The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1904-06-01

The Minnesota Butter Makers and
State Dafrymen's association have
adopted very commendable method
Of judging the butter that is entered
Sor scoring at their annual conventions.
Tho plan Is to score the butter MS soon
as 1t arrives at st. Paul, then set 1t
aside to be rescored two weeks after
the first scoring This second testing Is
to determine Its keeping qualities. Fre>
Quently the butter which has scored the
highest has soon commenced to rapid
ly detertorate In quality. The fact Is
that our best informed butter makers
have outgrown our old methods of scor-
Ing, which was to score but once and
that few days after the butter was
made. The expert butter makers have
SO mastered the art OF rlpening their
cream that they are able to make but
ter Of an extremely high flavor, so high.
In fact, that, like n highly favored
fruit. 1t has but little keeping qualities;
however, 1t answers the purpose OF
winning high score. To forestall this
ana to determine actual merit the but
ter Is now set aside to be scored two
weeks later, then from these two scores
an average is struck &c determine the
proper score to be attached to eacs
package. We are inclined to believe
that this last Judging ia Of more i'm
portance than the first, as two weeks
after 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, n great many
Of them would doubtless be surprised
at the number of animals they are
keeping merely as luXuries It Is not
safe rule to go by general impressions.
Those who have tried keeping accounts
have found that In many cases tho
COWS that were 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 good cash income.
Disputed Questions.
Professor G. d. Smith, after flve
years investigation OF the milk oues-
ton, has come to the following conclu-
sion: First, COW yields as rich milk
when heifer as when che Is a mature
COW; second, the milk Ia as rich the
first month as 1t 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
nor poorer than while on dry feed In
winter; fourth, the milk from II herd
varies little In composition from day to
day:
A Now Dairy Bill.
The dairy and food commissioners of
Illinois and Ohio, In conjunction with
Professor John Hamilton, the secretary
Of agriculture OF Pennsylvania, have
drnwn up n dairy and food bill which
Ii Is proposed to Introduce into CON
grcss. The convention OF the associa-
ton Of the state dairy anu food dcpure
ments which met Mt Portland Ore, lass
July delegated the above gentlemen as
committee to Graft national dairy
Senator Cullom.
Water In the Barn.
II you havo not already done o, 1t
would be worth the trouble to seriously
consider If 1t would not pay you we'll
to put in a water system in your barn
SO that the cows Will not have to 40 out
Oh cold. stormy days I'm winter TO drink
Ice cold water at an open tank
Minnesota Butter Makers.
Mr.. Bcecher once said that God could,
doubtless. have made n better berry
thnn the strawberry, but lie never did.
God could have made better butter
makers than the Minnesota butter max.
ers. but am sure he never did.-W. w.
z. Mcconnell.
Good Work.