The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-18
One Anfmal Il 1(iIked for Every
Sixteen Persons.
not 1 SHERLOCK HOLMES
MIX Inspectors Business II ia
Advise Farmers.
DR.. Leslie Rowles Tells Of the
Local MIX Supply.

Every day Of the year three thousand
COWS are MIXED In Shawnee county to
supply the demand Of the Topeka peo-
pic. In other words. one COW p MIXED
for every sixteen persons in the capital
city.
Two previous articles In this series ON
agriculture in Shawnee county have
dealt with, the commercial end OF
dairying in Shawnee county. The
phase of dairying which relates to the
city milk supply - = story In itself.
The city MIX inspector divides tho
men who handle dairy products In To-
peka into three cls aocs-A. b, and e.
The men who distribute their own pro-
ducts belong to class A. He VINO prac-
tees the wholesale method Of disposing
Of his willk and cream belongs to class
b. The man who distributes the pro-
ducts Of others II placed in class e.
Practically every grocery store IN the
city, numerous milk depotS ana the
Topeka Pure MIX company-over two
hundred in all-belong to the latter
class.
The man who sells the milk II the
man who il held responsible for its
quality. The producer IL held RESPONSE
BILE for the condition Of the cows ana
the premises generally.
The city milk inspector. DIR. Leslie
Rowles. uses score cards put out by the
bureau Of animal industry, Washington.
d. C. A perfect score. would show sixty
points for methods employed ana forty
points for equipment.
In speaking Of his inspection work.
DIR. Rowles said: 1.-THE farmer Is prone
| to look upon :he inspector as q sort OF
q Sherlock Holmes. That IL not our
idea The inspectors business - to tell
the farmer how to get the best results
1 1>nx 90 epet htp0QAt
money out Ct his business. OF course It
is his duty to see that the milk Is SAM
| tary and healtEful.
Shawnee As Dairy County.
There Is no question about this be-
coming q dairy county. Shawnee 10
| ideally situated. The market to here
and the land IL becoming 30 valuable
that it IL difficult to mako many lines
Of farming pay. On q dairy farm the
land never goes backwards.
1.-THE time IL near at hand when
dairying will not require so much
labor. The improved milking ma
| chimes relieve the farmer Of q large
amount Of work, and from bacteria
logical standpoint improve the milk.
| for there IL not SO much danger OF
contamination.
] Formerly the man who sold milk
| in Topeka had Of necessity to compete
with those who sold Imitation milk
and cream. 1t Is not possible to stop
the selling Of the imitation brand, but
this must be labeled as being an imi-
tation of the real thing. Consequent
ly, there is now fairer competition
than ever before.
| Limitation milk or cream ia prepared
| by taking tho butter fat from rancid
butter and mixing II with skinned
milk powder and skinned milk, using
| the proper proportions 20 that 1t VITA
stand a test. The condition Of the
milk in Topeka IL improving rapidly.
Pure-Bred Cattle Pay.
| EVERY farmer should own a Bab-
cock tester. The test Is very simple.
The farmer may ascertain whether
his milk IL up to standard"
| DIR. Rowles il q strong advocate Of
pure-bred cattle. It takes no moro
COW. and the profits are many times
greater. A man who has q herd Of
twenty-five pure-bred cows expects to
pay all running expenses through the
/ sale Of milk. Through the sale of
young calves It IL q common thing for
those who handle the best registered
stock Of producing strains to realize
500 each. Good registered cows will
bring big money. For example, Doran
and Oliver, who keep high-grade Jer-
sey cattle, recently turned down an
offer Of $500 each for a number of
cows.
The Guernsey COW IL excellent for
the production of butter fat. It is q
good mixer. The Brown Swiss cattle
are good mil--ers. but they are missing
among the Shawnee herds of pure
bred cattle. In and about Topeka the
Jersey herds have the record for the
highest percentage OF butter fat. ac-
! cording to DR.. ROwles.
Fauvic's Opal Fox. Jersey cow Of
unusual merit, imported from Jersey
island. and owned by Doran and OIL
yer, was started June ON q years
test conducted under the rules estab-
lished by the American Jersey Cattle
club The test is being made for the
purpose OF procuring register OF
merit" This would place tho cow In
the class OF the elite.
A representative OF tho State Agri-
cultural college will occasionally
check tho record The milk will be
weighed and tested.
/ DR.. A. b. Jenny. who II an author.
ity on infant feeding and the milk
problem, has been donating his seEv-
ices to the city milk inspection de-
partment and the Topeka Public
Health Nursing association.
Future In tho Business.
It IL interesting to note that the lat
est type of milking machine was re
Gently procured for the 0uilfoFd Dud-
l ICY O61Ey IWIUu, near the county C1UO
q Sharpleeg mechanical mixer. The
machine initiates an nearly a. possible
the working of q calls mouth. II Il
possible to milk three cows ut one
time ana It 10 said to take from siz
to ten minutes to do this.
| There II q big future for the dairy
industry In Shawnee county. Ever
now moro money Il paid for tho mill
produced In this county than II paid
for that Of any other county Of
1.-THE state. but possibilities have NOT
1lbeen touched Pure bred cattle arr
gradually replacing the scrub stock. .
and when the day comes that the lat
ter class has entirely disappeared
Shawnee county will possess q grea1
III aanek In ffa catfla