Hutchinson gazette., 1901-01-10
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
now Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm A Few
Hints as TO tho Care OF Live Stock
and Poultry
Dairy Notes.

Dairy Note.
Every farmer tnat carries on dairy
Ing, to even u limited extent should
provide for an Ice supply. Whero such
a supply Is to bo put in this Is the
time to consider 1t, The question OF
storage Ia not difficult one to solve.
On most farms there Is some building,
or part of building, easily drainable,
where the Ice may be stored. The
packing material is cheaper for the
farmer than for any other man, wheth-
er II be chan, straw or old hay, as the
professional ice-man has to purchase
these or the farmers, No city family
that can afford to buy Ice ever thinks
or being without It, and II is no more
a luxury In the city than In the coun-
try To the dalryman It is ex-
ceedingly valuable, II he is trying 10
make good butter; for II enables him
to keep his rlpening cream at q low
temperature, where the best fiavors are
developed, and also makes It possible
TO keep the finished product in a con-
dillon where 1t will not deterlorate.
This seems TO be an era OF co-opera-
tion and combination even In the dairy
world In the eastern states and in
New York buyers and retailers OF milk
In the big cities have formed, within
the last few years, some pretty strong
combinations for the purchasing OF
milk at the best terms. Naturally this
mas stimulated the forming OF coun-
ter-assoclations among the milk pro-
ULCERS Now these have begun the
work OF consolidation, and out of this
las grown the Central Association
OF the Five States Milk Produc-
ers' Association" This association
is at present vigorously prosecut-
ing Its work, and among other
things has fixed a net rate OF three
cents per quart that every member
must receive for his milk Their rules
also throw all expense of shipment,
such as station fees and freight, onto
the buyers Of the milk. The producers
OF milk have been forced into posi-
ton where they must combine for de-
Tense against the rapacity Of the
wholesale buyers of milk.
Tracing the evolution OF breeds Is
always interesting, Someone has been
figuring out the pedigree of the so
called native" COW of this country
and brings to the light some old facts
that are worth recording AS early as
l6ll dairy cows were brought to Vlr-
glnia from England and 10 years later
there was an importation into tl& Ply
mouth colony. This was in 1924.
These cows were brought from Devon
7hire, England and were doubtless of
The same stock as that from which the
Devon breed was developed at later
period This probably accounts for
the predominance Of red color In the
native New England cattle. Whether
or not the Virginia cows were from
the same locality we do not know for
a certainty. At little later period
evidently cattle were imported into
Virginia from Spain. These cattle
were black. The Dutch, having set
aled New York, naturally brought
cows from their own country. Some
Of these are known to have come from
IN island off the coast OF Holland
That was before the development OF
liked breeds even in Holland, but we
nay fairly infer that they were re-
,ated to the progenitors Of the Dutch
Selted cattle. Delaware was provided
with cattle from Sweden, and 1t Is said
that from Denmark were brought the
cattle that became famous In New
Hampshire. Coming down to revolu-
tionary times we find that cattle had,
at that date, been previously imported
from Great Britain and Ireland In con-
siderable numbers, Some Of these, We
know from tradition, were white
Durhams, especially white Durham
bulls. The general mlXup OF all OF
these breeds, which subsequently took
place, gave us the almost endless va
riety Of form and color now seen In
American cattle.