The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23

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II William Hohenzollern lives
until the 9th inst. he will be GO
years old. All who care rap
will please hold up their hands
and be counted.
Let s suggest to the conference
at Versailles that instead of at
tempting to make the world safe
for democracy they 90 a step far
Their and make il unsafe for au.
tocracy,
DO you receive the Monthly Bull
letin issued by the Western Wash
ington Experiment Station at
puyallupi Ii is replete with val
liable and timely information on
poultry, horticulture, dairying,
fertilizers, in faci on every sub
iect in which farmer is or
should be interested. At this sta
ton experts in the various lines
of horticultural endeaYor are con
stantly at work experimenting,
and their findings are set forth in
the Bullestin. Being in this eli
mate and under conditions such
as confronts us here makes their
work especially valuable to us.
Your property is taxed to help
maintain this station. Every citi-
zen of the state is entitled TO this
publication, and if you are not al
ready receiving it send postal
card giving your name and adj
dress to the Western Washington
Experiment Station at Puyallup
asking that it be sent TO you.
The veteran merchant, David
/ Gammell, tells the following in
support of his contention that
there are two sides TO this farm
batter question; "Not long since
an Island farmer, who does not
keep COW, needing some butter
for family use and wishing TO
support home industry, looked
over my stock OF the ranch article
and then took himself across the
street and inspected Mr.. Gerry
and we each had a liberal supply
Being a connoisseur he knew just
what he wanted, and ended up by
taking the creamery article, fol
which he paid a much higherpric,
than was asked for the other
Now there are some farmers who
make good butter, but most OF
them do not, that is, when com
ed with the creamery article
Most of the local product which
= we take in has to be disposed Of
in Seattle, many times at a loss
/, while our customers demand tn,
creamery product,
Now what is the canse of ant
what the remedy Cor this butter
situations The truth is scienc,
has transformed butter making
: into an art largely dependent fol
its success upon modern machin
cry, which it does not pay tn,
owner of two or three cows to in
1 stall. and also upon proper sani
r tary arrangements, very difficult
, to secure in the small plant. Til,
, remedy. then, is the creamery
? which, in the last few years, hai
, revolutionized the hutter-makin.
/ business. If the cream from sufii
cient cows can be secured. thert
is no reason why creamery her,
should not succeed. But. all thi
: aside, and. DESTROYS as we may b,
of building up home industries, i
is evident that our yocabular,
does not include the comparativ,
degree, and that, SO far at least a
a butter is concerned, none hut til,
best will do.
OF course any estimate Of til
amount of butter used locali.
must be guesswork. but say, TO
example, that ii is one ton pc
month, which is probably an M
reinstatement. Now. remember
that fer every pound of stui
shipped away and then returne,
u to the Island we must pay freigh
: both ways and hauling charge