The farmer and mechanic., 1915-03-09
Will, ARGENTINA
FURNISH OUR BUIlER2
Frank c.. Carpenter Visits the Words
Biggest Dairy Farm, on the
Argentine Pampas

cows are MIXED at each station. be,
fore beginning strap Is 'leo al louliu ,
the hind legs and tail of each animal.
This is to keep it still and SO tnat
no dirt may get into the mix. Inc
milking is done in the cans that are
brought from the factory, ana as s5oes IL
as il is finished the cans are carteo Oh
TO the dairy.
There are u number OF THESE std
tons scattered at wide distances d apdlt
over this farm, and it takes something
| like 500 horses 80 carry the milk. II
| REQUIRES some also for the gauchoS,
| who drive in the cattle and who man
| age the great carts which bring the
| cans like ours 10 the factory. Ihe
cans are like our except that they
are, perhaps, twice as large. Ihey
are made of heavy tin bound with iron
and each of them will hold eight or
and [ watched them being sterihZed
| by the running Of superheated steam
| through them after each using.
! / do not know enough about dairy
ing to give a technical description
Of the way the milk is handled. l
watched it taken out Of the carts,
, and poured into the centrifugals in
| which it is cleaned. There are q
|
| which holds 100 gallons. The milk
goes through them at different tenn
peratures, and then passes on through
| q paSteuriZatiOn plant until II finally
comes forth absolutely pure. In one
place | saw great separatOrs out Of
which the skinned milk was pouring
i'll a, great stream through one pipe,
and the rich yellow cream flowing
| out, through another. [ watched the
churns, each of which will turn out
500 pounds of butter an hour, and
then looked at the machines where the
butter is rolled over and over and
pressed this way and that until al
the milk is worked out Of it and it be
comes solid fat. In this process nc
salt is used, and all butter here Is
sold without salt.
u Later on I watched them putting III
= . the milk for the city. This is served
:, - out III bottles and each bottle is cover
- ed somewhat like ours. In anOthe
= department they were putting up mill
- for the steamers. of which SeVera
! start out from Buenos Aires ever
. day. This was in pint bottles corke,
with tin, in the same way as beer bot
ties, the milk being SO treated tina
- IT VIII keep MANY days. In q thir
- room they We're making an 4Argentin
sweet or conserve Of milk and suga
which IS popular over this part Q
ia South America This is called ''dulc
~ de leche." 1t is a kind of milk mar
- malade which is eaten with q 5000,
1t is sold in cans, the smallest {
~ which holds only a half dozen spoor
- Iuis. and the larger ones about ha
=, pint. The dulce brings from
III 80 cents a can according to size. III
"a Argentines like it so much that the
often send cans OF it to Europe as
III special treat for their friends It
% SO popular here that it might be e,
ported TO the United States. The stu
Is is made Of only pure milk and suga
. ~h1ch are put into great copper Ike
ties and cooked by steam, for twel7
ne hours: The conserve is stirred by M
~ chlnery that keeps moving ali Il
ne time while the cooking goes on.
- Leaving the dairy I visited some
- the places where the employees li1
"a Ihere are more than 100 men wor
ed ing on the estate, and they have
eu brick houses which are esnec;a
Al built for them. There is a store tn
supplies them with groceries a.
clothes. and butcher shop in viii
M Mt TWO ou!locks day are killed to gi
ilu tnem their meat. ] saw a half-he
~ hanging on the rack when / enter
.e's tiliS Shop' and the butcher was cutti
e7 up the supply for the day.
The most Of the men are Aroe
unes, Who, l am told, are skilIfuj
IN the handling OF cattle All of ~,
, llsu work IS done upon horseback. a
vas almost every man has his horse =
IN saddles used are of the Argenfi
sak KIND, with stirrups made of OF,
ish DISKS OF leather in which q hole
w oeeh cot Tor the foot. These stir,
10 are tied to the saddle with rawhi
nan To me they look unsafe. and If
IN IN were 10 be thrown his foot mi,
I9 catch and he be dragged to his dos
no The cows on these estanci
'u'- chle1iy hoistein and Durham. or
~, Sloss ,, pet"een the two. The estan
(no | keeDS steady o~1i