Hutchinson gazette., 1899-10-19
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
now Successful FARMERS Operate This
Department ot tho Tarm--A Few
Hints Aa to tho Care Of Llvs stock
and Poultry.


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Dairy Notes
Mr.. A. s. MITCHELL chemist OF the
Wisconsin Dairy and Food CommIs-
sion, says that In most of tho foreign
buffers sent to England preservatiyes
arc used He expresses the belief that
American butter known to be free from
such chemicals would find a ready sale
on the British market, The opinion OF
Mr.. Mitchell should bo given weight,
People Of England, as well rs Of this
country, nre opposed to having their
food doctored with b0raX and other
stun. They will gladly turn from
goods 30 treated to goods that arc pure
and free from all other preserVSIyes
than salt.
The dairy and food commissioner OK
Minnesota has been gathering stalls
tics OF the creamery industry In that
state lie Ands the state has G7S
Creamerles, which represent an invest
ment OF S2,7OO,OOO, Tho number OF pa
irons Of the creamcrles is given at
$3.50. IL 10 estimated that 100000
COWS supply milk to these creNmeries'
Last year these creameres used l.
SS2,7lS,000 pounds of milk and made
O2,Si0,000 pounds Of butter OF this
amount 50,OOO,0OO pounds was shipped
out OF the state The gross receipts
for butter sold were sl0,370, 900. Oper-
ating expenses were estimated at ST.
O94, 800, leaving $S,54G, 400 to bo paid to
patrons for milk,
A modern dairy has been started IN
the Philippine islands. An Australian
recently transported nifty cows from
Australia to Manila, The cost OF trans
port was more than the cost OF the
cows, but the man that has the under
taking In hand will evidently mako o
good thing out Of 1t, He is reported
as being able to sell all the milk he
can produce at about rs cents per
quart, United States money. The
United States hospital alone pays him
$4,000 per month In gold. 1t VIII
doubtless be long time before he has
enough competition to compel roduc-
ton OF the price Of milk, The people
Of those islands use some milk, but IL
is the milk Of the water buffalo or
caribou COW.
The National Dairy Union Is dolnB
q good work In pushing It's fight for the
selling OF Imitation dairy products for
what they are. 1t set out to raise q
fund Of about $4,000 to carry the con-
test into congress at tho coming ses-
sion. Already over $4,000 has been
raised. Every butter-makor should be
willing to do his part, and should pay
something for tho benefit Of this fund.
An attempt Is to be made this winter
10 have a tax Of 10 cents per pound
nut on all butterino colored to Initiate
butter. The uncolored butterine VIII
be allowed to 20 as under the present
law. There seems no reason why this
bill should not pass, At the last ses-
sion OF congress 1t nearly became n
law, and doubtless would have done so
had not the attention of congress been
suddenly called to the necessity Of pro-
ylding for foreign war. The bill
will, however, be vigorously fought by
the manufacturers of butterine.
.
In q recent Issue the Farmers Re-
view mentioned the fact that some So
called butter was appearing on the
Minneapolis market that had evidently
been made by the use Of pepsin or
other chemicals. A report now comes
from New York city that the worthless
stuff Is appearing there. On analysis
1t Is found to consist Of nearly half
water. and much Of the rest casein,
with comparatively little butter-lat'
In fact, II Is cheese disguised as butter,
but It is very poor cheese. A man that
will nut such stuff on the market Is In
every way dishonest. He not only
cheats the buyer, but destroys the
butter market. After man has got
few lots of that kind of stuff he will
turn to butterinc with sigh Of relief.
Every butter-maker should wage war
on the men that make this product, for
these men are the worst enemies the
honest farmer and honest dairyman
can have. II such stuff Is sold on the
market to any great extent, 1t will
become impossible to get any leglsla-
ton to control the sale Of oleomarga-
rine.' The only thing that commission
men can do with such goods is to re-
make them, and thus get out the little
butter-fat they contain.
Poultry Notes. .. ..
In killing poultry all unnecessary
cruelty should be avoided One would
nI,,toA IN ha Without