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About Washington County news. (Forest Grove, Washington County, Or.) 1903-1911 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1904)
* ! samples of butter and cheese submit* ! ted by the makers for a series o f six months were scored by experts. When defects were found in the samples sub mitted, the attention o f the maker was called to these by means of a score [ card, and remedies were suggested. These scoring contests were participat ed in by fifty-eight buttermakers and er, wno nas not tne destro to excel In his chosen work. Now, in nil sincerity I submit the suggestion that It is much better to try to teach this average farmer with his haphazard cows that there is some thing better he may do in the breediug line of producing such cows than to encourage him in his average perform The plan of the milk producers for c#hee8e“ nkers' bene- ances by substantially telling him that ,,, _ . fits derived from these contests w ill his cows are "good enough,” "suit his selling milk In Boston is in ita general prove of inesUmable vnlue in lniprov. features a definite and clean cut propo- lng tho uniformity of the dalry prod. environment,” are “ ns good ns he is,” which latter may be literally true, but sition, says American Cultivator. To j Qcts 0£ the state. is no argument against our trying to ship milk to Boston and sell It there in H e T a k e s N o C lin n c e n . make him better and encouraging him stead of selling it at the local stations Perfect milk, as the term is used nt to develop his herd up to his advanced is the gist of the idea, thus avoiding the weigh can, may contain the very position. most of the excessive drawbacks for best kind of flavor and aroma bearing There are many things in the phys freight and handling, zone changes and bacteria, or it may chance to be proper- ical and physiological construction of eurplus. ly inoculated at some process of the the cow more important than certain The details of the proposed operations manufacture, but the up to date cream- colors or shades or spots or the curve are simple compared with the main er3' °P erator w ill take no chances, says of her horn or the color of hew tongue and Just as capable o f being fixed Into question, which is. W ill the great ma- Anf lau< g^ter ^ T “ *; H ° . . . . . . .... . ,. . .. w ill get the milk in the very best pos- a type and reproduced by succession jority of the milk farmers hold together ^ conditJon and theu use a good ns are any of the external shapes or and supply the needed capital? I he controlling ferment to control the proc- markings. These are some o f the finer next few months, or perhaps weeks, ess Qf ripening or fermentation until points for the careful observation and w ill settle the question for the present. I the process is complete. And he w ill study o f the student o f the dairy. As I In case of failure the producers are! do this every day in the year and not have suggested, it is a comparatively likely to meet a still tougher problem only when conditions are unfavorable new field for study and Is not bounded when the time comes to settle the sum-1 for the making of fine butter. John by any narrow limitations.—W. J. Mc- mer price o f milk. On tho other hand, Sollie is a notable illustration. lie Sparrnn in Chicago Uecord-IIerald. even a partial success of the plan of co- gets probably as good and as nearly operation will greatly Improve the gen- j perfect milk as any one, but he uses oral milk situation. I f the preliminary the starter or ferment to keep it good, THE CHEESEMAKER work should be well under way before or, in other words, to keep out the un April 1. the effect on the contractors desirable bacteria. v ------ ■ ■ ■■■*:» BREEDING DAIRY COWS. would be most useful in case it were The problems which confront the thought best to make a contract for the cheesemaker are ninong the most per summer, and in any event whatever is A F e n t n r e o f A s u e r i e a n l ’ r. r m l n v plexing o f any relating to agricultural T h a t IIs\s B e e n N e g l e c t e d . done should be hastened forward while The American dairyman has been practice. Ho must not only provide the present dissatisfaction with the ex against various contingencies and de isting system and “ contract” is at its taught fa ilin g cows, stabling them fects which affect the curd before It Is with the best environments of comfort placed on the curing shelves, but must height. A G ra ile J e rs e y . and sanitation, caring for the products also in the