Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-11-16
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR our
RURAL READERS.
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t,,.ts as to the Care of Live STOCK
and Poultry.
N,,s resting In Iowa.

vood and Dairy Commissioners d. r
Norton OF Iowa. sends out the tolloW'
ing circular OF instruction:
The bearing OF the law OF this state
upon the subject Of cream testing Win
the Babcoek test, does not seem 70 DC
fully understood by the butteE-makers
OF the state. The law reads section
252s. Any person or corporation. or
the employe OF such person or coFpor-
alton, who operates creamery OF
cheese or condensed milk factory ana
uses chemical milk test 10 determine
the quantity OF butter fat In MIX puf-
chased used or received. shail SO use
only such tests as shall be clear oil,
free from any foreign substance and
produce correct measurements OF but
ter fat" or course the word milk In
cludes the word cream.
In testing milk the ordinary i7.s
pipette will deliver the same weight
OF milk. IS grams. whatever It's test
may be. But the same Is not true OF
cream, which varies greatly IN weight
with the variations Of Its quality
hence. whether the plquette be iT,5ee
or iscc or 22ec. the results obtained
are all incorrect, because tbs weight
OF poor cream taken by any OF these
pipettes Is greater than the weight OF
rich cream taken by the same plpeste,
The proper weight should be u graias
OF cream or milk, ana the most aceur-
al ha AFHa nmtW
when the cream Ia weighed into the
bottles. But this II practicable only
In those creAmsriea that can AFFORD 70
have the proper balances for weighing
the cream In testing,
But the use ot ifs ptpette and the
tables OF corrections prepared Al tho
I Iowa Experiment station. viii give
\ very accurate measurements OF the
/ butter TAT Ia cream. and Is the only
/ method OF measuring the cream Tor tho
Babcock test that Ia held 10 be author
lied by the law
A few ereamegtas have been using .
! % plpette In cream testing. and have
called the reading VI the Tat column
butter instead o, butter sat. There are
three reasons Why this system should
not be used, First, Il ID Incorrect. boz
cause no plpstse vii! measure out the
same weight OF creams OF different
degrees OF richness. Second. the Bab.
cock test Is tcst tot butter fat and
not for butter. aud the trat shows but.
ter tat In the bottle whatever tbs
amount Of milk or cream used. and aot
butter. Third. II fl not authorized b.
the law. The attorney general aaya on
this point. and referring % section ESQ
previously quoted Operators ol
creameriGa. cheese or condensed mill
factories. whenever a test Of the quail,
tty Of milk or cream ID made. are re-
quired TO use such appliances and tcasl
as shall produce correct measurement
Of butter fat" Note the last ,ws
words quoted.
The Law makes no provision In re-
gard TO the manner OF payment sot
the milk or cream furnished. IN,
creamery may pay for Il by the han
drsd pounds or by the gallon. or 10
the butter r will make. or tho butte
fat It contains. but tho Law Il yer,
clear that II tho creamery uses
chemical milk test. II must use sucl
test an shalt produce correct meas
nrements Of butter fat. There Ia moth
Ing In tbs law that will prevent
creamery from paying itg patrons 70
% per cen. or 30 per cent oYerrnu
II tho creamery desires to do so, Ii
provision u that the milk OF crear
must be correctly tested for butter IA,