Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-31

Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland
| What the city woman needs In butter
that Ii standardized and always OF y
aniform exeeilencs--butter which
comes as fresh and comes az straight
IN may be from the COW on tine farm
10 the table In the city dining room.
With the husband singing In her ears
the song OF high cost of living and
what husband liz not driven TO snca
songs III these days OF high prices
she feels that she must get butter that
tan be bought at something less than
the fancy prices charged In the excln-
aive delicateasan shops to which she
Id driven In her efforts to insure her
family Il good grade of butter. Ask
her and she will tell you that IL coop
GRAFTON will enable her to get good but.
ter at q price made somewhat less by
the elimination OF excessive distrihu.
tion charges then she IL heartily for
cooperation.
Tire city man Of course. wants q
good butter To eat, The farmer wants
to make money from his dairy. They
have been telling us In America that
direct cooperative marketing win give
each what he wants; that cooperation
has repeatedly accomplished these re.
suits where Ii has been tried In Ire.
land, In Holland, In Denmark and In
Germany II cooperation viii do this,
1t In well TO look into 1t for good but
ter liz importRnt---an financial profits
are worth while. So some OF US are
over here In ireland to see II co-opera,
tion really Ii a benefit both TO the city
eater and To tho rural producer.
The cooperative creamery here Is
turning out good bntter-none better
anywhere, We think we have found
why Irish butter liz good. why Ii brings
TO the farmer q good price tn thia city.
The butter Iii good because co.opera.
tive creameries use good methods of
butter making, because their patrons
get good milk from good cows. take
good care of IL, and deliver Il In good
condition TO the creamery, and lastly
because when once made IL Ia hurried
en- to q consumer before 1t can get
stale. They set good price for IL be.
cause n is good butter.
On the other hand, the city gets Ii at
n reasonable price because co-Cpera.
tive marketing In ireland Ii direct
marketing: because the butter comes
quickly and directly from the cream.
cry 10 the city home with little added
expense for much handling BY many
aniddlemen.
Why Farm Butter Is Sometimes mad.
The writer remembers summer but.
ter made from cream skinned from
ancooled milk and kept on the warm
pantry shelf during the long hot days
until ohurning tima. n was hardly but,
ter~~lt was I'm fact commercially
ranked grease III brought six cents
per pound. and as butter was worth
less. ---a.sm4 w
Failure TO make good butter was In.
eyitahle. Nor were the tired farmers
wives TO be criticised for the poor re.
suits obtained. They had no facilities
for keeping the milk and cream clean
and cool. no facilities for making but.
ter. no facilities for keeping Il.
co~operatlon LlShsens Labor.
What the woman on the farm most
needs In TO be free from the burden Of
the endless handling or milk. cream
and butter. from swimming the milk,
and churning the cream and from salt.
Ing and working and molding the but.
ter--fron all the labor entailea i'm the
production OK homemade. handmade
butter, She needs II III che II to have
any life outside the kitchen and the
milk room.
The lahorious WEAKNESS OF the un,
eyentful existence Of the farmers wife
has produced many candidates for the
insane asylGms, More than one worn
out unfortunate has been taken into
custody because her household tautiaa
have chained her TO maddeniag
inonotony unrelisved by opnortunity
for intercourse, and have made impos.
sihle any thought above the churn and
the cook stove. One Wisconsin farm
er's wife was adiadicated By the eoua.
~ Judge 10 be afisicted with insanity,
When the judge announced the daef
sion to the husband he was incredu
lous. III cant be she's got insanity
or anything else he said. shes had
no chance to catch nc. She hasn't ses
q foot ON the farm for IA years and no
naighhor has stayed ut our house LONG
enough to give her anything.
III