Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-11-06
TOOUR FARMERs.


the attention of our farmers to the CO.
operative system of dairying in some Of
the Northern States aud we now sab
nit some facts in Illustration of the sub.
ject which We think are worthy of the
attention of OR agricultural cvmmuni.
ty:-
Some twenty years ago the wheat
hy had become so great a pest to the
wheat growers of New York that for
years in succession their crops becams
failures, and they We're obliged TO cease
for the time being, the attempt at its
cultivation. The substitution of the
products of the dairy was largely re-
sorted to, and, as necessity is very lust
ly considered the mother of invention,
it was not long before the inventive gc.
MUS Of the Eastern people devised
plan by which the CO operative system
now i'll vogue became successful, and is
increasing rapidly in all the States
North, Eas; and West, and the immens,
exports at this day is the surest evidences
OF its proitableness and its excellence;
one of the proofs of which is to be found
in the fact that in England, so famous
for It's dairy products, we have been en-
abled TO compete most successfully with
:heir home duties, and in some qualities
have driven them To the necessity OF
adopting our system of manufacture Ia
hold their own in the markets of that
kingdom.
1t was feared by some, at first, that
the vast increase in the product of our
cheese aud butter daries would over
stock the market, and the article would
become drug in the hands OF tho
diirymen; but SO far from this proving
to Le the case, it is found that Increase
in the demand and consumption at
home has more than kept pace with
the production, and that the. cxporta-
tions abroad, which can be- most readily
determined from the statistics of tho
government, is annually on the increase
10 an enormous extent, so that il is now.
we believe, the thild in value ot nj, onr
other exports, cotton aud its manufa,-
lures, and breadstuils being in advance
of il.
TO present full view at a glance of
the great increase in the products ot
the dairy during the twenty-three past
years, an annexed summary is given,
complied from reliable sources:
Butter, lbs. Cheese, lbs.
1880. Sl3,S45,306. lO5,535,s 1873.
1860. 459,6sl,372 IO3, ,66s .027.
1870. 5l4,092,6S 53,40z, ,Ias.
1873. 65J,00o,1)0 20oOoJ,O1).
The exports for 1878 under The bead
of provisions Gncluding meats, dairy
produces, fish, lard and yegetablesj,
amounted TO within a fraction of $780,
$4,000; wheat and wheat -four SIUl..
36l, ,577; other breadstnifs s22, ,527 ,976;
tobacco and its manufactures S34,2I2,-
400; cotton and its manufactures 1922.
SIS, 994. The aggregate exports of
1878, excepting gold and silver, amount
ed to S605,037, 1872. To show the
profits of dairying, where the business
is followed Systematically, we give the
following statement, furnished for pub.
lcation by the Secretary Of tho North
western Dairyrnen's Association, of the
results Of 1878, by which il will be seen
that the receipts for each COW averaged
the value of the animal:
/. Boies & Son, Marengo, III, claim
to have received more than slO0 per
COW each year tor three years past.
They are now milking 1874 cows; feed
very high; have the COWS calve Ia fall.
The average price for butter last year
was 81 cents. The sour milk is fed To
hogs, from which considerable portion
Of the profit is received, one half Of tho
pork being credited to milk.
w. q. White, Kcnosha, Wis, makes
cheese during all the time his cows
give milk. His receipts per COW hav,
not fallen below so per year, for :.
number Of years 'gs
f. III. Seward, Marengo, ILL.,. sells his
milk to Boies' butter factory at an av-
erage of one cent pound. He receives
most of the sour milk back aud feed,
10 calves and hogs; credits the milk
with one-third Of the pork made. I II,
sells his calves at higher prices than
usual. lie feeds very high has his
cows calve in fall. La 1871 hs receiv.
ed S2,425 from 35 cows-ayerage S6y.-
80; in 1872 $3.50 from 80 cows--ay-
erage S72,25; in 1878 $3,2)5 from ~
cows--average 1912. IL 1873 the
average receipts for milk alone were
about S66 50 per COW.
Mr.. Boies report o. s. Tanner, VI
Marengo, an average of tS2,i4 per
COW.
Caleb Rich, Marengo, with IA COWS
reports receipts in II months Of ST..
355, ,40-average s96,6l Eyclnding
calves and pork, he received sI.2O54j
net, for butter aud chees-ayerage ESQ
/ 10.
John McLain, Woodstock, sending
milk TO Chicago received, net averags
Of about $50 per COW for 1873.
Benjaman Cox, Elyin, III, reports
S2,O322J receipts for milk and sI45.
96 tor calves from average Of Is cows
total average per COW, S7775
j. j. Mclean, Elgin, Ill, selling
milk to factory from Is cows. the whole
number, received average Of SGi,9ufor
milk and calves 8
Burchard & Mazzy. Yellowhcad. III,
report sales of 1866 81 ponnds Of but
ter for Sa,566, ,53-from 81 cows--ay-
erages SSO2I.