The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-08-20

A strictly first class UP to datc butter
maker should be or mature age ana
have some experience and considerable
dairy education, says George Dunford
I'm tho Farmers Advocate. lie should
be possessed Of good head, strong
arms and willing hands, and be honest
and upright of mature age so that
no will attend strictly to business and
act like mature person should; OF
experience that he may avoid the mis-
tulscs often sure to oyertake tho mex
perlcnccd. Ho should havo consider
able dairy education, that he may be
able to apply the experience OF others
and disseminate the necessary krowl-
edge u'no,.S his patrons; possessed Of
IL good head, that he may do at least q
part Of his own thinking and apply It
practically, aB we'll rs being competent
to manage q business requiring cxccp-
tional Judgments strong arms and will
ing hands, that no can and Will do tho
work thoroughly and completely; hon
eat and upright, that he cnn and will
treat MI his patrons, as well as the u.s.
sociation or company. fairly, and al
ways do tho proper work ut the proper
time.
He should have some knowledge Of
arithmetic, engineering, machinery,
Curpcntcring. bactcriology and chem
istry, DO an expert with the Babcock
test, and be clean, neat and accurate
In MI things.
His aim should be to produce the lar.
gest quantity and the finest quality Of
butter at the least possible cost, and
the nearer he approaches this standard
the more valuable are his services, and,
80 far ns he Ia concerned the nearer
perfection has modern butter making
become.
Most anybody can make good butter
some Of the time. but few can produce
butter at all times.
When Great Care Is Necessary.
The elaboration Of milk Is not vol
untnry action. 1t Is Il process Of ma
ternity to provide nourishmcnt for Off
spring. Every disturbance rctards the
action Of The milk functions. \ volun
tary action interrupted may be re-
sumed, but not an involuntary one A
COW may lie down and suspend volun.
tary action. but the lungs, the heart
ana the mummary organs continue
their functions uninterrupted by the
cows position. II for any cause the
Involuntary actions are Interrupted,
the result 10 serious aud cuunot be
rcmcdicd. Great care should therefore
be taken not to interrupt the full pace
given to the lnctcnl function ut time Of
maternity. Every disturbance or irrcg-
ularty Will surely cause Il depression
In their activity and q shrinkagc in
milk flow.
Score the JUDGES.
We are OF the opinion TINT our fri, nd
~ MOnrad first suggested Il butter sror
1nE contest for butter Judges, and rht
plan i apparently an admirable one
writes y X. Slater IN Creamery Jour
nal. It would certainly work no I'M
ticc upon those qualified to act anu +
man Is not 1T TO perform the imlor
tnnt duty Of scoring butter those 1nt el
Cstcd should be 80 informed. 1t wollt
certainly result In strengthening I'D,
faith Of those inclined to be crrdulDu
about tho absolute justice In scoring
butter and would satisfy cverybud,
that the scoring was being done cor
rcctly. Give US Il butter Judges scorin,
contest.
Importance Of Care.
1t Is not so much the quantity Of luit
in the milk pail that counts rs does tho
number Of butter globulcS 1t contains
Some COWS are older and less profitable
at eight years of age than others are al
twelve. Difference In care Is the ca lsC
OF IT.
Little Things That Count.
Experiments show thut milking IA O
stable where the circulation Of air al
carry the dust out, wiping the d;lcI
with Il damp cloth and scnEdlng u.en
sils with Il live stream OF boiling water
VIII not only reduce the bacterial con
tent OF the milk. but increase the keep
Ing quality OF the milk material.
Dairy Husbnndry ITieId Work.
The department Of dairy husbnndry
Of the University of Illinois has for tho
past year been conducting field worl
among the dairymen of the state. Al
attempt has been made to get them Il
weigh and sample the milk Of cacl
cow in their herds every seventh week
tho object being to determine which OF
the individual COWS are the most profit
able, so that the farmer may he able
to weed out the poor COWS and kceI
only the profitable ones. Mr.. \. J
Glover Is looking after this work, nnC
all necessary apparatus Is furnished
by the university. The farmers wht
take up the work are required ever,
seventh week to weigh and sample tn,
milk from GAch COW In the herd 70
fourteen consecutive milllings. From
these results are estimated tn
amounts Of milk and Of butter fn
each COW has produced for the thre,
weeks before and will produce for tn,
three weeks following the test The
cows yearly record is made up from
these tests, and In this way the tota
amounts of milk and of butter fat thai
she has produced during the entire
year are determined
The Milk Straincr.
Filters and strainers are Of grea,
value IN purifying milk mechanically
are capable Of removing q large Dor
tlon or tho filth from milk II applied
before 1t has gone into solution. a
milk strainer should be slmple In It,
construction. all parts Of 1t should b,
easily accessible to brush and cloth, IT
mcshes should be flno enough to re
movo MI the solid foreign matter mn
at the Same time allow the milk t
pass through the filter with reaaon
nbla degree OF roDidlty.