Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-10-16

Major Henry z. Alyord says that 1t
takes $4,000 men ten hours a day
working the year round to milk the
COWS Of the United States, and he is
now studying the merits QF the differ
ent milking machines.
We have seen a great many milking
machines in actual tests, but the re-
suits have never been satisfactory,
says Creamery Journal No inventor
has yet produced machine that would
give the cows teat the gentle, peculiar
pressure that seems to produce the flow
of milk without injury to the animal.
We have seen thousands of dollars
burned in COW milking machines by
the festive inventor who thought he
could do what the mixer does.
Major Alvord would better give up
the COW mixers as a bad job.
How High Will Butter Go!
There is much speculation among
creamery men and dealers as to exact
~ what effect the new antioleo law
will have on the butter market. The
opinion that it cannot work otherwise
than to increase the price seems unan-
imous. The real effects, however, are
not apt to be felt at once, since every
oleo manufacturer has laid in a supply
of colored goods that will last some
time. 1t may not be the purpose of
these people to unload these goods at
once. However that may be, the real
effects will not be demonstrated until
colored oleo is entirely off the market.
Even the best posted are not able to
prophesy with any degree of assur-
ance, but the st. Louis butter dealer
who believes butter will retail at 65 to
20 cents before Nov. certainly hasn't
been riding through Iowa, Minnesota
and other producing states, counting
the milk cows and examining the pas
tures.-Creamery Journal.
Dense Population of Cheese.
Professor Dametz of the Berlin uni
versity, who has devoted considerable
time to the study of the fragrant sub
ject, says that the population of an
ordinary cheese when a few weeks
old is greater than the number of per-
sons upon the earth. From a micro
scopic examination of a soft variety
of cheese he obtained the following
statistics: In fifteen grains of cheese,
when perfectly fresh, from 10000 to
100000 microbes were found, and when
the cheese was seventy days old the
population had increased to 100000
in each fifteen grains. An eXamina-
ton of a denser cheese at twenty-five
days old proved it to contain 100000
in each gram and when forty-five days
old 100000 in the same particle.
The First Creamery.
So far as known the creamery sys-
TEN of butter making originated in the
United States. The first creamery was
built in Orange county, n. Y, in the
year 1864, and received daily the milk
from 375 cows. In Illinois the first
cheese factory was started in 1863 and
the first creamery in 1867. In Iowa
these events took place in 1866 and
1871, respectively. The early cheese
factories and creameries were purely
cooperative concerns and it is in this
form that the system has usually eX-
tended into new territory whether for
the production of butter or cheese
United States Census Bulletin.
Use a Separator.
By the use of the cream separator a
much more perfect separation of the
cream from the milk may be had than
by any system of setting milk. This is
shown by the increased amount of but
ter made when the separator is used
and also by the amount of butter fat
left in the milk after skimming, as
shown by the Babcock milk test. II
has been found that by no system of
gravity dreaming can all the butter fat
be recovered, and usually, under or
binary conditions, a large per cent is
lost, while with the separator very
nearly all is recovered-Department
Agricultural Bulletin.
That "Cowy Taste.'
milk when first drawn has a pecul
far flavor or 'cowy TASTE more or less
noticeable, which, if not driven off by
aeration Exposure to the air., fire.
quently gives the milk an unpleasant
taste even before it becomes sour.
Aeration may be accomplished by stir
ring or by pouring from one vessel tc
another. The can of milk may be SET
in a tub of water to COOL" So pro-
nounces an exchange. The whole truth
is that any "cowy taste" is due to
filth, nothing else.-Dairy and Cream
cry.
When Milk Is Richest.
According to some experiments re-
Gently noted by the department of ag-
riculture, it was found that where
cows were MIXED three times a day
morning, noon and evening-the milk
was the richest at noon and poorest in
the morning, and when MIXED morning
and evening the milk was slightly rich.
er in the evening.
Naturally.
One Girl-Jeck tried to kiss me last
night.
Another-What in the world did you
do?
"Oh, 1 was up in arms in minute"
Smart Set.
A Definition.
little Clarence-Pa what is expert