Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-10

cock test has given 10 the creamery
patron an assurance that his milk will
be paid for upon the basis Of the but
ter fat that il contains, and that all of
that butter fat will be extracted from
the milk, except an insignificant por
ton.
Our Creamcries are not all perfect
by any means. Some are models OF
cleanliness, good arrangements, equip
ment and good business management,
while others are unClean aud careless.
ly managed. There is no reason why
any creamery should not be well
drained and absolutely clean. The
hunger of milk, cream and butter for
bad odor is proverbial. 1t costs moth
ingt to keep a creamery clean, but ii
costs the producer heavily when his
butter reaches the market lacking in
flavor or tinctured With tlayorS which
do not belong there The public taste
grows. more critical 1t will pay fot
the delicate aroma which belongs to
good butter, but it will not pay for
stockyard odors in any butter,
The creamery business is seriously
injured in some localities by the cstab
lishment of more creameries than tho
milk supply will warrant AS
rule, the larger the creamery
the smaller the cost of
manufacture. Where competition S
close and keen, a form of dishonesty
is engendered and encouraged when
consists in making unduly high read
ings of oil tests, for the purpose IF
drawing patronage from competitors,
There is a marked diminution in The
amount OF milk adulteratiou, because
cities are adopting and enforcing nose
stringent milk ordinances. 10 al
boards of health are exercising moro
yigilant supervision over the milk sup.
ply of their communities. These
causes and the work of this depaG.-
ment have combined to give the people
a larger proportion of pure milk ana
cream.
This state has nearly twice as May
cheese factories as creameries. They
average much less in cost and in pat
ronage. All that can be said about
cleanliness, attractivness and business
methods, as well as competition, of
creameries, applies to cheese fac-
tories. The cheese industry of the
state is being greatly helped by the
work of instruction done by the State
Dairymen's association, which has two
expert instructors in the field during
the cheese making season. The in.
dustry has been greatly stimulated By
the high prices of the last two yeas.
The factories are rapidly coming into
line in the matter Of buying their milk
upon the basis of the Babcock test
and one great beneficial effect of this
is to encourage the breeding of COWS
that give a maximum of butter fat in
their milk and a minimum of water.
The cheese of Wisconsin is regain
ing its old reputation in the markets
that it had before the filled cheese
blight fell upon it. It's best grade is
not outclassed by either the cheese Of
New York or Canada. When the
cheese factories that are uncloan ana
marked by sloyenly Management, that
sell green cheese in idiotiC CagernesS
for immediate returns. are wiped Off
the map of the state, Wisconsin cheese
will be wanted in every domestic and
foreign market. The development Of
Swiss cheese manufactured in the
county of Green in particular and IN
adjoining counties, has been remark
able. Green county sold last year
$l,200,000 worth of Swiss, Limberg n
and other special forms of cheese. |
The growing reputation of this prob
uct has resulted in an almost unlimit.
ed demand. The Swiss Immigrants,
who brought from their native noun
tains to southern Wisconsin little oaoi.
tai but honesty, industry and a lno~l.
edge of agriculture, as they knew it 1t
home, laid solidly the foundations If
one of the most profitable industries
of the state.
There is no filled cheese manufac
tured in any state in the union, except
Illinois. There are seven factories in
that state.