The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-28

Series Will cover breeding, hear-
ing, Feeding and All Other Top
ics of Especial Interest and Value
to the Dairymen of the Future
ms Well as Those of the Pres
ent.
The state Of Minnesota is one Of the
leading states in the matter Of furnish
ing scientific instruction in all branches
of farming, and especially in the pro-
ducing OF butter and cheese, as it is
we'll understood that in this branch the
state is rapidly forging to the front
and will in a very few years have
climbed to the topmost round of the
ladder
Special announcements have recently
been sent out in regard to the winter
term of the dairy school. This course
is designed TO furnish persons who are
actually engaged in the manufacture Of
butter and cheese, or who propose to
take up this work, an opportunity to
become more skilled in their work and
also to study the many problems which
have direct bearing on the dairy in
dustry- The course of sixty lectures
covers the most important points in the
breeding, rearing, feeding and general
management of dairy stock, the eco
and preserving of forage and grain
crops, the management of meadow and
pastures, cooperative dairying, cream
cry and cheese factory management,
chemistry Of milk, etc.
The monthly meeting of the Martin
county dairymen's convention, held at
the little city Of Welcome last Thurs
day, was not largely attended, but the
programme was a most entertaining
one, and considerable interest was
taken by those present. There were
number Of instructive addresses and
interesting talks included in the pro-
gramme The December meeting will
be held at Fairmont. The date has not
been definitely determined. AS an in
ducement to have large exhibition of
the product of the county's creamerieS
at the next meeting, Prof. Leighton, of
Iowa, has offered a prize Of five bar
rels of Genesee salt for the best tub
Of butter. The offer is made on the
condition that every creamery in the
county exhibit tub Of its product
The month Of December is probably
the best in the year for the holding of
institutes, as there are many days dur
ing which farmers find time to leave
their work and still not neglect it. With
this Idea In view, many state farmers
Institutes have been arranged for next
month. The following list gives the To-
cation and date of holding of the in
stitutes that have been arranged for:
Morristown. Rice county, Tuesday and
Wednesday, Dec. and 7.
Madison Lake, Blue Earth county, Wednes-
day and Thursday, Dec. rs.
Kilkenny, lie Sueur county, Thursday and
Friday, Dec. and 8.
Jordan. Scott county, Friday and Satur-
day Dec. 8 and 10.
Arlington, slbley county. Tuesday and
Wednesday. Dec. 13 and IA.
GibbOn, Sibley county, Wednesday and
Thursday, Dec. Il and 10.
Belyiew. Redwood county, Thursday and
Wood Lake, Yellow Medicine county Fri
day and Saturday, Dec. 16 and II.
Clarkield. Yellow Medicine county, Tues
day and Wednesday, Dec. 20 and q.
Marietta, Lac qui Parle county, Wednesday
and Thursday, Dec 2l-22
Should COWS be kept quiet? Yes.
Why? Because it pays.
How do you know 1t pays?
In answer to this question, let me
relate the experience of one of our
best dairymen. He says:
Il had heard a good deal about the
bad effect of excitement upon the COW,
and made up my mind 1 would know
whether there was anything in 1t or
I. whether 1t was like a good many other
fine spun theories. SO one night 1 de-
cows | told the hired man to get him
a cudgel, and 1 got one myself. We
took the dog and went out into the
coward just before milking. We hal
foed and yelled and flourished our
sticks, but didn't strike a blow. The
dog barked loudly, and for a time PAM
demonium prevailed Then we let the
cows into the barn and MIXED them.
II was dumbfounded at the result.
The falling off in the amount of milk
given away was not so very much
though there was a marked difference:
the most striking loss was in the quail
lty of the milk. 1 have a reliable test
myself, and know / cannot be mis-
taken when 1 say that at least two
htths OF the butter fat had disappear
ed-been burned up by the excitement
of the few minutes abuse just before
milking
Il told the hired man then that here
after, If he felt as If he must strike
somebody. to strike me- and that II
he spoke at all in the stable | wanted
1t 10 he In tone of voice such as he
would use in speaking to me-"
Now, this is not theory; it is not
fancy; IT is plain, matter-of-fact bust
ness. Every time a man kicks, pounds.
shouts or otherwise has a ''tantrnn,,,
with his COWS he takes money out of
MS own pocket. He had better stand
II II the COW thumpS him now and then
with her tail, or stands around q sten
or Two While being MIXED than To
make bigger fool of himself than the
cow by getting into rage and turning
the stable into a bedlam.-Practical
Dairying.
1t is with certain feeling of regret
that We understand that a new induS-
try Is about to be introduced in Ire
!anu-naneiy' the making of good but
ter from bad. 1t has long been thought
that, if we could once be sure thai
there was no margarine about. butter
could be judged by its taste What
then, are we to say to process nv
Which bad, rancid butter fat can he
turned again into fresh" butter? The
data on which the process is founded
are comparatively simple, and the
process itself. although somewhat elab
crate, is, after ALL only rewashins
and then a remaking of the butter
Nhat is unpleasant about it is that in
future freshness and cleanness of taste
are to be no security that the butter ie
the fresh product Of fresh cream-nC
guarantee that from COW to butter far
all has been clean and free from ROT
tenness. The rancidity of butter is
due to the liberation of butyric acid
and other volatile acids and their de.
rivatives, through the action of mi.
crobeS-tn other words through tbs
operation Of decomposition. AS is Wei
known, this decomposition mostly
takes place in butter which has heer
badly made; for really well made hut.
ter, from which all the casein and INT.
termilk have been worked out, will keer
for a very long time. In the process
which has been lately introduced fo,
the removal of these offensive nrOduots