A RIDDLE OF THE MILK TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 December 1909, Page 8

A RIDDLE OF THE MILK TRADE.

; to.determine : exactly 1 of ■ skimmed 'milkZ-and/ whey.;:iUnial: theV ■'^ o Ti : ' >^^iW^': '' M M9^'P r operly'>jiidgß ' Wffl"?'* !t''Pays/ them' /best* to'sell • their ■ ]or : for • cheese. ■«/""i^sa,tisfactpry,..;therefore,,.tb ; find-that J of ■Woodville, has been testing the point^.onv/a-.fairly-good Jjasis. Incidentally, he, gives wheys, a, goodi,knockq>wn .wheU/hb: quietly, alludes/ 'to' it as merely a,■lealthy'drink''. In.the course • w .his-views,< coatribntbd :fp the"Wopd.viUe.'Exainiheriv'vihe/says:—. . .. : ■.;■: as" regards - skimmilk forthe is that with ; proper worth about 3d ; per.jzpaund./of /buttefifat-suppiibd. : .last seasonal should.ha-ve.ioquirbd/iM Is. 10A, ; nipre tovmakje,':.-it:worth.- that /sum/-I • cleared; : a- .profit/of SBl /from pigs, and : warbd/j.eleven' calves, which, I /estimated to.be worth .£ls; making '£% ,from i-heid ■ of/thirty-two. {cows.-l/'I ..fell/ short.'of ■-■my estimate ,by being - able ~tb fatten/the last, six'pigs I/had on hand, 'selling'them as .stores, and thereby'• falling away about ; £%.-. Itut the, season, before.(l9o6-1907) ■ I . iind,l,made/'ft 'return .of "3d; per pound ',- from "pigs/,alohb,/aiid'. had ten calves to • tho.good, ;/w;//;/%:'■;::.;./;/>;;,;/'//.;/--/ ; "Of /course, no: supplier could make 'these .'returns/: who/ only/put.' off -twelve " bac'qners'.: from'-"a,.-herd '/of/'•twehty-twp cows.'/I;'think/that'all'the best men-in ; the/business, are/agreed ,that at ; least one pigashould be. fattened 'from skim-mill; for /every, cow milked, -besides 1 . a/ ; few ■ calves. ;/;■:/,/';>;;''\,'///;i,;- : ;'" /::.///■■/:; '•-.- /"My, Vis from milk albno, , as'l- have not grown /any/roots,'; and have ' carefully/deducted .',ah'y ; amount spent "on v meal./i let my;'yonng pigs have the run : ofithe. grass", until 'they.are.fit for ' the ; sig, ■ about 901b.,0r lflfllb. I shonld/also • 'Ufie' to- point \ out; .thai / a /considerable ' quantity- of the .curdy milk ; is taken; for ; feeding 'poultry; and; the/eggs 'sold 'are / ic'cnsiderable item.'.aiui agopd source Pf pin-mbney'for the good'wives of' the milk suppliers, "•-;..'.'■/ /■: ..:/.'':'';';:':•'■'..■ ■■'"'..-'; '■; "-My 'own. oxperienco of .whey .only reUies to /the Old Country, so;' would riot .'be/of mucb.'valne here, but I might say ' tnat.;//I.;• ?amb '.froin 1 ' a\ cheose-makirig ; county;{;and /myself/ inade..cheese'.for..a few years, "but we-only regarded it there v as/'a: Healthy,.- drink for pigs or r big : calves.";.-'-/,//'/;;:,/:<.....'; -'/■/;.. .'. ■,/.;