The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-10-12
METHOD IN pAIRYlEIG.
The One Key to the Entcrprlsing Dairy
mans Success.

The dairy vocation Is similar to any
other business, In that its successful
pursuit lies in methodical management.
l wish to invite the readers attention
to what others have accomplished,
both in unmethodical and methodical
management. l do not wish to por-
tray glaring contrast by exaggera-
tion, but to present commonplace
everyday sketches of dairy life as it is
likely to exist in every neighborhood
in the land. ID and b were both my
patrons this summer, and although n
cheese maker is confined to his factory
two-thirds of the day, the other third
can be utilized in profitable observa-
tion. The country adjacent to my fac
tory is cut up into fine dairy farms of
80 acres TO 200 acres each. The land
is undulating and hilly; has been
farmed nearly q hundred years, and is
one of the richest dairy sections in this
State. New York has had the honor
of fostering Americas dairy industry
in its infancy, and of bringing it to a
high state of perfection. The collateral
branches of the parent tree have, how
ever, branched out so vigorously, that
they are the equal of the progenitor in
quality of product If they do not APP
proach the limit OF quantity produced.
After becoming acquainted with my
patrons in the spring, | began to study
their facilities for milk production,
and to compare the relative value of
their methods. For an illustration of
what [ wish to show have singled out
ID and B because their reverse ways
can be duplicated in any readers To-
cality. DIS farm joins BIS, and the
soil of both was similar. Each farmer
depended on his farm for his main
money income, and both should have
managed their dairies to the greatest
possible advantage. ID did, and b did
not; that's the story of the ID and Is
dairymen throughout the United States.
d had twelve COWS and b had sixteen.
In the spring the former, with shrewd
business eye, inspected his dairy and
selected therefrom six animals pos
sessing superior butter traits. The
milk yielded from the good butter
COWS he kept at home and creamed.
The milk less abundant in fatty glob-
ules he dispatched to the cheese fac
tory for manufacture. He knew that
there is much money in good butter,
and very little in poor butter, so he
resolved to make the good and set
his own price on it. No consumer
will stop for IL few cents premium
ON a pound of very fine butter, so that
all his wife manufactured from the six
cows went quickly at a gilt. edged
price. He had the good sense to real
ize that his dairy was his bank ac-
count, and that he had the power Of
governing its rate of interest. The
division of his herd worked no
injustice to the other patrons
of the cheese factory, as an ami
NAL can be good cheese COW,
and yet not be noted for butter yield.
Cheese makers are after the casein in
milk, with a certain percentage of but.
ter fat. That percentage of butter is
present in common milk in sufficient
nutty flavor to cheese being the essen.
tial qualities that are necessary tc
make fine article. ID having thus judi
ciously divided his dairy, and at the
same time feeding them heavily, real.
lied all the profit per head that could
reasonably be expected.
His neighbor b, on the other hand.
reasoned thus: "a COW is simply a
COW, and you can make nothing more
out of her. All can do is to milk and
turn her out to pasture in the morning,
and drive her home and milk her at
night. If she yields a big mess, it's
my luck; if not, all the same" He
took his milk to the factory simply to
get it off from his hands, and accepted
the money returns, thankfully if they
were large in amount, and stoically
if small. His sixteen cows yielded him
probably third less income than the
twelve COWS of ID. The latter took an
interest in dairy matters; the former
did not. The result was prosperity for
the one and financial adversity for the
other.
do not cite this instance to insinu-
ate that to make dairying pay every
farmer must divide his herd of cows
and follow DIS plan, but do it to i'm
press on the minds Of my dairy readers
the Importance Of handling their milch |
stock to its greatest moneyed advant
age. Have some method about you,
for dairying without method is like
sailing ship without a rudder. Don't |
follow rigid rules because they were
the hobbies of your father, or cling to
them because they have proved sue
cessful elsewhere and under different |
conditions. Have rules and methods |
of your own, especially adapted to the
breed you maintain, the general status
of the herd and the conditions by |
which they are governed never yet
saw a man make any thing out of dairy
ing or any other vocation who did not
manifest show of interest in it, and
strive by every means in his power to
keep from retrograding, and push to
While your neighbors are disputing
over the merits of deep and shallow
setting, quietly try both ways your
sell. and cling to the one that gives you
best returns. Because bosom friend
is dead gone' on Guernseys, proceed