The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1895-03-23

twenty-five or thirty years ago it was
held by many dairy Writer'S that, out
side OF what they designated as the
dairy belt, dairying could not in this
country be made a success. The sound
S OF that claim in a rev years after
first made vas seriously questioned
and a few years later the claim aban-
doned.
1t is safe to say that nowhere in the
United States either climate or latitude
stands in the way If successful dairy
ing in any or all of its branches. OF
course climate. latitude aud other ma
tural conditions are favorable to it any
where in the Dominion of Canada.
Now while dairying is adapted to all
sections of this country, it would hardly
be possible to lay down rules for con-
Quoting it, that in all features would
be equally applicable to all. Yet for
all, save a few extreme southern states
and the Pacific coast, q system Of dairy
Ing coud be suggested that would in all
features, or nearly all, be applicable.
OF course when it comes to the mat
ter Of feed for a dairy herd, that Is
one Of the parts Of a general system OF
dairying that must be varied accord.
ing as adaptabilty Of crops for different
sections vary.
Dairying Is now pretty generally rec
ogniZed us almost q necessary factor
in anything that can be correctly called
diversified farming. And ut this time
the tendency III this country Is more
than ever before III the direction OF
that system of farming.
AS apart of any system of actual
farming u great deal can be urged In
favor of dairying and but little said
against it. 1t is true there are. trials
TO be endured and difficulties encoun-
tered in the pursuit of dairying, but
no branch Of agriculture Is free from
either.
Time and again it has been said and
' written that in order to make a sue
cess of dairying every step from the
breeding and rearing of the selection
Of the herd to the marketing Of the
product must be correctly taken. 1t
will, however, bear saying again and
again. For it is only by repeatedly call
ing attention to a truth that it will be
recognized by many, as such, and
adopted in practice.
OF the three principal products Of the
COW, milk, butter, cheese, those engaged
in dairying must decide each for him
self which one is best adapted to his
conditions.
If one is located near a large village
or city the producing Of milk to sell
direct to consumers may pay better
than that Of butter OF cheese, either
directly or Indirectly. The same can
be said OF one located Oh a line Of rail
road OH which is established a milk
route terminating in a large city where
the milk goes into the hands IF dealers.
The branch of dairying now under
consideration, milk production, can be
subdivided. For instance some milk
producers sell skim milk and cream
instead of whole milk, selling the form.
er for what it Is, and at about half the
price of whole milk. Generally those
that do so do not try 20 raise all the
cream, thus furnishing skim milk OF
better quality than that from which
cream has been raised for butter max
ing. OF course every milknlan could
not sell skim milk and cream, but a
certain proportion of them can, and
make it pay
In the skim milk and cream t. ID the
market for the latter IAN he Increased
by supplying manufactur us OF ice
cream, hotels, restaurants, sod.l fcun.
tains and c~aterers.-Western JNlral.