Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-10-17

The Audubon County Farmer
got word this week about those
naw Florida cows that give soft
butter instead of milk, as was sta
ted in the Jou rnal some time ago.
The news l have this week lis very
encouraging, and think I'iE
turn about nineteen hamd-spmngs
B0r joy before many years go by.
The fellow says THAT l can have
one of his ONE year-old heifers for
$4,000 and the animal will be shids-
ped to Audubon County as soon
as lit gets over a little spell of
sickness, caused, by eating orange
rhnds am now raising THE 1000
and will make my friends a propo-
aitienl The man who chips in
the biggest amount can haul the
nsnamal from the depot and intro
duce it to our Climatic
/ expect to butIh up wpnde'rfluQl
herd I'M this county With. each
cow sell 1 will give a buttetr mold'
IN which, the COW lis to be MIXED.
All you villa have to, do is ito milk
into the mold, tGTa it over, and
YOU have the butter ready fon, mar
ket. But there is yet one draw
back to these SOFT butter COWS and
klhh& lis because the butter they
give Isl not salhed. You know that
nearly every man who eats butter,
"a we'll as every woman, wants 1T
naltedL and that is something thay
WON'T get when we all| raisa Floril
da butter CATTLE in Audubon Coal'nt
to, unless another great improve
memt is made. The fellow DOWN
N Florida has not been able to
Study out scheme up to tine pre-
eemt, and therefore wants me to-
help him out. / never give up
hops of betterdng things In this
world and will certainly try my
isbok ON the heifler when. get it'll
u
animal salt in order to salt the
butter, because that would be as
foplish as making hog smoke
hickory sticks to flavor thh bacon
before it has separated, from the
ribs What l shall have to do is
to soak the calf I'M salt BRINE and
keep it there long enough to fla
vor lit through and Through. When
q get the animal ! will have 1T
hauled directly from the depot TO
ctna bath tub. The tub will be
Aaaed to the top with SO percent
solution and the calf will be pick
Led three weeks. Before immers-
ing 1T l will give the Gait dose
OF morphine and puncture us
dnddg width hat pins $40 that the
saat will go more than skim deep.
When in the brine, will move
the calf and tub ITO the BARN and
stand them on two rocking chairs.
The ceilimg of the barn Will be
PAINTED with pictures OF clouds
and sea gulls. will attach the
nocking chairs to a pully leadtng
to my gasoline engine, and start
her off. When the engine starts
ta1e chairs will rock, th brune'e
will splash from side to sld'et the
calf wild hold it's head up, gaze
To- the ce,ilings see the clouds and
Sea guilds. and swear lit has BEEN
sd,6p+ wrecked off from the coast
Of Florida. The salty water VIII
occasionally splash into its mouth
and make the sensation Realistic 10
its sense of taste as to lts
sense of slight and feeling. Every
day. / will shove the tub one inch
closer to the wall, and by uhlua
making the calf believe that ut IS
swimming i'm the ocean, AMID APP
pr,oaching land at the rate of an
inch per. day, it will endure the
horror for three long weeks Wltfl-
out giving up hope and dying i'll
despair. A calf i'm such a pickle
must have something to keep tits
mind Gun the future, and by SHOW
ing the tub closer to the WALL and
putting 1T in the same frame OF
mind that Columbus was dn when
he sighted America the animal VIII
mo doubt live through the perform
aimee and breathe a happy sigh OF
relief ait the end of the struggle.
After twenty-one days the salt Will
have soaked it good and proper
and will rum the calf Through a
washl- wrimger to extract ALL surplus
moisture. If this makes the ami
NAL too timber lit will be starched
and hung on the lime to dry, talk
ling care not to let it go out In
the rain after that. will also
have to keep lit away from the 9TH
err cattle and horses, as they
might, mistake lit for a lump OF