Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-07-11
Daisy Grace Dekol.
Dy A. GALLAGHER, ohio.)

Dy A. GALLAGHER. Ohio.)
4 great many people have trouble
with their cream and butter during
the winter months: others have more
or less trouble all the time.
Why7 Simply because there IL
something wrong with their method Of
caring for the cream or churning but
tar. Sometimes the butter will not
come" with q reasonable amount Of
churning. One complains of white
sDecks In the butter; another says
the butter has . peculiar bitter taste.
and 20 1t goes.
Some Of the people use cream sepa-
rators, while others do not. However.
Il II safe to say that In either case
the cream IL not in the proper condi-
ton to be churned.
Either the temperature 10 at fault
or else the cream has not been prop
erly "ripened"-probably both COM
bined. Some people contend that the
food which COW consumes has more
20 do with the conditions Of the cream
than the way In which It II ripened
and churnsd.
However this may be, there II no
denying the fact that . well-fed. we'll
cared-for COW win give richer milk
and more Of It than one that ID half
starved and otherwise neglected.
The word abused might be substi-
tutod for neglected. There should be
. law passed to punish thoughtless
people who drive their cows with dogs.
We never have any trouble with
our cream or butter at any season OF
the year
We are not In the dairy business
and therefore have never tried any
improved methods 20 essential to suo-
cess when the business II conducted
upon . large scale.
One Of our cows 10 . family pet.
She 10 very old and not 90 very pro
ntable. but she gets the same care
that tho others do.
We have all the milk. cream and
butter that We can use the year
around and some butter to sell-quite
. little more In proportion to the num-
Der Of cows kept than most Of our
neighbors.
Last winter we MIXED two COWS all
winter and kept an account Of the
butter we sold.
During the coolest part of the win
ter. from December 20 to January 20,
We churned and sold 86 pounds and 10
ounces.
OF this amount 24h pounds was
the product Of ten days milk. minus
that which we kept for table use This,
We think. 10 pretty good showing
Tor two cows such as ours; for, being
ordinary farmer folk, we keep ordi-
nary cows; but they are we'll cared
for and In consequence they give good
returns.
During the fall and winter months
they are kept In the stable every
night In the summer they have an
open shed for shelter.
They always have pasture in sea-
son and little ground grain twice q
day. When pasture begins to get
scarce late In the summer. we feed
green fodder or some other green
roughage to take It's place.
III the winter tney nave plenty OF
good hay and fodder besides grain
three times day; about two quarts
of feed for each COW.
Corn and oat chop or equal parts
corn mean bran with a little oil meal
added is the usual grain ration in the
winter. Two quarts Of ground grain
added to about two gallons OF cut
clover makes satisfying meal for a
cow. The clover is always scalded
before the grain Is added.
Now, for our method of caring for
the milk: The cows are MIXED regu-
larry morning and night. always be-
ing fed before the milking is begun.
The stripping. or last part Of each
milking, is kept separate and strained
into the cream Jar. Two Jars are used
and whenever ono II full the next
churning 10 started.
That 10. all fresh cream - put into
Dc other Jar. About the time the
second Jar 10 full, the flrst 10 ready to
- ehurned: sometimes little before.
= 4 = too slow about ripsning. .