
had been digested as completely as it
would have been in the human stomach.
How could this have occurred?
After more than a years patient
study it was announced that the COW
secretes in her milk a digesting fluid
and that it is this constituent which
has to do with the curing of cheese.
DIR. Babcock states that the digesting
substance or engine, as it is called.
goes largely with the cream when milk
is skinned and remains in the butter
milk after churning. In mis- opinion this
explains why glass of buttermilk is
more acceptable than glass of sour
milk.
The university creamery receives sew
eral million pounds of milk annually
from the farmers in the vicinity of
Madison and sells it's products not only
in Madison but in Milwaukee and Chi
cago. At all times Investigations are
In progress. and during the winter the
dairy school is in operation.
An Ash Tree That Bears Fruit.
Visiting the horticultural grounds nu-
merous objects of interest were shown
by Professor Golf. in charge OF this
department. Cherry trees brought
from central Russia were loaded with
ripening fruit, and pear and apple trees
from the same country and still farther
east were also shown. At one point
on the grounds he is growing mountain
ash trees bearing an edible fruit. which
were brought originally from the higher
mountains of Sweden. Perhaps the
greatest novelty shown us was the Lo-
tob 10 colt "a hn
between a blackberry and @ red rasp-
berry. The fruit of the Loganberry is
as large as the largest blackberry. The
tests so far made indicate that the
Loganberry may prove genuine acqui-
sition to our list of horticultural plants.
Professor Golf tells us that his studies
of plum trees show the largest promise
perhaps of any undertaking for imme-
date good 10 our people. In the or
chard we observed at least seventy
varieties of plum trees from California.
Japan, Russia and the northern United
States in bearing. Some varieties of
Japanese plums seemed as hardy as our
American varieties, and their limbs lit
orally rested on the ground from their
burden of fruit. Mr.. COTS hopes are
largely with the American varieties or
crosses from these and the foreigners,
because he finds the blossom of the
American varieties less susceptible to
the winter freezes and spring frosts.
Cows That Live In a Parior.
1t is the COW stable, or cow parlor. -
as Professo' Henry calls it. which et-
tracts, perhaps, the most attention of
all the novel features of the model
barn Here in room 42x70 feet
in area may be found the very latest
studies of our professors in relation to
the highest comfort. cleanliness and
healthfulness of that most important
animal, the dairy COW. The floor of this
stcble is of Portland cement. arranged
for flushing by water so as to be kept
absolutely clean. The COW stands in
modified gas pipe and woven wire Bid
well stalls, being without tie or other
restraint. Feed is supplied in ce-
ment trough. Under the cow will be
plenty of bedding, so that she does not
stand directly on the cement. which Is
too hard for comfort. The walls of the
room are lined with crimped galvanized
iron. which for little cost keep out the
cold and offer surface that can be
washed DOWN with hose and kept free
from dust and disease germs. Sum-
light pours into the room through more
than a dozen large windows. and the
room is lighter than most houses or
offices.