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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1917)
THE 8EMI.WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, CONSTRUCTION OF DAIiW-TO r TncjjriEuanT 2? Most dairymen realize that in order to produce milk or cream of the best quality it is desirable to have a dairy house so constructed and equipped that the products may be cared for in, the most convenient and satisfactory manner MM v 1' IS Impossible to draw a pin ti of ti I tlnlry house tlint will moot the re quirements of every Individual cane. In order to design n plan properly, It Is necessary to know the size of the herd, how the product Is to he disposed of (whether as wholo in I lk, cream, or butter), tlio location of the barn, well, etc However, there are a few general principles that should be followed In the building of any dairy house. Location. Although the dairy house should bo near enough to the barn to bo convenient, it should not bo directly connected with the barn because It Is then likely to bo filled with stable odors which ore absorbed by the milk or cream. It Is well to leave an open nlr spaco of six to ten feet between the barn and the dairy house Placing the dairy houso on the sldo of the barn opposite tho barnyard also lessens the chnnco of stable odors being absorbed by tho milk. Proper drulnago from tho dairy house is Important nnd must bo considered when selecting tho loca tion. Construction. Tho building material may be drop siding, brick, or concrete depending upon tho Investment tho builder desires to make. Tho lnsldo walls should ho smooth. Plastered walls aro prcferablo since bourd walls luivo c tendency to rot, especially closo to tho lloor. Rotting can bo obviated to a certain extent by plastering tho walls up to n height of about threo TteoL Tho building Bhould bo so parti tioned that tho milk room, wush room, and boiler room aro separate. The rooms should bo well lighted by win dows, and ventilation should bo sup plied by an opening plnced In tho cell ing of each room. Each ventilator should bo fitted with somo sort of damper to regulato Its action. A solid nnd impervious floor Is es sential. A cement lloor meets these !' 11 J M IT, ISJI Hi" 1,'IMKN .-mira (Mm mia unit trvjiriM tr RrnutciMTit requirements very well. A wooden lloor Is very unsatisfactory becnuso It Is not durable, does not dry quickly, collects 111th, and when wet Is allppory nnd hard to work on. Tho floors Bhould have n good Blopo leading to flrnlns fitted with proper traps. Water Supply. An ubundauco of clean, cold, running water Is neces Bury. If tho location Is such that wa ter from a municipal water system cannot bo supplied, It may ho obtained from nn clovuted tank or by means of h compressed ulr system. I Equipment Tho dairy houso equip ment depends lurgely upon tho pur poso for which tho houso Is to bo used. A boiler Is tho most convenient means ;of furnishing steam and hot water for wushlng and sterilizing cuns and uten lls. An upright boiler of two to four ltorso power will serve tho purpose Tho washroom should contain a lnk having n drain board. The drain board may bo fitted with steam and water connections so that tho cans and palls cau be rinsed and steamed after they are washed. It Is deslrablo to have draining racks for cans and palls, and n closet In which to keep utensils. Every dairy house should have a Bub cock milk testing outfit, which may be either hand or steam driven. Further equipment will depend upon which of Ii ii 1 ii ii arrniLiK w. . . . ? A OOlLCfi Hor, I '" 7' i I ''''cV'c' 'vitaH toon J i il M , s L...l:? IUJ J j eisrr QOTTLCfl ' MIX ROOM sot'liT'' jj l-'-l t tho following purposes houso is to serve, namely: wholo milk In bulk; (2) making butter or selling cream; and (8) bottling milk on tho farm. The Illustrations shown aro designed for dairies with ns many as twenty- five cows In tho herd. For lnrgor herds it may bo necessary to build u dairy houso having larger dimensions than those submitted. If it is not In tended to have tho dairy houso fitted with a holler room nnd n washroom, It may bo made smaller than suggest ed by eliminating that part of tho building duvotcd to such rooms. Dairy House for Selling Whole Milk In Bulk. Tho mllkroom should contnln a coll cooler for cooling tho milk ns quickly as possible after It Is drawn. Tho milk may then bo put into eight or ten gallon cans and set In tho cooling tank, or the preliminary