Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-06-05

State Dairymen's association nave
adopted a very commendable method
of Judging the butter that is entered
| for scoring at their annual conventions.
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 Ia
to determine 1tS keeping qualities. Fro
Quently the butter which has scored tie
highest has soon commenced to rapid
ly deteriorate 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 few days after the butter was
made. The expert butter makers have
SO mastered the art of ripening their
cream that they are able to make but
ter Of an extremely high flavor. so high,
in fact, that, like a 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
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.
Ii farmers would open individual ac-
counts with their cows, a great MANY
OF them would doubtless be surprised
ut the number Of animals they are
keeping merely as luXuries. 1t Is not
safe rule to go by general impressions.
Those who have tried keeping accounts
have found that in many cases tho
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 good cash income.
Disputed Questions.
Professor C. D. Smith. after five
years investigation OF the milk cues
ton, has come to the following conclu-
sion: First, COW yields as rich milk
when heifcr as when she is a mature
cow; second. the milk is as rich the
first month as 1t is later In the period
OF lactation. 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. Willie
on pasture the milk is neither richer
nor poorer than while on dry feed in
winter; fourth, the milk from herd
varies little In composition from day to
day.
A New Dairy Bin.
The dairy and food commissioners OF
Illinois and Ohio, in conjunction with
Professor John Hamilton, the secretary
OF agriculture OF Pennsylvania. have
drawn up a 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 at Portland, Ore. last
July delegated the above gentlemen as
committee to draft q national dairy
and food bill. 1t will be introduced nv
Senator Cullom.
Water I'm the Barn.
II you have not already done so, It
would be worth the trouble to seriously
consider If 1t would not pay you well
to put In water system in your barn
SO that the cows will not have to go ont
ON cold. stormy days in winter to drink
Ice cold water at an open tank.
Minnesota Butter Makers.