, 1869-01-08
WIN ii Pay Farmer to Keep Interior stock

WIN ~ 4 ~ dfnhor 70 Aeep lnlertOr SHOCK
The cost Of keeping a COW that will nake
i've pounds ofbutter week, is about the
same as to keep one that will make fifteen
pounds 10 the same time. The fret will cost
eighty dollars. (s8O) the other, two hundred
and forty dollars (s240) The first will pro
duce lbs. week for 40 weeks 10 the year,
worth 40 cents per pound, equal to $50, just
what she cost. The other will produce Is
lbs, week for 40 weeks in the year, worth
40 cents per pound, just first cost Now we
see thSt each COW will just pay for herself the
first year. We have said nothing about the
relative value of the calves If offered for
sale, the one from the best mixer will sell
for much greater price than the other, but
we can afford to leave this out of the esti-
mate.
At the end of one year each COW has Just
paid for herself, less the keep. At the end
of the next five years, the first will have pro.
duced S400, aud the other $1,000, a dfer-
ence of $500, in five years in favor of the
better COW, without estimating the difference
In the value of the calves. Now, who can
afford to keep ID. COW, costing $50, when
he can get 5 lb one for S240, and loose
S6OO in FIVE years by the operation Here
rich so much faster than Others They keep
none other than the best dairy stock, and
keep it well. In this calculation we have
allowed each COW to milk the same length of
time and the butter of each to sell at the
same price. This is unfair towards the bet
ter COW, for she will not only milk longer,
but the butter made from her will sell for a
higher price,
Now, VIC can go into dairying neighbor.
hood, and point to farmers who are loosing
from Two to three thousand dollars a year,
by keeping COWS yieldingtwo hundred pounds
of butter year, instead of those that would
yield from five to six hundred pounds in the
same time How many dairymen can tell
the relative value Of each COW of his herd
by actual test There is little instrument
made for this purpose that don't cost much
but very few dairymen know anything about
1t. 1t is called 'LGctOmeter' constructed
by placing number Of glass tubes, all of
equal length and diameter, in wooden frame
The milk from each COW. Is placed in one of
these glass tubes; there they stand, side by
side, and you can see the depth of cream
that rises in each tube, representing a cerl
tain COW, and estimate her relative value
thereby These0instruments are kept for
sale in Phiadel phia and other cities, and
ought to be advertised in the journal, but
some advertisers cant see it, therefore, the
sales are limited, because the dairymen don't
know where to get them; but if manufac-
turers aud merchants will pot attend to their
own business, We cannot help it,
HORSES
Every farmer should keep one or more
brood mares, and raisp colts for sale. With
all our railroads and oxen and mules for
transportation and labor, the price of good
horses is very high, and sales ready. This is
very encouraging to the breeder, but he
ought to be careful to start right. Have moth
ing to do with scrubs, nor even with those
of medium quality 1t costs no more to raise
colt that will sell for one hundred or one
hundred aud fifty dollars, or even double
that at six months old, than one that will
hardly sell for thirty dollars, except the SER
vice of the stallion. IL is therefore better
to pay from three to five hundred dollars for
superior brood mare than to pay from eighty
10 one hundred dollars for an inferior one.
In selecting stallion to breed from, it is
better to pay from thirty to fifty dollars for
the servive of first class one, than five or
ten dollars for, that Of an inferior or medium
one. The cost of feed in all these cases are
about the same, aud the profit is graduated
by the quality of the stock alone. Have no
fears about overstocking the market with
frst>class horses that has been the bug "a
boo for the last twenty years, and the price
has been rising and rising all the time. No,
there is too much timidity in the great ma
jOrity of farmers for that They will not in
vest $500 in 6rst-class brood mare from
which they could sell colt at six months
old for $500, but will breed from some worn
out nag on the farm, and sell the colt at
six months old for S25 or $50 and feel per-
fectly satisfied at that. The truth of this is
apparent in almost every neighborhood,
leaving the field clear for the competition of
those few who have the boldness and enter
prise to engage in breeding frst,Cfass horses
TO supply the market at almost fabulous
prices, realizing fortunes and spending their
time as gentlemen OF leisure.
SHEEP.
If you buy common stock ewes at 81 a
head, and sell the lambs to the butcher at four
months old for 81 each, and sell the fleece
at thirty cents per lb, you realize a certain
profit on the investment If you buy su-
perior stock of ewes, say Southdowns, at So
a head, and sell the lambs to the butcher, at
four months old for So each. and the fleece
at 40 cents per pound, the keep being
about the same, the profit is more than double
on the superior stock. The question, can
you afford to raise common stock sheep.
when you can make so much more profit on
superior stock
SWINE.
You may buy long legged, long shouted
pigs at from one to three dollars apiece at 4
to 6 weeks old, and make them weigh at one