The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-03
DAIRY FARMING
How much Butter can be Producep
from a Cow In a Year.

II AbIII AN Wv -.
pounds of butter sold from his four
cows during the previous niue
months rs 1865 pounds or l175 Dounds
during the entire year. Since then 4
have been many times interrOgated1
as to the correction of the Statements
This is aS | expected believed al
the time | gave the facts that there
were some farmers in cur cOTiltvi
who would not be able to hslyaye
from their own experience that even
| that amount of butter could he pros
duced from four cows in a year hes
sides raising their calves, supplying
about three and 0ne-half pounds pss::,
"@ei- for f,a1: I. s,ss aas: tad ,ky
two months, but when we compare
these figures with the reports of sci.
entific dairymen we only then learn
how far Wa are in the rear in the
| dairy business.
Garrett farmers are all too careless
with their COWS. We forget the
adage "a COW is like a cuphoarI"-
only able to draw what you deposit
aud are more likely to think that she
is Ike Il pump-just SET IA bucket un-
der and fill it every time and never
iced it.
In the first place we make mis-
take in the selection of our cows and
tnen fail to give the food and shelter
they should have in order to yield us
IA satisfactory return.
While | am we'll aware that we
have many very excellent cows in
Garrett county. | do verify hrIlevp
that 80 per cent OF the whole numher
of cows ia the county are kept at Il
loss to their owner, and instead of
yielding a handsome profit are artu
ally running their owners in debt.
The same may be equally true of
many other counties, and yet the
number of cows we have. if they
were all good ones and properly fell
aud cared for, would relieve every
mortgaggtl farm in Garrett county
the first year.
Our farms produce ahundantly the
iiuest grasses and grains for butter
making. We have an abundance OF
coed. pure, fresh water running
through our farms we have an att
mospheTe that inVaiids and tourists
come from nearly all parts of the
world To enjoy; we have the same
chance to avail ourselves Of the mod
ern inventions and appliances for
successful dairying AS they have in
New York and Pennsylvania, and
why not wake up to our own inter,
est- and grasp our opportunities and
i've dairying a fir trial and see if it
Is .ary the less good business be
cause it is Garrett county, Md. If
we do not know how to raise and
feed the hay and grains to profit let
us take the RWdL Ne,O YORKER or
Sume other good farm paper and learn
from the experience of others. We
can make and feed enSiIage and make
| creamery butter AS well in q Irrett
county. Nd, rs they can in Lucas
ter county, Penna., if it is the best
county in the United States.
What we lack is energy. Hence the
argument that large butter products
can TIE made in some states but IN
Garrett county it falls to the ground.
l claim that 800 pounds apiece is not
more than half of what we could pro.
duce from our cows if we gave them
the attention that we should. 1t has
been claimed for some time by our
hest dairymen that a single COW
could he made to produce 1000 pounds
of choice butter in year. AT the
first impulse one would be inclined
tn pronounce it an imposSihiIity, but
when we learn the great difference OF
feeling such cows and our own and
the differ ence in the quantity and
quality of the milk we must admit il
at least as possibility if not indeed
a reasonable probability. Aggie II.
FL. B., 9Ol, a COW belonging TO Smiths
Powell and Ltmn, Of Syracuse, N.
Y. has produced over Is 900 pounds
of milk in year. If this WAS first
class mix it would have made more
than 1000 pounds of butter. The con.
trast between the production of from
80 to 100 pounds per COW and the
production Of 1000 pounds is surely
very q eat and yet after all the con.
lrast III the treatment of the cows !:
equally as great. Think of cow ex.
posed To the fierce blasts of our win.
ter~, the burning rays of the hCt sun
the toriuriag flies, scanty pasture
and during the winter only straw
and sometimes not enough of that
and then even most cruel of all
many times not plenty of good
water, which is the prirIpal constitu
| t,nt nf niIll and nnStS ,n,t h;n,r nnH N r