The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-06-16
WILL INVESTIGATE DIARIES
Examinations Made by the University
Agents Indicate That Dairy Bust
ness in Wisconsin is Decidedly
Profitable.


| 1t is frequently stated that the
milk supplied to cities is not what it
should be, but it is true that improve
ment in quality has come much more
rapidly in larger cities than in those
of small and medium sizes,' states
Prof. E. G. Hastings, agricultural bac-
teriologist of the College Of Agricul.
ture of the University of Wisconsin.
SIN many cities the demands made
| by boards Of health have insured milk
of an excellent grade, but the factors
at work in the large cities tending to
improve the milk supply have been
absent in small cities and towns.
"The need for fresh, clean, health
full milk is no less in the small cities
than in the large ones. The reason
why the demands for better milk are
not met by dairy farmers is that it is
expensive to produce clean milk and
the producer is afraid to do so, for he
thinks that, at the price he must
charge to make profit, he will be I'M
able to dispose of such milk in small
town. The difficulties of producing
clean milk have been magnifed by
boards of health, speakers, ETC., until
the producer looks upon it as most
complicated business"
A number of cases have come under
Professor Hastings observation of
farmers who are producing milk of a
quality that will compare favorably
with certified milk. This milk is sold
in small cities at prices within the
reach of everyone, and at the same
time the farmer is making a profit.
One farmer milks Is cows on farm
of lis acres. The milk is sold in a
city Of $4,000. He began by selling
the milk at five and a. half cents a
quart; later the price was raised to
eight and third cents, and the demand
increased even at the higher price.
This demand grew in spite of the fact
that another milk company was sell
ing milk for six and a quarter cents
quart. Last year he sold $4,000 worth
of milk from Is cows. Produce sold
from the farm paid for the feed pur-
chased, and the labor bill was less than
$1,4oo. During four years the returns
from the cows have purchased the herd,
farm, equipment, and made many i'm
provements on buildings.
Particular attention was paid to
cleanliness, the cows being groomed
daily. The owner believes that this
care resulted in the production of at
least one quart more of milk per cow
a day. The udders are washed with
sponge; the Gurler pail is used; and
the mixers wear clean aprons and
have clean hands. The stable is old
and crowded, and the barnyard far
from satisfactory.
The equipment of the milk room is
good, with bottle washer, can steriI-
izer and steaming oven, the latter not
being used constantly, as reliance is
placed on thorough scalding of the
bottles in the vat. Cold, pure water is
secured from a deep well. This dairy
man thinks it does not cost much
more than one cent quart more to
supply this milk than it would to sup
ply ordinary milk.
An examination of the milk from this
farm in comparison with three certified
milk farms showed that 81 per cent
of the samples examined contained less
than 10000 bacteria per cubic cent?
meter while on the three certified
farms the numbers were 70, So and 96
per cent respectively. 1t showed that
this farm, without expensive buildings
or appliances was producing milk of
a high order.