manufacture lay the foun The department of foods and feeding of the dairy with regard to the most dation for a series o f complex ch«»m- o f the Hatch (Mass.) station keeps hygienic demands of their being used icnl and physical transformations, about a dozen cows, mostly high grade as human food untll if he has ha4 anv from which arise the perfect texture, Jerseys, for the purpose of carrying on desire for dairy enlightenment he can the nutty flavor and the easy iligesti- a variety of dairy and feeding experi bilitj’ o f well made and well cured ments. These cows, purchased from measure his accomplishment by Ills cheese. nearby fanners at a cost when fresh of own intelligence and studiousness. But In these processes both inanimate what about his knowledge o f breeding; nnd animate forces are at work, and He knows tlie most approveil methods their character, amounts and interac of feeding cows and disposing of their tions materially influence the charac product, as I have said, but be is not so ter of the cheese. It Is consequently well posted on tlie matter o f producing upon knowledge of these agencies and their relations that scientific explana those cows. tion of the processes o f eh«>esemaking Knowledge of the fundamental busi and choose ripening depends, and tills ness o f breeding toward the production knowledge can only come through or strengthening of a type Is not so long, careful and deep study. common and is not so easily acquired. Such investigations linve been in Breeding for a special line of work is a progress {o r many months at the New matter o f skill, knowledge and care and York agricultural experiment station, cannot be taught except by a past mas Geneva, and the results, as announced ter in the craft. Tlie individuality of in various bulletins o f tho station, have JU E A ltL O F H A T C H S T A T IO N . the male and female, the prepotent in excited great scientific interest. These various bulletins bare now $00 to $75 each, arc o f the dairy type fluence of one meeting some Intensified been condensed In a "popular edition.” and have yiehled from 5,500 to 7,000 characteristic of the other, are subjects in which the principal points o f gener pounds of 5 per cent milk yearly. The that cannot be well treate<l o f In books grade Jersey cow, Pearl, whose picture or from the platform except theoretic- al interest develope«l In tlie study a r i stated in simple terms. is shown and who is fairly representa- , . . . , , , . . ... . . . , , . . ally, but belong more particularly to X*r%- Y o r k G r r a t m t O l i e r w e S t n t o tivc of the herd, lias belonged to the * ” 1 station for a number of years. In ap- i the bams and stnbl«»«, where demon According to n report from Albany, pcnrance she may he regarded ns rather strations of a theory may be worked New York state provides nearly one- coarse and angular. She possesses, out. It mnj’ even be suspected that half of the total amount of cheese pro however, the typical dalrj’ form, hav much o f the book and class room in duced in this country. During 1 Jk>2 ing a large, deep body and a pronounc struction in general agricultural science tlie production was 123,087,610 pounds ed pelvic arch. H er udder Is largo, Is largely too general and theoretic to nnd of butter 40,010,794 pounds, in but rather defective In front.—Hoard’s meet the specific no«*ds of tlie everyday 5802 the cheese production was 130,- Dairyman. operations ox the farm. 001,310 pounds, hut the production of I have in mind the case o f a young butter that year was only 10.407,357 D a ir y in g ; In M lrh lirn n . The possibilities for the development friend who bad spent three years at a pounds. college, making n The commissioner says that the con o I f tho dairy interests In state of lending agricultural V 11IV. U tili J IIIH .H tilo < 11 the 1 1H - « ’ ill 1' Ul â Michigan are great, and rapid progress complete failure o f his first experience sumption o f pure milk Is increasing has been made along this line daring In growing soiling crops for his cows, with great rapidity. W hile In 1MH4 the the last few years, says Chicago T rib and o f another having taken a similar milk consumed In the city of New Y’ ork une. There are now some 240 cream course writing to me for full instruc In one form or another was 520.054 forty quart cans. In 1804 It was 1,039,- eries in the state, 100 cheese factories tions as to feeding n calf. M«*n go much as they are led and 454 forty quart cans nnd In 1003 1,734,- and a dozen or more condensorles. In the dairy school last