The Columbus journal., 1903-06-03

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a Permanent Creamery at PurdUA
Beginning early in May. Purdue
University will operate the creamery
equipment Of it, Dairy Department on
. commercial basis. securing milk
regularly from farmers In the vicin-
ity. This step was prompted BY the
dimculty experienced in securing q
temporary supply Of milk ut such
times ~ Il was needed for use OF the
students. The equipment includes
the latest styles Of separators. com
bined churns. watts and cream ripen-
ers. This equipment. with . supply
Of milk. regularly, will make possible
the study Of many questions not here
tofore touched on by the work Of the
Indiana Experiment Station. Prof.
H. e. Van Norman has secured II. N.
Slater Of Fairmount. Minn.. ~ assist
ant In the creamery work Of his de-
partment. Mr.. Slater IL . creamery
butter maker OF wide experience. .
graduate Of the Minnesota Dairy
School, and has served as instructor
in the Starter and Cream Ripening
Work at Minnesota. He was also an
instructor in the Creamery Course at
Purdue this past winter. Indiana
creamery men, butter makers and
dairymen should take advantage Of
the establishment of q wellequipped
dairy department at Purdue by calling
upon them for such Information and
assistance a. they can render, feeling
sure 1t will be cheerfully given.
Know About the Cows.
It is astonishing how little most
COW owners know about their ami
mails. One man will have . lot OF
good, average and poor cows. and yet
have very little conception Of their
real or relative value. To demonstrate
this. one has but to go out to buy
. COW. and inquire as to milking
capacity of any one Of them at any
farm. He is told that such and such
. COW gives q 'pailful'' of milk twice
q day." and that 1t is very rich. Not
infrequently he is told that the COW
gives ten quarts of milk morning and
night, with the inference that this
rate Of milk giving is continued the
year around. But the scales and the
test change all these opinions. The
COW that was reported to be giving
about 40 pounds per day is found to
be giving about one-third Of that on
an average. The other rate would
have given over $4,000 pounds OF milk
per year and cows giving that amount
are not too numerous. The man that
buys cows to put into . dairy is com
ing to demand a very complete knowl
edge Of them. He wants q yearly
knowledge Of weight of milk pro-
duced. as well as richness tests
throughout the milking period. He
will not, II he is wise. trust the hired
mans or any one else's guess rs to
how much milk q COW can give.
Cow Capacity.
In the selection of q mich COW for
the farm some attention should be
paid to her capacity to produce milk.
There are on American farms alto
gether too many cows that give only
5000 or 1000 pounds of milk per
year. The 5000 pounds Of milk mark
is q good one to strive for, and II
man can get together . herd Of cows
that can average that amount he 10
about sure to make money out q
them. But this milk should be above
The average in richness, say per cent.
There are indeed numerous COWS that
give as high as 10000 pounds OF milk
aer year, but they form but q small
per cent of the whole. At the pres
.nt time an average Of even 5000
pounds of per cent milk is some
thing to look forward to. It is to be
regretted that in the past there has
2ot been more method in breeding
lp and selection. Cows have been
retained in the herd without much
regard for their real capabilities. and
1nes that have been sent to the butch |
nr have also been little understood.
Some of our best strains as well rs
some of the poorest have gone to the
and this process continued
year after year has been to the detri-
ment of our herds.