Mower County transcript., 1903-07-08

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To determine definitely the amount
of filth that gets into milk during the
process Of milking and how much this
can be lessened BY washing the sufiders
the following was done:
1t was determined after several
trials with three different mixers on
thirty cows that it requires an average
offfour and one half minutes to milk d
cow. A glazed dish eleven inches IN
diameter, the size OF an ordinary milk
pail was placed in the top OF ssa pail
and held under the cow y udder In the
same position as when milking. For
four and one-haH minutes. the mixer
then went through motions similar to
those made in milking, but without
drawing any mill .Ehe4 amount of
dirt which fell into the dish during the
operation was of course approximately
the same as would have gone into tlie
milk during tile milking process The
dirt caught in the dish was then 6rnsh-
ed into 4 small glass Weighing ,t'ls tsll,e,
the udder washed and the process re-
peated. The dirt which fell from the
washed udder was also carefully
brushed into a. weighing tube. Both
tubes We're then placed in Sdesiccat
and after drying twenty -four hours
were accurately weighed on 9 chem.
ical balance !. 81. .s3 n NJ II 5 q. 8 S7s
Sixty trials were, made at different
seasons of the year. With udders that
were apparently clean, it was found g UNI
that an average of three and one-half hall
times as much dirt fell from the un-s
washed udders as from the same I'D
ders after they were washed, With
soiled udders the average was twenty
two and with muddy udders the aver. yer
age was niAety four times as much ouch
dirt from the. unwashed as from the
same udders after, washing Iii Illinois 70
Bulletin. ,.-fs4g%s "a a, VI III. a sss5
The Reading, Dair,xnAn Wins.
l have seen one dairy man with + "a
beautiful home, large and well yenti-
lated stables, all the product OF a>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, eqnal IN q num-. g11-
Der to the first. ! Why this difference
with the same conditions b Sss 81
IT you go into the home Of the. sfrst
class of men you, will find agricultural
papers; you. will find "a reader, man
who has a thinker and is using It. He
may not be. a graduate Of any agricul-
tural college, but he is a self educated
man.. who received a large part Of his
educa ton from the agricultural papers.
How much more advanced he would
have been If he had learned the rudi-ss
ments at the agricultural college! But
greater honor IS due to self educat ation
than to college educated man. Still,
II progress was to depend on self edu-
cation we would resemble the snail in.
stead of the ant. -, 81, IA :st .s*
I am firm believer that the duty Of
every state is to place a premium on
agricultural pursuits. The most inn
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 it. 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
Commissioners. 5f.$a 5%>jj 5.%&>j
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 dairying
briefly, simply and thoroughly 1t
shows that it is not necessary for one
~ Ouy q AOt VI t0lOCh W
start in the business, but that the
proper way is to gradually grade up
ones 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 d.
rections for the care and handling Of
milk, and the circular concludes with
the dairy laws Of the state "A second
circular on Preparation and Propaga
tion Of Pure Commercial Cultures" has
been sent out to the butter makers III
the state. It treats the subject clearly
and fully s S Ssas} 5sss.
a." The "Dairy Shark
& J. A. Crockett, dairyman Utah Agri-
cultural college, has recently sent out
warning to the butter makers OF his
state against dairy shark who is
%disposing of a process whereby he
claims the yield Of butter IS increased
from 50 to 100 per cent in excess Of
that made in the, ordinary manner
Same old fraud that bobs up now and
again. All farmers and dairymen
should leave all such fellows and theil
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