Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-07
Dairy Notes.

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subsidized.
Dairy Notes.
II was something of a surprise to IL
linois milk producers to be told by
Wisconsin cheese expert that the milk
from which most creameries make but
ter is not clean enough for the use OF
the cheesemaker. 1t was supposed that
the milk from which our best cream
cry butter is manufactured is as good
as can be obtained for any purpose.
Mr.. Aderhold says not, and he may
be right. In the making of butter the
milk is passed through the separator
and a great deal of filth removed in
that process. Besides, only the cream
is used in the making of butter. In
the making of cheese the whole milk
is used, and 1t is not passed through
the separator.
1t seems to be a fact That milk as
food is becoming less popular every
year in Illinois. Not that the aggre-
gate amount consumed Is growing
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lessening. We think the explanation
is not far to seek. People have learned
that milk. unless drawn under proper
conditions from healthy cows, is a
menace to health. No one cares to
drink milk drawn from tuberculous
udders. No one cares to use a fluid
that has been carried in utensils that
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wells in which typhoid fever germs ex-
list. As is well known there is no bet
ter medium for the development Of any
kind Of disease germs than milk. The
question is how shall the public fear
be allayed? The answer appears plain
to US: Make the conditions such that
the milk will be pure and then con-
vince the people that the case is as
you state 1t. Some milk producers are
taking the opposite course: they are
trying to smother all investigations of
the bad conditions that exist in some
Of the herds. Not long ago some milk
producers and some cattle men met in
Chicago and began war on the tuber-
culin test. This is because the tuber-
culin test tells too many truths. They
say 1t hurts business. The general
public will not however take that view
of 1t. The lives of the consumers OF
milk are of more importance than the
financial prosperity of the milk pro-
ducers that happen to have herd OF
tuberculous cows on their hands.
Poultry Briefs
Egg-eaters among hens are unneces-
sary. Often 1t will be found that the
egg-eater is the same hen that lays
the soft-shelled egg. This is proof
that both things arise from the same
source-a wrong condition in the
fowls feed or care.
An eastern paper reports hen that
has formed most excellent egg-laying
habit. She began to lay about the last
of April, and up to the last Of No
vember had laid one egg day, taking
a vacation Of only two weeks at one
time. This is slight indication Of
what possibilities there are In fowl.
We hear talk of an egg trust. but
we think this Is one kind Of trust the
inanciers cannot manage. At least
a combination Of that kind would be
short lived. The incubators and the
hens are so numerous that the number
of hens in the country could be dou-
bled in six months.
We notice in poultry contempo-
rary an article charging the gapes to
cracked corn. We supposed that this
question had been settled long ago. 1t
Is now well known that the gapes are
due to the gape-worm. and not to any
tenn that permits the chicks to get all
the gape-worms they want through
the medium of the gape-worms' hosts
the angle worms.
Australian Butter supply Limited.
Information to hand by cable Is to
the effect that the price of Australian
butter is firming in consequence Of 1t
having become apparent that the sup
plies Of the present season will not be
so large as was anticipated. says the
Australasian, OF Australia. Before the
season opened the prospects were such
that dairymen. exporters, and the gov
eminent expert. Mr.. Grove. were led to
believe that the exportable surplus for
1900 would amount to fully 5000 tons
more than was sent away last year.
The prolonged winter In the principal
grazing districts Of Gippsland. whence
large bulk Of the Victorian supplies
come. has diminished the output there
considerably. The season has not been
so severe in the northern and other
milder districts, and the supplies from
those parts will be heavier than before.
1t is. however, the opinion Of gentle
man connected with the trade that the
falling-off from Gippsland for the sea-
son will be sufficiently great to more
than counterbalance any increase from
the north, northeast, and west. He
anticipates that the price for the rest
of the season will keep moderately
firm, and he bases this opinion upon
the fact aforementioned. Last year
the season opened well in the matter
Of price. and fell gradually; this season
1t was inclined to be low at the outset.
In consequence of the idea prevailing
in London that the export would be
very large. The fact that 1t will prob
ably not reach that Of last year must
therefore have the hardening tendency
our infornantsxpeets.