Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-23
TEN DAYS. COURSE
IN CHEESEMAK|NG
is DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR
SWISS ESEMAkERS-To
BEGIN FEBRUARY is.
FOR BENEFIT OF DAlRYMEN WHO
ARE uNASLE TO ATTEND
REGULAR COURSE.

A ten days course in Swiss cheese
making will be given at the dairy
school of the University of Wisconsin
signed primarily for Swiss cheesemak-
ers who, on account of the pressure
of work in their factories, are unable
TO attend the regular winter course of
instruction of the dairy school.
The department Of foreign cheese
making of the school is well equipped
with a large steam heated copper
Swiss cheese kettle and other appli-
ances. Beside the instruction in the
making of foreign cheeses, the stu
dents will be given opportunity to
| learn the Babcock test, the use of the
lactometer, and the various methods
of making starters.
The course was inaugurated last
| year, and was such a decided success
that a large attendance at the dairy
school is expected for the coming ses-
sion. Last year there were fifteen
| native Swiss enrolled for the work,
and all were enthusiastic in their ap-
| probation of the instruction received.
| Those wishing detailed information
regarding the work of the course may
address Prof. G. H. Benkendorf at the
dairy school.
Book on Milk Testing.
| The eighteenth edition of the text
| book on Testing Milk and Its Prod
ucts," by Professors E. H. harrington
and F. w. VOL of the state university
has just been published. The book
has been carefully revised by the au-
thors, and much new and valuable ma
terial has been added, including dis
cussions of recent methods of deter
mining the water content Of butter;
| Prof. Harris new case in test; direc-
tons for analysis of ice cream; and
calculations of milk and cream over
run, and of dividends at creameries
where both milk and cream are re-
ceived. This book has been the stand
ard text and reference book on the
Babcock test since it's first publication
ten years ago, and is used as a text
book in practically all dairy schools
in English speaking countries. The
new edition makes a handsome octave
volume of nearly three hundred pages,
and is fully illustrated.
Many Feeds Licensed.
Under the amended state feeding
stuff law, which went into operation
on January l, there are 112 manufac-
turers and dealers who have already
licensed their feeds for sale in the
state during the coming year. Last
year only 68 manufacturers licensed
their feeds for sale. The number Of
different brands registered for license
this year is over four times as large
as last year, owing to a recent opinion
given by the state attorney general
that the law provides for an annual
! fee Of $25 for each manufacturer, in
! stead of the payment of this fee for
each brand of feeding stuff licensed
for sale, as the law was hitherto in
terpreted.
University Sells Ayrshires.
The numerous inquiries received at
the state university for Ayrshire cat
tie indicates a rapidly growing popu-
Iarity for the breed On Wisconsin
! farms. Four bulls of the breed have
! just been sold by the animal nus
! bandry department Of the university
to dairymen and breeders, one of the
three younger animals going to a
! breeder in South Dakota.
New Bull in University Herd.
The Holstein herd on the expert
mental farm of the state university
agricultural college has been increased
| by the addition of fine three-year-
old Holstein bull, Hillside Alexander
De Kol, bred on a Brocksbare, Pa,
stock farm and secured for the winter
from the owner, T. w. Barmore, Mon
roe, Wis.
Bulletin on Feeding Stuffs.
Professors F. w. Vol and George
A. Olsen, chemists in the University
of Wisconsin agricultural experiment
station, will shortly publish a bulletin
giving the results of their examina-
tions of concentrated feeding stuffs
during the past year under the state