The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-18

E=esy man Of sense knows that the aver
age tarm COW brings but little profit. The
average production Of the average COW in
Wisconsin, Illinois, New York and other
Of tie best dairy states 10 only about 5000
pounds OF milk year. Partly. this IL the
fault Of the cows and partly the fault Of
the owner. OF course, the owner must b
hello responsible for the fact, for he alone
can institute any improvement. Three
thousand pounds Of milk are equivalent to
LIS POUNDS Of butter, provided il be good
mill. That amount of butter, - the ordi.
nary farmer makes it and sells IL, brings
abosst 10 cents pound. So you can zee
thai the partnership between the ordinary
farmer and the average COW brings in only
abosit 10 year gross. A thorough Cow
census" instituted in the town Of Ellis
Daisyman, revealed the fact that there
weE, . large number Of herds Of cows in
tina. old dairy town that did not earn
above so por COW for the year. The own
ers u these cows felt this fact in their Dat
tened pocketbooks, but they did not have
enterprise sufficient 70 ses squarely about
''cos census" was taken it turned . ray Of
lighs into such an improbable way Of do
Ing business. and manifest improvement
in tae character OF the cows has since
taken place. In bulletin fifty-two Of the
Coraetl experiment. station -
gwen . bit Of history that should
Be read and studied long and
vel by every farmer who earnestly desires
gooi profit in keeping cows. The Bwttetin
Is csvoted 20 the problem Of the cost OF
milk production, but the point We are after
here 10 to bring ont the TACT there shown,
which shasi serve - An answer to the
question at the head of this article. The
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meet. beginning January Is. 1897, and end
ing fIanuary IL. 1888. consisted Of twenty
cows This herd had been developed from
the ordinary cows Of the neighborhood by
Prot. Roberts since ISIS. His method
had been tho simple and effective one
OF Eiing only Thoroughbred bulls OF dairy
bresds and rigid selection OF the best
hci.sr calves. The first cows in 1s74
produced but little more than 5000
pounds Of milk. The descendants of these
SAME cows produced in 1892 moro than
1863 pounds per COW. Any man can see
tina. the profit of cow-keeplng il greatly
increased by the use OF q little good dairy
sense. Prot. Robert, has done nothing that
the most ordinary farmer cannot do. Any
maa in these days can procure . good
thoroughbred sire Of any OF the four lead
ing dairy breeds. the Ayrshircs. the Hot
ste<ns, the Guernseys or the Jerseys.
Gossi. wcll-trej male calves can be
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rigast along in the same road. holding
steadily To- the same breed and select
ing the hes. heilers There il moth
ing mysterious or difficult about this and
any man ought 10 know that il is not one
hais as expensive az the keeping Of poor
cows. Every farmer has the road open be-
tore him fer better profit in cows ii he will
bu. enter IT, 1t means simply the use OF .
little more dairy INTEL; rcnce in the way Of
better breeding ard better feeding and
care. The profits o: keeping say ten cows
giving each 400 pounds of milk over that
of keeping twenty-five of their grand
mo<hers producing the same amoant Of
lni.x tells :ie stor beyond cayit.
Ministers. Lawyer. Teachers and others whose
ocxsa patton gives hat LITTLE exercise. shoad uss
carer. Little Liver Pills for torpid liver ana
h.li.asncss. one 10 . dcse Try them.
Tas ecst groceries oEir as LcaaA's. sis Front
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