The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-01-24
DAIRY MOVES.

| the separator removes from 1.-THE milk
| and cream not only the dirt and slime
which passes through the strGiner. bu
| the greater portion of bacteria. Is
cows are usually cared for and han
died, there is always some dirt anC
dandruff from the cows udder thai
gets into the milk. This cannot al
ways be caught in strainer, but II
any passes through it is included with
the slime which remains in the sepa
rator bowl. The German trials indl
cate that most of the bacteria remain
with it.
Weighing the milk is the best means
of registering the capabilities of COW
and her yield. If done one day each
week and noted down, the table go
constructed will be a most efficient
guide to the total quantity yielded.
the rate of increase, the average Or
seasons yield, the time of calying. the
time of going dry, the effects OF a
particular food, etc, while a sudden
decrease may indicate the first symp-
toms of any disease or trouble.
All animals fRtten more readily dur
ing the warm season than when the
weather is cold which fact should not
be overlooked even in the ratlons of
dairy cows. The same quantity OF
food which was necessary to keep an
animal in good condition in winter
may cause it to become excessively
fat If the ration is continued in guam
tity during the spring ana summer
Dairy COWS should be fed only what
of milk to their full capacity, and no
two cows require exactly the same
quantity Of food.
A Jersey bulletin makes some extra
ordinary claims for the Jersey cow. I.
asserts that man who owns twenty
good COWS of that breed can afford to
put in a dairy plant of the best inn
proved machinery and employ a
skilled dairyman in order to secure
uniformly the best butter that can be
made from cows milk. The output,
the bulletin claims, from such dairy,
can be put on the market at price
above the market rate sufficient Ia
cover all extra expenses, to say moth
ing of the increased value added TO
the calves from such herd. From a
pure dollars-andcents view, says :he
bulletin, it is good business to give
the Jersey cows the best that can be
bought--the best food, the best quar-
tiers, the best machinery and imple-
ments, and the very best possible
management A Jersey dairy
equipped along these lines can CON-
mand the top OF the market, and more,
the year round.
1t is mt necessary for COW to give
only a small quantity Of milk in or
der that the milk may be rich One
can use breed that is famous for
large yields of rich milk rather than
to get ricn milk from low yields. Ev-
cry farmer should look around him
before purchasing cow, and he
should make it point to know the |
characteristics of the breeds.
Gilt edged butter is not entirely due
to the excellence of the COW, but also
to the intelligence and management ~
the farmers who attends the stock and |
looks after all the details necessary in !
order to produce superior article |
which will bring the highest price.
The proper mode of dairyfng com.
mands labor, care and good judgment.
1t is~labor that increases the price; Ia.
Dor in the shape OF preparation ana |
In careful preparation
the stalls are washed out and kept a.
free from filth as the floor of q dwell
ing house. The food of the COW Is ~
spected and is of the very best qua
Ity. The animals are brushed sld
washed, the drinking water is always
fresh and is given from clean vessels.
he beds are clean, dry material,
changed morning and night The nd.
lers of the COWS are washed with
warm water and dried withsclean tow.
lis. The hands of the mixers are rs
,lean as If sitting down to their meals.
The pals are scrubbed, scalded
washed, aired and made scrupulously
lean. The milk is strained twice
nd not allowed to come in contact
With the slightest odor. The milk
ouse is a model of neatness. In fact,
he strictest cleanliness is observed in
very operation from the time the
milk is drawn from the udder until it
caches the customer. The best but
er can only be produced in this way.
'hough the market may literally be
orged with butter of even moder
tely good quality, that of the best
uality is never in excess Of the de-