Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-11-22
Western Dairying.

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that the West cannot compete with
them in the production Of butter and
cheese, for the reason that we are too
far from market. This they contend
makes two insurmountable obstacles to
our competing in the same market-to-
wit: heavy fret ght bills over long trans
portation lines, and the impossibility Of
having our dairy products 60 into mar
ket as fresh and in as good order as
those of the East. Is this so? The av-
erage price of pasture land in Iowa is
$50 per acre. That of Northern Ohio or
New York is $50 per acre The rent or
interest of the money in our case is 81
per acre, in the East IS per acre. East
or West it will take three acres in pas
ture and grain or roots to keep a COW
twelve months. This will give the cost
in the West at Sc and in the East $19
for the rent or interest of the land for
keeping COW per year The freight on
the product of COW of either butter or
cheese for year to New York is not
over IS, when it will cost nearly that
for their short transportation. This,
then, settles the question in favor OF the
West. Then we raise the refrain, Come
out West with your cows
But not in as good condition. But
ter can be packed in just as neat pack
ages in Iowa as New York. Put into
refrigerator cars in Central Iowa, in
two days it will be in New York, as
sweet, clean and pure as any of the gilt
edged in New York or Rhode Island.
In every point of view we have the ad-
vantage. Our soil is as prolific of all
the sweet grasses and as abundant in
the purest water No country can ex-
eel us in the purity of our atmosphere.
No local, contagious or malarial diseases
afflict our cows. Everything bids us en-
ter into this industrial branch of agri-
culture, with every prospect of success.
But it must be done right. No cheaply
constructed machinery or filthy quar-
tiers, food or drink for cows must be toll
Grated. The full importance Of sweet
ness and cleanliness in everything must
be fully appreciated. Outwardly and in
wardly everything must be of the choic-
est kind.
But there should be a greater effort
made to supply the home market with a
better article than is now offered to the
public. Notwithstanding we have some
of the best cheese factories in Iowa,
nearly all our retail groceries are selling
Eastern skim cheese 1t is third-class
article, but sold at top prices. But few
of our citizens know what good cheese
is, and show their ignorance by contend
ing that skim cheese is as good as the
best whole milk cheese. Ninc-tenths of
the cheese which comes from the East
is skim cheese, and as a consequence
there is not an increasing demand for
that kind of diet If all our people
could have for three months such cheese
as is made in Jones, Delaware or Cerro
Gordo counties, or the Pleasant Valley
factory in Grundy county, there would
no longer be a sale for the hard and
tasteless skim cheeses which are now
crowded upon us from the East. A
good article can seldom be had in our
groceries. A large proportion of the
poor article is crowded West. 1t cannot
be sent abroad. They will not eat it,
where their appetites have been educat-
ed to good article, and consequently it
must be sent West where they do not
know any better Our best Iowa cheese
finds ready market in New York to
ship to Europe, while poorer article is
shipped here to supply its place. Is it
not about time this should cease?-
State Register.
SHORT ITEMs.-It is worth while for
farmers every where to remember that
thorough culture is better than three
mortgages on the farm
That an offensive war against the
weeds is five times better than defens-
i've one.
That good fences always pay better
than a lawsuit with neighbors.
That hay is deal cheaper made in
summer than purchased in winter.
That more stock perish from fam
inc than founder.
That horse who lays his ears back,
and looks lightning when any one APP
proaches, is vicious.
That scrimping the feed Of fattening
hogs is waste OF grain.
That educating children properly is
money lent at ten per cent.
That one evening spent at home in
study is more profitable than ten spent
in leunging about saloons and towns.
That cows should be MIXED regular
and clean.
That Jersey milk is cheaper at ten
cents per quart for family use, than
that obtained from the iron-tail COW at