The Globe-republican., 1898-12-01

Notes From Kansas Agricultural College
From Farmers Review: The dairy
class In the State Agricultural College
at Manhattan. Kansas, has been test
ing adulterated milk. Each member
was supplied with five samples Of milk
without any knowledge of how they
had been treated. and asked to give
diagnosis of each sample. By the use
Of the thermometer, lactometer and
Babcock test they found that one sam
pie was normal milk. one sample had
been watered. one sample skinned, one
both watered and skinned. and one
had cream added to it.
The dairy department OF the expert
ment station has been experimenting
with ether as q means Of distinguish
ing between butter and oleomargarine.
Take very small portions Of butter ana
oleomargarine, about the size OF a pin
head. and place in separate spots on q
clean piece of glass. A drop OF ether
placed on the butter will assume a
wavy, but somewhat regular outline;
while a drop placed on the oleomargar-
inc will have a ragged outline, very
much like the appearance of a cog
wheel with the cogs sharpened to a
point
On Oct. 13 the college herd ct thirty
cows, most of which have been giving
milk since January, were turned on
wheat pasture. The average daily yield
of the herd for the week previous was
39z pounds. The average daily yieio
of the herd for the four days following
(up to the time of the present writing)
was 430 pounds-an increase Of thirty
eight pounds.
On Saturday, Oct. Is, the veterinary
department inoculated some hogs as
proof against swine plague. The only
available place for the operation was IN
front of a row of cows. The squealing
NJ the hogs caused the cows to be irri-
tated and nervous. The yield OF milk
from these six COWS was six pounds be-
low normal, or an average shrinkage Oh
one pound per cow.
The cold drizzling rain that came
Sunday afternoon, Oct. 16. was na:u
one on dairy COWS that had to remain
outdoors. When the storm came up the
college herd was brought in from pas
ture and given warm, comfortable smell
ter in and around the barn. They were
fed their usual food of ensilage and al
falfa hay. There was no decrease IN
the milk yield Sunday evening, but
Monday morning there was shrlnkaee
Of ten pounds for the herd, notw1tn-
standing their comfortable quarters
during the night.
The college dairy has just tested a
sample of skimmilk and q sample OF
buttermilk from a family in town. that
kent one cow for family use. The extra
milk was set in crooks and skinned
when a thick layer Of cream formed on
ton. AS there was but a small Quantl-
ty of cream, 1t was churned WIN an
egg heater. The Babcock test showed
the skimmilk to contain one per cent
butter fat, equal to a loss OF LII POUNDS
of butter for every one hundred pounds
skimmi1k, and the buttermilk 81 per
cent butter fat, equal to loss OF o.
pounds butter for every 100 pounds but
termilk.
Mr.. 7 A. Conover, special student In
dairying, also secured samples OF SKIM
milk and buttermilk from a family IN
town. and found still greater loss IN
tho skimmilk but less in the butter
milk. the skimmilk showing IL per
cent and the buttermilk 1.3 per cent
This makes a loss of la pounds butter
for every 100 pounds skimmilk ana I.oz
mounds butter for every 100 pounds
buttermilk.
These figures do not show any great
loss to the families mentioned, because
the total weight Of skimmilk and but
termilk are so small, but they are OF In
terest in that they show the immense
loss that would occur where such prac-
tees are followed on a larger scale. In
creameries the loss in skimmilk Is usu-
ally reduced to q mere trace. and In
the buttermilk to Oh to or Of one per
cent.
d. H. OTIS.