The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-08
Home and Farm
DROWNED Bi,TTER.

Is the term given to wet butter or
butter saturated with moisture. One
creamery concern was found to be
soaking its butter with as much as IS
per cent of moisture Very frequently
the U. 8. inspectors have found sam
pies that contained around Is and
~ per cent of moisture.
Just now there is considerable agi-
tation In favor Of less moisture. This
move Is long step In the right direc-
ton. 1t should be remembered that
first class butter should contain about
III to IA per cent OF water, and by the
methods usually adopted in the manip-
ulation of the cream at churning no
more than this amount will be incor-
porated. The average buttermaker
who has not made a study of incorpOr-
ating moisture is not apt to get
more water in his butter than the law
allows. 1t Is our opinion, with the
above facts in view. that the one
guilty of drowning his butter and
palmtng on water at a fancy price Is
the buttermakar of big centralized
creameries.
1t is now generally conceded that
first class cream should not contain
less than IS per cent of butterfat.
There are several reasons for this and
a few of the most vital ones are: 1t
is found that this per cent Of butter
fat will keep better: it costs less to
transport than IL lower per cent of
fat, and the patrons will be Just so
much better off. because he will have
more skim milk to feed to his calves
and pigs. 1t also means less cream
for the women folks to look after. With
them this Is quite an item in this hot
weather. AS long as the milk must be
separated, why not do it right? 1t
will take no more time and besides
this YOU run less chance of having
your cream graded low at the factory
Feed Fodder Corn Now."-
At this time of the year, the aver
age dairyman is apt to allow the cows
to shrink in their flow of milk. Not
only Is this a serious mistake. but an
expensive one. too: expensive because
1t Is one that he cannot recover from
during the remainder of the year. II
cows are not allowed to shrink now.
they will be source of profit during
the fall and winter. Pastures. at this
time of the year, If not short. are be-
ginning to grow old and tough, thus
forcing grass to lose its fresh Grips
nutrition. The very best feed that the
COW can be given to KEEP up her flow
of milk is fodder corn. Fodder corn
if cut and fed gren is practically the
same as pasture. and if it has been
planted right, can be fed up until
frost comes on, in its green state. Be-
gin right now to feed fodder corn.
If you have no fodder corn. then feed
field corn. 1t is better than none at
all.
Choice and Ordinary Butter.
Dairymen should not forget that
the discrimination between choice and
ordinary grades of butter is becoming
more clearly defined each year. 1t is
only the best that is always in de-
mand and will sell at good prices when
there is surplus Of the inferior
grades that either are not wnated at
all or else must be sold at sacrifice.
We can hardly expect that under these
circumstances this order of things
viii be changed or improved upon.
1t is merit that is going to win and If
the dairyman expects to come out
satisfactorily at the end of the year, it
is of the greatest importance that he
produce cream of the best grade. Try
to do little better than ever before,
should be the watch word of the day.