Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-12-11
FUTURE or CARRYING.

Mr.. King In an article for the Ohio
Farmer reviews the grounds for grow
Ing belief that dairying IL to be brought
to the level Of the profit Of every
other farm department. Those grounds
he finds to be, of course, rush Into
dsirying by farmers who lind Other
products unsatisfactory. aud that oleo Il
To further cripple the business Of but.
ter making. lie thinks otherwise and
says:
at q glance either of these reasons
seems plausible, bat In the first there are
conditions that preclude q possibility Of
OVERRIDING the business az some predict.
\ good herd of dairy cows IL not picked
up every day. One must begin by
br-cding, and this requires time. II is
almost the work ~ - mans lifetime Ia
get herd Of choice dairy cows. And
there are Just so many cows To draw
from. Because few men succeed In
getting q herd of cows and starting In
the dairy business adds nothing tn the
sum total. II IL Ike taking money out
oi Que pocket aud putting !, into an.
other. IL has only changed position.
While the census reports quite an In
cr,ase In the number ~ mllch cows, vet
they fall short In keeping pace With our
increase In population"
The deluslon Il then INDUCED In that
boards of health will be empowered by
Law 20 condemn aud destroy this rancid
mixture 90 fat, caseln and water that IL
made and sold for butter.
"Better founded perhaps u the belief
I "A lsl Of. 81 az
gence and refinement comes the demand
for better commodities OF all kinds
whether In eating, drinking or clothing
line, and people are asking Tor a better
article ~ butter butter made With some
regard To- scientific principles, snd pu,
up In a neat, attractive style. This IL
the Kind of butter thst sells from .snu-
ary 90 January AZ prices that leave a
very handsome profit to the maker, aud
plenty oi thi. Kind ~ butter will drive
oleo out 90 the market. With all the
apparent disadvantages that seem to be
threatening the dairy Industry, ! feel
quiie sure that the future IL not an dark
a. IL seems, and 20 the home dairyman
particularly. where IN. skim-mllk Il fed
sweet 70 calye. aud pig, la connection
with bran and shorts, the dairy ofer.
lnducement. which no other branch of
agriculture affords. Notice that the
prices 20 good butter were the last Ia be
sfiecied by the reycr.es that struck aud
spread their mantle over all productive
Industries lik. = pail, and Il Ia even nov
tislng In pfic- faster than any other
farm commodity.
The standard Of qu iliiy In everything
consumed by the world has Ia meet q
NOR, and more critical demand, and con-
fidence In the destlny % man To push
forward hi. advance Into higher aud
higher fields .usiains the belief that
public tastes will follow In demand
closely on the heels of all advance In III.
quality Of dairy foods. superior quail.
ity has no, heretofore been disassccia,ed
from t,trogrsding prices In other
domains, aud indeed In butter. An I'm.
portant question l., Can the quality of
ARTIFICIAL butter keep pace relatively
With that of pure huttetf Probably u
will No, Niihou, advancing IT. Cos, and
narrowing It. margin of profit. j, has
not escaped attention that art IL ever al.
ysncing aud that oleomargsrine !. pro-
duet of art.-Mirror and Farmer.