New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-17

milk: they have it to drink all Of the timee;
get it within an hour h atier re vary N fond Of
it, and think it will pay better than 20 rou ,reH
il 20 pigs which bring or cents per pppunu,
while chicks bring 20 cents do 10 t tv brooders it
makes them smell sweet. / also use consiaPra19ie
haysecd and chat in the pens, as 1t keeps me
chickens busy, besides they eat leaves dn" eoS''
which does them no harm.
When the inspection of the various depar,men.ss
had been made. and four of the farm compe .sa
the April sun had passed the nerlnl' ,o a W. s
afternoon was far spent. The tram ior ,; SsM.
York would be- along in half an hour Wmle
awaiting its arrival the visitor put Few pr1cu-
cal questions to the young superintendent.
This is most interesting place. pnc can
farmers with small means-by that mean inc
Great majority Of the tillcrs of our soll-who are
not able TO buy bloodcd stock, adopt the hie'houS
vou employ here AT E.erslie?"
Mr. Cottrrll meditaed for moment ana re-
Piled IL depends on the man. scruD man
needs scrub stock and scrub methods OF Iarnlihs,
improve himself. Then he can 20. - work on
his cattle and crops. 1t is the everlasting think-
ips about the business and the t pu,im sren nee
between success and failure in farming
Suppose young man decides 10 go s inIT
darying The rst question Is what 2reea Il;as
he take? lie finds that Mr. Morton Is making
a great success with Guernseys. Mr. WliDnr VIII
have nothing but Ho>trins, and another bree,er
Ayshs the s mH of "c sse of the Se
il adapted TO The special use ma OF it by tho
owner Mr. Morton sells butter alone. lie wants
milk with the greatest possible amour, OF on,f i,
and the least amount OF caseln Gne'nsy mix
is rich in bitter and deficient IN casein IL costs
money for feed 70 produce casrin. AM tEe less
there is in tine milk tor 3u'tgi the ors opp rl99n.
keep Guernseys The butter globules in GUERNSEY
milk are large and separate easily from the res.
Of the milk and in few tb npar s M Eo The
AYRSHIRE butter globules are small an do not
separate readily. The milk is more in the condi;
ton of emusion-j,t the condition a nnna. 90
by weak st0macls. Inc young man ouSHt W
know this when he selects his breed.
After the selection of the breed comes feeding.
If he makes butter, flavor comes first lie mas
certain feeds make rich Favored butter some ieeds
soft butter Others butter that is hard and brittle.
and still others hard, waXy butter If he adopts
certain combinations of feed he can make Dntter
too hard to spread, another combination WIZ make
il soft and oily No two markets demand exactly
the same quality Of butter, and he must study tie
tastes of his consumers and feed u meet them.
BESIDES producing flavor he must feed TO get
good Yields and make money, he must feed TO keep
his COWS in good health. and he must feed his
cows SO they will have strong. vigorous calves.
II n cow is fed we'll this year she will give more
milk on account of it next year. How Ear is
il profitable TO so III this direction? suppose the
breed and feed are all right. There are the thon.
sand questions that come up in but'er-maklng, ana
every little change makes loss or proi,.
All this takes thinking. thinking, and the mora
he knows before thinking the better the ideas wiz
be- We must know what others are doing. Less
than month ago picked up soifl' III
one of the farm papers that has already saved us
$500 and Yet | often meet farmers who say 10
doc, not pay them to read
1T is Just the same with other branches OF
farming as with darying. Look at the laws Of
chemistry and biology affecting the production OF
cnsage How many questions of physics and
chemistry come up in tillage-the mechanical and
chemical effects of blowing, the action of frecz-
ing in fall plOughing and how to use il. the ef-
feet OF cultivation on capillary action and how to
use il to make money?
All this requires knowledge t. Use understand.
ingly. \ man without education can train him
self 70 think and can slowly discover the facts
himself but a good agricultural education Is Q
great help. | think this training can best be 50
cured through some Of our agricultural colleges.
They not only give young man the education
he wants. but, better, they train him 70 think and
think in the right way. have always had charge
of men doing farm work, and for the past five
wears have employed each year 200 men or more.
Every year | have had college students working
side by side with ordinary farm workmen, and
have invariably found that the students have heen
my best help. They do more and better work
than stronger unedncated men. We have had
several students at Ei'crslie from the Kansas Ay-
men was from the agricultural department Of Cor
nell.
1T il the extra pound Of milk cow gives the
bit Of extra care in keeping the milk pure and
sweet, and the little extra attention in saving all
the butter in churning that gives the better prod.
net and the higher prices. Men must think to
secure this
"You believe that it pays any farmer to keep
sOf course Do. BQt hOss comes your traia.'