cooling may be omitted and tho cans of wnrtu milk placed In the cooling tank. Tho cool ing tank may bo fitted with water con nections so that tho milk can be kept cold by running water, or the tnk may bo Insulated and fitted with n lid so that Ice may be placed In the cool ing water. The latter Is not necessary If there is a good supply of cold water which will keep tho milk nt a temper- aturo below 60 degrees Fahrenheit. A hand-separator may bo Installed In case of the necessity of skimming surplus milk. Dairy House for Selling Cream or Making Buttor. Selling cream necessitates tho uso of a centrifugal separator and a cooling tank or refrlgerutor. Making butter requires tho additional equipment of n churn, and a table upon which to print and wrap tho butter. The cooling tank may bo built of a slzo depending on tho amount of material to be kept cool. Tho cream should bo cooled di- rectly after skimming and kept cool until It Is delivered or ripened for churning, as tho caso may be. A gasoline engine may ho Installed In tho washroom to furnish power for separating and churning. If such an enginu Is used, the exhaust should ho piped through tho roof of tho building In order to avoid tho possibility of the gasoline flavor being absorbed by tho cream. Dairy Houee for Bottling Milk. For bottling milk on tho farm Uio dairy houso should bo larger and con-' tain more equipment than Is required for tho two above-mentioned purposes. A double-compartment sink Is conveni ent for washing and rinsing bottles. There Bhould bo n sterilizer for Bterll- lzlng nil bottles beforo they nro filled. This may bo used also to sterilize tho milk pnlls, cooler and tho bottler. Tho sterilizer may bo constructed of hollow tile plastered with cement plaster, or of heavy galvanized sheet Iron rein forced with angle Iron. A drain should bo plnced In the floor of tho sterilizer and a ventilator with a tight tltttng damper lit tho celling. Shelves may bo arranged so that they will hold the bottles In an Inverted posi tion, or, If enses of tho proper kind nro used, the bottles can be put Into Damr House For BoTTL.ma Milk. the dairy (1) selling tho cures and the cases Inverted. It Is necessary to allow tho bottles to cool before filling with tho cold milk In order to prevent breakage, ns well ns to avoid warming the milk. A bot tling tablo or smnll bottler may be used In bottling the milk. A well-constructed refrigerator Is necessary for storing tho bottled milk until it Is de livered. In constructing n refrigerator, prop er Insulation Is extremely Important In order to maintain a low temperature and to use ice economically. Either cork board or water-proof lath makes a very efllclent insulation. These inn terials can be obtained in sheets 12 Incites wide, SO Inches long and 2 Inches thick. Tltcso sheets can be ap plied In the same way as lumber, and hence nro very convenient to use. A refrigerator for storing milk, if built on the ground, should have the floor Insulated with two inches of this ma terial and tho walls and celling with four Inches. When putting on this In sulation It Is best to use two layers und break tho joints in each direction. A slush coat of cement plaster should bo put in between the two layers and the outside, covered with cement plas ter. Tho doors should bo tight-fitting und well-lnsulnted. The Ice bunker should be placed In the upper part of the refrigerator and tho air shafts should bo so constructed as to obtain a good circulation of air. The Illus tration shows tho proper method of Insulating a refrigerator and also tho cpnstructlon ncccssnry to give the proper circulation of air. Tho mllkroom should havo some sort of cooler for cooling tho milk rap idly to n temperature below 50 degrees Fahrenheit. As the milk Is put Into the cooler supply can It may be strained through cotton outing flannel or through absorbent cotton hold be tween cheesecloths. A separator should bo Installed el so for skimming surplus milk or to sup ply cream for tho cream trade. r " 1 7 .wtMM .. Mil a noon I - 3rV nf LL. A-- M - - itoiitx toon I , II n roll h itio'teoio' Dmjixt Hovsx HOSPITAL ALONG NEW LINES 1 fl : y x 1 . lie JBi18bT Qamr House for Making Butter New York Institution That Will Be Devoted Exclusively to Cases Calling for Diagnosis. There Is soon to bo established In Now York the first diagnostic hospital In this country, which will perform In tho highly specialized medlclno of to day tho function of