Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-24
A PRACTICAL TALK
On "How to Obtain Most Value
From the Dairy"


Interesting Address Before the Farmers
Institute of New Castle County, at Mid
dietown, by MIR. George T. POWELL OF
New York--some Practical Suggestions.
Special Correspondence Gazette and JeuraaL
MIDDLETowN, Jan. 22.-rhere was.
large gathering of farmers and others inter
ested at the meeting held here to-day in the
Comegys building, when George I. Powell
of New York lectured upon the subject,
"How to Obtain Most Value From the
Dairy" There were also a few ladies'
among the audience. The meeting was
held under the auspices of the New Castle
County Farmers Institute, and was proba-
bly, the best yet held in this part of the
county, MIR. Powell is one of the best
known dairymen and fruit growers in New
York State and is an authority on all mat
tiers pertaining to the dairy and farm.
The speaker prefaced his address by
stating that he had a very strong personal
interest in the subject under discussion,
being engaged in the dairy business,
together with that of fruit farming The
history OF agriculture, he said. is cereal
production first, but here in Delaware, as
well as elsewhere this production has
ceased to yield the profits which it once
did. Farmers are now looking towards
the dairy, and when we undertake to
adopt any new system we will always find
obstacles. To make the dairy business q
success requires Il considerable amount OF
skill and wide field of knowledge.
There are two things chiefly to be kept
in yicw-production, and the quality and
quantity OF the production. The animals
are to be maintained. and attached to this,
| is of necessity, more or less expense, but
by careful management this item may be
| reduced to minimum.
| The great trouble. or at least one great
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too many COWS that are not paying, the re-
| suit being to increase the work and de-
crease the profits. Figures have shown
| that the product of milk does not exceed
| annually per head 30U0 pounds of milk or
12S pounds Of butter per cow, and the re-
suit is there are no profits left to speak of
and the farmers have good reason for dis
| couragement.
Mr.. Powell suggested that the farmers
go through their herds, make examina-
tions, and see how many are being kept
for cost of maintenance and how many
are paying. The practical way of doing
will be to keep an account of the product
of each COW, but 1t will not be right to
condemn one animal IL she may not equal
another in the quantity of her milk, for
what her product lacks in quantity may
be more than equaled in quality. In
every stable there are COWS eating up the
profits of their neighbors, and the first i'm.
purtant step will be to eliminate all in
ferior animals. 1t matters little how they
are become rid of, 50 it is done. If the
butcher has no use for them it will bt
economy to kill them and place them
under your fruit trees. The next step is tC
learn how to handle what are LETT, and IL
will be wise to fix a standard to work to
say yield of 800 pounds of butter a year
for each COW. This is not higl
standard, but a very good one 1t ha.
| - 0 lie nd IN, uIl. Lac
a COW to stand at least six weeks without
production. There are good COWS to Dt
found in every herd. no matter what the
breed may be. and by carefully studyinG
the demands of the animal, in which thu
question of food is a very important one
, dairymen will have little or no difficult,
in coming up to the standard mentioned
| before.
The speaker used chart to illustrate tn
! benefits which different kinds of foot
/ gave to cows. Wheat bran and oats is
desirable feed but linseel meal and oottol
5 seed meal contain moro plotine matte
than any other food. Clover is richie
Q than amy other class of hay, and is recon
nended as good to be used. Corn is no
equal in plotine matter to other kinds .
. food for cattle, and 1t is very unwise L
2 depend upon it for increasing the mill
1 product. Corn is used almost entirely t
1 fatten hogs. but while it will do this
v does not eliminate enough plotine matte
: to make blood, which fact is known I
!. frequently cause their death. AS foo
e for cattle, corn is fattening, but is not Gu
/ oulated to benefit the milk product unles
r used i'll connection with some other foot
$ As to handling the product after it is oil
n tanned there are two ways, the first beln
II individual dairyipg at home, and th
y second through the creamery, on the C,
il operative plan. Both have their advaI
v taSes and neither are at all times ConduciN
Il to success. BY far the best system
through the creamery. 1t is more in keel
e ing with the manufacturing laws OF OF
l. country, and the proceeds are more sati
e factory. 1t is of the greatest importanC
l. for every creamery patron TO understan
that the highest success of the creaineT
l. depends upon his individual efforts to il
Y sure success.
/ Mr.. Powe!l's address was very interes
q ing and he was given close attention. II
+. has been lecturing through the lower pa
1t of the Suite the past week and will addre
d meetings in several towns in this count
e. during the next few days.
Among the representative farmers pre-
Il ent were: Sereck Shalcross, ST., Harr
d Ellison, George h. Wilson, Frank Pool, !
n Moore, Sewell G.. Biggs, Michael keegal
William q, Knots, Frank Padley, lsai
If Green, Manloye ID. Wilson. James Robert
ID James Davis, Benjamin Caulk, ). Boye
% .Ir., Charles Ellison, K. +. Cochran, job
n Price, William Evans, Richard l.. MAJ
It dain, Joseph Bggs and Vincent o. Moor
h DIR. T. A. Neale Of Delaware College, ID
4. II. Gilpin, DR.. Irving 5. Valandigha
aud nr n Mpnnwall were alsn trpser