The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-17

| line cause OF milk SICKNESS. says
Mr.. Benjamin Spradlin. OF kentucky.
q lObclia. which is eaten By the ami
mails. Lobclia. after il has 50 far ma
:ured ~ 10 produce seed. will in
variabiy produce milk sickness after i;
% eaten.
Butter TO bring good price must
be made OF cream and not over thirty
six hours old, aud slightly acid. Many
who have few cows keep the cream
ILL they have large quantity. which
generally takes so long that the cream
u destitute OF butter favor.
METHOD IN DAiRYiNG.
The One Key to tho Enterpris:ng Dairy
| msn's Success.
The dairy vocation is similar To any
other business. in that its successful
pursuit lies in mcthodical management.
to what others have accomplished.
both in unmethodical and methodica!
management. do not wish to por-
| tray Il glaring contrast by exaggera-
tion. but to present commonplace
everyday sketches Of dairy life as 1t il
likely to exist in every ncighborhood
in the land. ID and b were both my
patrons this summer. and although o
cheese maker is confined to his factory
two-tbirds Of the day. the other third
can BE- utilized in profitable Observa-
ton. The country adjacent to my fac
tory is cut up into fine dairy farms OF
80 acres TO sO) acres each. The land
is undala.ing anil hilly; has been
farmcd nearly 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 \
high state of perfection. The collateral
branches Of the parent tree have. how
ever. branched out SO vigorously. that
they arc the equal Of the progenitOr in
quality Of product. il they do not ap-
proach the limit OF quantity produced.
After becoming acquainted with my
patrons in the spring. began to study
their facilities for NIX production.
anu to compare the relative value Of
their methods. For an illustration Of
what wish to show. have singled ont
ID aud Is because their reverse ways
can be duplicated in any readers To-
cality. D's 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 diaries 10 tho greatest
possible advantage. Ddid. and b did
not; that's the story Of the ID and Is
dairymen throughout the United States.
ID had twelve cows and j had sixteen.
In the spring the former. with shrewd
business eye, inspected his dairy and
selected thercfrom six animals pos
scssing superior butter traits. The
milk yielded from the good butter
cows he kept 1T home and creamed.
The milk less abundant in fatty glob-
ules he dispatched 10 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 . gilt.edgcd
price. He had the good sense to real
izc 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 arc after the cascin in
milk. with certain percentage Of but
ter fat That percentage OF butter is
present in common milk in sufficient
quantities to lend a waxy texture and
nutty flavor to cheese, being the essen
tial qualities that are necessary to
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 Is, 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. II she yields big mess, it's
my luck; If not, all the same" He
took his milk TO the factory simply to
get it of from his hands. and accepted
the money returns, thankfully il they
were large in amount. and stoically
if small. His sixteen cows yielded him
probably third less income than the
twelve COWS Of d. The latter took an
interest in dairy matters; the Yormer
did not. The result was prosperity for
the one and financial adversely for the
other.
lido not cite this instance to insinu-
ate that TO make dairyins pay every
farmer must divide his. .crd 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 t.
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 aud the conditions by
which they are governed. never yet
saw man make any thing out Of dairy
ing or any other vocation who did moi
manifest show OF interest in it, and