The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-08

among producers Ia great, and profits ex-
list more in the quality than the quantity
o. products that may be put upon the
market. There is not usually any surplus
of choice vegetables, fruits or even stock
upon the market, and the producer of the
beat gradas still has it within his power 10
dictate prices to a limited extent at least.
In no department of rural work is the
value OF scientific knowledge and practice
more emphasized by the variation in the
incomes of producers than IN horticulture.
Our attention is called to two orchards
whose products find the same markets.
The owner of one is fairly intelligent
man, with some education is a good citi-
zen. but he never valued the work Of sci
entifc experiments as highly as 1t de-
serves. Last year his apples dropped Off
badly Those left on the tree were in-
clined to be scabby and did not color up
as nicely as they should have done. 4
large lot were shipped 70 the East, and
failed to pay expenses Of barreling and
shipping. The grower had packed and
marketed his crop as well as he knew
and today be regards apple-groWlng as an
uncertain business.
The other orchardist is a careful reader
learned that our scientific horticulturists
had discovered remedies for the two great
scourges Of oEchardists-the apple worm
and the scab. lie bought a spraying ma
chine and began work last spring as soon
as the leaves unfOided With the outlay
of a few cents per tree he saved his fruit
from the ravages OF fungi and insects. The
other DAY he told TIE SENTINEL farmer that
thC spraying machine was worth $500 70
him last year His apple crop was fair In
quantity and very fine in quality
These two CAGES are illustrative of two
clas SEES The public is willing to pay for
choice fruit. The progressive orchardist
viii supply this demand and MAKE some
money. The man who fails 10 avail hi NJ
self OF the aid OF science and continues TO
furnish common article when a choice
one is demanded must 90 to the wall The
future viii only intensity this condition of
things. While striving after quantity the
progressive farmer will be awake TO all
the aids OF science in assisting to improve
quality.
Observers Sotcs-No. 8.
observer" says that many farmers are turn.
Tag 90 dairgng WOulG be advise us to take
stock in creamery. costing about
E5,OOO2 The firm oilers 10 build and operate it
for few weeks and prove that the creamery
That depends upon several things
Hundreds Of thousands of dollars are be-
ing annually invested in these large fac
tories, and l know that some of them
have brought disappointment An agent
goes into county and after talking up
his creamery he oilers 10 take lew repre-
sentative men to a western town where
the operations Of the factory NAV be
Btudied. There men go and find a com
munity that Is thriving IN the dairy indus
try, and It's prosperity Is in large part due
20 the creamery.
They return and report TO their neigh
bors what they have seen. and the con-
ciuslOn Is Jumped at that such q creamery
Is just what as needed in this county or
township. Stock is taken BY the farmers.
notes being given for the amount taken
BY each. The creamery Is constructed
and 1t does very good work. The notes
are collected. the agent leaves. Now here
is the sum OF $1,000 invested by men who
need all the money they have, but the
factory is confidently expected to repay
that amount within a short time. and to
make the community as prosperous as the
one visited by the COMMITTEES Now the
question arises, will Il do this? | speak
only whereof l know when say that there
are plenty of these factories standing idle
Throughout this country and the invest
ment has proven a total loss. What is
the matter
An answer is easy to find. In the first
place, IL ls no easy matter to Get a sufii-
Gent amount OF milk in mos. neighbor-
hoods to keep such factory running at
full capacity. Scores of people NAV make
promise 10 furnish milk. but when the
time comes they fail to do so. Others
furnish milk for only a few months in the
year. l. il new work, and some wait to
see what the outcome will be. There is a
lack OF system and order. On paper there
is full complement of cows. but in fact
there Is not over half enough during the
summer and less during the winter.
Then there IS inexperience in the facto-
ry, or else big salaries TO experts Thsre
are little iealousies and suspicious. Ali
breeds OF cows are represented, and one
farmer Is sure that a neighbours cows fur
Dish too little butter fat in the milk. Soon
the factory shuts down.
Now. Inquirer" will please understand
that this does not always happen. | am
telling why many crea1neries have failed.
If he knows that his community has
enough cows to supply factory: if the
patrons will be loyal to it; if the com
munltY IS one that pulls together; il most
OF the people have had some experience
In CARRYING; and, lastly, If the factory costs
only what It Is worth, then you may do
very well to invest. If all of you mean
business You should succeed. Use only
business methods in building your fac
tory. and then run 1t in the same wav.
Will those of our readers who have had
experience IN public creameries kindly
write, giving their experience? We want
both sides. and hope the facts will aid
others. OBSERVER.
One Point 20 BE Noted
When THE SENTINEL Farmer 900 \ man
who does not read but succeeds anyway
IL sets him 10 wondering how great such a
mans success would be il he took advant-
age of the truths that he cannot well
learn by experience, because their exist
snce Is based upon facts beyond his per-
sonal knowledge. Take for instance the
feeding Of cotton seed meal, both for the
maintenance Of stock and for manure.
As our readers know there are two kinds
of this meal. the decorticsted and the I'M
dscorticatsd. That is 10 say, by one pro-
cess the hulls OF the seed are removed be-
fore the oil is pressed out. while by an
other the oil IL extracted without removal
oil the huils and so the meal is called un-
undecorticatsd. A ton of the latter is not
60 rich "a one of the former simply be-
cause part of the weight is due TO the
bulls, which have low feeding value
The difference Of value in the two kinds