West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-01-16
WINTER WITHDRAWING.
ITS Drawbacks and Disadvantage Ration
ally Considered.

,On'lanuy-grOwlng demand for table
injuries. There are now in every large
Gown many persons who will pay the
price demanded for fruits raised under
glass, and for vegetables produced out
OF season by means Cf artificial heat.
Science has brought out methods Of pre-
serving fruits in their fresh state d we'll
rs vegetables of various kinds. The
persons who have discarded dried fruits
who have CucumsarS i'm March and
green peas and new I-ctatoes In April,
desire ncwly-madc butter all the wear
round. They are no longer satisfied
with that which is made i'm May and
June and kept till the winter months.
They dcsrean article equal in all respects
to June but,cr. but they want il made
within a week OF the time IL is to be
served on their tables. The demand
for butter made i'm winter had appeared
since the late civil war. Several per-
sons who have engaged in supplying
customers with 1t have been very sue
ceSsful. Winter butter-makinU. il iu-
die ously conducted. may be made very
profitable 1t must be oil excellent auai-
ity and made with the expectation OF
getting a large price for IT, Persons Of
purchasers of first class winter-made
butter They will be Obliged 10 content
themsclycs with that which is made
while the COWS run i'm the pasture. and
which is preserved in the ordinary meth
DDS. Persons who engage in winter
buttcr-making should strive TO make an
article that viii be sought by epcures
and those who have the means TO pur-
chase costly luXurcs for the table.
Unless they have the facilities and skill
% make an article in all respects super
Tor, they will find it TO their advantage
% conduct their dairy operations in the
summer months.
As only persons of considerable
means will be purchasers OF butter
made IN the winter, so only wealthy
farmers can engage i'm making it. A
farmer who has only scrub cows. rail
pens FOR protecting them, wild hay for
feed, and poor cellar for storing milk
can not expect to succeed i'm the bust
ness OF making butter in the winter.
Winter dairying is a branch Of HIGH
farming. II can only bee conducted by
persons of considerable means. The
best COWS are required, and knowledge
and skill are essential. The COWS need
better protection than is usually afford
ed these animals on most farms They
require roomy, convenient, warm and
well-vcntIlatcd stables. These build
inc must be kept scrupulously clean.
The cNcremcntS of the animals must be
removed rs soon "a they are vo ded. III
manure is allowed to accumulate il VIII
TIL the building with bad odors that VIII
be absorbed by the milk and conveyed
to the butter that is made from il. The
llnnr- X-Itrl h.. a..
covered with absorbcnts The droD
pings should be hauled to the fields
where they viii be needed rs fertilizers.
every morning. Dis.ufcctants should
be freely employed. The doors and
windows OF the barns should be left
open when the COWS are taking exercise
IN the yard. The COWS should be card
ed and brushed twice each day. Every
thing that COnduce5 to their comfort
should be studied and carefully attended
TO. They will require not only GOOD
food, but variety. They should have
IN addition to excellent hay, meal.
roots, oIl-cJkc, or lnseed-meal. Silaoe
has proved of great value as a food for
dairy COWS during the winter. The
supply OF water should be ample and
the quality the best. IL is desirable to
have facilities for bringing water into
the stables, SO that the COWS can drink
during very cold and stormy day, with
out being compelled to- 20 out of doors.
1t VIII be readily seen that there are
many drawbacks to winter da'ryinr If.
however has many advantages. Choice
butter made in winter viii bring from
fifty to one hundred per cent. more
Than that made IN summer. With suit
aOie iaeiIltc' the cost OF production is
not Increased in propOrlionate ratio.
III Is as easy to have the COWS i'm mix
during the latter part of the fall as six
months later i'm the season. Ii is en- ,,cr
TO procure mixers for large number
OF COWS i'm the winter than i'm the sum
mer. Many persons vino live on farms
have very little TO do during the winter.
They viii ordinarily be glad To take
contracts to milk certain number of
cows every night and morning. A per-
son VINO GcvOtes his farm for the urr.-
pose oil producing milk for making but
Ter during the winter, can employ MAIDS
.hc entire year TO excellent ADVANTAGE.
In the summer they viii be ENGAGED in
producing and storing food for Che
COWS To- eat during the colder season of
the year, while i'm winter thcv will bc
employed in feeding it out. i'm milking
and In taking care of the milk. Expc-
Renee has shown that calves dropped i'm
October arc raised as easily and made
as good animals as those dropped i'm the
spring OF course. 10 j, necessary to
raise them "by hand, but this method
oil raising calves is now generally pyac-
ucrd 10y farmers who manufacture the
milk o COWS during the warm months
of the year Caiyc dropped in the fan
viii make 20 fine growth during the
next summer, and will be- of very little
trouble To- their owners If a farmer
who is engaged i'm winter dairying does
not desire TO raise calves he can disposo
pt bis skinned milk to- good ADVANTAGE
by feeding it to pig- II he makes ,h.s
d-po-.l on OF 10 hc should keep hi, pfos
ut % considerable distance from ms COW
stable so rs to prevent the passage Of
Dad odDrs. lhiceyO Times.
Brain Weight Fallacies.