The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-01-15

q cost of not more than $50 for teed.
Such a COW as that is protitable AM.
NAL The production OF the COWS OIL
the provinces of Ontario and quebec
which comprise the best dairying dis
tricts in Canada, is only 300 pounds
of milk in the year. A man can not
afford to keep COWS that produce only
1000 pounds of milk in year.
CHEMIST TESTING COAST MILK.
Mr.. Elton Fulmer, OF Pullman,
Wash, the chemist and principal OIL
the department of chemistry OF the
Pullman State Agricultural college.
has been engaged by the condensed
milk interests of the Pacific Coast TO
accurately determine the comparative
milk composition Of the Pacific Nortn-
west with that of the East, says the
Mt. Vernon Argus.
A chemical analysis demonstrates
the fact that the milk product OF the
Northwest contains a larger percentage
of hutter fat than that of the East,
and less solids. AS an instance, where
an analysis of the local product SHOWS
2-1O per cent. of butter fat and IL l-lo
per cent. of solids, the product Oh tne
East of the same percentage Woula
show 2-1O in butter fat and IL z-lo
in solids.
Tins il will be seen that the Eastern
product contains more caseln, the ele-
ment in the milk that is most Valu-
able in the production of cheese ana
condensed milk. The fact that the
milk product of the Northwest con-
tains more butter fat and less solids
than that of the East, shows that II Is
more valuable for butter and OF less
value for cheese and condensed milk
than that of the latter
The federal law requires that the
condensed milk product shall contain
% per cent. of solids and I-lO per
cent. of fat Consequently the federal
law standard works hardship on the
manufacturer of the Northwest, II he
has to put in more fat to obtain the
required solids, as the excessive sup
plv of butter fat is a direct loss 10
him.
That this loss is material to the con-
densed milk manufacturer OF the
Northwest is evident when the TACT is
shown, that to produce 200 cases OF
condensed milk daily an excess OF
butter fat is required to maintain the
percentage of solids demanded by the
federal lay, that amounts to thirty-odd
dollars, and the loss on a years out
put would be considerable.
In view of this demonstrable fact,
it will be seen that the condensed milk
manufacturers are Handicapped III
competition with the Eastern product.
So, primarily, the purpose of Mr.. Full
mer is to collect data that will justify
a change of the federal law, so as to
euualize the comparative quality OF
the local and Eastern product. me
federal standard of solids is too high
for the local product. 1t could be low
cred and still the local product would
contain as much butter fat as the East
ern product does, which, as matter or
fact and justic, is all that ought to
be required by the law.
But it is not only the loss in excess
of butter fat that falls on the local
manufacturer, to disqualify him to en-
ter the markets on an equal footing
with his Eastern competitors. The To-
cal manufacturer pays the local pro-
Queer $1.75 per hundred pounds for
his milk. The Eastern producer re-
ceives only $3.50 per hundredweight
for his milk.
At the price paid by the local con-
densers for milk, it would be worth 43
"a cents per pound for butter rat,
which is 7 ga cents pound in excess
of the highest market price paid for
butter fat.