Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-03-20

State Dairymcn's association have |
adopted n very commcndable method
Of Judging the butter that Is entered
The plan Is to score the butter as soon
as 1t arrives at st, Paul, then set 1t
aside to be rescored two weeks after
the first scoring. This second testing Is
to determine its keeping qualities. Ere
quently the butter which has scored the
highest has soon commenced to rapid
~ deterioratc in quality. The fact is
that our best Informed butter makers
have outgrown our old methods of scor-
ing, which was to score but once and
that q few days after the butter was
made. The expert butter makers have
so mastered the art of ripening their
cream that they arc able to make but
ter Of an extremely high flavor, SO high,
In fact, that, like highly favored
fruit, it has but little keeping qualities;
however, it answers the purpose of
winning high score. To forestall this
and to determine actual merit the but
ter Is now set aside to be scored two
weeks later, then from these two scores
an average Is struck to determine the
proper score to be attached to each
package. We are inclined to believe
that this last judging is Of more i'm
portance than the first, as two weeks
after the butter is made more nearly
represents the time that the butter
usually reaches the consumer,-St.
Paul Farmer.
Keep Accounts With Your Cows.
If farmers would open individual ac-
counts with their COWS, a great many
Of them would doubtless be surprised
at the number Of animals they are
keeping merely as luXuries. It is not
safe rule to go by general impressions.
Those who have tried keeping accounts
have found that in many cases the
cows that were thought to be the
money makers Of the herd did not in
fact yield any profit, while others
which had been considered less valua-
bic provided a good cash income.
Disputed Questions.
Professor C. D. Smith, after five
years investigation of the milk ques-
tion, has come to the following conclu-
sion: First, COW yields as rich milk
when heller as when she is mature
COW; second, the milk Is as rich the
first month as 1t Is later in the period
Of l9ctation. except during the last few
weeks when she is drying up; third,
there is very little difference In the sea
son as to the quality Of milk While
Oh pasture the milk Is neither richer
nor poorer than while on dry feed In
winter; fourth, the milk from q herd
varies little In composition from day to
day. g..
A Row Dairy Dill.
The Galry ard food commissioners Of
Illinois and Ohio, in conjunction with
Professor John Hamilton, the secretary
Of agriculture of Pennsylvania, have
drawn up dairy and food bill which
1t Is proposed to introduce into con-
| gress. The convention of the associa-
ton Of the state dairy and food depart
ments which met ut Portland, Ore, last
July delegated the above gentlemen as
committee to draft q national dairy
and food BILL 1t will be introduced by
Senator Cullom.
Water IN the Barn.
II you have not already done SO, It
would be worth the trouble to seriously
| consider if 1t would not pay you we'll
to put in q water system In your barn
so that the COWS Will not have to go out
on cold, stormy days In winter to drink
ice cold water at an open tank.
Minnesota Butter Makers.
Mr.. Beecher once said that God could,
doubtless, have made better berry
than the strawberry, but he never did
God could have made better butter
makers than the Minnesota butter max
ers, but am sure he never did-W. w.
2. Mcconnell.
Good Work.
Time was when the average farmer
and creamery man r?ade light Of the
work done by agricultural colleges and
experiment stations. That time has
gone BY, says Creamery Journal The
men In control of these institutions no
longer Seclude themselves in their Of
fees and clasSrooms. They get out and
mix with the farmers and tradesmen
and conduct their experiments along
practical business lines. In dairy work
such men as Professors Curtiss and
Mckay in Iowa Henry, Babcock, Far
rlrgton and VOL in Wisconsin, Err and
Glover in Illinois, Van Norman In In
diana, Hacker in Minnesota and a
dozen others in different states have |
accomplished results of 1nestimable |
value to the dairy and agricultural in
tercsts Of the whole country. Not only |
In methods of breeding, feeding and |
manufacture have they rendered valua- |
Bile service, but they have invented |
some Of the best creamery implements
now largely used in modern crcameries. |
Butter Making In South Dakota.
Dairy Commissioner Sherwood Of |
South Dakota reports 153 creamerles |