Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-10
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attention. for milk and milk products
are an important part Of the dietary
OF civilixed people. Yet the subject
IL never thought OF from . scientific
standpoint by the majority Of the
people However. . few Of tho more
thouEhtful ones arc becoming inter-
ested along this line. The Depart
ment Of Agriculture OF the Ohio State
University has put into practice the
scientific methods of handling milk to
produce what Is known N sanitary
milk. II Il thus described by T. q.
Wheeler In q recent issue OF the Agri-
cultural Student:
1.-THE herd consists of about forty
cows. mostly Shorthorns. Hoisteins
and Jerseys. Much could be said
about the feed and methods Of feed
Ing. but space will not permit The
cows are placed In the barn In white
washed stalls. where they are daily
brushed and cleaned. Tho mixers
wear white suits and have damp
cloths to wipe tho cows udders. which
removes any loose dirt that might fall
into tho pail. Tho nrst two or three
squirts from each teat arc milkcd on
tho ground n germs get into the end
OF the teat and would otherwise bs
MIXED Into tho bucket. A. each COW
IL milked the milk IL taken to = room
apart from the stable In which Is At
ted up Star Cooler. Cold water runs
through this cooler and after tho milk
II weighed and recorded. Il ID poured
Into . tank through = straincr and
runs over the cooler into another
straincr. and into the can. While the
cows are being milked tho atmosphere
In the stable II kept n FREQ from dust
and odor a. possible. Tho cows arc
never fed = ntil after milking. and this
u not done by tho mixers. After the
milk IL placed In cans Il II hauled to
Townshend Hall In hand cart. where
Il goes through tho proccss Of separat-
ing. stAndardilin4 and bottlink. II 10
drst weighed and then cmptied into
vat and q sample taken. which Ia test
ed TO md tho per cent Of butter fat.
From the vat Il goes into the scpara-
tor. which not only separates but purt-
nes Il taking out all tho dirt 80 that
thorc u no sediment left In a bottle
OF milk after standing for hourn- by
simple method Of figuring the proper
tion 10 found by which 10 mix the milk
TO nvc pcr cent. Tho mixed milk -
placed into tank which IL arranged
to NIL four bottles at time. the bottles
being placed In n tray which runs on
. track under tho tank. In ibis man
ncr tho milk can be bottled vs,y rapid
~. Il is put In quart and pint bottles
which arc capped and placed on cor
ruEatcd Iron table and washed with
clean water. They arc then dried
with a towel and placed In cases and
tho milk is ready for the customer.
The bottles and utensils In the iabora-
tory arc washed and placed in steam
chest and live steam turned on which
thoroughly stcriiixcs them. Tho noor
IL made Of white tile and is scrubbed
twice day. In fact everything II kept
as clean as possible. In this way tho o.
8. u. dairy has gained reputation
which other dairymcn envy. Those
who wish to see how clean. hcaithful
milk is produced arc invited to inspect
It's methods. No one after seeing tho
way the milk Ia cared for would hcsi-
tate about using H. Several persons
after passing through the bottling Ia
boratory have said they did not blame
the people for wanting o. 8. U. milk.
and that II was we'll worth the price.
When dairymen come to recognize that
the secret Of good milk IL cleanliness.
then will tho dairy industry bc Of far
tvv1t, Srfr m 4 In In
RaistsG rheassnts and Dame nsrds.
From Farmers Review: In regard
to the difficulties Of raising pheasants
wish to say have found that the
greatest trouble is to find such food as
they will eat and remain healthy until
they are 10 or IL days old. and the
only food have as yet been able to
find Ia about such as n mother bird
would Hnd for her young while at lib.
crty in the woods. Pheasarts are
strictly a wood bird: yet they arc frc'
quently found In open fields In quest
Of food. They are quite fond OF al.
most all kinds OF worms. insects, and
so forth. Il Is not big job to nnd
ants and their eggs to feed a brood ol
pheasants, quail or prairie chickens foI
ten days. or. should you not want tc
feed them that. libcrate the fostei
mother and her flock in 4 or days
latter the young are familiar with hei
calD: then she wilt take the best ol
care OF her brood and bring them home
every night to roost- Bantams are the
only hens for quail. as others are toe
heavy. Next summer get sitting o
Bob White quail or prairie chicken
eggs. and try your hand raising them
I am quite sure you will be greatly
surprised at your success. especially Il
you will find ants and their larvae, OF
eggs. worms. bugs, etc. Gather NJ
dirt. ants eggs. etc. and throw 1t int
the enclosure. The hen will scratch
and nnd everything It contains in the
way of food and call her flock to get 1t
It's treat for me to see the yount
feeding.-F. J. Wilson, Preble County