Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-17

Dairying is assuming large proportions in
this country, and Notwithstanding the large
amount of butter and cheese annually manu-
featured there has never been what we may
term an oversupply, and there has always
been good demand for all the strictly good
articles made. This demand has 80 largely
increased in the past that but small amount
comparatively is exported, This constant
demand has tendency 10 keep the prices
steady and there is less fluctuation than in
the prices of other farm products, A farmer
who adds dairy TO his farm operations or
increase one already in existence, need have
no fears that his product may not meet with
immediate sales If his work be well and
intelligently done If We seek a distant
market the cost of transportation is less than
any other product of the farm, as two hun
dred pounds representing a money value of
fifty dollars or over, requires no more space
in car and costs no more than barrel of
flour costing less than six dollars. Farmers
naturally have desire TO keep that kind of
stock that shall return to them the greatest
amount of money in the shortest time, and
also that will enrich their farms at the same
time. Hence the question is often debated
whether the beef breeds of cattle shall be
raised exclusively, or whether sheep, horses
or something else shall be a speciality. 1t is
claimed, think, with reasonable assurance
that the dairy COW surpssses any of these
varieties of stock, both in money returns to
the farmer and in enriching the farm
Science and experience are working hand in
hand, shedding light and knowlenge upon
the subject of dairying, and the farmer
must avail himself of their aid if he
would be the most successful. Milk and
cheese contain more elements of nutrition
than meat and can be substituted for meat
with advantage both to health and strength.
They can be used more largely and bene-
ticislly than they now are. As this kuowl-
edge increases the demand will increase
writer or this subject comparing the
value of the dairy with beef production,
takes cheese fer an example and says that
a good steer at four years of age will dress
one thousand pounds of beef. and three
such steers representing twelve years of
growth will yield three thousand pounds of
beef. good COW will produce $50 pounds
of cheese per year after she is two years
old; deducting those two years she will
yield at twelve years of age 100 pounds of
cheese. II is claimed as scientific fact
that pound of cheese contains twice as much
nutriment as pourd of beef; then the dairy
COW yields 5000 pounds of nutriment in
the shape of cheese in the same time and at
the same cos. of keeping required for 5000
pounds of nuirimeni in beef; and besides
this cheese is worth more, pound for pc und.
than beef. Besides the superiority of the
dairy COW over other stock in cash returns,
the benefit to the farm from her is very
much superior TO other stock On dairy
farm where butter is the product. the large
quantity of sour milk is fed to hogs. and
these furnished with suitable material manu-
facture large quantities of the best fertilizer
that can be produced. Good crops of grain
are raised which fed with the milk form a
perfect food for the production of pork-an-
other cash article in the market.-C. A. !
MACE, Resdneld, in Ns,7 England Farmer.