Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-10-06


The question OF refrigeration In the
dairy is becoming every year one OF
greater moment 10 dairymen. Cold is
the ideal preaerver of all things. The
dairyman should make ii his ally. Ice
making is In It's infancy. as a science.
Every man that has butter and milk
TO keep for days should provide him
self with supply OF ice. and the place
for keeping this should be construct
ed in the summer time.
Dairyiag in South Australia is re-
ported to be in precarious condition
owing to the prevalence of drouth. es-
peciaiiy In the regions around the
North and South Wales boundary line
Some OF the country has been reduced
to serftable desert. as there has been
little rain for two years. Water exists
only In the streams in bogs and thou
sands OF cattle have become begged"
trying to reach the water.
After generation OF use. the siio Is
today more popular than ever. True.
there are even today comparatively
few silos. but In the regions where the
largest hunters have existed in the
past. the most are being built today.
This is a hopeful sign. The fact Is the
clio is not always a success. II must
be properly handled to give good re-
suits. There have been failures and
| these failures have discouraged some
| farmers. But the successes have been
SO many, that. In the minds of the
most progressive dairyinen, the vesr4
Of the dairy is no longer a problem.
| Investigations show that many OF
| our farmers that produce milk fail to
realize the value they should from the
skim milk The writer has been in
| creameries where the farmers had so
little use for the skim milk that the
creamery manager was glad to get rid
of II TO the citizens of the neighbor-
ing village at one cent per gallon. This
was a good thing for the citizens. but
II showed great lack on the part OF
the men that had produced the milk
| We have no doubt that many OF the
farmers that produced that milk and
! didn't want the skim milk we're feed
Ing their poultry on grain ration the
year round.
A relatcs to olsomargarine. the
| skies IN Pennsylvania are clearing A
new Dairy and Food Commissioner has
been appointed and he has taken hold
OF the work with will. Already more
than 200 suits are being prepared for
and will be pushed as soon as the
grand jury meets. which ia In Septem
ber Most Of these suits are against
restaurant keepers, grocers and but
ter dealers. The amount of evidence
that has been accumulated 10 very
IlarKe and said to be conclusive. and
Il ia expected that no obstacle will b.
met with In the courts. II Is intend
ed to push suits in every county In the
state. Indications now are that the
sellers OF colored oleomargarlne viii
have a harthtime in the future.
|
II has been supposed that the selling
Of filled cheese was thing OF the pas'
In the United States. but now facts
are coming to light that seem to indi-
cate that the nefarious business Is be-
ing carried on quite extensively. The
Pure Food Commission In Ohio has
been analysing various articles OF food
and among them q large number Of
eheeses. A very large proportion o.
the cheese analyzed showed that III
articles purporting to be "full-creams'
we're "nlled" cheese In every sense o
the word. II that Is the case in Ohio I