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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1909
Page
6
A New York dairy note argues farmers lack collective action against milk dealers and rail to form creameries. It laments dealer combinations, calls for self reliance and better farming, and warns milk shipments drain wealth from cows, urging grit and organization to improve dairy fortunes.
Vermont experiment station trials split milk into frozen and regular lots then churned and tested. Skimming ripening and churning were unaffected. scoring dropped only slightly with freezing. Average scores for 15 lots stood 93.2 for frozen winter butter and 93.5 for normal butter, suggesting freezing is not a menace to good butter when handling and drying are proper.
Skimming advice emphasizes balancing milker output with wall quality, using best salt, and proper water for cows. It urges ample corn in the silo, notes that good milkers eat and drink freely, and that attentive milking improves yield. It suggests converting dairy byproducts into pork as a profitable option.
The secretary of agriculture and the secretary of the treasury issue a rule requiring that when any renovated butter packages are emptied the person removing the contents must destroy the tax paid stamp on the empty package. Those possessing empty packages with stamps not destroyed face penalties.
A compact ad style note urges dairymen to consider a barn truck or car designed to ease labor. Describes a well built timber frame with sturdy ends and convenient stability to fit busy farm routines.
A farmer describes a feeding cart for barns with a two foot wide track, 20 inch depth, and about four and a half feet long. Wheels can be made by a blacksmith and the belt or track directs silage from the silo to the manger, reducing labor when silage is distant from the feeding area.
An Indiana experiment station note argues dairy gains come from purebred sires. In 20 herds averaging 2,096 pounds milk and 86 pounds fat per cow yearly, replacing scrubs with purebreds yields about 460 dollars more per 40 cows. The piece urges farmers to abandon scrub or dual purpose bulls and echoes a Hoard's Dairyman warning about poorer judgment.
The Dairy Review urges green succulent feeds like roots and silage for appetite and digestion, with frequent unseeded meals. Clover and alfalfa boost milk elements and bulk, while daily corn aids butter fat and heat. vary types and amounts to keep cows thriving.
Jersey Bulletin mocks the milk commission for proposed strict standards in Indianapolis affecting certified milk. Parody questions require reading the U S Constitution to cows and jokes about secretary’s glasses as next rule day scrutiny, reflecting comic critique of regulatory talk.
The article notes that pure dairy salt is essential for quality butter and criticizes cheaper salt. It reports 20 000 cows now milled with machinery and suggests milking teaching will expand into a general system as cream separators are adopted.
The piece argues for selecting strong cows to improve seed corn and wheat yields, warning that poor results occur when the rule is ignored. It emphasizes choosing quality stock to ensure productive farmland.
The article defines starter as a culture of microorganisms used in dairy processing to improve flavor aroma and keeping quality. It contrasts natural starters from home methods with commercial pure or known mixed cultures and describes sterilization the equipment setup and methods to transfer inoculating cultures safely and effectively.
The excerpt describes a steam sterilization method using perforated bottoms and wire netting to distribute steam evenly, preventing breakages. It suggests using heavy metal or silk bodies to condense steam and notes a substitute cooler with water, starting sterilization as steam vents. A thermometer in opening D should read above 210 degrees.
A pall of water serves as a convenient medium to test eggs. A truly fresh egg sinks, a very fresh one may stand on end, a spoiled egg looks dull and porous while the white appears thin and shiny in an old egg. When shaken, a stale egg rattles in the shell.
Instruction urges herdsmen to move all stock into winter quarters in good condition and to ensure adequate feed supplies to sustain them through the season.
Fragments describe a car full of passengers debating child discipline with one quiet gray haired woman offering no input. The column shifts to Afghan lace import bans, a French Congo pigeon service, charity reflections, a sleeplessness remedy, new Harper publications, and note on the Popu lar Magazine December issue with stories and serials.
All higher motives and sentiments count for nothing if not applied to duties. Representative Harry J. Robinson sits in rooms 8045 Judge Building, Salt Lake City, to whom those seeking legal advice are referred.
Bradley Gilman, Roosevelt classmate at Harvard, writes a tale of adventure in Egypt to be serialized in St. Nicholas in 1909. The story follows a young American lad through stirring incidents including a terrific sand storm, a capture by pirates, and a submarine escape aided by a dynamite explosion.
A light note cites a Mrs and a Mr whose paths cross at day and night in a marriage setting, described as a question of time and speed. The Galveston News segment from Ainslee's December issue lists noted contributors including Joseph Lincoln and Beatrix Demarest Lloyd among others, highlighting the magazine's high quality and varied authors.
A dated quotation by Magoon discusses how politeness strengthens leadership. It asserts that kindness enhances trust, especially among the timid, and that good manners can succeed where rhetoric fails, emphasizing practical value over policy in guiding others.
A Manchester Union notice parries rumor mongering with a blunt stance on truth telling. It argues that a person who speaks only truth may lack popularity yet keeps integrity, as illustrated by a reference to Reaven and a rain-check in tense times.
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