Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-06-05


however, mistake incidental turns aud
| phases OF the movement as they happen to
| affect them personally for tho swcop of
the current. Dairymon in tho aOuthnast
crn counties, shoepmen in tho southwest
Cru counties, cheesomakerS in tho north
western counties, stock feeders aud grain
growers in tho interior counties, all
feel rs II tho pressure bOro upon
them with special force. Tho cOmpcti.
| tive movement is bold and aggros
| sivc, invading every fold of industrial
production where profit 10 attaiuablo
without reserve or Discrimination. Having
found market, its next step Is To find u
| productive field, and whenever it sees an
| opportunity, to fix itself Existing lines
| OF transportation furnish means by which
all Industries may plant themselves on
| new and distant soils. Our near by and
| local industries arc aoen and known in
their diStinctncss, but tho aggressive
spirit OF competition plants the creamery
the wheat field, tho corn ilGd, the power
| loom, the lumber camp, and the stock
| ranch on far horizons and tho cheaper
| products arc carried to consumers at ratos
which wo who live comparatively within
| sight oT the common market cannot get.
Tho dairymen Of my section, loss than
100 miles from Now York, pay moro
freight on consignment Of butter or
cheese than the producer of similar goo Ia
in Nebraska or Minnesota pays. Why has
tho production of fat sto,lI fallen
of SO largely in Lancaster county
in the last quarter Of century? Why
have farmers hore gono into tobacco?
Is this, too, pursuit that will hnvo 10
bo revised soon ?
| That this competitive movement is.
moreover. distinguished by it's popularity
aud strong tendency toward organization
and unity OF action is not without siguih
cameo. IL counts for something that IN any
| towns IN the interior have urgauized boards
OF trade for tho handling and dispOsing of
all sorts Of produce. Tho ago of the iudi
vidual grain grower, stock raiser, or dairy
man, OncS necessity, has had its day aud
business will hereafter bo conducted by
the combined strength Of organ zed
effort, and indiyidullism viii b. lost ia the
general current of corporate aud coopera
tive action, fact pretty cloarly felt by
coal and coke operatives, aS well as W
farmers in our state just now.
The central fact il that aIricultura
among us cannot DO given up II We are
driven out ono field of production we
must adjust ourselves to others. Tue
error of continuing old methods in the facD
Of competition which was unknown but
yesterday must be corrected and tho now
antagOnisms met by such rcadjustmnrts a.
arc needed. Obviously whatever defence
| such readjustmCnts will afford in the face
OF present issue is needed at once. tn
soilug system offers tho dairyman assis-
tancc. Ho must breed and rear his own
stock, and he must quit making and
selling skim cheese. With these adjust
mCnts nc can hold his ground.
AA ,1s st.F,t g e., II
in variety and on larger scSl0 Is 10
adjustment that promises well, The
Same may DO said OF lish culture, bao oul
ture aud tho growing of h)wers ant
nursery stock.
The increased cultivation of poultry i
worthy the attention of all farmers on ia,
Atlantic slope. IL is scarcely to our credit
that hundreds of thousands of dozens o
eggs arc imported every year, and it argues
badly for our intelligence that u poultry
dinner is so rarely enjoyed by tho poopl,
at large. You in this county boast that
your tobacco crop is worth 5000, 900. II
our county of Bucks tho poultry crop i
worth 81 00O, 900, but we do not say mucl
about il.
Nut bearing trees may be cultivated
prOttably on every farm in the state, SOM
one of them being adapted TO almost au.
given kind Of soil.
Tho breeding aud rearing Of thorough
bred live stock is a pursuit which present
favorable outlook for tho proSressv
farmer.
We are in tho transition period between
the old and the new systems which are o,
the ey0 OF Introduction. Careful stud
and improvement of mind and methods ar
topics which will enable tho thuughtfu
, farmer to readjG5s his business. Ia tn
new century, which is nav loss than six
l teen years distant, and which will iiud IL
q nation of 100, 900, 600 souls, competition
I will still press us, but it will bo Of differ
ent kind. Oar farmers institutes an
experiment stations must assist in GqIiI
ping us and adjusting our business TO tn
, new era of things about to be introduced
At tho close Of DR.. DiCkio's essay II
n. EoGle SAID he believed that there wa
money in the careful cultivation of ou
native nuts-the chestnut, shelbark an
0 others. He described new chestnu
. which grows on his farm at Marietta, th
Il fruit of which is as large as the SPANS
chestnut, is Of fine quality and very pro
ductive. He did not know the origin {
8 the nut, but supposed il to DO ssedlin
r of the Spanish variety.
Batter Manufacture.
Wills L. laEltlI chQ Ol west ClChLe
Il Pa, was next introduced and gave dC
J; scription OF the various modes OF butte
d making, especially recommending tho ne
system of separating tho cream from I'll
milk by the use of the new ceutIilug;
separat0rs now coming into general us
. among dairymen. IIo thought it amazin
J that farmers would be content TO max
). inferior butter, and sell it at ten cents pC
. pound, while their neighbOrs made 600
u butter and sold 1t as high as 80 cents or
per pound. Tho difference between thes
q extreme figures results from having goo
u cows, and the greatest cleanliness on Oh
ono hand and inferior animals and slower
u liuess on tho other. AS to Oleomargeriu
70 he did not believe it's manufacture cOul
be legally prevented, AZ It's Use could M
be shown to be deleteriOus, but he though
it might be taxed so az to prevent it froI
g seriously interfering with the mapulactuI
of pure butter. He saw no reason VIII
= Lancaster could not make as good butte
y as Chester county, as in coming here h
o saw pasture fields better than those
o Chester county, though perhaps the wat'
:. here, being impregnated with lime, is M
= as good as thai In Chester county.
d Dir. DiCki6 said thero,were 3S cIeamerit
J. in Back county and in every case wher
the centrifugal separator is used bette
results have been obtained than by an
Is other process. There Is one creamar