The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
Stephenson Farm in Somers to be the
Scene of an Interesting Expert
ment in Short Time.
ATTRACTS WIDE ATTENTION.
Cattle Will be Kept in Such Manner as to
Insure Sanitary Pure M1lk-W1ll ADD
Profit to the Business.

The farm of ex-senator Isaac Steph-
enson. in the town of Somers, IN this
county. will be the scene of a most
interesting experiment within the next
few days.
The experiment is nothing less than
an effort to supply the city OF chicago
with absolutely pure milk. The plan
is a novelty in Wisconsin and 1t never
had but one trial in any part OF the
west. For some time the farm of the
ex-senator, which is the largest in the
county, and one of the largest IN the
state. has been given over to the pro-
duction of milk for the Chicago mar
ket. But the business has not proved
profitab1e on account of the fact that
the price of milk has gone so low that
there is no profit for the farmer.
There is, however, a great demand
for absolutely pure milk and to meet
this demand the plan has been propos-
ed. The large barns on the farm will
be turned into COW stables. These
stables will be kept absolutely clean
and will be constantly under the in
spection of the health officers of the
state, The old wood floors of the barns
will be replaced by cement ones and an
army of workmen will be employed to
keep the barn absolutely clean. The
cattle which are used iii the production
of the milk will also be kept absolutely
clean. They will receive the care
given to horses ane Kept in stalls built
for both comfort and cleanliness.
They will be regularly inspected by
the state officials to see that there is no
trace of tuberculosis. The same plan
for cleanliness will be followed in con-
neCtion with the men employed. The
milking will be done at regular hours
and the men will have a change of
clothing for each time.
! When the milk has been taken from
the COWS it will be removed to a place
distant for straining. When it has
been strained it will be put in a giant
separator andtthe butter fat removed.
When this is completed the milk and
butter fat is reunited in such manner
that it will contain exactly four per
cent of butter fat. When the milk is
ready for market it will be placed in
refrigerator and nput in sterilized
glass bottles and sealed.
The plan promises to add quite
little to the profits of the farm, as it is
stated that the milk which is now sold
for less than cents a quart will then
| be sold ION the farm at the rate of s
cents quart and delivered to Chicago
consumers at the rate"of II cents a
Quart. A herd of 200 COWS will be kept
and it is estimated that they will pro-
duce some thousands quarts of pure
milk daily. If the.p1ans proves a sue
cess it will probably be adopted on
other farms in the county.
That the ip1an is practical one has
been provedsby the experiment of John
Ger1ey, a dairyman residing south of
Chicago, who in the past has been the
sole purveyor of pure milk for that city.
The experiment at the Stephenson
farm is attracting a great deal of at
tention from the doctors and health
officers in Chicago as it is the first
large farmsin the west to give the plan
a thorough test.