Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-09-09
IL uraI 7st o II o III y
From the Genesec Farmer
II II E ID A IR Wits ROFIT.

ting the soil is profit and the next to this
is The dosire OF securing The first with as
little expenditure of labor aud means Us lie
possible. To do this. the quality Of the
soil, it's condition, and the size of the
farm must be taken into considerations
Its very situation will, in a great measure,
determine the first its condition will OF
course be depending on the judlcious or
injndicious treatment it has received and
as to number of acres, it is evident, that
without certain quantity OF them, some
kinds OF farming, such as grain raising, or
wool growing. cannot be pruftably under
taken. Perhaps there is no one branch ot
farming that can be so readily adapted to all
! farm great or small, as the dairy and |
while II is clear to raise grain extensively |
a large farm must be required aud much la !
Der aud money expended, a medium farm. |
one Of eighty or n hundred acres will be
found best calculated for a dairy. rs the
hiring Of servants can usually be dispensed
with IN such cases. For q man with but 40
acres to attempt the raising Of grain for
sale, and at the same time keep the ncces,
saty horses and cows and sheep required
TO cultivate the farm aud supply he family.
would be an Improbable undertaking: but
on such farm dairy may be kept that
will be q source of great profit, when com
pared with the capital invested.
To make this matter clear, it may b. best
10 make few estimates, in all cases getting
as near well established results as possible
and where any thing mus, be left 10 con "c
turc, always being careful TO err on the
safe side of the calculation. A farmer wish.
es 10 commence dairy with ten gO0d cows,
not herd book stock but good native ami
mails. The price orcows for several years
past in the spring of the year has varied
from 8 TO % dolars-we will call it 90
thus making the cos, of his cows 900 dol
lars. For pas:uring cows it is generally
estimated that two acres 20 each one will
be required; and it may be SO as pastures
are generally laid down, but when the turf
is clean and close, and the soil in good
heart. we are confident something less will
b. sUlficIeI, to give them every advantage
The interest on the twenty acres required.
f,r six months, the time lbc dairy will be
in operation, ut 80 dollars per acre, will be
q dollars. The interest on The money IN.
: vested i'll COWS will be- 7 dollars. a dairy
|! maid, if one is required, for 6 months At n
) dollar per week, ,wcn'y-six dollars. The
expense will stand thus:
! 10 cows at $50 each, 1900 90
In,ercs, on do. 6 months, 90
Interest on 2 acres to each COW, q 90
Dli.y maid 6 months, &c 90
Total expense, 1884 90
Ifn dairy is a cheese dairy. much will be-
, depending as to the receipts on the quail
: Ties of the milk produced, aud the skill
, shown il making. the quantity OF cheese
produced varies much in different dalrics
. and in estimating profits, medium rate
n must be selected. Mr.. Blown. 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
78 cows, made $4,000 lbs. or 4lO lbs. tC
each COW; and in he same communlca' ior
he states, tha, the dairics in that cheese
n making region vary from 200 to 500 lbs. %
cheese TO COW. Some experience in the
J.. dairy business, and an acquaintance with &
q dairy district, leads US to suppose that $50
= lbs. to each COW would not be an eX,rav
" agant estimate. The average price Of goot
o cheese when sufficiently ripe for sale, TO-
several wears past, has not been less than
l.. cents rer h., and many diaries find ,hc
q sales have averaged or 50 so per cwt.-.
:, Making our estimate at cents per ID, th
receipts Of q dairy often cows would stan,
ii as follows:
l.. $500 lbs. cheese, 8 cts. per h. $3.50 OF
,s 100 lbs. butter, Is cents per 10. 3 OF
N Whey for SWINE at s. per COW, 90 o.
i, 1915 O
% Making The receipt from each cow 70
n six months, S3l 5O--or, if we deduct ,h
- butter, as beng most OF it necessary in til
ne dairy ro,m, it will leave the sum of ( 30 pc
m COW In some Of the best dairy district
IN of New Fngland, it has been common I
u. dispose of The cows to drovers after tn
o dairy season has closed. but little fcedln
. being necessary to render them good bee
N Cows are not as high in the fall as in til
II spring. bv about 90 per cent, and If OF
10 farmer determines to sell his cows in pre-
nd ference to keeping them over the white
IN they will bring HIM about l6O dollars
f., This sum must be added to he receipt
The year making total of ATS dollars
The will then stand thus:
10 Receipts, S.75 90
h' Expenses, 254 90
nc S22l 90
Is Giving 10 the farmer clear profit
!" eleven dollars upon each of the TWEEN
ny acres used for the DAIRY. II must be r.
"' marked however, that tn produce this resu
u" The cows must be in good heart aud ioler
et BILE order on the first Of May, and ha'
u good feed for the summer. Cows III
%" "shrked" through the winter, and paslu
~, on daisies, johnswort and thlsles. ihrou9
" the summer, will not reach the above mar
up and the owners may think themselves 10
'es tuna,e if the Summing up" should u
81 show a balance the other way.
'a' If the dairy is To be devoted to makil
butter, there will be but hlle difference
the result though if conducted under {
mes vornble circumstances, we think makiI
Ter butter rather more progtablc Than chces
his ManY persons, however, connected wi