Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1904 — A MILK ROOM. [ARTICLE]

A MILK ROOM.

raeflltlM For Boldin* the Milk on Ms 1 | ■ M w Generally speaking, there is aimoat an entire lack of facilities for holding cream on the western farm, flfc majority of farms have wind pumps at or near the house. The pump furnishes qn excellent location for an ideal milk 'bouse. On many farms visited the owner had built around the windmill tower, or at one-side of it, a building, usually t$ by 8 feet, In which was placed a tank deep enough to set the milk cans and hpve water come up to their necks. All of the water pumped for stock and other purposes of the farm is run through this tank and* then out Into the stock tank. This room often .'contains the separator and a worktable. In fact, here is done the dairy work of the farm. With an arrangement of this kind the cream should he kept without difficulty from forty-eight to seventy-two hours iu the hottest weather. Such a building costs but little, and the convenience of having a place for the milk, cream and dairy utensils is in itself enough to justify the expense of building It. As a matter of fact, the farmer who is going to get the best price for his cream will have to provide himself with a place in which to keep it cool until it can be delivered to the station. Keep it as cool as possible without freezing up to the time it is delivered. Keep the milk room for milk and nothing else, and above all have plenty of windows to admit sunshine when wanted and use plenty Of “elbow grease” In keeping it sweet and clean. —Bureau of Animal Industry. One Thins and Another. “It has been found by actual test that the state of Illinois in its upper half is eminently fitted for beet growing. With its fuel supply, transportation facilities and market advantages, it goes without saying that it is fitted for manufacturing,” says Suger Beet Expert Saylor. Spraying with bordeaux mixture decreases the amount of blight in sugar beet fields. The ripening that takes place between the picking of the apple and its cold storage makes it more susceptible to scald, and delay in storing the fruit in hot weather is particularly injurious. Cream should be, separated at once after milking, while the milk still has animal beat in it. Copperas water not too strong is said to be the best thing to heal barbed wire cuts. Webworms have been very destructive in lowa plum trees this season. Water applied with great force will rid maple trees of the “cottony scale,” according to very good authority