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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
4
Local farmers report frequent leaks in milk cans used for hot pasteurized skim milk. Heat weakens solder joints, causing leaks on rough roads. many cans fail before a year, forcing repairs and replacements. Some blame the pasteurization process and returning acid buttermilk in the same cans, while others fear rising costs from soldering and damaged cans.
A historic Dairy era note claims inflating the cow udder with air can save cows from milk fever. Symptoms include constipation, weakness, staggering, and collapse. treated by washing udders, sterilizing milking tubes, and pumping each quarter with air, then propping and rubbing the udder. Within two hours the cow stood. For more details, contact the college experiment station.
Three hogs fed skim milk at 70 cents per hundred for 186 days consumed 7475 pounds of skim milk and 418 pounds of corn meal while pork valued at 6.10 per hundred and corn at 0.71 per hundred and corn meal at 1 cent per pound. The hogs gained 801 pounds, illustrating practical feed loss avoidance for growers.
A historical note discusses boosting hog growth by adding sufficient feed to gain 1 to 2 or 2 1-3 pounds daily. It emphasizes that increased weight gain can render pork production profitable by lowering cost per pound and improving overall returns.
Government station in St Petersburg Russia tested market milk by injecting 80 guinea pies with the disease organism. Fourteen died or 17.34 percent. Some vaccinated animals died from tuberculosis or other causes. The note argues imperfect pasteurization in Iowa creameries and urges fresh milk under personal supervision via a cream separator.
A historical article notes that in 1906 the United States condemned 95,396 hogs for offal and 114,491 more affected, with all condemned hogs used for fertilizer. Under a tougher law now in force, losses to farmers rise as condemned hogs are valued at $5,722,760 when used only as fertilizer, reducing prices paid to farmers per hog.
The article outlines factors affecting milk richness noting that a cow yields richness similar to a heifer, and that richness is comparable in early lactation to later periods, with possible exceptions in the initial month. It emphasizes maturity and lactation stage as key influences on milk quality.
The text notes little difference in milk quality between pasture and winter feed and that daily herd milk yield varies little over days. Large fluctuations suggest testing errors or herd mismanagement. Based on records from Michigan and New York spanning six to eight years, the conclusions are valuable.
A storage of readable text describes a woman profiting from milk by separating cream, selling it in the city, and turning skim milk into cottage cheese for patrons. With 200 pounds daily, she nets about one dollar per hundred for skim milk while paying 1.80 per hundred for fresh milk, noting labor is light and profits handsome. She urges others to do similar simple calculations.
A New York City doctor credited a philanthropist with lowering infant death rates by supplying high grade bacteriologically safe milk from depots instead of store bought milk. The article notes rabies and calves as broader concerns.
A fragment references milk quality and a dispute over milk sent back by average creamery producers in Iowa and Minnesota. The note hints at tension between dairy suppliers and processors and mentions malignant contamination concerns affecting small producers.
A historical notice warns that feeding pure milk to infants and young children can cause marasmic wasting, infantile diarrhea, and ptomaine poisoning symptoms. It notes digestive derangement and loss of appetite, with “Choréa Infantum” term for these diseases in babies, and mentions impact on calf feeding as well.
An extended dialogue contrasts an enthusiastic hand separator advocate with a bitter opponent, arguing that experiment stations publish results while farmers adopt methods locally. The farmer describes costs of hauling and on farm milk skimming, while the opponent doubts the claims about efficiency and butter fat preservation.
A farmer defends his corn yield claims against critics and an experiment station. A bystander questions the farmer’s practices while a land reporter summarizes the method as printed. The discussion critiques how stations publish results and reasons for success or failure.
Mr Torbeck of Reebneok Indiana reports 14 cows in his herd aborted. A separator agent advises immediately separating each aborting cow and spreading lime and carbolic acid on straw and areas she touched. If another abortion occurs, repeat the procedure to curb spread and protect milk yield.
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