Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-10
THURSDAY, September 10, 1905.

The frat essential Tor tie production
OF good milk IL healthy cows. says a
writer IN scribncry Magazine. The
work or the lungs tn purifying the
blood for the manufacture of milk liz
too near the danger line TO use the milk
from a tuberculous animal. 1t Is also
important that the mixer should be In
perfect health. Germs OF disease are
thrown on In breathing and coughb :
and epidsTaics have been known 10
start In this way. The feed should be
sweet and free from must and any
abrupt change avoided.
A great deal Of criticism Ii made as
to silage feed, but where II Is made a
part OF the ration with other feeds IA
proportion the flavor Of the milk VIII
be benefited. See TO II that the water
ing place Is clean and free from slime
and fertilizer.
1t seems TO be a dificuIt thing in
dairy management to secure clenniy
conditions IN a cow stable. About nine
ty-nine out Of a hundred are far from
sweet and clean: the offensive odors
contaminate the breath, blood and tis-
sue or the animal, and consequently d
FIRST class article Of milk cannot be pro-
duced. The barns should be busted
often and whitewasbed at least once a
year. moi only to give them a good APP
pearance and make the stable lighter.
but 10 purify them and kill any germs
Of disease that Eaag have collected on
walls or ceilings.
Whitewash liz one OF the cheapest
~disinfectants known and should be a
part Of the yearly routine. BY the use
or d small fruit spray pump the work
can be accomplished much quicker and
far more effectively than when applied
with a brush, as 1t can be driven into
evefy crack and corner. The lime
shonld be thoroughly SACKED and
strained through a line wire screen or
cloth and made thin enough to work
nicely through the nozzle. A half
busbel OF lime win make about thirty
gallons OK whitewash. and this should
be used while fresh. as il loses its
power TO kill germ life after standing.
Variation OF EIavor.
Elayo- does not come by chance. Ev-
cry intelligent butter maker is fully
aware OF the uncertainty ard the diff
Guilty OF producing a uniform high
aavor. Experience has taught us that
when certuin processes are followed
the resulting product - Ssas.srlly Of at
least fair quality. But even under the
best sanitary conditions the product -
often strikingiy variable In flavor frcm
day to day.
Al story with N Moral.
al few day3 ago two farmers came to
town and both brought butter for sale.
One OF the farmers had his product
pressed into neat. compact half pound
packages, and he readily sold it at %
cents d pound. He told the Herald
man that he could not meet the de-
mand for his butter. The other had
mis- butter in a bucket. and 1t looked
soft and wateEy. After tramping
around town from place 10 place try
Ing 10 sell he gave up in disgust and
said III was no nse TO bring butter 10
town To sell. as nobody would buy 1t.
This little relation Of facts carries with
it a moral. Can you not guess what
that moral is2-Palestinc Herald.
water I'm Butter.
Every maker has a right to incorpo-
rate water In his butter to the limit OF
the law if he desires. says Professor G..
Il. Mckay OF the Iowa Dairy school.
StilI I would not care TO advocate going
to the limit. Fourteen and d half or 10
per cent will give a nice, dry appearing,
waxy butter. re the water content Of
butter Is too high. up in the neighbour
hood OF 20 per cent. 1t gives the butter
d dead appearance. having q lighter
shade Of color. and when such butter Il
bored ii has a tendency To rob up on
the back Of the trier. appearing mealy.
Some makers have adopted the plan ef
adding more color 10 overcome the cf-
fects OF the excessively high per cent OF
water.
a Fine Jersey Cow.