The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-02-24
BY PROF. RopNnY wrLcR.

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1he year that has just pnsaed han beea YER
| lily one Of good cheer to AMerieaM dAirym3u
and it 10 not too much to say thst there has
been no branch OF productive industry, GER
tainly no depsrs nent Of agricultural indus
| try. that can compare with dairyiNx in the
| liberality of its profits. Providence has kept
| from us that terrible scourge which has des-
troyed 80 many of the dairy cattle of the
! world. and We have been enabled to enjoy
| The benefits chat have resulted from the mis-
fortune of others Our herds have fed upon
green pastures beside the still ~aters -
and though lowering Skies frequent rains,
and early grosts have destroyed the hopes OF
| so many farmers, we have experienced the
singular good fortune, so unusual in most
things. OF having abundant products, and at
the saLae time, excellent prices. SELDOM
have she ears of golden corr been so few;
never have the rolls OF golden butter been SO
plenty Not for long years has the price Of
wheat ruled 80 low seldom has the price Of
cheese, as compared with other products,
| been better.
Never, perhaps, in the history of the world
has amy business advanced in Importance as
raridiy IS has dairying In this country. The
cooperative factory systens has accomplished
Tor cheese making what the cotton gin did for
cotton raising the horse harvester for grain
raising the power loom for weaving cloth,
| or the locomotive for transperiati The
dairy products Of this country for the year
1880, were valued at CSC, 700, 900 Of our present
currency. Commissioned Wells estimates
| that thr sales of butter and cheese for the yeer
| 1859, Will amount TO &40O, 000, 00O-an increase
OF 800 per cent. in nine years The value of
the wheat is estimsted vt D375. 900 OOO.; hay,
$3.50, 600, 600; corn, $3.50 900 900; cotton. S303-
1904 900. If cotton is King, what title shall be
bestowed upon the milk-Inaid?
! deem it fitting time for rejoicing by all
WHO are interested IN dairying, that this bust
luess, which las never ben fosteted by gov
ernment. as many other things have, has thus
come to occupy so conspicuous place among
| tn" great interests OF the nation. A few years
ago the manulSctuFe OF butter ana cheese was
conducted, apart from furnishing the family
with these necessary articles almost solely
with the view OF providing the house wife
with little pin money to-day there Gre few
b7snches OF industry that engage the atten-
ton OF men OF greater culture, enterprise or
business capacity, Nor dairymen the on
| ly persons who shonld rejoice at this prosper
| lily OF business that so recentlywas classed
among the minor pursuits. The breeding
and management. OF milch cows, and the con.
version OF their milk into butter and cheese,
exercise most important beneficial influence
on The prosperity or any people. heard the
| remark attributed TO De Bow of South Car
DINA, one of the ablest statsticians this coun-
! cry ever had, that the small number Of mich
cows IN the south, would interfere very great
ly with the Southern States obtaining their
independence, since COWS had always proved
themselves of great value to nation that was
carrying on protracted war. 1t showed wis
dom in some of the early Spanish conquerors
of America, that they look cows with them to
supply their little armies with milk. High
land cows nourshed the Covenanters when
their fields were laid waste goats milk ted
the brave Swiss when they were obliged to re.
treat to their mountain Businesses and in the
terrible siege Of Leyden, where thousands
died from STANDARDIZATION women eat the
cherished pets of the household, and men de.
voured the vermin of the gutters-they spared
the cows since they were able to produce
milk from substances that could not be used
as human food.
There is no vandalism in dairy husbandry
as there is in some branches of farming, that
cuts down forests and exhausts the soil by re-
peated groupings OF grain, 1t does not imply
moving west, when yon have destroyed the
fertility of one piece Of land. Dairy farming
means thrift, Improvement ofcattle, the high
cultivation of the soil, and permanent home.
Dairy farming opens new fountains of living
water, bores arteslan wells, and drains the
stagnant, pestilental pools. Dairy farming
encourages the showing Of kindness 10 ami
mails, fosters the study of chemistry and the
other useful sciences, encourages the social
element in society, aud offers inducements for
studying the laws OF commerce and trade.
Cleanliness, nicely and care have a money
value to the deiryman, whether they do to
persons engaged in other branches ofhusband-
ry or not. The penalty for allowing foul
weeds to rpring up; for permitting the sup
plies of water for he cattle to become polluted
or tor exposing his cattle to the iuclemency
OF the wealth, r, are so surely and SO speedily
inflicted on the dairy farmer, as to make him
yigllant both IN season and out of season.
lest any OF these things occur.
| think no man will cOntrOvert the state
ment, that.tbe portions of our country that
have been devoted to dairy husbandry have
advanced in prosperity more rapidly and TO =
much greater extent than hose parts that
have been employed for any other agricultu-
raj purpose. Fertile as was our virgin soil,
and short as has been our history we have
lived TO see the latest fields Of old colonial
times rendered almost unproductive Of the
crops that once grew on hem so luxuriantIY
The lie OF one generation has generally
proved long enough to destroy the fertility Of
land that was planted to cotton while a sim
gle decade has oftfn been OF sufficient length
10 render it incapable of producing paying
crop OF wheat. The tobacco raiser has
wrought his ruin quicker and more ettectuallY
than has the cotton grower or the wheat raj
ser. The effect of this lmpOYerIshment of
land may be seen all over the Atlantic slope
over half the Mississippi Valley, and recent
as has been the introduction OF wheat grow
ing into California, the people there are alrea-
dy talking of worn out lands.
Now let US see how differently dairy farming
has affected the permanent prosperity of the
regions where the cheese press, and not The
cotton press or the tobacco press has been
erected Let us contrast the results produced
oy GHC opdICClAuS VI the cuUFD UASHSF, Win
those brought about by the Gathering OF the
machine. No sudden Increase of
wealth has rewarded the Iabors of the dairy
man. His gains, though sure, HAYS ordInari-
ly been slow Owing 10 the somewhat per
lShable nature of his products the entsfprl-
sing gamblers of our boards OF trades cannot
8 gel corner" on them so readily IS they
can on the grain which the farmer produces.
Accordingly the dairyman seldom becomes
rich by speculative rise in the price of the
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