year a totnl of 193 hunt the easy paths. The general pur 053 forty quart cans. students, comprising both regulars and pose cow Hint grazes through the by R enovation o f Velvet. specials, received instruction relative to ways and highways o f agricultural lit erature Is an easy thing to produce, for Velvet Is now so much used that It Is various phases of daily work, such as convenient to know bow to r«*vive and she Is merely the fosult of the meeting farm dairying, creamery work, cheese- making. etc. In addition to this two of a male and a fomnle. I f that off cleanse It. Velvet that hns been spotted ednration scoring «-ontests wen* Inau spring Is good for nothing it is called a by rain may be restored by passing the gurated during the j*enr. one for but- scrub; if it shows superior perform wrong side quickly over a vessel of termnkers and tlie other for the clieese- ance it is listed ns the general purpose boiling water, then over a warm iron, iiiakers of the state. In these tests animal, the friend o f the average farm which a second person should hold. Another mode is to use a very hot iron covered by n cloth wrung out of hot wntor. The velvet back may touch the iron in tills case, tho process being lit erally a combination o f Ironing and steaming. For large pieces of velvet a heated brick can be covered and used in the same way. (W iu g to the greater surface time Is saved. The pile may bo brushed up with a soft brush if very badly injure«!. The first mode is rec* ommonded only for slightly dntnngel velvet. The dust should be brushe«! «»r shaken out before resorting to any na tion of heat and any grease spots re moved by bemr-luv. INGRAIN CARPET RUGS. M n d e n t H o m e , V e r y P r e t t y , S o f t n u ll A l m o s t lO v e rln n tln if. Bugs are most useful tilings In tho scheme o f summer furnishing. Beau tiful ones may he made from strips oi old lngrnln carpet. Nothing could f«'el softer under the foot, nnd If the ear- pet has pretty colors In It the rug be comes “ a thing of beauty” utui almost “ a Joy forever,” so durable is It. A writer In the New Idea Magazine 1ms tho following to say about this kind of rug: For a foundation take a piece of strong material tlie size of the rug wanted. Denim or duck Is preferable, and If u dark shade Is usetl the rug w ill look neat underneath without lin ing. Since lnrge ones become too heavy to handle as a whole, especially If the sewing is done upon a machine, it Is better to cilt the foundation Into tw o or three pieces and sew the pieces together when finished. Make bins a strip of the carpet and then out It Into strips about one and one-third Inches wide. Sew one of these across tlie foundation directly through the center of the strip. Turn up one edge and sew’ another strip through the center also, as close to the first as j-ou can. continuing tills proc ess until the foundation Is covered. Tlie stitching when viewed upon the underside should be from one-third to one-haif o f an Inch apnrt. O f course the closer nnd more evenly tin* strip» are put on the firmer and more dura ble tlie rug. A fter ii number have been sewed on each should lie partial* ly frayed. As these are bias they fray easily nnd stand up. a soft, furry pil«> that fis'ls connortable underfoot. If the fraying Is done unevenly the top of the rug should be sheared smooth and swept free of the Hut. Short ends o f tlie strips inny l><* pieced in nnd nev er be noticed when nil are frayed and clipped, so that every serai» o f tlie car pet can be used. W e have n rug made out o f old car pet to start with that hns been u door mat for six years and Is still too pret ty nnd serviceable to throw away. M onkey I.n ltorera . In Africa and India nnd in South America monkeys are often employed to gather the fruit which grows too high to bo reached by the natives. S o lfin o ; A lm o n d *. This is a chef’s way o f suiting al monds: Blanch nnd dry the lints, put them on a baking sb(*et nnd roast them In a hot oven to a light brown. Sprin kle them with a solution o f a littl» gum arable and water, dust with fina table salt, and stir them gently until dry. T ilt* n ito re "! I ’ ll n o r.*! t u n . The biggest panorama ever putriteti was o f London by Mr. Ilom er. It cov ered 40,000 square feet, and was ex hibited nt 111«» Coliseum. Sun miai M oon. Tlie sun nnd moon appear to ns to have approximately the same s'/.«*, al though the sun has a diameter < f W 5- 770 miles, nlille flint o f the moon t‘ ; only 2.103 miles. But the sun Is 38'» times ns «lintant ns the moon. ■c mu