Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

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At the present time there are
splendid opportunities for young men
in every department Of the creamery
I business and related lines, such as
! cheese making, ice cream making and
| city milk supply. There is a steady
demand for men to take positions as
managers of dairy farms, as butter
! makers and helpers in creameries, as
/ factory managers, buffers buyers and
! travelling statesmen, as government in
spectors Of cows, herds, creameries,
or creamery products, as instructors
/ in dairy schools, and agricultural col
leges, and as investigators at expert
/ ment stations, and in government
/ Laboratories.
Our dairy department receives
twice as many inquiries every year
for experienced buttermakers and
cheesemakers as can be supplied
from among its graduates, and there
are frequent calls for men fitted 10
! occupy the higher positions.
Continued growth in all lines OF
dairying is insured through the ex-
/ tension of dairy farming and dairy
manufacturers in the western and
southern states, and through the nat.
ural increase of population all over
/ the country. 1t has been observed
within recent years also that the con
sumption Of dairy products per capita
is increasing throughout the United
States. These facts serve to show
| that young men in Wisconsin, who
have not farms of their own to cult,
vate, may find abundant opportunity
for the use of all the energy, skill
education and ability they possess
and may reap substantial rewards by
educating themselves in the dairy in,
dustry.
Getting a Good Start.
The country boy often gets a place
to work as helper in the local cream
! cry, where he gets his first training
in buttermaking and in keeping
things scrupulously clean. After he
has saved some money, he may take
the winter dairy course for three
months, and thus fit himself to run
| a creamery or cheese factory for
himself. If he can show himself in
dustrious and reliable in small fac
/ tory, his advance to positions of more
| responsibility in larger factories is as
/ sured.
The best positions in dairying as in
other lines, are usually obtained by
those who have spent the most time
and labor in preparing themselves. in
addition to the call for factory oper-
ators, there is a great demand for
men with high school training who
early famiIiarize themselves with but
termaking or cheesemaking in com
mercial factories, and who then spend
four years in study at the university,
specializing in dairying and related
science. A good preparation for such
work is obtained by the young man
with high school training who first
learns to make butter or cheese in
commercial factories and at the dairy
school, and then enters the university
taking the four years course in agri-
culture, specializing in dairying and
related subjects, such an animal nus
bandTy, chemistry, bacteriology, econ
omtcs, etc. The demand for such
men far exceeds the supply.
Great Influence for Good.
The work of the buttermaker offers
numerous attractions. Good butter
makers are paid $50 to SIPS per
month, according to experience, skill
and reliability. The buttermakers' s
work is always indoors and he is thus
/ independent of the weather He does
not work in a crowded. ill-ventiIated
/ room, as clerks in city stores and Of
fees are too often compelled to do
/ He preserves his health through pIen-
] ty of vigorous exercise every day,
! but his work is neither excessively
/ hard, nor exhausting, nor dangerous.
4 He lives at or near by the factory,
which is always centrally located, for
! business reasons. Wherever he may
/ be, the buttermaker is treated with
/ respect if he deserves it, and is
! looked to for advice upon many mat
! tiers pertaining to the life of the farm
! or the community. He is thus a man
! of some influence and any natural
| powers he possesses or knowledge he
/ has acquired, are likely to be put to
! good use in helping his fellow men.
| The respect of the factory patrons,
/ the knowledge that he is a. helpful
/ citizen in his community and the fact
/ that he is generally well paid goes
/ far toward making the life OF the
! average buttermaker attractive and
! satisfactory.
The quality Of butter or cheese pro-
duced at any factory and the selling
price of these products depend largely
upon the ability of the factory man to
secure the cooperation of the factory
patrons in keeping up the quality and
cleanliness of the milk or cream de-
| livered by them. 1t is usually the
case that the butteTmaker who can
get his patrons interested in the i'm
proyement of conditions of milk pro-
duction on the farm is the butter
maker who viii be most successful.
1t is of course impossible to make su-
perior dairy products out of inferior,
dirty or diseased milk or cream. One
of the factoryman's greatest sources
of satisfaction is the knowledge that
he has his patrons all lined up for
clean milk production, and one OF the
greatest disappointments and sources
of Encouragement which may arise is
a failure to accomplish this end
While cheesemaking, and often but
termaking, is carried on seven days
in the week, yet the factory man can
keep in touch with his fellows and
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Wanted to Sell Her leg.
Willing, she asserts, to sacrifice a
finger, foot, arm or leg in an effort to
relieve her poverty. woman, whose
name was not divuIged. living In
Goyans, has written to the physicians
of Franklin Square hospital with an
unusual and pathetic appeal for imam
rial assistance