Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-30
MANAGEMENT ON A MILK FARM.
"oo no,s." vs.. "coxn noYs!"

The management Of two of my neigh
bors will furnish an impressive illustra-
tion of failure and success, where one
said, "Go, boys" while the other said,
"Come, boys"
The one Who said. "Go, boys" had
sJ0o In money, q span of good horses, q
wagon, 10 cows, stables aud the use Of q
small farm, without rent, except the
hoard of his mother-in-lsw. whose servi-
ccs In the family amounted to a large
equivalent for her boani. This man had
q good milk route. where he could sell
every quart for money. lie employed
two, three or more cheap aud inefficient
boy. To feed his cows, to do tie milking,
ami help sell the milk. Ills orders we're
always mandatory I'm the form of com.
msnds) towsni hls helpers, as-"Jim,
~ aud feed the cows" while be- remain
ei In b~i until breakfast was ~ dy. II
w. "Jlm, do this" aud "Jlm, do that" :"
aud all Jim got was an old straw hat.
The hos. never knew whether his cows
were half fed, or waiercd, or mllked, or
half MIXED.
Well, the consequence soon followed.
that that the fow of milk failed, simply
hecause the COW. were not half fesi, were
f~i lrrrgulsriy. sud sometimes received
no water for twenty-four hours. Then
the COWS were s"ld, AZ low prices, and
frcsh COWS were purchased nj exorbl.
tAut rates. Hut their milk soon failed,
when they also were .old for half price.
Well, at the expiration 20 about year
he had no cows, or any money With
which to purchase others. lie hsd
traded hl. horses until hi. span consist
~ II only = pair ~ old plugs. Worse
than all, he had contracied some debt.
that w.r, no, Cancelled at the end of the
year. lie was young man, In the prime
of life, aud able to milk ten COWS With
his own hands. Hut be Away. sah,
ECO, hoys!" instead Of doing his own
sork.
The other nelghhor. Who always ssid.
aCome. boys" commenc~i With only
ON. good COW. lie Was q day hhorer,
sbo WAS required io commenc- work
promptly st o'clock A. n. and to work
uutil q O'clock q. ". Hut u. re" every
morning la time ,o feed aud milk his
co~ himself, sni to carry part of the
milk Ia hi. n.ighbor. near hy. \ large
boy assisted hl. father. hat the latter sl-
sa,s saw that the boy performed every
little direction promptly aud thoroughly.
Ilefor. the expiration of the year, this
m. an had accumulated money sufficient
from the sale II milk Ia pay for another
cus. Ia. second year he fpugit t~o
coNs more aud paid for thcm with the
milk money. III. thiri year b. pur-
chased q horse aud mllkman'. wagon.
tuer thi. lie would purchase good
COW every time be- had sufficient money
to pay ior one. lie always took the lead
when f'-,lins aud milking. After the
lapse ~ i've years be owncd tscniy-
eight good COWS, two horses and two
milk wagons. III. care % hi. COWS aud
.elllng the milk r,lair-l so much ~ his
time TINT ne gave az hi work by the
day. ~. ~a. = csrcfil aud economical
manager. IIi. .uccc.s was the certain
r-.uli of personal care aud attention Ia
III IA. detail. of hi. business. ",om-,
boys," va. hi. motto. "tomr, boys'
let Va feed the COWS" aud the cows
scrc all i,-i With careful regularity.
'',our, hoys' let IL vstcr the To" COWS
aud be- .ae that every COW had all the
par, water she would drink. lie wss
the fret on. to cutter the stable Ia the
morning, and the l..i Que Ia clu.. the
door. st evening. IL had no farm. llr
aud hl. wif. osne,i only tao or thrrc
city lots. barring III. summer be would
rvnt vacant lot or two here AMI there,
shiCh Noali afford only small supply
% pasture Tor hl. COWS. lie relied chief
ly on hay purchased by the ton aud
some corsstalks, wheat bran, meal of
Indian corn, and sometimes commercial
food.
The cows wer- secured In stanchions.
Every morning and evening each COW
r-Cci,ci Ia q large butter tub about half
q bushel of cut hay, some straw aud
corn.talk.. with which was mingled two
Ia .iN quarts ~ meal and bran, sccord-
a. the Kind oi meal. After the COW. had
ca,cu the cut feed they ~erc supplied
with all th. prime hay they would eat.
At noon they set- again tel AZ much
hay as they would eat aud pick up every
spear. lie va. q generous feeder and hc
always allowed every COW tg fill herself
until her body was round aud plump.
The cows ~.r. lei out Into the yard
twlcc per dsy, except during cold ani
stormy weather. I have frequently seen
him come home With COW so thorough
IL stnsci,ted that some men would hari-
IN arcrpt such q beast IS q gift. Vet
la le.. than a month such cows would
b. rOund a. q bsrrcll aud la thrifty snd
profitable condition. lie WAS q quiet
aud careful manager; aud bls succcs.
depenici on generous feeding aud wat
efing, supplemented by comfortable
stables. III. cows were required Ia do
their own grooming; never knew him
Ia use a curry comb, card or brush on
one of his cows. Doubles. th. daily
use of card aud brush would have add
ed IN itcrislly by way of Improving the
good condition of every COW.
Now, let "a. examine the financial con-
,iitIon of tho.e two individuals after the
lap.e II twelve years. The man Who al
wsy. .aid. "Go, boys'" |. almost pau
per. IIi. family have very mcagre do
me.tlc comforts, aud his old, poor hor.-
-, With which he doe. miscellaneous
Job. of teaming, ploving and grading,
are of small value. without credit, With
out money aud without even cheap
home ~ hi. own free from incumbrance,
a creditor could not collect from him so
much az one dollar at the tall eni of an
execution. because he Always sald SEQ,
boy.." Hut his neigbbor Who conduci-
-d all his operations according to the
principle of "Come, boys" who gave
per.onsl aud Intelligent attention Ia all
the Operations Of his dairy, is now the
proud proprietor of a valuable farm free
from all lncumbrsuce. aud worth seven
or eight thousand dollars.
The foregoing are plain and unex e
gerated facts, concerning men with
whom am personally acquainted, aud
Who are residents of my own county.
-"E,s T.. Tee" In Country Gentleman.