Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-02-22
ESTABLISHED 1855
ALASKA TO BE GREAT DAIRY COUNTRY
BIOomingdae Correspondent 0notes Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson to Ths. Effect

Elgin, February 9th: Market is very
firm at 3lcts and make short. The
above means a higher market. The
writer predicted SIC market before
butter took drop.
1t is a good season to figure on winter
and summer dairying / would like to
see some of our ,.to-date dairymen
build silo this 81 inner. Please write
me about slices. are agents for this
county for one o he best slices made.
Ii you haven't thu C:smoney, the company
will give you tim One of our patrons
who figures close gold me to-day that
that he could ma, more net money by
winter dairying sven If he had to buy
most of his teedi ( His cream check for
fifteen days was +aver $50 and the cost of
feeds, help, etc. i-ivas about $50, leaving
him balance $50 in the fifteen days
after all help a = feed was paid for.
There Is greg sSTalk in our dairy papers
about the first Btrippings and last strip.
pings of COW. / tested a sample
brought me by Mr.. p T. PauIson and
the first milk or strippings tested per
cent-no better than skim L Tx. The
whole milk from the COW was 8 8 per
cent. Many dairymen do not milk the
first milk into the pail, as it contains but
little butter fat and is full of bacteria,
which will spoilsthe whole milk quicker
than il it was left out entirely.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson be.
lieves that Alaska is destined to be
dairy country. There are on the south
ern coast, he says, from Cook Inlet to
Unalaska, about ten thousand square
miles of pasture covered with iuxuri.
ant growth of grasses often six feet
high, and on the higher elevations and
more exposed situations where the
grasses are too short for cutting hay
they are nutritious and furnish splendid
pasture. Several small herds of milch
COWS have been kept in some Of the viii
lagos for years. and their fat and sleek
condition and the amount of milk they
give furnish an ocular demonstration of
the possibilities of section OF country
which people usually consider worthless.
In some places COWS belonging to the
natives are forced to live through the
winter with little or no care, and have
sustained themselves by feeding on
moezao and seaweed. White people who
take good Care Of their stock, feed them
from five to siX months, and that may
be considered necessary to keep the ami
mails in good co ndition. The Alaskan
tDdsb 1uEutsubS many buluAAaUAp bAbUc
for dairy colonies both on the island and
mainland, and there is such great
wealth Of grass that, believe, that sec
tion will ultimately become great dairy
country. do not know where any bet
ter opportunity or greater advantages
for dairymen can be found in the United
States, or any other country, today.
Certainly there is is no other p.a % where
320.acre homesteads can be had for the
asking In view Of the enormous area
Of this rich pasturage, and because OF
the increasing demand for butter and
cheese, / believe that Alaska Is going to
be one of tie most profitable dairy coun-
tries in t"e world.
Buy one Of the Star ere Im stirers at
your creamery. They cost but twenty
five cents. By their use You can bring q
better grade of cream to your creamery.
The object is to stir your cream well,
letting off bad gases and odors; it will
improve the quality OF your butter at
the factory. When you go to the factory
watch your buttermaker and see how
often he stirs his cream. Everytime
you mix two patches of cream together
stir ii well and get it mixed thoroughly.
| To do this you must have something that
will thoroughly mix it together and
something that will clean easily
Every creamery In the country Is put
ting up ice, and ! suppose every dairy
man is doing the same.
]. N. WIGGINToN.
Bloomingdale, Feb. IL.