Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-27
DAILY POST IsfgLLlGEECgR


a MoDEL DAIRY.
We reprint today an extract from the
Fan Jose H<rald to which we invite she
particular attention Of the a<rcuifu-
riats Of Puget Sound Basin. The anti
c,a referred to il entitled "A Dairy
Ranch" II Is brief, but very suggest
i've Time and again we have urged
oar farmers TO turn their attention 70
syssematio dairyinR. A great oesi "
ANA in this dirsotion, it 10 trus. N the
PUGET Sound region, bat . true oe0'nr
ming has hardly been made.
We mean BY this that mot q ffscslon
Of the land which can proftably be de-
Voted 70 cheese and butter making ma"
han utilized for that purpose we
NAV remark in passing that the most
rrosnarous and best contentsd people
.h.. "a have seem on farms in this re-
c;on ara those Who make these products
.n.;r snecialsiss. In Chshalis, Jefferson
md Lewis Counties, where our opportu-
,;.;ss for observation have been the
80 in this statement most fully bofne
ont We are fully justified in asserting
mon what we deem Trustworthy au-
thority that tbs same state OF anaifS
.x;... .mona the cheese and butter
makers in King, Pierce and Thurston
rountisa.. II is true that tho mop
Growers Of the basin have had sp'en-
did time Of it this year. and the gram
and fruit growers rejoice in good ana
profitable crops. These facts, however
do NOT initiate against our theory tna'
the dairyinQ business offers singularis
inviting field for tho investment OF cap
ital. backed by industry and inteii-
eenos. ..;.
r. v;,l be sesn that the California
dsiryman paid $4,000 for bis. tract OF
7sO acres. OF about go Per acre. No
moh amount would have TO be paid Tor
. similar tract in Western Washington.
And here there would DO no irrigating
bitches necessary. Once seeded in
timothy or orchard grass, and eisne'
white or red clover, and suodivioeo
;rto p,sture lots, the meadows would be
practically perennial and exhaustiesS'
We have already. and that quite re-
Gently, produced in these columns II
REPUTABLE and cumulative evidence on
tbis point. Still further BY way OF com
psrison We call attention to the fact that
the California dairy reports 42.OOO bs OF
butter as years yield from no cows
liz lbs per day. the year round. or
40 ms per COW. A short time ago We
referred to Chehalis dairy OF Is cows
kept in a pasture lot Of 100 acres. These
6S COWS yield over 1900 lbs OF butter
during the milking season OF SIX
months. II there were 800 COWS in that
dairy instead Of IS, and the yield was
equally good from each COW, the pro
duct would bs nearly II not quite
5000 Ms for six months, instead OF
1900 Ibs for year; quite difference
a. will doubtless suggest itself W any
one familiar with the first rules OF
arithmetic.
We consider it unnecessary for our
present purposes TO prolong these CON-
parativs statements. There are thon
sands OF acres OF our pasture lands IN
King, Pierce, Thurston and other coun-
ties, which can, by Intelligent cultiva-
ton, be transformed into productive
meadows. We alluded 4 few weeks ago
10 the intention of a gentleman IN
Pierce County 70 convert some four
hundred acres Of prairie lands In that
county into permanent meadows. We
hope soon 70 be able to chronicle the
fact that he has sown his seed, and shall
await tho result Of his experiment With
moro than ordinary interest. We hope
that many others will go and do like
ViaA.