THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 45 



WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1912. 



FARM BUTTERMAKING. 



Chas. Foss, Cedai-ville, III. 



Meeting called to order by the President at 10:30 A. M. 



President : We have changed the program a little to ac- 

 commodate the speakers and I want it understood that if any- 

 one has any questions to ask I do not want them to be afraid. 

 It is an educational matter. 



We will listen to an address on "Farm Buttermaking" by 

 Charles Foss of Cedarville, a man who has done splendid work- 

 as a dairyman. 



Mr. Foss : Ladies and Gentlemen : — It is needless to say 

 that poor dairy butter is a drug in the market, while on the 

 other hand good dairy butter is always in demand and will 

 always bring a good price. Unless one has the inclination and 

 apparatus to make the very best dairy butter he had better not 

 make any. 



One of the first essentials in buttermaking is cleanliness, 

 clean food for cows, clean stable, clean cows, clean hands, clean 

 apparatus and utensils so that you can give your customers 

 clean butter. My cows are kept in "Bidwell Stalls" both day 

 and night during the winter. Each cow's stall is carefully ad- 

 justed so that she cannot become soiled. Silage is never fed 

 until after the milking is clone and the milk has been removed 

 from the barn. If their udders become soiled they are washed 

 As soon as the milking is done the milk is taken from the barn 

 to the creamery where it is immediately separated. The skim 



