The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-05-29

A strictly first class up to date butter
maker should be of mature age and
have como experience and considerable
dairy education, says George Dunford
in the Farmers Advocate. He should
be possessed of Q Cood 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 q 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
good head, that he may do at least a
part of his own thinking and apply it
practically, as we'll as being competent
to manage a business requiring eXcep-
tonal Judgment; strong arms and will
ing hands, that he can and will do the
work thoroughly and completely; hon
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 Is Necessary.
The elaboration Of milk is not vol
untary action. 1t is q 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 irreg-
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 a butter scor-
ing contest for butter judges, and the
plan is apparently all 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 q butter judges scoring
contest
Importance of Care.
It 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 If