Graham guardian., 1903-09-18

4 process of milking and how much thi;
can be lessened by washing the udder:
the following was done:
1t was determined after severa
trials with three different mixers or
thirty cows that 1t requires an average
of four and one-half minutes to milk o
COW. A glazed dish eleven inches In
diameter, the size of an ordinary milk
pail, was placed in the top of pail
and held under the cows adder in the
same position as when milking. Fol
four and one-half minutes the milkeI
then went through motions similar tc
those made in milking. but without
drawing any milk. The amount OF
dirt which fell into tie dish during the
operation was of course approximately
the same as would have gone into the
milk during the milking process. The
dirt caught in the dish was ten brush.
ed into a small glass weighing tube,
the udder washed and the process re
peated. The dirt which fell from the
washed udder was also carefully
brushed into weighing tube Both
tubes were then placed in desiccator
aud after. drying twenty-four hours
were accurately weighed on chem.
ical balance.
Sixty trials were made at different
seasons Of the year. With udders that
were apparently clean 1t was found
that an average of three and one-half
times as much dirt fell from the un.
washed udders as from the same I'd
ders after they were washed. With
soiled uddcrs the average was twenty.
two and with muddy udders the aver
age was ninety-four times as much
dirt from the unwashed ss from the
same udders after washing. Illinois
Bulletin.
The Reading Dnirymnn Wins.
have seen one dairyman with
beautiful home, large and well venti
lated stables. all the product Of herd
of milk COWS, and another farmer
with the same old house he built ten
years before, dilapidated stables, gates
broken, fences down, all the product
Of another herd of cows, equal in num-
Der to the first. Why this difference
with the same conditions2
If you go into the home of the first
class of men you will find agricultural
papers; you will find reader, man
who has thinker and is using it. He
may not be a graduate of any agricul-
tural college, but he is self educated
man. who received a large part of his
education from the agricultural papers.
How much more advanced he would
have been if he had learned the rudi.
ments at the agricultural college,! But
greater honor is due TO self education
than to a college educated man. Still,
II progress was to depend on self edu-
cation we would resemble the snail in
stead of the ant.
/ am a firm believer that the duty Of
every state Is to place a premium on
agricultural pursuits. The most I'M
portant branch Of agriculture is dairy
ing. The growth of cereals depends |
on dairying to return Its elements to |
the soil of which the soil has been |
robbed by their growth. Dairying en-
riches the soil, while the growth of |
cereals impoverishes 1t. Therefore no
branch of agriculture should be fos,
tered and encouraged as much as the
dairying industry.-E. A. Mcdonald,
Washington State Dairy and Food
Commissioner.
Good and Timely Literature.
The dairy and food department of
Minnesota has recently issued several
important circulars. One is entitled
Butter Is King" and is being placed
In the hands of the farmers of that
state. 1t treats the subject of dairylng
briefly. simply and thoroughly. 1t
shows that it is not necessary for one
to buy lot Of thoroughbred stock to
start in the business, but that the
proper way is to gradually grade up
one's herd. The matter of feeds Is
taken up and Instructions given for
the planting of soiling crops and the
building of silos. There are ample di-
'ections for the care and handling of
milk, and the circular concludes with
he dairy laws of the state. A second
circular on Preparation and Propaga-
ion of Pure Commercial Cultures" has
been sent out to the butter makers In
he state. 1t treats the subject clearly
Ind fully.
The DAIRY Shark"
do |
ultural college. has recently sent out
to the butter makers of his
tate against a dairy shark" who IL
isposing of a process whereby he
laims the yield of butter Is increased
rom so to 100 per cent IN excess of
hat made in the ordinary manner
ame old fraud that bobs up now and
gain. All farmers and daIrymep
houid leavesall such fellows and their
alone.-Dairy and Creamery.
A Cash Illustration.
The Arizona experiment station has
ecorded the results of a cold rain on
be milk flow of the station herd. The
ows were exposed three days to n cold
ain, During this time they decreased
7 per cent in milk yield and continued
ntil it reached so per cent. and II was
month until they gave as much milk
s before the storm. Hoard's Dairy.
ian says this is what might be called
cash illustration Of the value Of shell.
srlng cows from cold rains,
Neglected Subjects.
Professor Hacker. the dairy expert
the Minnesota station. says that
too much has been said about bal