The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-03-08
rilE DAIRY BUSINESS.

THE DAIRY BUSINESS. +
Butter and Cheese making has
become one of the most profitable |
branches OF agriculture in our
Northern Sites, and dairying bids
air ere long to supersede the cul
tivation OF cereals in many sections
Of the Northwest, just as it has SUI
perseded grain growing IN many
portions of this State, Vermont,
Ohio and Michigan, and for the
same reason-because it pays bet
Ter, when properly undertaken and
judiciously managed. Indeed, the
dairy business in the Northwest
has already made very gratifying /
progress, and the more familiar the
dairymen become with Butter ana
Cheese making, the more profitable.
do they find it. They have, most
of them, learned from experience
that good articles always command
ready sale at remunerative prices,
where inferior products are un-
salable, unless at figures which
leave no profit This is illustrated
by an admirable address recently
delivered by the President of the
Northwestern Dairymen's Associa-
tion at Whitewater, Wisconsin, now
before us. s
They year just pastit was affirmed,
has been, in the main, favorable to
the dairy interests Of that section.
Feed for stock has been abundant,
the season favorable for making
and curing Butter and Cheese,
while the prices had left fair mar
| gin of profit to the producers. The
markets had been better in part
because Of good quality, and in
part because new markets had been
opened up. Sending Cheese to
New York and England from Wis
consin was successful to the dairy.
men Of the Northwest The Presi-
dent said that he had been In the
4
business twenty-five years IN Wis
consin. He had sold Cheese at five
cents q pound Since the factory
system had been inaugurated, thu
growth Of this interest had beer
very rapid Six years ago thirt..
factories were represented in TIN
Association, and there were few
others in the Northwest. Nov
there are probably 100 in Wiscon-
sin, 100 in Illinois, and 26 each i
Iowa and Minnesota, or $50 Ohees'
factories in the Northwest. It il
|probably 100 new ones viii b
lopened this year. The fear tina
the business viii be overdone b
pronounced unfounded. The sam
fears were expressed in New Yorl
forty years since. The demand ha
equaled the supply. The increas
of population has about equaled tn
increase of dairy products. Th
. dairy interest cannot be as rapid
increased as many other branche
ofagriculture. The number of hog
may be doubled in one year, {
!. sheep in two years. The area j
Grain can be extended inde6nitel,
. but it takes time to collect q goo
! herd of dairy cows The increase
production viii mainly be IN th
, West. The only dairy region wi
slowly, if at all, increase their pr
, ducts. Many farms in the We.
/ are not suited to dairying. Unles
, naturally or artifcially supple
, with good water, no farm is suite
) to this business. Many farmer
!, are not adapted to the busines
!: They lack the requisite educatio
/. and worth, they lack the needt
3 patience and perseverance-co
r slant care night and mornin
{ Three hundred and sixty.fve da;
= in the year are required Of dair
v men. The work it not so hard
/ grain raising, but much more 20
|. ining The business must be ma,
{ permanent one if it is to be gu
2 cessful. Expectations of a fortul
0 in a few years will always be disa
4 pointed. Large numbers are thin
8 ing of the cow rather than of &
Q plow, as in the past. The be
!. COWS must be selected, and the be
t of care given them. Milk for Z
t pail must come from the food
i the mouth of the COW. The bu
g ness must be stuck to, well undt
d stood and carried on with enerp
: It win give larger profits tn
. other branches of agriculture. T
: success of dairying in the Nort
b west must depend largely on t
Y Cheese and Butter makers. The
is must study their business and
2 to excel in the quality of goods th