The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-02
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Tho Profits OF tho Observation-Disclosures for
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DairJmen. .
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Tho dairy farmer, as rule, is prosper
Gus, and has fewer drawbacks and better
results than the farmer who makes q
specially Of grain crops, or even general
stock raising. The reason Is that dairying
enables the farmer to sell his crops in the
shape of manufactured products, thereby
securing better prices than when the crops
are marketed in bulk. The majority Of
farmers, however, have not realized the
fact that they do not derive more than
one-half the milk from their COWS that
they should receive. There is a dispo-
sitiVn to be satisfied with whatever guam.
tity the COW may give, whether 1t be
great or small. While we have in this
country breeds Of cattle that-are superior
for milk production, and individual an
finals from such giving oyer forty quarts
Of milk daily, yet the average daily guam
tity derived at the diaries is less than ten
quarts. And yet with this small quantity
from each COW, dairying proves profitable,
and will continue TO do 30, but there is no
reason why tho profits should not be
greater.
Dairying does not pay simply because
the COWS give milk but because there are
several matters connected with dairying,
which, taken as q whole, renders the
business one that adds permanently to
the wealth OF the farmer and increases his
capital in manner not always observed.
The COWS increase the fertility Of the soil,
which produces large crops, and adds to
the number OF animals that can be sus.
tanned. In other words, dairying is sys.
TEN that tends to improvement and pre-.
vents impoverishment OF the soil. It
must be admitted, however, that in the
course OF time the elements OF fertility
will pass away in the milk and young
stock sold of the farm, but, fortunately,
the majority Of farmers are compelled to
purchase bran, shipstutf and other ma.
terials that supply the place Of food that
is not produced'at home, which compen-
safes for the loss Of that which is sent to
market. The reason why dairying is
profitable is because the farmer not only
keeps up the fertility Of his soil by the use
OF stock but also by the better prices oh.
tanned for his products as compared with
general farming, which gives him a sur
plus and enables him TO expend proper
ton annually for food to be brought on
the farm.
II dairying, however, is profitable with
the low average OF ten quarts Of milk daily
from each COW land the estimate is high,
1t cannot be denied that the profits could
be increased il better animals were used.
As long, however, as farmers persist in
tolerating the presence OF the scab bulls It
is plain that they must continue to depend
upon purchasing fresh COWS whenever the
mixers become dry. The practice OF pur-
chasing fresh cows will always retard
dairying, as no reliance can be placed on
the value Of such COWS until they have
been tested, which may show many OF
them 10 be worthless. Every farmer can
not breed cows toyield forty quarts OF milk
day, but every farmer can, by the use OF
thoroughbred bulls OF the Holstein or
Ayrshire breeds, 80 grade up his herd as
70 double the average yield and largely
increase the profits. A good COW re-
quhes no more room than an inferior one,
nor is the labor and care necessary in the
management greater. The expenses will
be but very little more, while the profit
will be much greater in proportion to the
capital invested. With the desire to i'm.
prove comes the inclination OF adopting
better systems OF management, which in.
cludes fewer fences, smaller areas for past
ure, and larger fields for cultivation, as
we'll as the careful saving Of the manure,
and the selection Of the choicest and best
animals every season. 1t may be suggest
ed. also, that even the management Of the
product (milk) will be 80 conducted as to
improve the quality Of the butter, thereby
adding to the profit by increased prices as
we'll as from the larger quantity resulting
from improvement Of the stock.