The Delta independent., 1909-07-23
Dairy Notes.

When milk is to be made into cheese
the practice of skimming part of the
milk and keeping some of the skimmilk
at home cannot he profitably done, for
the casein in the skimmilk is worth
quite as much as the fat. This system
is all right when the milk is made into
butter. The result of skimming part
of the milk will give low grade of
cheese.
Standard Oil chemists declare they
have discovered process whereby they
can make butter as a by-product of
crude petroleum. If reports are true,
plans have been prepared and contracts
soon will be let for putting up big
butter-making plant as a new depart
ment of the Standard Oil works in
Bayonne, New Jersey, and thus once
more we. see the good old COW getting
it in the neck.
Ordinarily a western dairyman looks
to his friends in the east for advanced
ideas in dairy practice but he wants to
forget it In some lines of progress
the east is not in advance of the west.
For example all milk used in the manu-
facture of cheese in the western states
has for years been bought on the basis
of butter-fat content. Western farm
ers are well satisfied that the Babcock
test accurately determines the value of
milk for commercial purposes but in
the east the old lacotemeter which is
fifty years behind the times is still in
use.
The much heralded milk bill, which
places stringent regulations on the
dairy business in Denver, has finally
become a law. 1t provides that all
milkmen shall be licensed and that all
dairies shall be conducted in sanitary
manner. Brewers grains or waste
malt is prohibited for fodder and only
pure stock food may be fed to the
cows. No milk can be sold from sick
animals and milkmen are required to
wash both themselves and the cows be-
fore milking. The law also provides
that milk shall be twelve per cent solid
by weight with three per cent butter
fat and that cream shall be sixteen per
cent butter fat.
Every dairy should be securely
screened against flies as a sanitary
precaution. They visit places where
filth abounds, such as manure piles and
other accumulations of refuse and are
known to carry not only small particles
of refuse and filth on their bodies and
legs, but also other communicating
matter, such as germs which cause dis
ease. Thus by excluding the flies from
dairy soursce of contamination by
dirt and disease germs is removed both
of which are likely to alter unneces-
sarily the quality of the milk. Screen
effectually all openings into the dairy
room, including windows, doors cracks
and other apertures. The failure to
comply with such regulations where
city ordinances prevail is punishable by
law. Ranch people as rule are alto
gether too careless in this simple mat
ter of sanitation and they need some
urging to improve their condition.
RdIlhtu Will TeltTtuCe W luc
of milk produced, the breeds stand as
follows: Holstein, Ayrshire, Guern-
sey and Jersey; with reference to rich
ness of milk: Jersey, Guernsey, Ayr
shire, Holstein; as to color of milk,
Guernsey, Jersey, Ayrshire, Holstein;
in size: Holstein, Ayrshire, Guernsey,
Jersey; early maturing qualities: Jer-
sey, Guernsey, Ayrshire, Holstein; abil-
ity to rustic for living: Ayrshire, Jer-
sey, Guernsey, Holstein. There is very
little difference in the amount of butter
fat produced on the average by the
various breeds. There is great deal
more difference between the individuals
of breed than between the breeds.
Good cows as well as poor ones are
found in every breed. A good Holstein
is better than a poor Jersey, and a
good Jersey is better than poor Hol-
stein. The selection of the breed then
is not of SO much Importance as choos-
| ing the individuals within the breed.