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THE 'ARIZONA REPUBLICAN SALT RIVER VALLEY EDITION. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1915
PAGE NINE
Dairying Is Down To A Science And The Public Benefits From It
Dr0 Morfcoo Tells Of His Success
Ira Oaiiryiog By Sanitary Methods
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(BY DR. J. C. NORTON)
In ompliance with vtiur request
for an article on "wir dairy methods"
will c;e you same-, ami also a brief
.-Iitinl.nl regarding the importance
! Nth producers tnd consumers us
ing greater care in handling miik.
TIioukii this generation does not al
va progress along advanced lines
f li.ing very fast, I thins as a.
rule iM-ople live according to their
knowledge.'
The imrtnnce of this tiucstion is
loit'r realized when we consider that
milk ami its products, ("ream, ice
i ream. butter, buttermilk and cheese
lom.iii- fully one sixth of the food
f mankind, while in the cities where
there is less poverty the average
amount is over a pint. Considering
i.l.o the fact that milk is the one
product so commonly used, without
cooking, which may be infected when
product d. and is the most susetptibh-
f contamination while being handled
by dairnien and consumer, we ap
I reflate more fully the economic im
Hrtance of this ii,estion. The dairy
man and his products have been
found fault with justly, yet often
he has given better service than the
priee he receives for his product
would warrant. Frequently, too, there
is ftrcal rootn for both the dairy
man and the jiatron to improve on
their methods in order to get pood
refills. Patrons should arrange to
have milk in this warm climate prop
erly p'.aeed in a well-kept refrigera
tors properly filled with ice, for often
for lack of ice. refrigerators contain
ing other f-Md. are worse than the
outsit;,, air for milk.
Too often patrons pay no attention
to the source of this most iyiportant
article of diet, never visiting their
dairymen in order to know conditions
for their own satisfaction ami make
suggestions and give encouragement
for the long hours of drudgery work
that he does seven days and nights
in the week in order to serve them,
but often instead of simply using his
milk as delivered and sometimes
change to a new dairyman even with
out notice.
As to our plant we built our build
ings of concrete and hollow tile of
mission Jrtyle. along the most modern
lines with sewerage connections, and
equipped them fully, regardless of
cost in order that we might serve
Phoenix people well.
Our cows are fed principally in the
fields on either green alfalfa or new
mown hay. However when they come
to tile yards twice daily and during
rainy weather they are fed hay and I
corn ensilage in a special feeding j
barn. At milking time they are '
placed in a specal building nj iron I
stanchions on thoroughly washed con
crete fioors. After the cows are
cieanc:i ui reiuse, lueir miners arc j
carefully wasiieg before being milked
Milkers have at hand a special dress
ing loom in a separate building'
bath, etc., in order that they may be
clean.
Kach cow's milk, as soon as milked,
instead of being allowed to stand in
its heated container, is taken at
once into a .mall receiving room
where it is passed through a elarificr
and into the tightly screened room
where it is cooled to 3.1 degrees far
enheit by running over an aerator
through which brine is pumped from
our refrigerator plant at degrees
farenheit. Formerly with ice we
could only reduce the temperature
to 50 degrees farenheit but in order
to nvct the requirements for certified
milk, which has a temperature of
less than 40 degrees farenheit. we
put in our new refrigerating plant.
Though cleanliness in milking is
essential it Is equally important to
remove all animal heat from milk
as soon as milled, because of the
fv bacteria that are - sure to get
into it and multiply by the millions
while milk is warm. When milk is
clean and kept at low temperature
continually from the start, the sour
ing bacteria do not. multiply and
should keep sweet 24 to 48 hours
longer than milk handled under old
methods. After being cooled the mills
passes into the bottling machine and
is bottled in bottles that have been
thoroughly washed and sterilized in a
small room, with live steam, i These
bottles, as well as all milking uten
sils are sterilized and kept away from
all dust and flies until used instead
of hanging in the sun according to
old customs. our bottles are sealed
with a four ply cap that gives extra
protection against future infection.
At once the crates of milk are stored
in the refrigerator unless placed in
auto for quick delivery.
The tows of our dairy are inspected
for health, and only the choicest are
used. Our regular milk, which is
only delivered in bottles, is used
by hundreds of Phoenix families and
especially for children and invalids.
We also supply, at doctors request,
special milk for babies and invalids
from one dry fed cow.
Dairy, which is located
the State Fair grounds
managed by C. W.
started over two years
we thought that the
Capital City people were in line with
other cities for good, clean milk. The
plant is open for inspection at any
time, and is visited by many satis
fied patrons.
J. C. NORTON.
The Norton
just north of
near Phoenix.
Norton , was
ago because
Valley Six Laps Nearer The
Milleniam Than Any Other
(WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE) i
That the Salt River Valley is alout
six laps n-arer the millenium than
jiny othrr community ii; this country, j
was the opinion of William Allen
AVhite. expressed upon the occasion of '.
hi visit to Phoenix about two years j
ago. I
":'For two days J have been motor- !
ine through one of the world's most
wonderful places." said .Mr. White. :
"The Salt River Valley is today a '.
marvelous place. Civilisation has few
places like it. And the best thing
about it is not its fertility though
its fertility is probably unexcelled. It
is not its beauty; though the happy
land of Cainan could not have been
fairer: the really wonderful thing
about the Salt River Valley clviliza
tion is the marvellous success that
has accompanied the experiment of
the s.H-ialization of capital.
