The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-29

feeder it VIII net about the same as
butter labor rOnSidcrpu."
ErformS in Duiryin..
There is Il growing tendency to make
reforms in the dairicS, and there is no
department ON the farm which de
mandS moro consideration than the
present methods Of handlinS both
COWS and their milk. 1t is claimed that
there is moro filth and less care in
carrying than in almost any Gih"r Or-
cupation. The milk is to be "sud''
and the dealer is not particular while
the consumer is in blissful Ignorance
of any of the conditions affecting The
preparation OF milk. Milk passes
through SO many hands from the cow
TO the consumer as to render the mat
ter of obtaining pure and clean milk
difficult ono. The dairyman consoles
himself with the fact that he strained
the milk before selling il, but the
Strainer does not remove soluble filth.
pinch OF salt Or sugar in milk is not
arrested by the *trainer, nor is any
other SuDStanC" that is dissolved by
the milk during the act of milking.
Those who handle COWS know that it
ia not unusuaI far -, cow +, oet down
on tho noor of ho,. .,,,, T., ,,.,t ,.;,h,r,
ropard ,o ubo,,,,. ,h o,,a,. :. ,.,,,,,
with n,,rrro ,r ,ri,,, ,,,I ,,,,. ,,,,au
ond ,o,,. ,,,,, ,.',,.,, 49,,
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surb doi,.vmo, On, u,nl n,.;,.o. ,,,hi,.,
,rr co.urcI hy ,hnir ,on,,,,;,,. r,,.
sliuru r,,n,rnncp, of ,ho;r ,,,n.,. ,r1
,bcir nrodurt.
Tho ,,,i,,,.r ,,;,.,o, ;,;,,,>,. ,,;a
busincss and ineo, nrof. wv n,,,,.n,.,
iug frosh COWS from othor n,r,;o,.
| Some or ,hcm will coll =, ..,ol cav. q.
! soon as sbc hornmos drv ana inv, oro
! in her placc that is frosh Inf which
! may bo mucb inforio,. :, ,ho o.,o .,,,
Then there is tho l,hilitv of hri,,,inu
disease. as that great scourrc or the
decentralization among cows-is
contagious, being carried from one
herd TO another through the practice
Of selling the dry COWS and buying 9TH
crs that may do harm and which NAV
not be worth the room they ocrupv.
Then. again, tho c,lvcs are taken from
the COWS when two or three davs old
and the milk from their dams is added
to that taken from the othc, COWS OF
The herd, although such milk is roDv
and usually unfit for use. being iniu-
rious TO children who arc fed npon II.
The milk from fresh COWS should 30 to
the calf until it is at least a month
old, but as the average dairyman millis
his cows for the purpose of selling
their produce he will not willingly sac
rificc to the calf an article that he can
put on the market. The result is that
the milk sold In the cities Is Of variable
quality. much OF it is unclean. and
some Of it unfit for human use. There
is room for Improvement, and there are
-
ing to pay the dairyman for his extra
care II he will provide them with milk
Of the best quality. 1t may take time to
build up such n trade. but any dairy
man will make it point to seek such
customers and assure them that he
may be depended upon will find that
he cannot easily supply the demand.
The best milk is from good and
wholesome food At this season Of the
year pasturagc cannot be provided or
the cows given an opportunity Of Sc
lection OF good in the fields but selcc-
tloh ny the dalrynan OF the foods Civ
en- at the barn is matter which should
not be overlooked. Each cow in a herd
Is an individual. ana must be treated
arc readily acceptable by the others