The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-09-29
Dairy Notes

Dairy Notes. .ss
That even the work Of milking Il not
without danger Is evidenced BY Tho
case Of q mixer in New Zealand Who
had his right eye put out BY . switch
from the cows tail. Probably Il theas
truth were known 1t would DO founAss
that Q great many accidents Of thu
kind. more or LEES serious have 60
CURED. Il would be we'll to have 49, ~
cows tail fastened during milking, a eA
Is now practiced by some. This giss
also In the interest Of cleanliness.
The Dairy and Food Department o.
Minnesota is having anything but an az
easy time enforcing the anti-oleo law
In the iron-producing regions Of thai
state. The employers of labor IN tn
mines find 1t very profitable to ~ ~
oleomargarine in the boardfng-housess
where their men are taken care o..
Nevertheless, the inspectors have taken
hold Of the work in earnest and last
year rel $1,000 was collected in fines
for selling and using butterine other
wise than in the way the law provides
We believe that pasteurization Oh
skimmilk should be generally prac-s
ticed. not only by the creameries
cheese factories but on farms wheref
any considerable number of cows are
kept for the production of milk. UNI
less. In the last case, where the cows
are all tested and are known to be fres
from tuberculosis. In the creameriess
and cheese factories especially the pas
teurization is advisable. 1t will not
only keep disease germs from being
carried to all the farms but will havs
q tendency to keep the cows OF 9
patrons from getting In an unsanitarys
condition. II the p%asteurized milk ies
given back to the farmers when its
stands at a temperature Of 1876 degrees
1t will destroy the germs Of the fer--ss
ments that may be accommodating in the
seams of the cans II this is repeated
every other day, or every time the
patron brings milk to the factory. III
will aid very materially in keeping the
cans Of the more careless patrons In as
good condition and will therefore 81.
sure a better supply of milk for the
8 of the man that Is to turn 1t into
butter or cheese.
Only men with clearly instincts
should be permitted to have q part In
drawing the milk from the cow or
handling it at any time. II dirty men
are to be retained on the farm they
should be put to some work other than
that that directly affects the milk. We
hear about men that dip their fingers
into the milk when they want to moist
en- the teats Of the COW they are milk
ing. It has never seemed to the writer
that the facts as reported could be pos
sible. but the preponderance Of testi-
mohy seems to be that there are such
dirty mixers. That being the case
the dirty man must be recognized as
existing and he should be prevented
from communicating the milk supply.
But he is not always easy to find. HIS
dirty tricks are kept by him in the
background as much as possible. He
must be run down. Perhaps the best
way to find him Is for the COW owner
to give his mixers general instructions
against such methods. When the dirty
man Is the proprietor himself the case
becomes more difficult to handle, and
until something like the curd test for
dirt IL adopted by the creameries and
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Of finding him Out. It should not b.
forgotten that the dirty man stands IN
the way Of the maker Of both butter
and cheese. The dirty man can bring
to naught the finest skill in the world.
II we would build up from the founda-E
ton we must eliminate dirt In men and
methods. Cleanliness in all things isss
the first step in our upward progress.
~, Sheep Items.
Sheep feeders are prolting BY the
large supply and low prices and are
buying literally at the Chicago yards.
The drouth in the Northwest has
caused a large influx Of sheep into
Idaho. which has overcrowded the
ranges and compelled a large unload
ing Of stock on the markets. Sheep
and cattle interests threaten to con-
flict, and efforts will be made to devise
some method Of dividing the public
range.
A new sheep dip. intended for per-
manent use, is being constructed at
the Chicago stock yards. Three years
ago a wooden dip was constructed az
an experiment. It will now be dis
carded. The new one Is Of brick and
is 100 feet In length without curves.
The old one had two bends. and these
proved to be its chief defect.
Montana ranges are said to be short
Of aged cattle on account Of the large
numbers Of young cattle markafad