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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1908
Page
9
Farmers criticize high charges and inconsistent handling by the creamery, noting that milk delivered every other day spoils faster, reducing butter fat recovery. They urge on farm skimming and the use of hand separators to preserve sweet skim milk for hogs and pies.
Prof C D Smith at Michigan Experiment Station reports pigs fed 3998 pounds of skim milk and 410 pounds grain in 35 days gained 95 pounds across seven pigs. At pork value and grain prices, skim milk fed at 50 cents per hundred pounds appears highly economical for growing pigs and calves. Farmers praise skim milk as a cost effective feed from their dairy herds.
The Chicago Health Department probes hand separators used in milk processing. Filthy substances, mucus, pus, and other contaminants may enter milk via open creamer and spout handling. Contaminated milk could harbor germs during standing or tanking, prompting concerns over animal and human health.
An excerpt by F M Woods in Minnesota Farm Bulletin notes cow by products. It lists uses from hair to glue to milk and cream, flesh, blood, and even the first chemical processing for white cardboard. The piece highlights diverse applications of the cow beyond dairy.
Fragmentary text describes cows lying down, milking reforms, a barn setup with stanchions and potential discomfort. Mentions beer, urine, a whack to a cow, and an immovable object, but lacks coherent narrative or clear event details.
A discussion on Whole Milk and Creamery economics compares patron charges, fat content, and daily outputs. It cites a monthly extra of 102.60 for a cream patron, outlines hand separator impacts, and cites experiment stations showing skim milk value for pigs under varying pork prices and milk tests.
The New York fixperiment shows butter yields per pound of cream vary by method. Milk set in cold water produced 15 lb 14 oz butter per 100 lb milk, cold water churn 70 lb fat per 100 lb fat in cream, separator 93 lb fat per 100 lb fat in cream, with larger yearly milk outputs increasing butter saved by 46 to 92 lb.
Prof. Bouska of Iowa Agricultural College Ames notes sampling frozen milk is unreliable. He explains butter fat content varies with milk position in can and ice, making tests at creameries in winter inconsistent. Historical experiments show top milk testing higher than bottom and variations from 1.2 to 14 percent butter fat.
A 55 year farmer asks if a single milking can judge a cow’s value. The answer: no the first milk is unreliable and may be influenced by stress or heat. Recommend multi day tests to assess fat content and milk yield rather than a one day test.
A longhoused dairyman with 36 years in the dairy business explains pasture management. He divides fields into two, rotating cows when grass, rain, and sun refresh the soil. The goal is steady, large milk flow. when pasture cannot sustain it, supplementary feed boosts production.
The note compares milk testing at 94 cents per unit with butter at 20 cents per pound and hogs at 4 dollars per hundred. It calculates a 46 cent profit per 100 when four condensaries pay 1.40, versus about 9 cents per 190 by selling to the condensery at higher hog prices, illustrating changing margins in dairy markets.
Milk Testing 4.20 yields $1.30 per hundred with butter fat at 20 cents. At 23 cents butter fat milk is worth $1.42 per hundred to the farmer. If the condensery pays $1.90 per hundred the farmer loses 42 cents. at 80 cents per hundred the loss is 63 cents.
The article notes milk testing values and butter fat at 20 cents per 100 pounds, with hog prices at 4 dollars and 140 units, showing farmers lose 60 to 80 cents per 100 when selling to the candy house. It warns that dairy pricing impacts earnings.
The report notes November 1907 averages for milk delivered to a large Iowa creamery show about six pounds per day with no milk testing. Each patron received the same price per hundredweight. Butter fired from tests suggests spring cows would yield around 4.20 fat in the fall, assuming average fat content.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss milk at 4 percent, pork at 4 cents, butter fat at 20 cents, and grain at 1 cent per pound. A condenser or condengery pays $1.10, with scattered figures claiming various per hundred revenues and home consumption values, but the text is garbled and incomplete.
Figures show that milk testing 8.20 percent fat yields a loss of 43 to 68 cents per 100 pounds when sold to cheesemaking or condensery milk, vs butter fat. Skim milk from farm separators holds similar value in summer and winter if pork prices stay steady, urging farmers to weigh prices before sacrificing skim milk to protect farm profits.
W A Divans M D of the Chicago Board of Health warns in a bulletin against using milks from creameries that contain putrefactive bacteria Boiling or pasteurizing cannot remove the toxins these organisms produce The toxins are not affected by pasteurization temperatures and such milk remains unsafe for consumption
A Jesup dairyman writes a ten year testimonial on farm milk separation methods. He describes setting milk, selling by the hundred pounds, and varying practices with hand and power separators. He asserts the farm separator yielded greater profits and healthier calves and pigs, urging adoption by fellow farmers.
Farmers opposed heated skim milk and pasteurization after a new Iowa law, arguing uncooked milk preserves feeding value. A stockholders meeting, legal counsel, and negotiation with the dairy commissioner shaped their stance, while plans to test constitutionality faced high attorney fees and strong pushback from advocates of pasteurization and heated milk. The piece references coal use, cream separators, and winter costs, noting broader dairy battles in Iowa and Minnesota and ending with an advertisement for New Iowa.
An instructional ad extols milk separators as a wise purchase, claiming daily savings on milk hauling and skimming quality. It asserts 60 cents daily on hauling, 5 to 20 cents on better skimming, and up to a dollar daily via improved milk and calf quality, urging readers to verify with bulletins.
A fragmented verse sketches life and fate with rural imagery. The speaker muses on luck, relationships, and the oddities of existence, weaving hints of misfortune and humor through rustic scenes and characters.
Dr Peters of the Nebraska Experiment Station describes an air treatment for a caked cow udder. Using a mill tube with a bulb, he inserts a tube into the affected quarter to fill with air, massaging to burst the vesicles. repeats until the udder loosens. For widespread cases after calving, a heavy cloth compression with straw is used to relieve pressure and aid drainage.
Lord Kinnaird of the Royal Ayr Society compared two lots of cattle on 20 acres. Covered manure yielded 150 bushels of potatoes and 12 1 2 bushels more wheat per acre than exposed manure. Even with weathered manure, good land yielded gains, but the covered method showed a remarkable advantage.
West Virginia Experiment Station conducted a 122 day test with 22 hens fed skim milk showing 1,244 eggs versus 996 eggs for 22 hens fed mash wet with water. A camel station trial with 60 hens fed skim milk produced 862 eggs in 37 days versus 632 eggs for 60 hens without skim milk, indicating over one third more eggs from skim milk.
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station reports skim milk fed to 12 sows and 86 pigs over four weeks yielded 1 146 pounds gained by pigs while sows lost 104 pounds. With pork at 6.10 per hundred pounds and grain at one cent, skim milk value was about 60 cents per hundred.
A Scandinavian voice recalls farming life and money pressures. The story mixes dialect about pulling calves and separators that make cream, noting boom and bust in a farmer’s year, with references to wealth and hardship, and a mention of Kimball's Dairy.
A garbled note declares there will be no financial distress in the eastern states and major money centers. It claims farm cash flow is steady with a dairyman receiving money twice daily, implying confidence amid unclear details.
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