The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-04-29
MODEL DAIRY FARM.
MILK FOR DELICATE sToMAcHs.

Methods Employed in DeKalb, Ill, Farm
for Producing Pure Milk.
DeKalb county, Illinois, has model
dairy farm, which has attracted con-
siderable attention from different sec
tons of the country. The entire milk
output of the farm is utilized for the
requirements of nursing mothers and
tnvalids. The methods and processes
by which absolutely pure milk is pro-
duced are said to be different from
those of any dairy in the United
States Last fall delegation of ply
sicians from Vermont visited the farm
in order to acquaint themselves with
the plan followed and authorities from
other sections of the country have been
likewise interested.
The farm embraces $50 acres, four
miles southwest of DeKalb Here is
kept herd of 100 crossed Jersey, Hol-
stein and Durham cows
The first precaution taken on this
farm is to be sure that COW is free
from disease. Before she is permitted
to run with the herd she is treated for
tuberculosis.
They are pastured as long as there
is grass, after which they are fed on
selected dry food. This consists most
y 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. The ensilage is dampened
as it is packed and it said to form the
most nutritious of COW foods.
The cows are MIXED at o'clock in
the morning and at in the afternoon
Each COW upon being stabbed is cur
ried. The man who does this work
is not allowed to do any milking. He
is followed by another employee carry
ing pail of water and 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 washed
his hands and donned his uniform.
The mixers carry two pals, into one
of which the first three or four spoon
fuls of milk are forced This is re-
iected from the food supply The re-
mainder of the milking is turned into
the other bucket, which has been. con-
structed after a special design. The
top of the pail is provided with
straining contriyance made of two lay
ers of muslin, between which has been
placed layer of fine cotton batting.
The milk passes through this strainer
into the bottom of the pail, from which
it is poured through another strainer
of fine wire, fixed into the top of an
-eight-gallon can row of which stands
outside the barn waiting to be filled as
the milking of the herd progresses.
Each COW in the stable is numbered
and as she is MIXED the product is
weighed and the amount in pounds is
credited to her on daily sheet pre-
pared for the purpose. Each COW is
charged with the number of pounds of
food she consumes.
i lie UlS CduS IuLO WHICH LH0 Hllk mas
been strained are carried to the sepa-
rating room, where, by machinery, the
milk and cream are separated in or
der to ascertain the per cent of fats
and also to further cleanse the pro-
duct The milk is then run into the
cream again and afterward cooled. The
milk is then bottled in quart bottles,
which are sealed with the date on
which the product is bottled. indicated
in the cap. The bottles are placed in
box, covered with thick layer of
cracked ice and in this condition the
milk is received and delivered in Chi
cago
One thousand pounds of milk is TAX
en- from this herd at single milking
and the whole of it is consumed by
Chicago babes and invalids.