The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-08
STATE DAIRY o
A Bill which, IL Adopted, VIII Lead &c
Some Wonderful Results.

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| A Fill which, IL Adopted, VIII Lead 60
Some Wonderful Results.
A1nAsy-A appropriation of fifty thousand
| dollars is asked to provide dairy schools
| throughout the State, where there wiz be
| ~affcient teachers to instruct young mel ana
| vouno women to milk COWS in an artistic ana
| economical manner.-N. Y. sun.
Just at present every farmer in the
| State of New York should be so hor
oughly happy that he should be able
to straighten his figure that has been
bent like a crescent through STOPPING
to drop corn and hoe potatoes. He
| should caper lightly over the barn
yard like a tricksy fay, and not allow
| his e~cstasies of bliss to cause him to
forget to feed coarse corn ia the
| Shanghai and popcorn to the bantam.
His ~overalls should seem broadcloth,
his rye coffee raised in the back yaro
| should appear nectar-although rye IS
a failure as coffee, because it was never
intended for any thing but whisky.
| He should dance to the airs OF the
| birds, and MARBLE tender lyrics at the
| pie-stye in the beautiful hog Latin OF
1.-The Cincinnati preparatory school.
II And all this unbounded JOY on the
Aart of the horny-handed whaclher OF
the soil should be attributed to the
faos that an appropriation Of $5O,oOo
has been asked~to establish dairy
schools throughout the State, that
Young men and women may be proper
ly instructed into the mysteries OF
milking, and getting the greatest
quantity of butter out OF the smallest
quantity of milk.
Thus it will be seen that during the
monotony of winter the farmer a go
to dairy school and become familiar
with the art of milking to such ~ ex-
tent that he will know howto keep the
COW from siding out of reach just as
he is properly braced On the STOOL ana
has secured the magic purchase.
Perhaps the dairy school will sug-
gest milking stools on wheels, SO that
if the COW does caper about, the farm
er will be all right S long as he
doesn't lose his grip; and it may sug-
gest, also, that the milk-pail have
straps on it, that the mixer may wear
il like a drum while in action.
1t is also fair to assume that, as there
is a proper way to milk, there will re
less trouble experienced with the cow
when she realizes me pleasant tact
that she is bei,-g MIXED in a truly
orthodox fashion. She may stand with
the heroic calmness of a messenger
boy, while contributing to the farmers
prosperity in the holy hush of even,
when the vesper chimes boat like a
benson DER the nodding flowers, and
the sun drops behind the western hill
like a cake of golden butter.
1t would be a great boon to humanity
If the farmer only knew how to farm;
and it is therefore pleasant to reflect
that there is a possibility OF a dairy
school being started. 1t is also a
blessing when We consider that the
appropriation is asked that farmers
NAV not only be taught to milk econom-
ically, but artistically. What a holy
wedding that, of economy and art!
Heretofore the art of milking has been
all of o "get there ofder, and the
economy has been Simply the assist
ance of the pump. II
1t is safe to assume that the profess
sor of milking is a dignitary that shall
soon dawn upon tho world, to receive
the same respect and consideration
thati is showed the O'CallaghanLecturer
and Emeritus professor OF something
or other.
7 A ultra-esthetic young women OF
Boston, we will say, will tire OF
Browning ana Tolstoi, and take up
milking and butter-making, and make
it a beautiful fad on Beacon street and
the Back Bay.
We believe in improving the farm
az: and where there is so much room
for improvement, no ordinary
effort in this direction car
fail. But the improvement Of
the ground-thumper should mo-
stop at milking. He should be
taught to keep the chips from last win
ter's chopping out of his neck-whis
kers. He should be taught that to wear
a shirt without a collar is as far from
bright as wearing a collar without {
shirtSJHe should be informed tina
collar-buttons were never intended t.
be worm in Guns, and tb1t the gas
should always be turned off and never
blown out on retiring. After he knows
these things by heart as well as b
understands the myss ries of milking
and the art of charging hotel rates il
summer, he will not be SO universally
regarded as only a fit subject for the
pencil of the acrobatic artist. Puck.
--n@,h@ reO Mg0MEN