Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-07-23
What Farmers Should Manufac-
ture.

in the production of anything exccp
food. That is their legitimate business
end II intelIigently conducted 1t will II
the long run, pay q reasonable per cent
for any investment they make In 1t. d
the moIe important industries. to say
nothing Of wool growing, the manufac'
ture of butter and cheese can be made to
pay much better than the raising Of grain
which costs 80 large per cent. OF the
cost of the production to get 1t to laarket
The American Agriculturist puts the rel.
ative profits Of raising corn for market
and in keeping cows for cheese 10 strong
contrast. ~ follows:
A well-ied cow will yield over $50
worth OF cheese IN season OF six months,
while thousands of acres OF the best MA.
tive grass lands in the West are ploughed
No yearly to make fields Tor the everlast-
ing corn. Fifty dollars worth Of chit esq
eau DC eehs to an Eastern market tor 81
In freight, but $50 worth of grain will
cost $50 to freight, leaving in one case
$4S. and IN the other but ea0 tor the TAR
mer's profit.
The average price Of butter the yea,
round 1t the home market Of each farm /.
"t least twenty-five cents per pound :.
while that Of cheese is at least fifteen
cents per pound. 1t may be said tina.
farmers have not the capital with viii h
to begin enterprises or this kind. 1.
many cases It may be true; nevertheless. ,
what was true ut one time Is not true
now, to different condition OF things.
The organizing Ct the farmers into oranges
will enable them to do. in . cooperative
way. what has heretofore been.a difficult
matter to accomplish. By contributing
limited amount of cash capital to erect
buildings, and to hire an experienced
overseer who understands either the max
ing Of butter or cheese, farmers would a.
the end Of the ycsr find that they had
realized more then By grain raising
Taking all things into consideration we
DO not believe that there il better State
10 the Union for the production OF butt er
and cheese than Missouri. II butter and
cheese can be produced where land l.
worth from 800 to $500 per acre and the
profits are sufficient to pay the transpor.
tation on the same five hundred to thou
sand miles, can it be donbted that the
same butter and cheese could be produced
on our cheaper lands. with little or no
transportation, aud be made to pay and
pay we'll? ra
An important feature j connection
with the dairy business 4 that OF being
able to realize cash from the sale OF dairy
products 1t any time OF the year one
chooses to sill. In this respect our pres
ent system Of grain farming IL defective
The paying al 10 per cent. for the use Of
money while the crops are maturing,
y and greater per cent. BY buying on
credit instead Of paying each, thus &C.
curing great reduction IN price, will
keep the farmers OF the West 10 . con-
tinued state Of anxiety % to how they
will be able TO meet current expenses and
future obligations. II farmers will but
diversity their system Of farming, and|
vary and increase the number OF their
farm products, We have every reason toI
believe that new era will be inaugaratedI
sud that farming conducted in busicessl
way will be found to psy.-(Rural World.