Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-17
THE HOME AND FARM.
THE DAIRY BUSINESS.

~ hbAOhh pa ~ "h'Oi iuNO tulNN
for butter and cheese during the whole
summer, ever in the face Of the worst
financial crash the country has seen for
fifty years, are q wonder to a great
many. Every branch of agriculture
has its ups and downs, bus we have
never seen a period of depression in
dairy products that carried the price
below profit in production but once in
thirty six years, That occurred in the
early party Of 1879, when cheese, for
some unaccountable reason, went down
to five and six cents, but took a sudden
rise in the latter part OF July to a good
paying price, which it has steadily
maintained eve since. Every kind OF
grain raising, meat production, wool
growing, the raising of hops or tobacco
seems to be effected with frequent per
iods of depression, when the price goes
below the cost of production. This is
true at the present time of wool, tobac.
co and wheat. Indeed. both wheat and
wool HI We been in the dumps for two
or three years,
The production of butter and cheese
presents a cheering contrast in this par
ticular. For years there has been q
good, steady profit in the production OF
a first class article. Farmers who are
thinking of engaging in dalrying will
do well to consider this view of the
matter. The dairy business is sure,
steadfast and at the same time reason.
ably profitable. Where the creamery
plan prevails its returns are frequent.
so that the farmer has ready cash once
a month, The increase of population
is greatly in excess of the increase OF
COWS; this fact keeps up a demand to 6
paying figure year after year.-Hoard'i
Dairyman.
The chemist of an England dairy com
pany undertook an investigation to de
termine the tendency of cream to rise
on milk during delivery. Experiment.
proved that this tendency was overcome
by the constant agitation in transit
provided the milk was not allowed tc
stand long enough at any time during
delivery for the Dreaming to commence,
If this took place the shaking was moi
sufficient to hinder the Dreaming, and
it continued IN spite of the motion. ''Ir
rounds which were out for six hours
no rising of cream could be detected
provided that 10 long intervals of time
were permitted in which the milk re
NAMED at rest"
Somebody writing about the grear
improvement which recent years ha,
brought about in butter making says
1--WE feel encouraged when we 60 tc
fairs and dairy expeditions and see the
excellent quality of butter exhibited
But we felt encouraged ten, fifteen anG
twenty years ago at these exhibitions
When we go to the country stores
where most of the butter is marketed
we don't feel so elated. There is JUS
about as much poor butter tumbleG
into stores and bartered for goods al
there val ten or fifteen years ago
chat is, in some parts of the country
at least. The farm paper, the farmers
institute and progress do not reach all
the butter makers"
With a fairly good herd, carefully fed
and kept, milk a be produced for 65c
per cwt. and fat for 16c. per ID. for cost
of food consumed, says the Cornell ex
pertinent station. Individuals of the
same breed vary more widely in mill
and butter production than do the
breeds themselves. Larger animals con
sumed less pounds of dry matter pei
1000 lbs, live weight per day than did
the smaller animals. In general tbs
best yieds of fat were obtained from
cows that gave at least a fairly large
flow of milk, and cows consuming tae
most food produced both milk and fat
at the lowest rate. For the production
of milk and fat there 10 no food sc
cheap as good pasture grass.-Farn
and Home.