The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-12-15
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boys are DelnS brought up TO stay on the
farms, and he hoped that the time would
come when the farms shall be handed
down from generation to generation in
the same family. A factory system has
been established, and has resulted in
better quality of milk.
A. j. Phillips of West Salem, Wis.,,
followed with an interesting talk. He
was formerly horticulturist, but went
into dairying, as he said, to keep out of
the poor house. He complimented the
womans auxiliary on its work.
Outside farm papers represented at
the convention are the st. Paul Farmer
by President A. w. Trow, Chicago Pro-
duce Record by S. B. Schilling, Creamery
Journal by Mr.. Shoemaker of Waterloo,
Iowa, Dairy Record by II. p. Olson of
St Paul. and Orange Judd Farmer by
Professor Shaw.
| Miss McGoorty of Chicago is taking
the official stenographic report.
| The afternoon session was opened
promptly at two o'clock, although the
attendance at that time was small The
noon trains had brought in many people,
and number of farmers came in, so
that the attendance increased as the SEES
sion progressed
Edward X Slater, state dairy and
food commissioner, of st. Paul, was to
have opened the session, but owing to
illness was unable to be present. His
paper on the care of dairies and cream
cries was read by Mr.. Joslin.
Work of Dairy Union.
S. B. Shilling of Mason City, Iowa,
spoke on "The Work of the National
Dairy Union the Past Year" He is a
fluent talker, and related what has been
done to enforce the oleomargarine law.
| The highest output of oleomargarine
ever reached was l26,OOO,OOO pounds, or
one-f fourth of the entire dairy product of
the country.
The National Dairy Union had caused
| the law to be enforced, and the output
| of oleOmargarine has been cut down.
There is a traitor to the dairy interests
in the agricultural department at Wash
ington, DIR. Wiley, chief chemist of the
agricultural bureau. 81 do not say that
he has been bribed," declared the speak
er, ''but | do say that he is misrepre-
senting your interests to the coloring of
butter A measure will be introduced
this winter to prevent the coloring of
butter. We have got to be on our guard
as never before.
The speaker outlined the method of
conducting the affairs of the National
Dairy Union.
The butter interest is menaced by the
quality of butter put on the market,
as much as by olemargarine. The peo-
pie are going to use a substitute rather
than poor butter The character of this
butter is the thing that is safeguarding
the interest of olemargarine. Stand by
the union and we can protect your in
terests as in the past against the on
slaught of the oleomargarine interests,
In the course of the discussion, one
member asked why they should have more
faith in the officers of the Dairy Union
than in the senators and representatives
at Washington He said that he was in
favor of putting the latter out if they
do not stand by the interests of the
dairymen.
Care of Milk and Cream.
F. Shrewsbury of Long Lake, an in
spector of the state dairy and food de-
partment, spoke on the subject, Care
of Milk and Cream on the Farm" He
said that first class butter cannot
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Cleanliness is the great consideration,
and after that the cooling of the cream.
The COW should be kept in a clean place
and brushed before milking. The milk
receptacles should be kept clean. Cool
| the cans by setting them in cold water
rather than by rinsing, as typhoid fever
has been known to have been conveyed
by rinsing where water from shallow
wells has been used. The hand separa
| tor has done more to deteriOrate the
quality of Minnesota butter than any
thing else. 1t is not that the hand
separator should be condemned, but the
way that it is handled. The cream is
held too long. More care has to be tax
en- with hand separator cream than with
whole milk, The separator should be
taken apart, washed and aired after ev-
cry use, and cool down the cream. 1t
is as necessary to take sweet cream to
the creamery as much as sweet milk.
Good butter cannot be made from sour
cream.
C. II. Piper of Garden City asked how
he could separate his cream, make his
butter at home and sell it in competi-
ton with creamery butter and take first
| prize OH ITOl. 11deckerS scoring! ne
said that his hand separator cream
makes better butter than whole milk
sent to the creamery, and the milk
raises better calves than the milk
brought back from the creamery.
Mr.. Shrewsbury said that Mr.. Piper
was an exception to the rule. 1t was
the rule that hand separated cream was
not taken to the creamery as sweet as
whole milk.
A speaker did not agree with Mr..
Shrewsbury favored a washing powder,
that soap ought not to be used. Mr..
Shrewsbury in the latter's statement
for soap is greasy and has scent.
| Another asked whether a wire gauze
strainer was not better than CLOTH Mr.
Shrewsbury replied that this was not
so. Cheese cloth makes the best
strainer and costs but little. 1t should
be washed or thrown aside.
A discussion arose as to the relative
value of hand separator and creamery
milk in raising calves. Both had their
advocates. Mr.. Shrewsbury said that
whole milk is the best.
One man said that it depended upon
the creamery. At his, he would not feed
the buttermilk to the hogs, because he
knew that it would kill them. When
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