Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-08-23

adapted 10 all farms, great or small as the
dairy and while it is clear that to raise
grain extensively large farm must be re-
ouired, and much labor and money expen.
ded, a medium farm, one Of eighty or
hundred acres will be found best calculated
for the dairy, as the hiring Of assistants can
usually be dispensed with in such cases.
For u man with but forty acres to attempt
the raising of grain for sale, and at the
same time keep the necessary horses, COWS
and sheep required to cultivate the farm,
and supply the family, would be an unpro-
fitabe undertaking but on such farm a
dairy may be kept that will be source of
great profit, when compared with the capi-
+, tai invested.
To make this matter clear, it may be
best to make few estimates, in all cases
getting as near well established results AS
possible, and where any thing must be left
to conjecture, always being careful to err
on the safe side ofthe calculation. A far
mer wishes to commence dairy with ten
| good COWS, not herd book stock, but good
native animals. The price Of COWS for
several years past in the spring of the year
has varied from Is to % dollars-we will
call It 2O-thus making the cost Of his
COWS 200 dollars. For pasuring COWS it
is generally estimated that two acres to
each one will be required; and it may be
so as pastures are generally laid down, but
where the turf is clean and close and the
soil in good heart, we are confident some.
thing less will be sufficient to give them
every advantage. The interest on the
twenty-acres required, for six months, the
time the dairy will be in operation, at 80
dollars per acre, will be II dollars. The
interest on the money invested in COWS. will
be 7 dollars. \ dairy maid, if one is re-
ouircd, for & moths. Il: dollar per week.
twenty six dollars. Tac expense VIII stand
thus:
~ COWS. at $40 each. 5000 90
Interest on do 6 months, 7 90
Interest on 2 acres to each COW, 81 90
Dairy maid 6 months, 70 W
Total expense, 1854 90
Ifa dairy is cheese dairy, much will be
depending as to the receipts, on the quail
ties of the milk produced, and the skill
shown in making. The quantity of cheese
produced, varies much in different dairles,
and in estimating profits medium rate
must be selected. Mr.. Brown, Of Otsego
county, made from thirteen COWS 400 lbs.
of cheese, or 36l lbs. to each COW. Mr..
T.. Perkins, of Trenton, Oneida county,
from 7s COWS, made $4,000 lbs, or 40
lbs. to each COW; and in the same commu-
nication he states, that the dairies in that
cheese making region vary from 200 TO
500 lbs of cheese to a COW. Some expert
encc in the dairy business, and an acqualnt-
ance with dairy district, leads US to sup
pose :hat $50 lbs. to each cow would not
be all cxravagant estimate. The average
price ofgood cheese when sufficiently ripe
for sale, for several years past. has not
been less than s cents per b., and many
dairies find their sales have averaged 9 and
$3.50 per cwt. Making our estimate at 8
cents per h., the receipts OF dairy often
COWS would stand as follows:
$500 lbs cheese. 8 cts. per 10. $3.50 90
100 lbs butter, Is CTS. per ID. 10 90
| Whey tor swine, 81 per COW, 20 90
S3I5 90
Making the receipt from each COW for
six months S31, ,5O-or if we deduct the
butter as being most Of it necessary in the
dairy room, it will leave the sum Of 80 dol
lars per COW. In some Of the bcs; dairy
districts ofNew England, it has been COM
mon to dispose of the COWS to drovers afer
the dairy season has closed, but little feed
ing being generally required to make them
good beef. Cows are not rs hghln the fall
as in the spring, by about 20 per cent, and
if our farmer determines to sell his COWS
in preference to keeping them over tine
winter, they will bring him about $50 dol
lars. This sum must be added 10 the re-
ccipt ofthe year, making total of475 dol.
lars. The whole will then stand thus:
| RcCelptS, S1'o VIZ
Expenses, 2o4 90
1921 90
Giving to the farmer clear profit Of
eleven dollars upon each Of the twenty
acres used for the dairy. 1t must be re-
marked, however, that to produce this re-
suit, ths COWS must be in good heart and
toerable order on the first Of May, and
have good feed for the summer. Cows
that "shirked" through the winter, and
pasture Oh daisies, johnswort, and thistleS,
through the summer, will not reach the
above mark, and the owners may think
themselves fortunate if the" summing up
should no. show balace the other way.