16 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
1
Jones County dairy farmers and health officials focus on Grade A milk and cream quality for pasteurization and bottling. Emphasizes clean barns, well drained yards, sanitary utensils, proper milk houses, and prohibitions on flies and hogs to prevent contamination and bacterial growth.
Florence Carithers, a rising ISU senior from Des Moines County, starts a summer training in Jones County Extension Office Anamosa under Home Economist Helen M. Tucker. The three month program through Sept 1 focuses on 4 H clubs and county extension work to give an overall program view. This marks the third consecutive year such training is offered.
Pvt. Charles H. Ries of Hopkinton Route 1 serves in the 1st Infantry Division in Germany. The Big Red 1 is in intensive European training including field problems and maneuvers. Ries is a cannoneer in Battery B of the 30th Field Artillery Battalion, who joined the army in October 1954 and arrived in Europe in March. He completed basic training at Camp Chaffee Arkansas.
Jones County Dairy Improvement association coordinates five creameries Amber Mutual Amber, Anamosa Farmers Creamery, Farmers Mutual Center Junction, Langworthy, and Monticello. Eilert Prull of Monticello tests farmer cream cleanliness and advises on barn and storage improvements and fly control. Creameries offer five cent differential to reward top quality cream.
The article outlines weekly to monthly visits by Paul to creameries to test incoming cream for sediment and quality. It details board members of the Jones County Dairy Improvement Association and extensive barn standards including lighting, ventilation, flooring, gutters, manure removal, and yard cleanliness for loose type housing with space guidelines per cow for Jersey, Guernsey, Ayrshire, Holstein, and Brown Swiss breeds.
Production of high quality dairy products hinges on housing cows, care of the milk and milk house, utensil handling, milking methods, and cooling of milk or cream. Iowa State University extension specialists outline these essential specifications.
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