The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-03

''Preserved" Cream Traverse
County. Inspections.
During the past few weeks the mem
bers of the state dairy and food commits
sion have been investigating the butter
output of the state for the present year,
and it has been been found that there is
and will be a decrease compared with the
output for 1898 No definite figures as to
just what the decrease will be have been
compiled and probably will not be until
the end of the year. The conclusion that
there is to be a decrease is arrived at by
comparing the, reports coming in from
the creameries with last years reports.
in nearly every instance the output is
less. The department is of the opinion
that this state of affairs is due TO the high
prices that can be obtained for grain and
cattle. Cows fit to butcher and stock COWS
have been selling at very good prices for
several months and farmers have been
Inclined to turn their stock into money
in one lump rather than feed it for the
daily milk output. In following this
course it is the general opinion that a
mistake is made, as the milk from a good
COW, in the course of year. is almost
equal to her value, and at the end of a
year the farmer will have gathered in
quite tidy sum of money from his cow
and still have the original capital.
The state dairy and food inspectors have
ascertained that a number Of country
creameries- are shipping cream containing
preservatives. In some cases positive
.aN-idapce bar baa1 Ohta inad and if iS the
intention of the dairy department to pros
ecute offenders to the full extent of the
law, as the use Of preservatives is against
the law. The inspectors also found lot
of renovated butter last week that was
labeled Creamery butter. 1t is said
that the butter came from one of the
cities in the northern part of the state.
This is also a direct violation of the law
passed by the last legislature, and it is
the intention to prosecute the offenders.
Assistant Dairy Commissioner White
spent last week among the creameries in
Traverse county. Some of the butter
coming from that section recently has not
been of a good grade and Commissioner
White spent the week inStructing the
buttermakers in the art of putting out
a first-class article of butter that will
Il take its place with the best product of the
4 state.
Pastures which are affording abund-
ance of grass in May or June will, al.
most without exception, fail in July or
r. August. With plenty of moisture this
would not be, and the pastures would
keep green all summer. A midsummer
drOuth is, however, a foregone conclu-
sion in this country, so we must pre-
pare for it, for the wise dairyman never
allows his cows to dry up with the pas
lures
Corn is probably the best known food
for keeping up the flow of milk when
pastures fail, and once a trial is given
to it, the fodder patch adjacent to the.
barn, if possible, is a fixture. Opinions
differ as to the best method of sowing
the seed. Some advocate planting in
hills, some drilling in rows three or four
feet apart, and some SOW broadcast d,
With the first method the corn plants
certainly develop faster; the stalks hay
ing sfreer access to sun and air There
also are not so many roots to suck the
moisture from the ground. The fact that
. 1t makes q better growth is against
this plan when one wants succuIent
food and not hard stalks. The drilling
method, when the seed is put in rows
three feet apart, is a better one than
the killing system from the fact that
the plants are more closely set and the
growth of the stalk finer BY this plan
cultivated to keep down weeds and en-.
courage growth.
The plan most favored by the writer
and one which, taking it all round, we
have settled on, is to SOW broadcast with
the grain drill the same as any grain
The field is MANFRED and made fine by
ploWing and narrowing, then drill
broadcast as soon as the weather and
ground become warm.
The plants are thick enough 80 that
g they are prevented from growing coarse
and hard and yet thin enough to grow
up to good size. They remain succulent
much longer, and the COWS eat them up
closer than the coarser- stalks, which
are the result of the other system Of
growing. We use about two and one
half bushels of seed to the acre Sweet
corn is without doubt, better than COM
mon field corn, for cows, at least, seem
to like it better-but we usually SOW orr
principal crop of the common varieties.
Dent makes more stalks To feed the
corn, we cut what is needed for two
feeds at noon, using a scythe for the
purpose. A wide runnered tled, some,
thing like a stone boat or dray, is used
to haul it on as soon as it is of cons
Venient height 10 load easily. This ID
drawn direct to the barn and thrown in
the alley between the rows of COWS. Half
IS fed at night and the remainder next
morning. The COWS eat it up pretty
clean only a few of the cOarSer stalks
being left in the hangers.
Sorghum, or sugar cane, Is much used
for this purpose in some localities. and
it is said to be excellent as a milk
producer when fed green Oats and
peas fed in the same way are also recon,
mended, but corn is king on this dairy
farm both summer and winter On it
I'VE put our dependence and ii has never
yet failed us. Except for a few months
in spring and again in fall our cows re-
ceiVe very little rough feed of any other
kind. Hay is not an economical feed
for cows when corn fodder gives as
good results, nor would it abe unless re-
suits We're twice as much as from the
fodder, as its conan ercial value Is about
twice as much.
Feeding grain to cows in summer Is
considered. by many as a useless expendi-
.ture OF money, yet We always give a ra-
ton of some kind, principally bran. This
we believe, pays us or we would not do
II. The milking is always done in the
stable, and the cows are always ready
to go in. There is no chasing around
the barn yard, but everything is done
quietly and in Order.-Indiana Farmer
Every now and then we hear of some
analytical chemist testifying TO the harm
lessness of bOracic and salicylic acid, for
naldehyde, and other preservatiye used
in dairy and food products. Generally
when the matter is investigated the ana.
lytical chemist wild be found to be receiv.
ing a salary from some manufacturer as
IN inventor Of deceptive authorizations
In this connection it is worth while tc
read the following extract from the Med