Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-19


that .arga quantities of it ave sold an
nually in iowa, although less than one
ION has been found during the year by
the dairy commissioner. He strongly
urges the passage of the federal law
placing a tax of 10 cents pound on
colored oleomargarine, which he says
would remove the temptation to deal
ers because there would be no large
profit to induce dealers to sell oleomar-
garine for butter as they do now. In
thlrty-three states, including sixty-six
out of ninety United States senators,
2s4 out OF 356 members of congress,
there was positive prohibitory antioch
or laws forbiding the sale of oleomar-
garine colored in imitation of butter.
Mr.. Norton therefore thinks that it is
very unlikely that the representatives
of these states will vote against bill
to tax oleomargarine if the farmers
and dairymen call their attention to
their desire 10 have the bill passed.
The tin separator comes in for its
share of attention. 1t is shown by en-
periments and reports from this and
other states that it is fraud upon the
farmer. That he pays ten or fifteen
dollars for 6 -. can worth about rs
cents. That it will not take
out much more than rs to
SO per cent of the butter fat
in the milk. Attempts have been
made to brighten farmers into paying
ROYALTIES on the process as if anybody
could get patent on the process OF
separating cream from milk by pour
ing cold water into it! Another fraud
which is exposed is the ''butter increas-
err" which is sold to dishonest dairy
men for the purpose of making butter
heavier than it would otherwise be,
sublecting it to a chemical treatment
which fills it with nearly fifty per cent
of water. This fraud. says the commits
sloner, is at once detected, and renders
the butter worthless on the market. An
other evil which Mr.. Norton has been
lighting during the year is the milk
preservative ''freezine,' used by some
milk dealers TO keep milk sweet. 1t is
plainly an adulteration under the law,
and many of these compounds are
very injurious to health. Any person
using it will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law.
The number OF farm separators has
greatly increased Last year there
"NiS so1' tiits Ssaf l,ouu. Inc auNa;l-
tages OF using them are, that they in
crease the effectiveness of the separator
plan from the old gravity Dreaming:
the saving and cost of hauling the
cream or milk to the creaniery' and
back; the increased value OF tfe Skim
milk, due TO its uniform sweet,iess. And
the saving of time and labor and Dairy
utensils formerly used. The commits
sioner says that there is no d1esfion
that good separator makes money for
the dairyman. The best methods of
gravity Dreaming by the use of ice
leave from siN-tenths to nine-tenths OF
per cent OF the butter fat in the milk,
that is, from 20 to 30 per cent of all the
butter fat in the milll.while 4 first class
separator takes practically all the but
ter fat out of the milk. Mr.. Norton is
of the opinion that when man has
ten cows it will be profitable for him
to buy good separator, although it
does not necessarily follow that it will
be profitable for him to make his own
butter instead of selling the cream to
the creamery. II requires no skill TO
run separator, but it requires great
skill to manufacture butter that will
meet the demands of the market and
to find the best market for it,
A better feeling exists between the
dairymen and the creamery operators
resulting from the better understand
ing of the Babcock test. which is the
measure used to ascertain the amount
of butter fat in each patrons milk. Mr..
Norton advises creamery operators to
be more careful in the use of these
tests to see that they are honest and
that their patrons have reason to know
that they are honest
The cheese industry shows consid-
cradle falling off within the past year.
The number of fac1oEies1is, sNtt,pinc
against sixty-seven last year, of which
fifty-three reported both years. !. The
value OF the factories, May 1 1885, was
$7s,550. while this year ibiis. SS1 $50.
Forty-tive factories reported this, year
to have received 24,176,56e pounds OF
milk. out of whiche they. manufactured
2.s92.s95 pounds of cheese. Last year
fifty-four factories, reported receiving
30,744,694 pounds ofGmilk,tout of which
they made 1900, 400 pounds of cheese.
This year forty-seven factories report
2.152,143 pounds of cheese sold in Iowa.
and 240,752 pounds shipped out of the
StohS. NA1'isb y wi IVA tf.tNo re-
ported 1,s45,195 pounds sold in Iowa
and 2o6, 100 pounds shipped out of the
state. The cheese making industry in
Iowa is comparatively a small one. A
large majority of the cheese consumed,
probably nine-tenths OF it, is imported.
The reason is lack of interest in the
business. the fact that it is not as we'll
managed as the creamery and does not
pay the farmer as well as the butter
making industry.
In his authorized interview in the
Capital, printed here last week. w. J..
Bryan hedged on the expansion or
PHILIPPINE question, declaring that he
is not in favor of the withdrawal of
the troops, but of a declaration that if
they will only quit fighting the gov
crnment we will soon leave them to
their own affairs, or words to that ef-
feet. He also took occasion to throw
some doubt over the issues of 1900, say
ing that certain things might or might
the ann ecohhus he,is nttebt TO. CIV ute
not be the issue then. But he cannot
remove the fact that he is in the issue,
and that he is the embodiment of free