The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-21

The plan is to score the butter as soon
as It arrives at st. Paul, then set it
aside to be rescorcd two weeks after
the first scoring. This second testing is
to determine its keeping qualities. Ere
Quently the butter which has scored the
highest has soon commenced to rapid
II deteriorate in quality. The fact IS
that our. best Informed butter makers
have outgrown our old methods Of Scof-
ing, which was to score but once and
that a 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 favor, so high,
in fact, that, like Z highly favored
fruit, it has but little keey'ng qualities;
however, it answers the purpose o.
winning high score. To forestaN this
and to determine actual merit the but
ter is now set aside to be scored two
weeks later, then from these t0o scores
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
poxance than the first, as two weeks
sSter 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, q great many
Of them would doubtless be surprised
at the number Of animals they are
keeping merely as IuXuries. 1t is not
safe rule to go by general Impressions
Those who have tried keeping accounts
have found that in many cases the
COWS that We're thought to be the
money makers Of the herd did not in
fact yield any profit, while others
which had been considered less valua-
BILE provided a good cash income.
f.. Disputed Questions.
Professor C. D. Smith, after FIVE
years investigation of the milk Ques-
ton, has come to the following conclu-
sion: First, q cow yields as ricn milk
when a heifer as when she is a mature
COW; second, tie milk is as rich the
first month as it 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. While
on pasture the milk is neither richer
I-v fnhS I'm
winter; fourth, the milk from a herd
varies little in composition from day to
/, day.
Anew Dairy Bill.
The dairy and food comnlissioSsers o.
Illinois and Ohio, in conjunction Will
Professor John HaYjltoxf, the secretary
Of agricultuSaeeof of Pennsylvania, have
:. sSaM9s4h aM39sh m dairy and food bill which
Il is proposed to introduce into con
cress. The convention Of the associa
ton of the state dairy and food depart
ments which met at Portland, Ore, las
July delegated the above gentlemen a.
a committee to draft national dair.
and food bill. It will be introduced b.
Senator Cullom.
Water In the Barn.
IF you have not already done so,
would be worth the trouble to seriousl,
consider if it would not pay you we!
to put in water system in your bar
so that the COWS will not have to 60 ou
on cold, stormy days in winter to 6rin
. ice cold water at an open tank.
-. Minnesota Butter Makers.
Mr.. Beecher once said that God could
doubtless, have made a better berr.
than the strawberry, but he never did
God could have made better butte
makers than the Minnesota butter max
ers. but am sure he never did.-W. "
P. Mcconnell.
Good Work.
Time. was when the average farme
and creamery man made light Of tn
work done by agricultural colleges an
experiment stations. That time ha
gone by, says Creamery Journal. Th
men in control Of these institutions n
longer seclude themselves in their OF
fees and classrooms. They get out an
mix with the farmers and tradesme
and conduct their experiments alon
practical business lines. IN dairy wor
such men as Professors CurtiSS an
Mckay in Iowa, Henry, Babcock, Fal
ringtoa and WoM in Wisconsin; Err an
Glover in Illinois, Van Norman in II
diana, Hacker in Minnesota and
dozen others in different states hay
accomplished results Of inestimablt
value to the dairy and agricultural IL
terests Of the whole country. Not onl,
in methods Of breeding. feeding an'
manufacture have they rendered valua
Ole service, but they have inyente
some of the best creamery implement
now largely used in modern creamerse;
- Butter Making III South Dakota.
Dairy Commissioner Sherwood o
South Dakota reports l53 creamerle
in operation in that state, and he est
mates the output for the past year o
7,323,6GS pounds at an average OF ia
cents pound. This gave S2,000,C0O fo
. the milk Of COWS contributing to th
CEc.It4!%A1eS, "1iIS iAS Sst-A-"tS9 ZIG -
tai value Of butter sold in South DakC
Ia, including that made at home, to b
over $4,OO0,000.
Benefits Of Dairy School.
It has become 4 recognized fact tha
Mt least one dairy school course is abSo
lutaly essential to the education Of th
successful butter maker. Only a fey
short years ago this idea was seldom
present in the mental collection Of tn
average creamery man. How fast COZ
iitions and the popular idea Of thing
10 change!
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