The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-12-02

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vroceas OF milking and how much THU
ian be lossened by washing tho udderI
The following was done:
II was determined after several
ixials with three different mixers or
nirty cows that II requires an average
u four and one.half minutes to milk q
COW. A glazed dish eleven inches In
diameter. the size Of an ordinary milk
pail. was placed In the top Of a pan
and held under the cows udder In the
came position as when milking. For
four and onc.half minutes the milker
then went through motions similar 10
those made in milking. but without
drawing any milk. The amount Of
dirt which fell into the dish during the
operation was of course approximately
the same 90 would have gone into the
milk during the milking process. The
Dirt caught In the dish was then brush
I'd Into a small glass weighing tube,
~ udder washed and the process 70
pesssd. The dirt which fell from the
washed uddcr was also carefully
brushed into a weighing tube. Both
mbes were then placed 10 dcslccatof
snd after drying twenty-four hours
were accurately weighed on a chem.
iral balance.
Sixty trials were made at different
seasons OF the year. With udders that
were apparently clean II was found
Mat an average Of three and one-hah
Dimes as much dirt fell from the un.
washed udders as from the same nd.
Gers after they were washed. With
solled udders the average was twenty
two and with muddy udders the aver
age was ninety-four times az much
dirt from the unwashed as from the
same uddes after washing. - Illinois
Bulletin.
the Readiag Dniryman Wins.
| have seen one dalryman with .
beautiful home, large and well venh'
lstcd stables, all the product Of herd
OF milk cows. and another farmer
with the same old house he built tea
gears before. dilnpidated stables, gates
broken. fences down, all the product
Of another herd Of cows, equal In NUM-
Der TO the first. Why this difference
with the same conditionsf
II you 20 into the home OF the first
.lass OF men you will find agricultural
papers; you will find reader, a man
who has thinker and Is using It. lie
may not be graduate Of any agrfcul.
tural college, but he Ia self educated
man. who received large part OF his
educa ton from the agricultural papers.
How much more advanced he would
have been II he had learned the rudi-
ments az the agricultural college! But
greater honor IL due to self education
than 10 college educated man. Still
II progress was to depend on self edu'
cation we would resemble the snail In
stead Of the ant.
am trm believer that the duty Of
every state il to place premium on
agricultural pursuits. The most Inn.
portant branch OF agriculture is dairy
ing. The growth Of cereals depends
on dalrying TO return It's 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 II. Therefore no
branch Of agriculture should be fcs.
tered and encouraged as much as the
Aairying industry.-E. A. Mcdonald,
Washington State Dairy and Food
Commissioner.
Gooa and Tinely 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
stete. II treats the subject Of dairyins
briefly, simply and thoroughly. II
shows that II is not necessary for one
% buy lot Of thoroughbred stock to
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 di'
sections 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-
ticn Of Pure Commercial Cultures" has
been sent out 70 the butter makers In
the state. It treats the subject clearly
and fully.
The "Dairy Shark
J. A. Crockett. dairyman, Utah Agri.
cultural college. has recently sent out
warning to the butter makers Of his
state against a "dairy shark" who is
dlsposlng Of process whereby he
claims the yield Of butter is increased
from 80 TO 100 per cent In excess Of
that made In the ordinary manner.
Same old fraud that bobs up now and
again. AL farmers and dairymen
should leave all such fellows and their
process alone.-Dairy and Creamery.
new Treatment For MIX Fever.