tho old family phy sician of CO years ago, says the New York Times. It will look over n patient suffering from nn unidentified ailment, find out what Is the matter with hlui and direct him to n specialist If ho can afford It. If not, he will bo, sent back to tho general practitioner under whoso caro ho has been, with a complete diag nosis of his disease, a plan for treating It suggested by compotent specialists, nnd references to recent literature on the subject. Tho officers of tho New York Diag nostic society, which Is planning the new institution, are Dr. M. Joseph Man- delbnum, president ; Dr. Do Witt Stet ton, first vlco president; Dr. Otto Hen scl, secoud vlco president; Dr. Julius Auerbnch, treasurer; Dr. Monroo Kunstlcr, secretary. There are about 1100 physicians and surgeons among the nssotiata members. About $100,000 has already been mined by tho building fund committee, of which David Fraukel Is chairman, nnd only $50,000 Is still required to complete the sum needed for buildings nnd grounds, which will be In a central part of Man hnttau. It Is hoped that the Institution will be self-supporting, and Doctor Mandel bnum has worked out u plan of Install ment payments which he thinks will bring nbout the r-sult. "I know thts will appear starting," he said, "to those who aro not In tho habit of look ing at these matters from tho stand point of dollars und cents. But this Is a practical plan nnd therefore must be considered from the most easily applied llnanclul basis. This method of jtay ment will he especially for those who are wage earners, whereby If their ap plication for diagnostic services is ap proved by their employers or others equally responsible, a method of small periodic payments will securo for them the very best diagnostic skill." Tho need for such an institution was first pointed out by Dr. Charles II. Mayo in an address beforo tho Catholic Hospital association of Milwaukee. Doctor Mayo expressed tho opinion that tho ono great present day need In the dlroctlon of hospital advancement was a hospital devoted exclusively to diagnosis. Pattens. Americans And It more difficult than tho English to understand what Dick ens means when ho says In "Da vid Copperfleld :" "Women went clicking along tho pavement In put tens." Pattens wero an abbreviated form of stilts. Tho word is also used by builders as tho name of the buso of u column or pillar, and so, urchltecturnlly, tho pattern is tho sup port used by a woman to keep her out of tho water and mud. From this architectural use has corao the second ary application of tho word, meaning an arrangement attached to tho shoo, so that the walker Is raised threo or four Inches above the solid earth. If the mud nnd wntor did not exceed that depth, the shoes wero thus kept, fairly dry. It appears thnt pattens were ttot worn solely by tho rich, but wero luxu rlcs Indulged In by tho very poor. In speaking of a person who was not especially speedy, Uen Jonson uses tho comparison, "You make no more Mttsto now than a beggar upon pat tons." In tho ballad of "Farmer's Old Wife" occurs this startling expression "She m with her pattens, nnd bent out their brains." Altogether Different There nro lots of smart people In tho world, but smartness Isn't always Intelligence. Smartness Is something a fellow ratty havo to show. Intelll gence Is something everybody cau see, AN ACCOMPLISHED EMPRESS Zlto, tho new empress of Austria Hungary, from her early days has been studious and Is an accomplished mu sician and well versed in literature, his tory and philosophy. She nlso Is fond of society nnd Is ti graceful dancer. Empress Zlta was born In the Vil la Ileale at I'lnnorc in the Italian province of Lucca, May 0, 1802, the daughter of Duke Robert and Duchess Maria Antoinette of Parma. She Is of Bourbon descent. Her early train ing was In the 'hands of the Marqulso Delia Rosa. Later she entered n convent at Zangbert, where she presided now nnd then as organist In the chapel. After her father's death, Princess Zlta In 1008 spent some time In the Ityde convent, Isle of Wight, where her sister, Princess Adelaide, Is a nun. nere, nmong the French sisters who had been compelled to leave France owing to the church reform Jaw, she studied music, literature, Latin, history nnd philosophy. Princess ZItn made tho acquaintance of Archduke Charles Francis nt Frnnzcnsbad, Bohemia, in tho spring of 1009, while the guest of the Archduchess Marie Annunzlata, her