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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1908
Page
3
The article argues dairy heating and hauling costs at traditional creameries are high and unfair to patrons. It champions hand separators as the beneficial solution, noting past adoption, profits for patrons and creameries, and urging widespread adoption by dairymen, directors, stockholders, and farmers.
The Canadian Experiment Farm reports skim milk worth 70 cents per 100 pounds based on pork production. Utah College tests show pigs gain 2.5 times faster on milk and grain versus milk alone and 1.7 times faster than grain alone. Addressing milk loss, a common issue is skim milk hauled to creameries, with farmers losing $10 to $20 yearly.
The Wisconsin Experimental Station Bulletin shows hogs of different ages and weights need varying feed to maintain live weight. A 100 lb pig held weight on 21.5 oz corn meal 2.5 oz middlings 1 lb 3 oz skim milk. a 150 lb pig held weight on 6.5 oz corn meal 6.5 oz middlings 1 lb 9.5 oz milk. a 200 lb pig held weight on 10.75 oz corn meal 1.625 lb middlings.
Prof. W A Henry cites extensive pre feeding experiments using skim milk from the University Creamery to evaluate its value for hog growth and scour prevention. He urges uniform quality and clean vessels, noting that sour or germy skim milk harms digestion and growth. A farmer in Eagle Center township reports skim milk impairs hogs, illustrating the difficulties in preventing scours and long term digestive damage.
B P Norton reports that the Iowa Dairy Commissioners are discussing milk handling practices. The text references a 36 hour gravity separator method and notes debate over sour milk and best processing steps amid dialogue on dairy standards and regulations.
A Utah Experiment Station bulletin compares feeding skim milk alone versus with grain in pigs. With grain, skim milk nets 57 cents per hundred pounds more value, about 68 percent higher after grain costs. Skim milk without grain yields 35 cents per hundred pounds. The report notes skim milk is germ free and superior for feeding, while raising whole milk calves is costly.
A Minnesota Experiment Station bulletin reports calves fed whole milk gained 11.10 pounds daily at $9.69 per hundred pounds, while skim milk calves fed flax seed cost $2.40 per hundred pounds, yielding 7.29 per hundred pounds more economical production. The analysis warns against using fresh cows milk over separator skim milk as wasteful.
A farmer records monthly gains from feeding calves warm fresh skim milk from a Hand Separator with corn and oats. Milk weight, calf growth, and diet adjustments show notably strong results, stressing fresh separator skim milk and grain mixed or ground as digestion ages.
Figures from the New York Experiment Station show milk and separator methods yield varying butter outputs. The set milk method requires 32 pounds per pound of butter, the separator 23 pounds. Churn results: 70 pounds fat per 100 pounds cream, hand separator 98 pounds fat. A cow yielding 200 pounds yearly would save 46 pounds, 300 pounds saves 69, and 400 pounds saves 92 pounds of butter, per year.
The Utah Sta Bulletin reports year long averages of fat percentages in skim milk for several methods. It notes farm gravity methods underperform station methods and urges ownership of a separator to improve profits. It also cites losses from different setups at 6000 lb milk yields with various equipment.
A 1898 study by J. L. Hills reports 120 trials with Wheeler Gravity Cream Separator using Jersey and Ayshire milk. It notes significant fat losses in skim milk and water dilution, observing larger fat globules in Ayshire milk and implying practical dairy losses from improper separation and dilution.
Swedish creamery tests show skim milk from farmers contains only 0.22% butter fat after separators. Farmers skim milk fresher and closer to the cow, reducing acidity and fat loss. Creameries often sour the milk before processing, causing more cream to be left in skim and lost.
Fragmentary note quotes C. Greeg of Minnesota arguing Holland and Denmark farmers cannot pay values of 2800 to 400 per acre. He suggests American corn and feed for cattle, prompting a stated assurance.
The article cites experimental results from land grant colleges showing hand cream separators greatly boost farm earnings, even with one or two cows. It argues such devices pay for themselves through reduced wear and tare, interest, and added profits, urging all dairymen to own a hand separator with credit terms that cover the cost.
An 1880s dairy lecture explains how milk acidity affects butter fat recovery in separators. Sour thin milk yields less fat than sweet milk, and the curd holds fat globules, reducing skimming efficiency both in hand and power separators. Observations stress careful handling before creamery delivery to minimize fat loss.
An editorial urging Iowa and surrounding states to boost local industry. It argues that Industrial America now dominates public attention and career aspiration, diminishing traditional professions. It advocates home factories and nearby training to provide youths with trade opportunities without uprooting to distant cities.
A brief archival entry notes a legal or court reference involving L. Van Slyke, associated with New York state settings, from the 1891 Part Re page 381. The fragment hints at a sustained ruling or record within a departmental or court docket.
An Ontario Agricultural College test compares hand separator milk and cream with deep pan and shallow pan methods. After 50 days, hand separator butter leads with 92 points, deep pan 87, shallow pan 73, showing the hand separator preserves freshness by removing the fifth from freshly drawn milk.
Dr O Mueller reports tuberculosis is communicable to pigs and calves through skim milk butter milk whey and centrifuge slime from creameries. Government inspector notes tuberculous hog batches often linked to spilled creamery milk and tuberculous herds on the same farm.
Mr N B Heard of Kasaon Dodge Co Minn keeps seven cows that yielded 322 pounds of butter per cow in a year excluding calves and milk. The family consumed some of the output, but the figures indicate substantial dairy profit from these seven cows in a single year.
A historical plea notes impoliteness and uncleanliness in dairy farming practices. It argues the cream separator is here to stay despite quality dips in butter, stresses washing separators after every skim to ensure high grade cream, and calls for community effort to improve creamery work and sanitary conditions.
A humorous May vignette shows a wife steering her husband John toward buying a skim milk friendly device. She argues that a higher yield from a new Iowa separator will justify the cost, and she even helps him plan payments with saved money. The tale closes with a thrift minded nudge and the ad tone of a Ventana publication.
Farmers seek simple steps to milk production and cow identification. The text mentions jars for milking, labeling each cow, and notes on keeping milk safe, with fragmented phrases about parity and dairy practices across Canada.
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