The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-11-08
WHAT IS LIKE ENTHUSIASM

Extract from a Ringing Address to the
Dairymen of Ohio.
Permit me to Suggest to the intelligent
dalryman that success in his calling does
not depend solely upon the character of
his COWS This is simply one important
factor and only one ! would not en-
courage the falntest hope in the breast OF
the lazy shlfteSs farmer that there Is for
aim royal road to success through the
purchasing of HolsteIn- triesian COWS for
his dairy Indeed am inclined to think
that for d dalryInan who will only half
feed and half care for his cows. who VIII
De slack in All his methods, the native
animals whose ancestors for centuries
nave been ralspd around straw stacks
are the best adapted to his purpose
The Holsten Friesian breed Of cattle
u the result of centuries of not only in
5aillgent breeding but Of generous feed
ing of careiCl even tender and solicit
ors care The farm barns of Holland
are as good as the farmhouses, and are,
many times. Il part of the houses No
sensible man has a right TO expect COWS
that have been thus bred to thrive and
rive generous yields of milk with insult
ticieut food and neglect
Dairymen of Ohio. and of the country
At large. Your business has not been as
profitable during the last five years of
financial storms and disasters as could
De desired Cheese and butter during
5his time have not found ready sale at
relnunerative prices Your profits have
0een blighted bv low prices and over
production ana only the most sHillful Of
yOn have been able to clear your farms
from debt and to beautify them with i'm
2rovements Some of you and many of
your fellow citizens engaged in other vo-
cations have been, by shrinkage of values
and great financial disturbances and de-
prassions. reduced to poverty and bank
ruptcy Ii you who are running behind
would regain prosperity you must first
deserve it
Those Of you who have lacked in thor
ougnness must wake up from your Rip
Van Wrinkle sleep dig out the stulnps
and cut down the struggling trees that
mar your pastures and greatly lessen
their growth Of grass; yOu should ditch
or underlrain all your low and swaley
ground. You should pillow deeper, cult
yate more thoroughly, and seed down
with more care, you should break up
your hidebouni meadows, kill the weeds,
thstles and brlars. grub ont the shru bs
aud clear up the underbrush that deface
She beauty and destroy the productive
ness of your fields You should save,
utilize and conserve better both the solid
and liquid manure of your barns and
barnyards. you should buy cows. and
only those that are first class mixers, and
sell your inferior ones to the butchers,
and if you cannot sell them give them
away to your mother-in-law
You should winter your herds in warm
barns. with generous feeds. and have
your cows Kindly. quickly and carefully
MIXED and by the same hands during
the entire season. you should feed them
SO well in the fall that your November
milk will bring you more money than
your June or September milk Do all
this and you will be prosperous, even if
butter and cheese should continue to sell
at such low prices as have prevailed dur
ing the last three years
However, sincerely believe that we
are on the eve OF most decided change
IN times. &C. w. Horr. Successful Cheese
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