"Here we see a great irrigation pro
ject in which millions of dollars are
used; in which the capital is employed
not for piofit, hut for the common
gol.
"The people are well housed, well
clad, well fed. well-educated. Thev
are happy and ambitious. Farming !
is no longer a game of chancV Its !
hazards are minimized. It is a Tnanu-
facturing imposition. The .process of;
turning oinrhine and water and soil '
into food and clothing for humanity !
has become standardized in the Salt j
River Valley. It is as much a ques- j
tion of efficiency and capacity as it
is in a factory.
"You people have found the prom
ised land not only flowing with milk
and honey but convinced in high in
telligence and surrounded by as much
fundamental economic jnstic as has
been evolved in any other project or
community in the civilized world. The
Salt IJivr Valley is about six laps
nearer the r.iilleniuin than any other
community in this country."
Poultry, Fruit
And Vegetables
Good Combinatoin
May 12th, 11)15.
Editor Republican:
Poultry, fruit and vegetables are
a combination which is rapidiy gain
ing in favor in the Salt River Valley.
The large cattle ranches are fast
being cut up into small holdings on
which the above branches promise
better returns than any other. This
group is also admirably adapted to
our soil and climatic conditions.
Poultry iomises to become one
of the leading if not "the leading
industry" of the valley. The large
amount of warm, still, clear days
vith an almost entire absence of
wind and rain robs poultry keeping
here of nearly all its terrors. Open
weather the year through, permitting
tile keeping of chickens out of doors
the growing of green food and the
piliing of water without danger of
freezing, more than cuts the labor
n half. With all natural advant
ages in our favor there is no reason
why we will not in time build up
an enterprise here rivaling, if not
surpassing any of the now famous
"poultry communities" such as Peta
luma. and South Shore districts.
It is said "that there is no better
place for a chicken yard than in an
orchard, and that there is no better
place for an orchard than in a
chicken yard." The orchard fur
nished range and shade for the chick
ens, the eternal vigilance of the hens
keep down bug and insect pests from
the trees. Fruit here offers some
natural advantages over any other
fruit growing section of the coun
try. Some of the fruits like our
apricots and oranges hit the eastern
markets before any others do. Other
fruits the valley has almost a mon
oioly on, such as ripe olives and
dates which can only be successfully
raised in but one or two other sec
tions of the "United States. Still
other fruits are of superior quality
due to the sun and soil, such as
peaches and pears, a demand for
which can be worked up locally over
the great Southwest.
The combination of chickens and
vegetables may appear humoresque
to one who knows" an "old hen"
fondness for Arizona vegetables.
Kither one or the other must be
fenced. Now it is the by-products
of a business which often make it
profitable. The by-product of poul
try is the manure a high value for
which can only be obtained through
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:A ANOTHER JANLTARY SCENE.
The production of wool and mutton is carried on most efficiently and econc mically in a climate such as this, where green teet!, out of doors, is available
twelve months in the yer. r
its application to vegetable land. A.ri
zona is winning fame for certain
vegetables notably lettuce, -which
surpassed anything last winter on the
eastern markets. Yet the highest
class lettuce, as well as other vege
tables, can only be produced on heav
ily fertilized land; and poultry man
ure is the heaviest fertilizer we have.
There is just one draw-back to
this "triple alliance." Any one who
has had experience can produce quan
tities of eggs, fruit and vegetables
on only a. small five or ten acre
tract people are doing it dally. Yet,
they have often, not been able to
market their products satisfactorily
and have anything left for their la
bor. Several associations have been
formed to remedy these conditions
but they have each found the prob
lem too great. This is but a newly
undeveloped community with unde
veloped local markets and oth-r mar
kets distant and a high freight rate
between., The inability of these small
er organizations to cope witii the ti
tanic problems before them has given
rise to a new and mightier organi
zation commanding both capital and
business ability. This organization is
known as the United Produce Grow
ers Association of Arizona and is be
ing fostered by the heads of the
Farmers Union, the Phoenix Chamber
of Commerce and Merchants and
Manufacturers together with other
commercial bodies throughout the
valley. The aim of this new or
ganization is not to supercede these
smaller specialty organizations but
rather to encourage lhm; to as far
rts possible finance them and as far
as feasible aid them in carrying out
tlieir plans for introducing marketing
iind advertising their products on the
markets of the state and nation.
I'almolive Poultry Ranch,
By W. O. Ferris, Prop.
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Bee Colonies In
Maricopa County
(Continued from page Five)
h.tivc focd values of the different
sugars, ami sweets. Honey st rii's at
the head of the list, by a wid-1 'mar
gin. Common sugar :n its different
forms, before it can be assimilated
into Ihe human system, mus-t pns;j
through a process called inversion.)
The honey bee, by some mysterious
process, brings about this change !
in honey dining the ripening pro
cess, so that it omes to us as a per
fect food, easily digested and highly
nutritions. .itist now when the war
is depressing the honey market,
there is :xr fine opportunity to pa
troaize home industry by eKtins
Arizona hones'. Nature's best and
most tempting sweet.
even many of the noxious weeds and j
trees, desert shrill's and flowers,
grasses are laid under triKute in'
their great scheme for the conscrva- 1
j tion of Nature's sweets.
The great problem of the beekeen
i er is to create a demand for iii:;
! product. The consumption of honey,
' though it has dubied and trebled in
j the last few years is still far below
J what it should lie, for it is Nature's
j most wholesome ami delightful sweet.
The government bureau has rec.ent
' ly issued- a pamphlet giving the re-
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