Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-04
ABOUT DAIRY PRODUCTS.
EXAMINING INTO THE PRoFlTsroF
DAIRY cows.

Under the Auspices Of Uncle Jeremiah
Hust the United States Agricultural
Department Has iieen Doing Behind
the Return. Of our Miik Cows.
Farmers Bulletin No Q Of the United
States agricultural department contains
eome experiments In COW keeping which
every farmer, dairyman and creamery.
man ought to study Tho point Is this,
In these times, when tho conditions Of
life crowd us harder and harder Ia Amer.
lea, we must change orr methods to meet
them. II applies particularly to tho
keeper Of cows In this way. llo must
study each individual COW, and $50
whether shc pays hor way or not. II
not, get rid Of her quickly and procure
others that do. Only thus can the man
who depends on dairy products for his
living keep his head above water.
For instance. good COW gives from
5000 10 5000 pounds Of milk u year. In
Iowa, the banner dairy state Of tho
Union, tho average COW gives but 5000
pounds annually, A good butter COW
ought to yield 800 TO 400 pounds n year.
The average yield Of tho Vermont COW
Ia only 100 pounds, Of the New York
state COW still lels than that. This has
gone on year after year, and yet tho
dairymcn arc biaming everybody olso
than themselves for their bad lack. AZ
ihcy call II. whilo the price Of cow
feed has been gradually going up for
years, the average dairyman has gone on
keeping his old fashioned scrub cows,
haphazard, hiRgledy pgglody. n thoy
give large quantity, well and good. II
not, II Is all tho Eaino-proudcnco has
fccn III 10 afiliot tho dairyman with o
run Of bad luck. bad luck Ia this case
"a simply asinino stupidity, pure aud
simple.
Examine your cows individual by In.
dividual, weigh and toat tho milk Of
each. Geo how much tho food OF each
costs, aud weed out tho Improbable
ouea. IL IA tho only way
The government bulletin rcpublishci
from tho Massachusetts station tho 70.
port Of IN extensive experiment. In feed.
Ing dairy cows 10 ascertain tho value Of
each individual. Our readers ought q
weigh carefully oyory wUrd Of Il. We
reprint the followingi
These experiments have ben made with
twelve cows and have continued ovss nya
yrarA Grade jersey Ayrshifc. u,un. bur.
ham and Dutch, and native cows were used
ThrT were secured f1f Tho experiments a Tow
days after oalylas, and fci uuiil tho daily Yield
fol- bglow hve Or ~ quarts, when thrY voIg
a. - a.. &. - O.
period. !. G.. duration u tho ,Grrflmeat With
each COW, varied from ~ 10 - days Hay
fodder. corn, corn fihg0, frrru cf0ia raui1 and
eufnmcal, wheat bran And other riIig wtrd
ustd. The daily fatl1a pet bod ruuslatod n
eighteen n twenty pounda " dry hliicf, or M
equivalent u gruen foiiof, and FROM flK anil
onc.half " ulno and thfso-quaftgr pounds ol
grain. Careful accounts have hssn kept Of tlii
history % each onW, ineluding brUed, hae. nuia,
tofof oaivca, length Of fc-iiug period, amounts
and Kind Of fodder, Yield of mlia, chemical
competition Of frod, milk ani nahurc, cost II
COW aud feed. and values q milk and manure
The following aAfceapllalsugn oftho nuan'
ciai record % tho cows. The miik Wa b.. son,
ed at the pFiee paid for Il a. the nriThhDfin1
crsaincries. Tho valaeof the MANURE produced
Il calculated ~ assuming that Of The tuta
amount 81 food ~ tof cent. uuuld 10 n1h viii
tho milf aud tho rcfnaining ~ prf cent latul
az mhnurc. Tho mot profitable COW wa
bought Toe ", Tel 81 days ana ANfu nAlA ~
IS. making her actual olst 81 the fCrd eoa
sll50i, ~ that thetoial c,sh outlay was eit5.ui
the milk brought tegiiE 10 tho creamery thi
manure Wa estimated " Do worth SAN mai
ins tho total value received iur frsd cdusuniOI
sSlm. AuhlFnctlng the total cash outlay u
eig3lui fruui Tits, there remains 49, ~ ut
return for feed consumed. usdueiluf Tho a.
timaied value 81 he nAnufr, the remainder
return 10 exccas o. estimated yalge d mau
urc." % g.l1s, In tho average Tor ne twslU
cows tho net return was sslti, and No fcturl
iu excess ~ tho estimated value u the manur
only Slhll. with tho least profitable COW th
each outlay Cor COW and fed otcecdcd th
value Of the milk and manure b. sipi, 10 gthc
words, the net return Tor feed consumed va
s1N lesa than nothing. sahifaeilng The Nnlu
81 the manure, the total losa sAs tll-i, that
TO sAy. allowing Tor the value u tho manure
tho result with the twelve cows varied FROM
gnin of auu toa los u kigi, Or, u the value o
The manure be left cut u account, from . sail
81 tsill 60 a los of SlilA
ID L. noticeable that the profit or iDsa dld 90
depend upoa either tho breed or tho length o
the feeding period. The most pr1aiahio cuN
aud tho least profitable but one, worp both o
tho sans bFood. OF tho two most pruniAhl
cows, one was fed Tor aai days aud Tho olhc
for only IS days
Twothingu, then. are brought out very clear
" by these experiments. One IL that IN surl
lOcaiitles az this tho value Of tho manure 500
far 10 decide tho pront IN feeding dairy cattle
Another IL that COWS which would ordinarily
pas for good oaea may differ widely IN product