The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-12-11
Farul and Jiresioe.
Tho Winter Dairy.

profitable season. The demand foI
lumber, ties. slaves. posts, and the hun
dred products of the forest, is as con.
slant As for pork or wheat, and they an
often produced at even . greater prof
than these standard products of thu
farm. But in Kansas and the E-PraiAt
States generally the timbered region is 6
limited area, and the advantages pos
sessed by the East in this respect are
more or less wanting. This is q matter
that impresses the Inauguration Of the
immigrant often powerfully. In the
eastern States l have often heard II
urged against immigration to Kansas
that from lack of winter employment the
farmers consumed during the winter
months all that was grown during the
summer. That such is often the case
cannot be denied. That it need be thus
may be safely disputed.
Under the subject named at the head
of this article. I propose to offer some
suggestions regarding much neglected
branch of farm work, and one which
promises to do much towards furnishing
the farmers of our State with continu-
Gus round of profitable employment
during the entire season. From my
first acquaintance with this State hsve
felt satisfied that winter dairy, under
proper conditions. may he made much
more profitable than the ordinary sum-
mer arrangement. say under the prop
er conditions, and by that phrase mean
comfortable quarters for the cows, abun-
dant and nutritious feed, and a dairy
cellar well protected from extreme
weather.
I question whether there is country
in the world that can compare with
Kansas in the abundance and cheapness
of cattle foods. At the present time an
excellent article OF hay is sold in
this city for $500 Per ton, and in the
country it may he lad in abundance al
nearly hal? thet price: Cora, the finest
grown, is slor sale at twenty and TWEEN
ty-five cents, while cosrse grains and
folders generally bring prices in proper
ton. Batter on the other hand, Is In
constant demand, and at price eonsld'
ering the quality that would be consid-
cred good even in the eastern States.
Butter in this market, brings readily
twenty cents, and the lowest price that
have paid during the season is twenty
cents and often for very inferior article
at that. During the winter season
barely decent article of butter finds
Quick sales in the stores a. twenty and
thirty cents per pound. 1t seems to me
that these figures are suggestive OF prof
liable employment for all and at ali
times.
For a year or more have been in the
habit of comparing the prices OF farm
products here in central kansas with
those reported in the local papers in CEN
trail Michigan. I find that butter there
averages not more than four cents higher
than in this city. Hay, again in this
Mace has varied from $3.50 70 S. 90 per !
ton during the rat year, and in Mich |
gan during the same period from $40 t"
BIG per ton. OF course there is a differ I
ence in quality in favor of the Michigan
product, but nothing like the difference
in these figures. We may,
think, in this way compare the prices
IF all the common cattle foods, corn,
rats, bran, etc, with those prevailing IN
The eastern States, and with like favor
able showing for our dairymen and cattle
feeders. urge these facts to show that
our agriculture has its advantages, and
that in the distribution of the good things
Kansas was neither ''left out" nor forgot |
ten.
The cultivation Of beets and especially
deserves much more at
tention from our dairymen an! stock
growers. OF all the marvellous products
IF these fertile .praries, nothing has
nstonished me 10 much as their root
crops. think I speak adyisedly when
| say that to him who makes dairying
his winter work no crop can be more
pro6tably grown in Kansas than mapgel-
wurzels. For two years past We have
rrown few acres upon the college farm,
and although the season of 1874 was 50
disastrous, We succeeded IN
two hundred and eighty-sev-
en- bushels per acre at cost OF less than
ten cents per bushel. A large portion OF
these were sold ut twenty-five cents per
bu.hel. The more favorable season OF
1878 has given US greatly increased
yield, with the cost proportionateiy
Next winter, when our
COWS begin to need a relaxing food, We
shall, feed our vurzels, and from this
feed shall get milk and butter hardly |
inferior in quality and quantity to that
furnished by June pastures.-Pref. Sie'- |
ton, IN Kansas Fnmer.
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The Junction City Union made gal
liant fight for the herd law in Davis