The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-02-05
Agricultural.

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Iwill eel either Csc II these cows
fos twenty fvs 5ollars. says a. olt
lsrnsg IL BE ssirAbor, ss ws 81 BY The
aore Ire a grocery. wAste ! had ecea.
sioa TO call he days ago.
I AID vkat 90 ysa ash 10 the etAsI
sns' AsAs The other parry
dent care 20 sell her At 81, replies
the farmer; bst Il ysu usnt her ] should
have 10 Ask you AbOat thirty I've io'
her AID thea follows = descriptions
Of the heat eou and Der qualities. vAieA
wosid make Der actually SeraA more
Than dores Of ihe sshets
Az Il saw neither Of the animals ]
could 20. judge Of ,hs corsc'Aess Of
The description. but II they we're cor
rsolly described sAs cheaper esss we're
deer At twensy-svs dollars, especially
II wanted fvr any purposa bus 70 COZ.
vert ints best. "a lacy would scarcely
give ssosgh milk 70 pay their keep
Jog .eves At the low price Of hay and
grass IN Northern New Hampshire
The beet COW, ou The contrary, would
pay her keeping aud make butter
enough besides 10 pay good interest 90
40 invsstasn, u Eve hundrsI dsllsrs,
il the s~nsrs description was W be be-.
liessd
They sent away 10 nuisb she trade.
while vebt about my work wondering
Why f.rners did noI look st such things
IL business light. as 10 men IN other
badness You nossr sus ; banker part
ing with stock ~bish pays bin = hua-
dred per cent. annually on bis invest
ment without obtaining a good price
for it, while that which pays 40 proat
will soes be cheap IN the market Ie,
farmer can only sec ten orliftesn dol
lars difference between two animals,
one Of which vii; barely pay for feed
ing, and one which will pay tea OF Ar
teen dollars a month over. the coat Of
keeping.
As a result, the Doctor sAa the
Square are apt 10 own the extra good
cows. or some mechanic who keeps but
one or two. and is willing 10 pay q good
price Tor such as suits him, and the far
mer keeps an Improbable animal, and
then declares that ne cant make ii pay
to keep cows. anyway, with everything
selling 40 low.
0fCourse there are exceptions. Some
farmers are fond Of having good cows.
and are not easily persuaded to part
with the best specimens Of their herd,
but usually they ask too much for a
poor beas. which pays bat little more
than cost OF keeping and too little for
those which really pay profit
Now, brother farmers, just stop and
figure it up, some Of these long even
ings. or get your children to figure it
up for you. II will be good practice
for them and teach them q good lesson
in the profit and loss OF farming. How
much milk does your poorest COW aver
age to give in . ysasf Take an aver
age for each month that she will be In
milk. and you viii get very near the
years product, aud soc what it will be
worth 81 Two. three or four cents per
quart. From tnis take the cost OF keep
isg aud fair price for the labor Of tax
ing care OF her. and see how much she
pays as actual profit Then follow the
same plan With one or two of Jour beat
animals. and compare, the tive accounts,
remembering oil the tims that the diff
erence In the two balAsces Of profits
represents merely the iBtsrest upon tho
difference in value of the two animals
selected. or course, seme allowance
must be made for the fact that your
invss,msAt will be only for q short
term efysars before the animal will be
only ct 10 tara iHto beef, aad that il
will be subiset to all the risks Of ac-
cidents and dissAssi bat suoh com.
parisOn will enable yos to estimate the
relative value oil good animal and q
poor one aud you nsy lesra that you
have some which are really not worth
their keeping. aud thus you will be able
to stop one Of those leaks. heretofore
unaccountabls to you. which make the
business u farming Of so little profit.
Try 10.
A cold stable. sometimes NO stable.
aud exooRufe to ME- cold ia getting