The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-01-18
some VALUABLE HINTS ON
TIE HANDLING OF CREAM
What Australia and New Zealand Dairy
men Have to Contend With in the
Butter World.

! In recent issue of the station. Farm
aud Dairy the following letter written
by W. J. Nelson OF ralmcrton. North
/ New Zealand, is published Many of the
/ features set forta in the letter apply
so aptly TO dairying here in Washington,
that, believing it will prove nterc-ting
aud profitable The Herald rrproducrs 1t.
I Mr. Nelson wrote as follows:
II note in your Journal in the report
of the Dairymcn'. Conference held III
Sydney, a number of very valuable pa
pers dealing with the many sources AMI
drawbacks when are preventing the
Australian cheese and huttermahe.
/ from turning out Il first-cln>s article;
an article that can be placed or the J on
don and other markets OF the world
which shall command the same p,icc as
otorr buffers which come from New
Zealand and Denmark, etc.
/ The trouble seems TO be ihs dirty.
cyerjpc and uncarcd for condition
! which the raw material tmjl, and
/ cream) gets TO before the manufacturer
/ OF creamery manager has chance Il do
|anvthing with il. may STATE mere tHnt
while was in Queensland, about tour
wears ago. the worst of my work AMI
trcrbIe was to beg the suppicrs 10 llok
after their milk better and Keep their
cav wards. carts and milk cans perfectly
] clean. These essentials are the secret
of profit OF course | am well aware
/ that it i, very difficult to nave milk per
/ feet ii the temperature is say % to 100
DEGREES f. in the shade This is Il great
drawback. but after all it j. possible
ana in nearly every case easy. The
/ proper way is to keep the cans perfect
/ " clean. likewise the COW yards aud
/ buckets and hands.
Put tae nights milk in cold water,
! let the can, be half full. have the lids
off and stir the milk a- often a. posi-
/ bic. If this i. done the Gas ana natur-
al heat in the milk win pass off Acra-
! ton by tui, mean. i the only way apart
/ from freezing machine. which cannot
/ be at every farm-yard. OF course. ali
milk has first - be strained and put
over cooler before entering the cans
/ The farmer may say that it is Il lot OF
work and bother; but such is not tlc
case. one boy about l. years of age
/ If trained to if. could do it and har"
good time before bedtime, Here III
/ New Zealand can name many milk sup
pliers in the coolest part of the island
who never think of allowing the nights
milk supply to stand without stirring
! il three or four times before bedtime,
1 the last thing at night and the very first
/ thing in the morning. 1t is habit with
some people and good habit, too.
Summer or winter il i Away. the 5allc.
and the result is clean favored milk.
and cold These are the first points that
the rnce~c and buttcrmakcr- look toi in
| the morning when the milk Is delivered,
and if such is not the ease back the pa
tron has TO take il and no more about
/ it. 1t i, not very nice to have to send
il back. | know it seems waste. but it
is really economy, for one can will spoil
/ 30 cans. This j. not stretching the
point. as cheese or huttcrmakcre can
testify.
bad cream and had milk maan bad
/ butter, bad cheese, bad name and bad
sale and all is bad This is what New
/ Zealand has ever been fighting agrrNt
and is still. | must say that the sup
plicr has greatly improved ana is still
improving. The position of the Au~tral-
ian manufacturer of yesterday lie Is
irving to educate the milk supplier as
TO the absolute necessity of cleaner,
purcr and higher favored milk and
cream. If he does not respond the trade
i ruined. and that is the truth. Grading
at the ports is well enough. but if the
~upplcr will not send good raw mater
ial To the maker what j. the good Of
sending ii to he port and having it grad
ed second or third grade. y class of
stuff that Is nos good on the London
market i no good to anyone ii led. to
+ It'd. per III. i asked for it. New Zeal
and has taken a tumble to that and j.
going q step further 10y trying TO get
even with Denmark. 1t may not he pos,