El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-07

/ - would be complete without the
! - presence Of Pauline Wayne. Off
cial milk supplier to the president
/ Of the United States, ii was decided
/ that this bovine queen should be con-
a veyed to Milwaukee this week so as
/ to be in evidence at the International
, Dairy Show. which opens IN that city
( Tuesday, October 10. Every possible
/ provision has been made for the com
I fort Of Pauline during her journey as
| well as during her stay in her native
/ state in order that her yield of milk
may be quite up to its usual high
! standard in quantity and quality.
The Department f64HI+ Of 9gri f55 is
I show and is aiding it by sending two
/ important exhibits or demonstrations.
/ One of these is a model working
/ dairy with the latest improvements
/ In sanitary equipments the other Is
/ a collection of typical dairy cattle,
showing the advantages Of properly
/ selected stock. Several experts from
the department will endeavOr to for
! ward the educational crusade now be-
ing agitated towards securing more
wholesome milk. The department OF
agriculture stands ready to give the
farmer every possible aid in the econ
omto production of a higher standard
Of milk.
Campaign For Pure MIX.
In the opinion OF those who have
given closest attention to the subject,
1t IS not only the farmer who needs
C4uCdL4OA regarding LLlG hdAAE VI BuAG
milk The consumer also must under
1 stand tina tpure milk has an important
relation to the health Of his family
and that richer milk contains more
food value and is therefore worth
more money. The equipment OF a
sanitary dairy with the needed pro
visions for cleanliness cannot but
cost the farmer extra expense in both
money and labor. The consumer must
be willing to bear part of this cost
by a slight advance upon the price
formerly paid for poor milk,
Cow Testing Associations.
The department Of agriculture, how
Z ever, is endeavOring to show the
I farmers how to increase the product
/ iveness of his cattle so that he may
secure the greatest possible milk
product from the amount expended.
I The elevation Of the standard Of dairy
/ cows is being attempted in every part
Of the country. Cow testing assOcia-
tons are being formed similar TO those
which have existed In Denmark for
number Of years, and the results are
already of fncaIculabIe benefit. The
first COW testing association IN the
I United states was orgn1zed at Green
I Mount Michigan, in 1905 1t consisted
of 81 members and 239 cows. This
association employed a cow tester GER
titled by the department of agriculture
who made weekly visits to each herd.
examining the cows. noting the guam
titT and quality OF the milk produced,
as well as Of the food consumed Up
on these tests the estimate Of the
yield Of each COW was made. EXami-
nation Of cows show that many are
kept on the farm which are unprO1lt-
able to their owners because their
WELD of milk falls below the standard.
Tt is difficult for the average farmer
under ordinary methods to ascertain
these facts According to recent in
vestig cations, however, it is estimated
that fully % percent OF the dairy cows
in America are kept at a positive loss
to the owner
Cow As Machine.
The dairy COW should be regarded
as a machine for the manufacture OF
milk and butter material and the
quantity Of production yielded in re-
turn for the expenditure Of food, which
the economic value Of the animal A
profitable dairy COW should yield
not less than 6,9T5 pounds of milk,
testing IS percent Of butter fat. equal
TO $50 pounds Of butter year. The
food cost OF quart Of milk should
be 2-T6 cents and that OF a pound Of
butter should be 22-9 cents. The profit
for the milk sold to the dealers at
three and three quarter cents per
quart should realize the sum Of S31
each year and the butter value should
be at least an equal sum
Losing on Cow Yield.
The average Improbable COW Yields
3141 pounds each year. testing 4-3S per
cent butter fat equal to rs pounds OF
butter The food cost of a quart OF
milk from such a COW reaches 4 -
percent and that upon a pound Of but
ter reaches 80 cents Milk sold from
this COW at 33-4 cents per quart en-
tails loss Of S11-2T during the year.
and the loss on butter sold at 80 cents
a pound reaches SIS There are many
grades Of distinction between the prof
liable and Improbable COW as deter
mined by these estimates, but the aim
Of the department Of agriculture is to
nf7--nnr1 the farmer keen only the
profitable COW, dispOsing Of the others
as quickly as possible
Much attention has been given to the
breeding Of fine dairy cattle in the
United States during the past few years
and some - the finest Holstein and
Jersey cattle in the world have been
bred II California from imported stock
At recent cattle show, an American
HOistein COW called Homestead Aggie
made the worlds record for 30 days
milk poductiOn- She Yielded in that
time l5tz poqnas or mix, cGntai INNS.
IS pounds of butter fat Another Cali
fOrnia COW at the same show gave IS
pounds Of milk daily in seven day
test.
Made Now In United States.
or the special cheeses made in the Z
United States the most important is /
the Camembert type of cheese. former !
" believed impossible to produce out
side Of the Camembert district IN I
France. The production Of this cheese [
has been eEperimented upon in a num-
Der OF American cities San Francisco I
was found to have climatic conditions I
approaching those of that section OF I
France. Il Is believed however. that Z
means will he found to overcome eli I
matte DISADVANTAGES in other sections, Z
and that this cheese viii soon be eX-
tensivelv uanufac tured i'm several parts (
of the country. While Camembert !
cheese making for the general market /
is a factory proposition in which pro- /
duction upon q large scale conduces to /
economy Of labor and uniformity of re- I
suits, a good grade of this cheese can
be made and ripened upon the farm 4
with comparatively simple equipment.
The development Of cheese making in
the United States is becoming an i'm
portant feature in the national food
supply.
Modern Dairy Plants
There is the greatest possible diff
ference in the equipment Of the mod Z
ern dairy mandatory as compared |
with the earlier ones. Instead of crooks
and tin pans. milk is poured into
modern centrifugal separator operated
by gas or steam power handling 500
to 5000 pounds Of milk per hour. In .
stead OF waiting FOR the cream TO sour.
the modern dafryman rfpens it artf- Z
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