The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-10-05
AGRICULTURAL.
Stock and Dairy Husbandry.

Stock H~usbandry, properly conducted.
is now most profitable The present prices
of Live Stock.-(especially improved hors-
es, cattle. sheep, swine, and fowls.)-and
wool, beef. pork. butter, cheese, &C., rem
der breeding. grazing. dairying, etc, high
ly r%emuneraling in almost every section OF
the Union. And the prospect is that the
business will continue permanently lucra-
tive, though present rates should not be full
ly maintained. The consumption of ami
is very properly attracting attention to the
science and profit of supplying the en-
HANGED and increasing demand. Yet we
do not apprehend that the business will be
%overdone. ~atleast not for some years. The
demand and consumption are not on
fined to any one ola fewlocallties, and the
benefits OF supplying the same will be par
,icipated in by stock and dairy farmers
throughout the whole country. Our rail
roads and other facilities are now such
that live stock, meats, and the products Of
the dairy, can be easily and cheaply trans
ported to the great markets from almost
every section of our widely extended coun-
try-rendering it certain that prices can
not long remain very high at one point
and low at another. Hence. farmers re.
mote from the great markets. located where
land and living are cheap. can compete
successfully with those who have hereto
fore been most highly favored from their
proximity to the seaboard and its principal
markets. >
Those who compare present with former
prices of agricultural products. will readi-
ly perceive that the rearing of good stock.
grazing and dairying, must prove, in all
favorable localities, the most profitable
branches Of farm husbandry. And now is
the time for those who understand the bust
ness, or who can enter into it judiciously,
to reap a rich reward for their skill. indus
try and attention. But profitable as i,may
prove to all. (perhaps we should say the
few,l who know and pursue the right
course. it is not the business for the igno
rant. careless or penny wise. To achieve
success. the stock farmer must be we'll in.
formed. skilliul. attentive, and imbued with
the spirit OF improvement. He must know
what he is doing, or wishes tosdo, and
study the best mode Of accomplishing it
If. forinstance, he is rearing horses. for sale
or stock, he should study the la VS. Of breed
ing. and ought TO know IN the start that
by proper foresight and a little extra ex
pense. (for services OF a superior sire. al
animal worth $3.50 or $500 can be raised
about as cheaply as n that will sell TO
oily half the sum first named. And tn
same is true. to a greater or less extent. il
breeding cattle. sheep. and swine, &C.
The man who manages most jndiciously
who studies the business and expends
few dollars whenever necessary 10 secur,
Improvement, will not only make the mos
money. but do it in the most satisfactor,
manner to all concerned.
And there is room Tor skill. and a Ger
tainty of receiving proper reward for it
exercise in the dairy business. Why is
that the butter produced in certain c%oun,ie
in this State command from 6 to 10 cent
more per pound than that made in others
where the cows and pastures are, or ma,
be, equally good? The fault is not in tn
animals nor the soil. certainly. ut is il
the reputation" you suggest. But pray
how was that reputation acquired and sua
) tanned? Simply and only by intelligen
r and well directed skill and industry. an
wise management. The same result ma,
be produced-similar reputation acquired
5 and prices obtained-by adopting lik
management in other equally fayorablelo
calilies.-Rural New Yorker.