The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-02-10
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Tread before the Farmers Institute
at Millville by A. p. Young, of Mill
Vile
Close by stands creamery that by
actual test is working for an answer
to the question above. What that an
swer may be will depend upon several
conditions. That it may be an affirm
alive one, is important TO all especially
to the proprietor and the farmer, who
are taking initiatory lessons in dairy
ing. With soil most Of wi ich is
naturally thin and not specially adapt
ed to grass, the problem is more diff
cult than where natural advantages are
more abundantly distributed. 1t we
look closely however we will find ad-
vantages and disadvantages tolerably
evenly scattered about in every section.
If our soil is not as deep and rich as
The prairies of the west we must make
up for that deficiency as far as possible
by utilizing the superiorities here pre-
sented, chief Of these and the
greatest desideratum of all, is good
| market, near by.
Since grain products have fallen of
in value so much, owing to the sharp
competition of distant, fresh and fertile
territory, and the unjust discrimination
Of transportation companies, enabling
those distant fields TO reach market al
most or quite as cheaply as we can,
we must turn our attention to some
thing else. Something that cannot be
held for months, or perhaps q
year, and transported with lit
tie care as to its exposure to varying
conditions of atmosphere, and stencil
of gas, and oil tanks, fertilizer mater
ials, fertilizer works and warehouses
and all the high smelling odors incident
to railroad transportation through
dense population. Admit that under
these conditions, they can beat us In
producing wheat and corn, can't we
under the disadvantages with which
the must contend beat them in butter
think we car il we set to work in
right good earnest and begin at the
right place. With the stock to improve
the quality. With the food TO increase
he quantity. Cows will give as much
milk in Columbia county if properly
fed and cared for as they will on soils
naturally more fertile. Careful atten
tion to the herd will insure cows of az
high quality here as anywhere on earth
| If the foundation stock be right.
| The keeping of animals affords &
ready means Of adding fertility, and i
the growth or product of the anima
will pay for feed and care, it il
beretore an economical means of in
creasing the ability of the land to pro
duce. To begin with, the proper stool
for the purpose must be had. If W,
were expecting to produce cattle t.
market for beef we should have tn
animal best adapted to that end.
we are to sell milk fresh from the GOV
we would look for an animal producln,
a LARGE quantity, and perhaps hav
little concern as to quality. But if W
want an animal to produce larg
amount of cream to sell to the creamer
or to make gilt edge butter for hom
consumption or special customers v
: must select accordingly. To manag
stock successfully requires the obsery
ance of several conditions. They mus
be made comfortable, must be conten,
, ed with their surroundings, must
kindly treated on all occasions. !
COW that expects to feel the weight {
heavy boot or of cudgel every tim
an attendant comes within reach wi
not get into humor to do her be.
while this condition of things last.
she involuntarily starts for the farthe.
/, corner of the yard whenever she sees
!, man coming the feeling between ma
and animal is far from satisfactor,
and the COW will fail to render a ia
account in the milk pail. Cows mn,
nave abundance Of food, and that {
!, the right kind, supplied at the propt
time. wish to emphasize the props
time idea. A COW may have all tn
|, . feed necessary but fail to make propt
I" use of it from having it administere
80 irregulsrly that her system is III
able to properly appropriate it. Stuffe
to repletion at one time, suffering frol
hunger at another, never perfectly col
D tented. Winter dairy ing / think offel
2 many points of advantage over Sun
b mer dairying for our section. A
stated in the outset of this paper oul
1 is not soil naturally adapted to grs
e ing, but will yield fair crops if properl
e tertilized and farmed. The old pla
J, of seeing on how little cows may
e taken through the winter, must |
D abandoned if we are to go into dairyin
' at that season and in its place we wi
: do well to substitute the problem {
{ trying to find oat how much food the
] may be made to profitably consume.
b Our work in that direction ill yiel
I large amounts of manure with con
= paratively small amount of valuab
constituents carried away; much LEI
han is taken off where grain is raise
and sold or where stock raising is mac
the means of producing livelihoo
q All profit in feeding animals eth
! y for growth or product, comes from 6
amonu. of food supplied in excess
j hat needed to maintain the anima
= life, and supply the waste Of the syster
: Or to state the problem Different
2 IL takes a certain percentage of foe
l. to maintain the animal economical
= now if only enough is supplied for tn
y purpose there can be no return. II
y animal can only live, can't grow, cal
i give milk. From careful considt
o alton of these facts the startling ma
II i'm is well nigh proved "That it cos
: half as much to starve an animal
- death as to fatten it"
!, Then it follows that the more
., animal can be Induced to eat and dig,
properly, the greater the percenta
"A of profit, not in the growth or prod,
I alone but in the residue left for MANI
"A as well. Another fact is holding
cd its face stubbornly to be recogniz
sS only few however see it. 1t is Il
he The only dairy farmers who max
he prof. when times are dull, as now,
- those who have the best dairy CO
''' they can breed or buv. and who O.