Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-21
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Iropiness, thus proving that we had
succeeded in getting the cause of this
condition. I have no doubt that it
was through the whey tank this trouble
was kept alive in the factory. The
bacillus causing the trouble was
spore-bearer and as such would be
hard to destroy in washing our milk
cans Tin which contents of whey
tanks were taken home by patrons
so that the factory was kept constant
ly seeded from the milk again. How
the trouble originated I am quite I'M
able to say, but that it was kept alive
through the whey tank seems prob
able, and the fact was learned later
that it was found in several patrons
cans"
A similar trouble occurred in, a Wis
consin factory and it was found that
each patron had a whey barrel into
which his share of whey was emptied
Some of these barrels had not been
cleaned out for years, yet the patrons
took home this foul whey in their milk
cans
Dairymen near Darlington, Ill.,, are
in a panic over the fatal results o.
using poisonous vaccine points for
prevention of anthrax Cows are dy-
ing by the hundred, and fear is ex-
pressed that the poison in the vaccine
is contagious, and that the disease is
likely to spread to the entire northern
end of the state if some radical action
shall not be taken quickly.
Sour Cream Tests.
1t is not an uncommon practice for
creamery patrons who own hand sep
arators to deliver their cream but once
in two to four days, or for creameries
practicing the cream-gathering system
to collect but two or three times a
week. The cream which thus accumu-
lates is often kept without attempt
at cooling, and becomes more or less
sour. 1t is we'll understood that cream
which has partly soured in the hands
of the producer is less apt to make a
high grade Of butter than is a cream
which is kept cold and reaches the fac
tory in a sweet condition. The pro-
Queer, however, frequently argues that
it does not make any particular diff
ference to his pocket-book whether
the cream sours or not.
The Vermont experiment station Of
ficers say that there is not only
chance that the sour cream HAY in
lUre the entire lot of butter, but there
is almost certain to be a direct finan-
~
way
1t is difficult and almost impossible
to sample sour cream accurately, and
| it is difficult for the creamery receiv-
ing it to test it properly. Gas bubbles
and increased viscosity or gumminesg
are at the bottom of the trouble. t.
error of sampling and testing will
nine times out of ten be in the direc-
ton of low result. In other words,
the creamery patron who keeps and
delivers his cream in a sweet condi-
ton will ordinarily get higher test
and larger check than he who allows
his cream to sour even though both
creams be really of exactly the same
grade. The chances are always in
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doubtful whether it is wise to urge
creamery to make any special efforts
to test sour cream properly. 1t
ought not in the first place to receive
it, and, in the second place, if the
patrons cannot see how much it is to
their interests, as we'll as to the in
terests of the creamery, to keep the
cream sweet, an indirect fine may be
laid upon them in this way by giving
them the low test which sour cream is
likely to receive.
White Muscovy Ducks.
For those no like few hardy
ducks that can shift for themselves,
the White Muscovy will fill the bill.
They are fairly good layers, will shift
for themselves, summer or winter, just
SO they can get enough to eat They
are large, heavily feathered and are
good for the table. 1t is not unusual
to see theAe ducks perch like pigeons
at night and at times during the day.
They are quite cross when brooding
their young, and may do injury to
small children, should they bother
them. They have been seen soundly
to trounce a good sized dog that at
tackled them.