Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-14
FARM ANDGARDEV
An Elaborate a Essay d
the Dairy.
ECONOMY OF AMPLE FEM.
Practically lllustrated-Iir.
Said to Be the Cause ofoaar, ,a''''
Between Neighbors.

The Bible says; "Tho =,
deviseth liberal thinos n a liberal man
Things shall he stand.b Thy iiteaI
thie doctrine to apply to dair eie = no
THIS, says Hoards Gairymaa fyimng than
WINTER has demonstrated ed" !, The past
me prices Of grain feed ~. . dot
higher than has been Knou' were high
Bran reached as high in w.; N years.
VIZ a ton, and oats are nn,, iscoIsin 20
market 30 cents busbel I ph IN this
selling here at $40 ton. Fine ,a a. . now
butter in the winter ran to % Creamery
eragiing, we think, from Janua,.Deh 's, az
at least 20 cents. 'uafy toApril
With this situation IN v;au i
OF farmers in this State and ali ilhousahds
West babe farewell to their a da, over the
ment and went deliberatelv airy Indg-
put their cows on short -. a. WORK TO
consequence is the average herd h' /, The
STATE are coming into spring pas a =, 'lils
poorer condition than we have ssas'e IN
Tor years. Butter is still bjpb 9 eosI tlleIa
ing the season OF the year hn, , IL
are IN poor condition to do n .,e COWS
work. There seems to be a sra p,J,ulaOe
In the minds Of a great mani tsa 'unaey
regard to feeding cows liberai la,'ne u IN
VIII iced hog well il corn is neve s'sy
high, Tor they will say we can't e syra y
to get anything for the pork il II i y t
tit for market" That is all sopn ~ as no'
lhey VIII Keep their horses in good I my
ing condition, for the spring WOW 'olk'
be done. All true. But when hn ,las,
Of oats with little good bav vii u gpsllel
duce three pounds OF butter wo,tt po.
thelr door9I, cents, they will refuse h fesS
the oats and make haste to sell them ~ i.
90 cents. New England dairymen I'l Sa III
Tor years paid in the neighbortoodoft%
ton for bran; sometimes moro ".
they buy 1t, and where they have oaoi
butter cows to feed it TO tbev M ~
money swapping bran for butter Iss
square proposition no dairymen can ID
ford to let a herd OF good cows oet !,
low condition. He not only robs him.
self OF a chance for present gain but h
seriously cripples his future. so
1t is just this constant tendency tn
hold penny SO close to the eve that
golden eagle cannot be seen on the otba,
side of it that cuts the sand from unds,
the feet OF the average dairyman. Iiwa
look around, we can see everywhere ev;.
dence enough to satisfy reasonable man
as to the best policy to pursue. In ali
places it is the liberal feeder who makes
the most money. His skeptical neighbOr
will say: " | can't see how he does h
he pays so much for feed" Nevertheless
he does it. There has not been day
the past year that feed has been so high
but what a dairyman with COW that
would yield three-fourths to pound Of
butter day could richly afford to give
her all she could economically consume
The trouble with the men who talk df
ferently is that not one in Thousand
has any figures TO show for his belief
They have nothing but mere guesswork
to stand on. Is it not about time that
every dairyman established foundation
of knowledge? 1t will be mighty i'm
portant for him to know pretty soon
whether he is guessing to his good ILL.,