The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-01-19
Dairy Notes.

Dairy Notes.
We are constantly hearing of patches
OF butter brought onto the market in
such a condition that it has to sell far
on the regular price to be disposed Of
at all. Butter poorly packed, poorly
sailed and poorly worked, is no uncom-
mon sight. In many cases the butter
would have been good il properly
treated. Over 1t all seems to be writ
ten the word "carelessness." To this
word might be added the word "igno-
rance" and the whole truth would be
out More study and more applica-
lions of the lessons learned are neces-
sary If butter is to bring the price it
should in the market.
In examining the so-called aquatic
and hydraulic separators, one is struck
by the force of these words as mis-
nomers. The great mechanical sep
arators are, in truth, separators be-
cause by their mechanical motion they
separate the milk from the cream.
But a tin pan is not a separator, for
1t does nothing. The separation is not
accomplished by any quality of the pan
or vessel in which the milk and water
are set. The cream is not separated
by any mechanical agent, but is sepa-
rated through the force Of gravitation.
The application Of the term separator
to dishes in which milk is set is un-
truthful and dishonest. It is q DELHI
crate attempt to steal reputation and
to reap some advantage from the i'm
mense sums Of money that the real
separator companies have paid out for
advertising.
1t Is surprising to see how easily
some people are annoyed. In certain
states the dairymen, or, rather, a few
OF them, express their dissatisfaction
at being annoyed" by health officers
prying around to find If they use pre-
servatives in their milk, and also in
curing If their cows have tuberculosis,
and II they wash their cans in we'll
water that is contaminated oy sewage
from closets that have received the
stools" of typhoid fever patients. One
would suppose that all men would
want the public health preserved, but
some are certainly in favor of the pub
lie health being preserved to the point
only where it does not interfere with
business. The most discouraging
thing about this is that these men
often succeed in stopping such investi-
cations, being able to bring about con-
certed action because Of a community
Of interests.
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greatly lessened the burdens Of many
people that were milking cows and
raising cream by means of the old pan
system or were hauling the milk for
many miles to some creamery. It has
been a blessing in this way. but it is
also proving to be blessing in an
other way-it is making it possible for
people to do dairying who never did
dairying before. Many farmers live so
far from the creameries that it is quite
1mpracticable for them to attempt to
produce milk unless they expect to
make the butter themselves. Now.
however, the hand separator is being
quite extensively used by farmers liv-
Ing a long distance from the cream
cries. who separate their milk at home
and send only cans of cream to the
creameries. If this has to be sent by
rail or other paid conveyance it is not
such a matter. Also man with a COL
lecting route can make a much larger
circuit, as he has so much less weight
to carry.
Reports from some of the great but
ter centers indicate that storage butter
Is selling we'll up to the price of fresh
butter. This is due to one or two very
important facts. The first is that much
OF the stored butter is June butter.
and Is superior in color and quality,
This butter, though stored, has not to
compete with fresh June butter, but
with fall and early winter butter. The
June butter is made largely from fresh
pasture grass. while the fall butter is
often injured by the weeds that the
cows eat on account Of the shortness
OF the pasture grass. The butter that
is made from milk just after the cows
have their first feelings of hay is fire.
gently affected by the taste Of the hay.
Every one has noticed this taste in the
milk just after the cows arc put up"
in the fall. The stored butter is con-
stantly receiving more attention. at
the hands Of the men that store It. and
1t is therefore being kept today in a
more perfect condition than it was
possible to keep it few years ago.
Where a farmers wife is dependent
on the grocer at the neighboring sta
ton or village for the marketing of
her butter, measures should be taken
to establish reputation for the prod
uct tits often that the good butter
cells as low as the poor butter, and
this Is largely due to the fact that
buying butter in such places is some
thing Of a lottery anyway, and the
buyers do not propose to pay more
than the price that is going. What
10 butter today?" is a common query.
just as II there were, some fixed price
at which all butter must be sold. In
every little village, as well a. in every
large town, there are sure to be some
that are willing to pay . good price
for butter they know to be first class
and Of uniform quality from week to