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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1902
Page
7
Argentine dairy production shifts as butter demand rises and consuls note potential growth. Farmers look to imitate New Zealand and Australia by exporting to England, leveraging shorter transport and a summer-winter offset, aiming to place grass butter on the English market after New Year.
The German government requires butter to contain at least 80 percent butter fat with no sale of product below this standard. Unsalted butter may have up to 18 percent water, salted butter up to 16 percent. The note explains why salted butter contains less water and weighs less after salting, especially with dry salting methods.
The buttermaker in a cooperative creamery has a broader field of labor than makers in individual creameries. He alone often holds the trained role and his skill can determine success or failure. He should know dairy cattle breeding, general management, and how to balance rations and handle creamery by products.
The principal thing about dairying is the cow. If dairymen focus on quality, profitable herds rise. Cows producing under 5,000 pounds yearly are rarely worth keeping, with many under 3,000. Testing milk matters, but size and care equal costs. Remove unprofitable cows to boost farm bank balances. A sleek cow seldom remains a profitable dairy animal.
W P McConnell notes beef prices push farmers from dairying to fat cattle and feeding costs drive some dairy cows to market. He asserts about 25 percent of cows in dairies are unprofitable and should be slaughtered for the owner’s financial interest. He cites 1850 and 1900 cow-to-population ratios dropping from 77 to 57 per thousand.
A report notes that dairy product output is not keeping pace with rising population. Authorities and producers face pressure to boost milk and dairy processing capacity to meet demand, with potential policy and industry responses under consideration.
An English committee reports observations on repeated tuberculin doses and timing of reactions after infection. Healthy animals were tested, then inoculated with tubercle bacilli and retested to gauge when reactions occur. Some cases show delayed reactions, temporary loss of response, and eventual recovery without lesions. Repeated tuberculin injections may have curative or disease-retarding effects, varying by individual. Some animals resisted inoculation despite prior tolerin exposure.
A discussion on whether sugar beets exhaust soil and how rotations with other crops plus fertilizer can reduce land drain. German experiments compared four year rotations with beets planted once every four years, showing higher yields for wheat rye barley oats peas and potatoes on the beet-rotated plots.
The article explains how charbon outbreaks begin with a dead animal shedding infected blood and tissues. It highlights horse-flies as major transmitters and notes other carriers can spread the disease, urging removal of exposed carcasses to curb transmission and stressing original victims as key factors.
The article argues that packaging appearance greatly affects sales for private butter and cheese producers. It notes that clean, tasteful packaging can fetch about a cent more per pound, while discolored packages with a towel on top harm sales. It likens rural lessons to urban markets, where presentation drives price and consumer choice.
John Gifford argues that surviving harsh conditions does not make trees stronger. He contends that poor soil weakens plants and that hardening by deprivation is a mistake. Grow from good seed in good soil and plant in bad soil later to gain resilience. He urges more emphasis on beauty in farm management.
The farmer can produce pork for his own family without market reliance. He can tailor pork quality, avoid shipping and middlemen costs, and ensure health by lean meat with little fat. A high-class hog costs more feed, offers no extra price, so self-sufficiency favors a lean, healthy balance of pork and potatoes.
Polish fowls are bred for show and pleasure rather than general farming. They have large crests that impair vision and make them restless and wary. They require dry housing and extra care, and while decent layers of medium eggs, they are nonsitters with fine tasting, tender flesh for table use.
A witty aphorism asserts men do the head work while women provide the head rests. The line frames gender roles as complementary, highlighting domestic and public spheres in a light, humorous tone.
A survey of chicken breeds discusses novelty versus proven varieties, noting popular types such as B P Ro and White Dottes, and compares Rock hens and Brahmas for meat and eggs. It covers Sultan and Andalusian origins, traits, and suitability for small farms, with reader questions on Indian Games.
A St. Louis minister recounts a Sunday when a distracted audience member chewed gum and distracted the sermon. While the preacher attempted to recover, the gum-chewer’s actions disrupted the flow, leaving the audience amused and the service effectively derailed.
The narrator recalls an old friend Alleyne from New Haven and a witty memory about a village tale. A driver finds a box in a field and asks Johnny about his dead mother, prompting a laconic reply that he knew it all along.
A tale from a famed French aristocratic house the De Pleydeau family now under Comte de Fleydeau. Legends claim the castle yielded to the King after a three year siege in 1993 and that the countess endured severing her rippled hand kept in a gold casket at the Gironde mansion, guarding the family fortune from thieves.
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