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

. Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, -
what the city woman needs In butter
that In standardized and always Of y
uniform excellence-~butteT which
eomea az freah and comes ~ straight
ia may be from the COW on the 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 Ii not driven 70 such
songs In these days of high prices
she feels that she must get butter that
can be bought at something less than
the fancy prices charged In the exclu%
siya delirataasen shops to which she
Ii driven In her efforts TO insure her
family good grade OF butter. Ask
her aud she will tell you that II coop
Grafton Will enable her to get good but.
ter at d price made somewhat less by
the elimination or excessive dlstribu.
ton charges then che In 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 1t has been tried In Ire
land, In Holland, ifl Denmark and In
Germany. II cooperation win do this.
Ii IL we'll to look into IL for good but.
ter Ii important--and financial profits
are worth while. So some OF us are
over here In ireland to see II eo.opera'
ton really In a benefit both to the city
eater and To the rural producer,
The cooperative creamery here In
turning out good butter~-none better
anywhere. We think We have found
Why Irish butter Ia good, Why 1t brings
10 the farmer i good price In thia city.
The butter liz good because co-opera.
tive oreameries use good methods OF
butter making. because their patrons
get good milk from good COWS. take
good care OF II, and deliver II In good
condition to the creamery: and lastly
because when once made II In hurried
or to a consumer before Ii can act
stale, They get good price for II be.
cause II liz good butter.
On the other hand, the city gets 1t nj
q reasonable price because co.opera.
tive marketing In ireland In direct
marketing; because the butter comes
quickly aud directly from the cream.
cry 10 the city home with little added
expense for much handling by many
miadlemen.
Why Farm Butter Ia Sometimes Bad
The writer remembers summer but,
ter made from cream slammed from
uncooled milk and kept on the warm
pantry shelf during the long hot days
until ehurnlng time. n was hardly but
teri was In fact commercially
ranked grease. n brought six cents
nar pound. and rs butter was worth
less. -a-. ~.
Failure to make good butter was In
evitabie, 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 clear
and cool, no facilities for making but
ter, no facilities for keeping II.
Cooperation Lightens Labor.
What the woman on the farm mos
needs Ii to be free from the burden o
the endless handling or milk, cream
and butter. from skimming the milk
md ehurning the cream and from salt
Ing and working and molding the bat
ter-~from all the labor entailed In thu
production os homemade. handmade
butter. she needs II liz she il to hay'
any life outside the Kitchen and tn,
milk room. ID.
The laborious WEAKNESS OF the IN
eyentful existence or the farmers wifi,
has produced many candidates for tn.
insane aaylums, More than one wors
out unfortunate has been taken ints
custody because her household duties
have chained her TO maddeniai
monotony unralisved BY opportunit,
for intercourse. and have made impos
gihla any thought above the ehurn ant
the cook stove. One Wisconsin, farm
er's wife was adiadieated by the coan
KY Judge 10 be afflicted with insanity
When the judge announced the deel
sion TO the husband he was ineredu
loas. 1T cant be she's got lnsanlt,
or anything else" be said. shes has
no chance to catch 1t. She hasn't sc
foot on the farla for ia years and nj
naighbor has stayed at our house lon,
enough to give her anything"