Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-01-13
Insist on Having GOOD MIX.

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Insist on Having Good MIX
Every creameryman receiving milk
from his patrons should insist upon
each one furnishing first-class raw
product, as that Is the only way In
which first-class product can be de-
livered from the creamery, says Elgin
Dairy report The fear that many
creamerymen have that II they do not
receive the milk the other creamery
man will. is based on the wrong prin-
ciples Of business. AS long as you In
sist upon having good milk to start
with, you will have uniformly good
product, il you are doing the work at
your end of the line correctly. The
other fellow taking the bad milk will
not have always a good product. and
therefore cannot pay prices that you
can afford to pay the patrons, and II
this continues long enough on that
same basis, the time will come when
you will have the good patrons-thoss
who care for the milk properly-and
the other fellow will have the poor
ones; and either he or the patrons will
have to go out Of business or both We
believe 1t is possible for the creamery
men to do very much to increase the
quality Of the raw product 50 we'll az
the quantity delivered. By encourag-
higher grade OF milk, you will be en-
ablsd to make q more uniform and
higher grade product, getting more
money therefor, and that encourages
the farmers to produce more and bet
ter milk This Is one Of the live Ques-
tons of the day In connection with the
dairy industry. There Is a consider
able amount of discussion among pa
irons Of creameries because Of the low
prices paid for milk. 1t is true butter
and cheese have been ruling low for
the last year, but compared with other
agricultural products. they have held
their own very well, and have been
more uniform In price than any other
agricultural product Creamerymen
certainly owe 1t to themselves and the
AA4o6tAy " cCO W H. tAo< AACy w AOlA-
ing to lower not only the standard of
the product that they make, but the
standard of the raw product from
which they must produce their goods.
Educate your farmers along the line
of better milk, and you will have edu-
Gated them along the line of larger
supply. That is what each creamery
man most desires.
Getting Rid of Laying Workers.
In late issue Of the American Bee
Journal Edwin Bevins claims to have
discovered two alternative ways In
which laying-wOrker colonies can be
disposed Of 30 as to get all the service
out Of the bees that they can render,
and yet keep the number of the col
onies up to what 1t was before. One
way is to place the hive containing the
laying workers over a strong colony
with fertile queen, placing a newspa-
per with q small hole In 1t between the
two hives. The bees will unite peace
ably, and when considerable worker
brood appears In the upper hive the
hive can be placed on another stand,
and the bees will rear q queen from
the brood, II the old queen Is loft in
the lower hive; or fertile queen can
be introduced about three days after
the removal Of the hive. The other
plan involves the taking of a couple
If frames of Matching brood from a hive
and placing them in another hive over
. strong colony, with q frame having
between the two hives. Then fertile
,ueen and her escort are released on
he two combs, and in q few days
here will be a nucleus strong enough
% take care of the queen This hive
8 then set down by the side of the
live holding the laying workers. Every
wo or three days a frame with Its
,ees must be transferred from the lay
hive to the nucleus. By
he time all but two of the frames are !
placed in the new hive the queen II at
york there and everything is harmoni-
,us. As regards the two frames taken
O form the nucleus, they can be re-
urned to the places from which they |
we're taken, or these places can be |
He'd by the frames remaining unused
n the laying worker hive.
Fresh Eggs in Demand.-A great
many of the eggs that reach the large
tiles are what II known as lined eggs.
nd are purchased by those who buy
he cheapest In the market. bakers be-
M the best customers. They do not
egin to compete with strictly fresh
KS. which are bought by a different
lass Of customers, and It 10 doubtful
I It really pays to lime the eggs ex-