The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-20
OUR FARMERS IN OHIO.
THE GENEROUS no PITALITY OF
WELLINGTON.

!
a Visit to the Famous Herrick Dairy
Farm The took and Men hequ red
to Run 1t, and What it Costs-What
Comes in Against the Outlay.
ATLANTA, GA, Sep. 19-Af er the ova-
ton given the Georgia IA n IS by the
people Of We lingt O., during their re-
{ Mt trip, the party was divided among the
Z citizens. a d a more dsliy htful event z and
a more generous hospitality was never en-
yed. We hal the freed m not only of
I the town but tie coun-ry as veil The
writer. in company wi b d. R. J. Re iding.
Hon. Felix Corpu, D.. s. Hone, J. R.
Cooper, Capt. J. O. Va lde l AMI II. NJ Cay
ton. we're carried to the farm IF Bur ron B.
Herr.ck three miles est OF the village. he
q or Of bis 70 sli able home VAS throw
| vii open and everything everyb bdy
1 y as pa DE JriUu for cur comfort anu
| eptertai e It. It was representative
! OHio homi, pre- idet over by an accom-
| pllshsd AID cultured laiy.
SITUATION OF THE TOWN.
This town i situa Ell in VIVA is known as
the Cheese di trict, and the object of u
visit vas to nvestigat, tie dairy farm.
Mr.. Herrick has ia m cont ,iaing 43
| acres TuiS hs values, viii thu moro g
| meats, a alb ut 500 p r acre. The la ger
| portion of the farm IS devoted TO cl yer
aad ii notify mead VS.. 1t quires Fl e
head Of h1rs s to keep the farm in mott n.
heSe would av ia &c bout $l75 per b ad.
| de has TWO laborers to who n ne
pays $40 per year, aAi furnlshe,
a ue7, gardens end t uck pttcnes.
lie 5 an 1ther who he pa, s1!5, nth
boarl and wa,hI z. TIL n a eese IA er,
wa m he pays $50 per mo TIA for Gig
IN 1nths. Il has 50 cad # cows, witl
averA- q co,o Of SO per h ed, 4 the
average cost Of keeping a feeling .
| Ih' Incidental expenses i'll II fall sh -
of 900 per sea including repairing,
horee-snoeiIg aud IN ere Z.
WHAT is COMING IN.
Agai st tn outlay he has twelve ne .
cow co.ning in each ye r a, al increase TO
| to herl. These are rated like the others a
| t15 ger head. He gets as a yield from the
herd 1872, % gallons Of mi for tie sea son Of
eigat months. This, vi h wha5 h. pur-
c-aSes, prod ces g, $50 wortl of che.s
his is not an exact, but an pcox
| mate, esinate of tie manufacture
cheese. Tue outfit sts 500 d g IA us.
for the factory not exceeh 800 The
cheese is so a s cents per p und at the
! factory. The best e,tim e gath red Is that
OIJ every 1900 pounds of milk you get
| LOO p u Dis of cuee e, AID in tue sa e
rail- Is bu- er IN d..
COST OF A CHEESE OUTFIT.
The cos for an outfit for the manufan-
ture OF clees fro a the milk # go SO
COWS, wodd BE- aboIt $3.50. OF course
! the cut pat Of cheess dep ,nds upon tue ,.e.I
Of milk b, the he d, or tat which may be
purchased. We Wis teitwo factories tina ~
ru by steam, hat Of des5rs q iapna1 q
| 20 a d M. SSelJOA. The watts in thess
IS abls lm'nts hold about 900 gallo each,
ami the l1ilk is heated 10y ; eim 20 Or per
| Jemperatur', the wns is aw off By
svphon, a dtle .urd pltc in cotton ciot
and preset iui d.y, tie sA.te1 ami
! ready for the press. The pc PIE
IL TIE vicinity nave cows, frJ n one to
TWEEN y head, acc jrding o taeir inells, and
| haul their m TX 81 nlarNet as cur far uers
d tie products Of their farms. Mlk IS the
money CT p OF the cou TRY. Thy raise
co n, win AZ aud potatos,. but they are al
used so as to increase tle oItpJt Of milk.
| MANY POINTS PICKED UP.
Our dairy zen of the patty learned
many thi Ks which will Of grea.
inporta CO t. EN- in III ire OPP raJlo l.,
while the cost OF far ~ z in genera
NiI make our farmers NOR, CON
MT with their own surro md
ings. There is more pare It thrift
among the Ohio farme tina among our
| own, bit ii we only pract cei their ind s.
| try, economy anu persistence, our riIs
would snow muyh L. ger prod5 1T the en-
| # t q year than those of lat c1untry
| This is the impression Of nearly all tue
| farmers with as. The Ohio man works
ard 7, b cause there is a necessity for it,
| HIS lne Is III ne confor abe, because tne
| | tense cold of the wi ter demands IT,
There are many things in wlic1 ley excel
us, and es e,ially is this tru5 educational
FAC ltte,, neighborhOud rJads, and il
push d enc gy.
AN AUBUR DALE MANS STATEMENT,
We CT 81 this article with a statement
from Mr.. II. X. Pearson of Auburnda g. 0.
tie say: II have 4 herd of nj etean head
of Jersey cows, all of tIe better class. |
believe in solid col,rs, and if calf comes
With any other DIOR d S ,ose of it as earlv
as possible. l have beel breeding Je stvs
for years. l SO / the COW lest whe she is
vita calf, and the average price obtained Is
from $75 TO 500 pr he al, a d | make a
good profit on them at those figure.
but many will tell you otherwise.
nave cost but W animal, on my farm. l
t ink the Jersey STOCK is rore easily kept.
be ause of the + siZA. They are more prof
table, be >ause they We rIcher milk, an
yield for the season of eleven montus, o u
Quad of butter eacl dav. NJ best COW
gives four gallo milk pc day. Again,
they are more prof able, because they are
N re prolific, ca ving o.uel at Il month
witnolt any d5trlmeIt to cir gro tn or
yiell of milk. THe cost Tor asturage for six
months is SIP per head, and S25 per head