The Forrest City times., 1891-05-01
Dairy Advantages. 8.

1. A farmer with q dairy does not have to wait from seed-time to har- vest, as a grain raiser does, before he can realize any cash from his labor. dairy rightly managed Is a source of profit the year around. The income is a steady one because the production Is steady and evenly distributed over the whole season. Iremember one fall when potatoes brought 75 cents per bushel, and the next summer threw my whole energy into potato produc- ton. The result was that l sold my whole crop of tubers for 2l9 cents per bushel, less than they cost me for raising. In au my later experience in dairying l have never seen it's pro- dncts go to such extremes i'll price Yes, sir, if you want an income you can depend on a rightly managed dai- " every time.
 ?. There is really less labor to be performed on semi-dairy farm thanif grain production alone were the rule. The charm of agriculture life lies in di- versitied farming, and the diversified tion must, or should, include dairy ing.
 c' tFttii III tt ilG lo the soil some of the fertility 1t has ex- tracted, while exclusive grain raising mpoverishes without giving rscom- pense.
 I. Dairying gives you a chance to manufacture your own product before you market it, which you can not do with wheat, corn, ect. By becoming your own manufacturer you save to yourself the manufacturer profits, which is a round in the ladder toward bettering your financial condition.
 3. Dairying is a reliable bus mess, and one which gives a large proportion of gain for the caI ital invested, Even the poorest dairy cows yield far more than their beef worth Tn milk every season, while those that are of better blood and are more wisely fed yield double and treble that amount.
 G. A family-supply dairy of hut one COW possesses tenfold advantages over the milkman's cup, It is said that in France when one Is vaccinated against small-box, the heiier from whose body the vaccine is to be extracted is led into the presence of the patient, and the virus transplanted from the body of the animal to the arm of the lat ter. l suppose that this is to assure the patient of the genuinene.s and healthfulness of the virus uaed, as gross fraud is perpetrated in such matters as we'll as in others. In tho matter of using the milk and butter produced from your own COW, stabled on your own premises, and grazing in your own pasture lot, you have the | assurance ofhealthfulness, cleanliness, and general good quality. The writer does not laud the advantages of dairy | ing simple to hear herself talk, but from | an honest conviction that milo h husbandry is one of the most valua- ble requisites of farming. We have no desire to present it's claims in false light, but rather to spread it's legiti- mate points before the eyes of all men. Don't ever be driven into dairying against your better convictions but If you conclude to embark in the busi- ness at all, give it's management mental energy, and we know you will succeed.
 l Defective Methods of Feeding.
 In the growth of an animal the needed amount of food with the va rieties requisite has been the object of much study and experiment. But it is impossible ever to feed farm stock by any invariable rule. Some excep- tions will never come in. General rules, however may be followed with fair success. The farmer who neglects to learn these principles of feeding will be constant loser in small degree, on every animal kept. It may be truthfully said of such a farmer, in many cases, that the more stock he handles, the greater his losses. Were