The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-02-24
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less occasion to get in debt, because he can
put his wares on the market IS the politician
advised his partisans to put their votes IN the
ballot box, both early and often" Rapid
and extreme fluctuations in prices ordinarily
result in making few rich and many poor;
while prices that are more constant give ia
billy to business and inspire confidence.
But in comparing the profits OF dalryIng with
those Of most branches OF farming, 1t is plain
that We should not base onr cAlcul9tions on
the entries in WIS ledger end cash boob alone.
We uuss looh TO the improved OF d~teFioFe-
sed condition of the land that he's hcen oacu-
pied while the business has been carried on
It is not fair 10 estimate o mans prof, in
wheat raising, by taking for gwen number
OF Yesxs the exceGs OF the price OF his grain
over the cost Of producing it il during that
time the product of his farm went down from
thirty to thirteen, and finally 10 q less num-
Der of bnshels to the acre; because here Ii is
plain that the PROFITS have swallowed up the
capital for he has killed the hen that laid
the golden eggs.
Fortunately sueh instances do not occur in
dairy husbandry; but, on the other hand,
dairy farms have been found, IN almost every
Instance, to largely increase IN fertility. Not
only is the quantity of forage greater year by
wear but the quGlity is better. 70 SUM- up
The matter we may safely say, thss while tho
most productive portions OF our land have
been pvt in grain, cotton and tobacco, the
ceres so planted have yielded lesaand less che
longer they have been thus titled. Or. the
other hand, y much poorer soil was appro-
Welding less, its capacity for production has
been increasing all the while And so it has
come about in the run of . few short years,
that che rugged rocky pastures on the West
ern slopes OF the Green and Adirondack noun.
tains have come to rival in prodUctiveness
the rich, sunny valleys of the Potomac and
Savannah.
am aware that it Is more difficult from
the want Of proper data to institute compar-
lsons between the prohtableness OF feeding
cattle tor beef or for milk, than there is in
finding the relative profits Of dairyirg and
raising the crops / have spoken Of There
are . great number Of recorded experiments
that show how many !pounds of pork can be
made from bushe! of corn, and there are 8
smaller number that show how much beef can
be produced from like amount OF feed.
| Few, ii any, however, ia this country have
| tried the experiment. OF taking two cows, one
dry and the other in full milk, feeding them
tor given number of days with the same
amount OF food, and Of the same kind, or OF
different kinds OF the same value, and deter
mining the worth Of the beef obtained from
the one and the value OF the butter and cheese
obtained from the milk Of the other The
impression seems to be that the value of the
beef will be greater than the value of the
milk and it's products.
| One such experiment was tried in England.
which showed that the TODD which would
make pound OF beet would produce three
and a third pounds Of cheese. A similar ex-
pertinent tried in France showed two and
fifth pounds OF cheese to be the equivalent
OF pound beef. The fact that eighty-three
| ont of every hundred calves in the dairy re-
gions of New York are killed az soon as the
milk of their dams is fit to be used as human
food, shows how general is the belief among
experienced DAN ymen that milk pays better
| when manufactured into cheese than it does
when converted into veal. In nhe opinion of
| most with whom have conversed, or whose
written statements l have read, it requires q
gallon of milk to make u pound ofveal, which
win rarely sell for more than about half as
much as pound of cheese, which is the equiv
alent of this amount of milk.
LIMITED AREA OF DAIRY TERRITORY.
1t seems very plain to me that if the time
has not already arrived, 1t Is very fast APP
preaching when it will be necessary TO use for
the purposes of the dairy all the territory
that is available. Considering the vast area
OF our country, the proportion of land that
is suitable or dairy purposes is circumscribed
by rather narrow cunds. Not reckoning our
newly. acquired territory in the distant North
west, Ethe states extend through nearly
twenty-five degrees of latitude. In only
about one-fifth of this extent, namely, be-
tween the fortieth and forty-fifth degrees, can
commercial dairying be proftably carried on.
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Atlantic to the Pacific and it is also true
that there is some mountain country south of
the line have spoken of that is available for
this purpose; but it must be borne in mind
that only a small part of this three hundred
and fifty mile strip is adapted for dairy pur-
poses.
! Four great lakes, and almost numberless
smaller ones lie within it. There are swamps,
mOrasses, low prairies, rugged mountains and
vast arid, sandy plains. Much of it is desti-
tute of springs and streams of living water
and some of it contains SO much moisture as
only to produce coarse, rank grasses, entirely
unfit for the food of dairy stock. Artificial
springs may sometime afford water for por-
lions that are now destitute of it and artifi-
cial drains may render dry much that is now
| too wet still, with these aids, the dairy
country will be very small as compared with
| those portions that are only adapted to gen
eral farming and to stock raising. West of
the Mississippi there is probably no state or
| territory that in our day, at least, will do
more than to supply her own people with
butter and cheese. Oregon will in time, no
| doubt, become a good dairy district; So too,
few favored ranches in California, small
number of parks in Colorado, and some of the
| irrigated portions OF Utah, will do something
towards supply ing rapidly increasing popu-
laton with the products of the dairy butt; is
| plain to my mind that these far western re-
gions instead of ever becoming rivals will al
ways be numbered among our best customers
| 1t requires combination of a greater num-
Der of fortuitouS circumstances, to enable one
to successfully carry on carrying than is need
ed for any other branch Of farm husbandry.--
The raiser of corn, cotton and wheat REQUIRES
but three things for success: good soil, suit
able temperature and sufficient moisture for
about one hundred days in each year In
deed, wheat, which has been designated as
1.-The plant of civilization," will produce
bountifully on a soil that is parched by
drouth for more than six out of the twelve
months in the year.
The dairyman, however, must be favored
by nature all the year in other things than
rain falls to enable him to prosecute his bust
ness. 1t is not enough for him that he is To-
Gated where he can raise cattle, else the Lila