cousin. HBBBBV 'bBBb1BBHI SECOND RICHEST AMERICAN W. A. Clark, former United States senator from Montnnn and mine king of the West, Is believed to bo fast over hauling John D. Rockefeller, oil king, ns tho richest man in America. War prices on metal have enormously in creased Clark's fabulous Income. One difference between Clark and Rockefel ler Is that Clark's holdings are In Ills own name. His Intimates declnro he coutd raise $100,000,000 In cash In 24 hours and that ho probably Is the only man In the United States who can. Clark, started his career as a bull team driver In Montana nnd as a ped dler of spices, baking powders and oth er household supplies in the early days of Butte, Mont. Ho was in on the first whack at the "billlon-dollnr hill" in Butte. At seventy-six years of age ho owns extensive mining operations In Montann, Arizona, California, Michi gan, oil properties in Montann nnd tho Salt Lake railroad line from Butte to Los Angeles. United Verde, the Arizona copper mine for which Clark re cently refused an offer of $75,000,000, Is paying $2,000,000 n month. Ills Butto properties, though comparatively smnll, yield enormous wealth. Every day he receives a telegraphic report of what Is done on each of his properties and tin's he keeps posted on all operations. Clark Is not closo with his funds. He owns a $15,000,000 home in New York city nnd a $10,000,000 chateau In Paris, tho adopted home of his children. BABY OF THE SENATE "Joe" Wolcott of Delaware, who defeated Col. Henry A. du Pont Inst fall for tho senate, is the "baby" of the upper house. Rightly his name Is not "Joe;" it Is Joslah Oliver Wolcott, and he comes of an old family. In his veins flows the spirit of colonlnl times, the tradi tions of the plantation, the love of public service. If there be such a thing ns a real Amerlcnn type it is represented In this youngest member of the United States sonnte. Down Jn Delnware there is lit tle of what Is called "foreign Influ ence," nnd In tho quiet town of Dover, where ho was born, affairs havo run along In the same chnnnel for years nnd years, untouched by idens brought by recent comers. It Is the old type of Amerlcnnlsm thnt he represents. Joslah Oliver Wolcott was born in Dover in 1877. His father, James L. Wolcott, was chancellor of the state of Delaware, nis mother was Mary Mills Goodwin. Wolcott went to tho public schools, nnd In 1800 came out of Wilmington Conference nendemy and went to Wcsleynn university, nt MIddletown, Conn. He hnd to work his way through the university, but got his degree In 1000 and went buck to Dover to Btudy law. Ho became a good trial lnwycr and a good talker, no was made a deputy nttorney general by Andrew C. Gray in 1009. In 1012 he was elected attorney gencrnl of tho state, running ahead of the ticket. It Is no small thing to be the youngest senator of these United Stntes. Luke Lee of Tennessee consented not to go back this time, so that his youth will not interfere with Wolcott's claims to the baby seat. And Senator Wads worth Is just a month nnd n half older than Wolcott. SHERMAN LELAND WHIPPLE Sherman Lclnnd Whipple, tho Bos ton lawyer who wns selected by the house committee on rules to conduct the "lonk" Investigation regarding Pres ident Wilson's pettco letter, has long been regarded as ono of tho nblest and most astute lawyers before tho courts of Massachusetts. For nearly 25 years Mr. Whlnple has hnd tho reputation of being one of the shrewdest members of his profes sion. As n cross-examiner, he Is looked upon by bench nnd bar alike as having few equals and no superiors. Mr. Whipple Is In the prime of life, being fifty-five years old. New Hamp shire born nnd bred, ho was educated at Yale, graduating In 1881, beforo ho was twenty years old. After teaching for a year ho returned o Yale and graduated from tho law school In 1881. Mr. Whipple has mndo several speeches and addresses on the subject of reforming the courts before public bodies and bar associations of late. The administration of the criminal laws, Mr. Whipple contends, Is n disgrace to the country. Ho says it Is archnlc. Ho tnkes the ground that the guilty man should not bo shielded and that a lawyer Is not Justified In so doing. He goes so far as to say that If a mnn confesses his guilt to n lawyer a lawyer ought to go Into court nnd Inform tho Judge. lis predicts thnt the time will come when trials will bo conducted to further Justice and not cheat It. BBVPVK-lBBBBBBBfl
