New-York tribune., 1900-10-07

churning were employed that had been brought to
this side Of the by the Pilgrims years before
The following twenty-five years, however, marked
a period Of much Improvement in the dairy bust
ness. and many Of the old fashioned churns were
abolished, 10 be supplanted by the modern inven-
lions. The demand for dairy products had ma
terially increased the small towns and cities had
be supplied with milk, and there was an ex-
tensive market for butter and cheese. Farmers
awakened TO the fact that there much profit
IN the dairy industry If conducted properly, and
went TO work study the best methods Of curing
the and utilizing skim milk in various
forms Better care taken OF their cattle
Cattle were imported into this country from all
over the globe, and were scientifically bred and
developed into excellent mich cows. Condensed
milk had been perfected. creameries were estab-
ushed and there began TO grow large export
trade Dairy organizations were Incorporated FOR
The mutual benefit Of the farmer and the manu-
facturer so that when the war broke out this
business had made so much headway that skllluI
6airymen were able TO meet the demands OF the
time and accordingly became very wealthy on the
profits Of a comparatively new industry in the
United States.
Since 1873 developments have been marvellous
owing chiefly 10 the invention Of machines such as
the centrifugal cream separator and the Bahcock
tester These appliances may be operated by any
person of average intelligence more economically
and with less waste than could the old fashioned
<hurning machines. The Babcock tester has IA
eilitated the analyzng of milk in a quick ana easy
bers Of other apparatus of less importance have
been placed on the market. all of which have had
tendency to simplify dairyng ,,,,u,,,-- -,.,,io,
has not as yet been changed. ana that is th the
method Of milking. Although numerous. attempts
nave oeen mace sda Pa'e a riI S nee has been
Rand. RRsaSii'a' success S''7''''-'' 80
Cheese and butter making for the market has
been bodily transferred from the realm OF domes-
tic arts to that of manufactures There Is practl-
cally no cheese made in this country by the farm
ers and the towns and cties are SuPpmeqb bsy WIN
Present great railroad systems deliver it with
good condition when it reaches a destination. In
esrain portions Of the c9gnTy n Pe
the earnings Of the butter factory. This, however
is not so much the case now as il was twenty
years ago One advantage the farmer had when when ne
his milk was that the by-products of dairyng were
proportionate share Of the net proceeds.
Especially within recent years there has been
TWO decades enormous quantities Of skim milk
from the cheese factories were absolutely wasted
Farmers could make use or these by-products by
feeding them cattle. But the factories had no
ton To-day the aIbumen of the skim milk is ex-
tracted and used In various ways II is prepared
the basis i-f Of ' an ename mel paint as substitute
glue IN paper Tizlpg ana It is aI5o sqMded ha so as
handles. electrical insulators and similar articles
publication Of the Agricultural Department that it
has required from twenty-tsree 10 twenty-seven
cows every hundred Of the population TO keep
the country supplied with milk, butter and
cheese and provide for the export Of dairy
products. The export trade has fuctuated much
but has never exceeded the produce Of five hun
dred thousand cows. With the closing years OF
the century il is estimated that there is mich
COW for every four persons. This makes the total
number Of cows about seventeen million five hun
dred thousand. million and a half Of which are
IN the State Of New-York. 1t requires army of
three hundred thousand men working continuously
for ten twelve hours day 10 milk the COWS
kept in the United States.
The following table OF the estimated number of
COWS and quantity and value OF dairy products
has been issued by the Agricultural Department:
Rate O Total Of
product product value. Total
Cows Product. per COW annually; Cents value.
'13o '1.4390h0OO is S257, 10000
100000 Cheese 800 300 ooo99o q 600 600