Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-05-08
ngssg>. ,>> .>,!.E. aAasAssA4s
a Dj@zI5V3k
& =lCre0meryn 4
~.

~
A strictly first class up to date butter
maker should be Of mature age and
have some experience and considerable
dairy education, says George Dunford
in the Farmers Advocate. He should
be possessed of good head, strong
arms and willing hands, and be honest
and upright-of mature age so that
he will attend strictly to business and
act like mature person should; Of
experience that he may avoid the mis-
takes often sure to overtake the mex
perienced He should have consider
able dairy education, that he may be
able to apply the experience Of others
and disseminate the necessary knowl-
edge among his patrons; possessed Of
q good head, that he may do at least
part Of his own thinking and apply it
practically, as we'll as being competent
to manage business requiring excep-
tional judgment; strong arms and will
ing hands, that he can and will do the
work thoroughly and completely; hon.
est and upright, that he can and will
treat all his patrons, as we'll as the as
ISOLATION or company, fairly, and al
ways do the proper work at the proper
time.
He should have some knowledge Of
arithmetic, engineering, machinery,
carpentering, bacteriology and chem
istry, be an expert with the Babcock
test, and be clean, neat and accurate
in all 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,
so far as he Is 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 IL Necessary.
The elaboration Of milk Is not a vol
untary action. 1t is a process Of ma
ternity to provide nourishment for off
spring. Every disturbance retards the
action of the milk functions. A 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
and the mammary organs continue
their functions uninterrupted by the
cows position. If for any cause the
involuntary actions are interrupted,
the result Is serious and cannot be
remedied. Great care should therefore
be taken not to interrupt the full pace
given to the tactical function at time Of
maternity. Every disturbance or irpeg-
ularity will surely cause a depression
in their activity and a shrinkage In
milk flow.
Score the Judges.
We are Of the opinion that our friend
Monrad first suggested q butter scor-
ing contest for butter judges, and the
plan is apparently an admirable one,
writes e. X. Slater in Creamery Jour-
nal. 1t would certainly work no injus-
tice upon those qualified to act, and If
a man is not fit to perform the impor-
tant duty Of scoring butter those inter-
ested should be so informed. It would
certainly result in strengthening the
faith Of those inclined to be credulous
about the absolute justice in scoring
butter and would satisfy everybody
that the scoring was being done cor
rectly. Give us butter judges scoring
contest.
Importance of Care.
1t Is not so much the quantity of fluid
in the milk pail that counts as does the
number Of butter globules it contains.
Some cows are older and less profitable
at eight years of age than others are at
twelve. Difference in care is the cause
OF it.
Little Things That Count.
Experiments show that milking In a
stable where the circulation of air can
carry the dust out, wiping the udder
with damp cloth and scalding uten-
sils with live stream Of boiling water
Will not only reduce the bacterial con.
tent of the milk, but increase the keep
Ing quality Of the milk material.
Dairy HuSbandry Field Work.
The department of dairy husbandry
of the University of Illinois has for the
past year been conducting field work
among the dairymen of the state. An
attempt has been made to get them to
weigh and sample the milk of each
COW in their herds every seventh week,
the object being to determine which Of
the individual cows are the most profit
able, so that the farmer may be able
to weed out the poor cows and keep
only the profitable ones. Mr. A. ].
Glover is looking after this work, and
all necessary apparatus is furnished
by the university. The farmers who
take up the work are required every
seventh week to weigh and sample the
milk from each COW in the herd for
fourteen consecutive milkings. From
tNnG