The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13

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duet of the state be brought up to
uniformly good standard the supply will
come near equalling the demand, and that
oleomargarine will thereby be driven out
of competition with honest dairy butter.
A GOOD COW.
One Years Test Of Grade Jersey
Under Dairy Conditions.
Mrs f. NJ. Jones, of Brookville, Ontario,
has written very practical, interesting
and readable book on dairying. In speak
ing of what can be done, she tells of feed
ing good COW ration costing over 20
cents per day, and saws:
over 70 cents day to feed a COW!
i hear some hard-fisted farmer exclaim
That ends the business; only rich people
can go in for tom-foolery like that; We
poor farmers can't afford it..
Neighbor farmers and friends, you can
afford it, as l will prove to you.
The money is not spent, sunk out of
sight; it is only invested put out at inter
est, and it speedily comes back to you,
doubled. This book is not written for rich
people, who can afford to overfeed, or to
underfeed, COW, and never ask or care
whether their fancy farm pays. 1t is writ
ten for people who, like you or me, have
got to make it pay or else give it up.
1t is the poor man who can't afford to
keep poor COW.
And it is the poor man above all others
who can't afford to be slipshod in this
matter but has got to know just exactly
what every ow on his farm consumes and
what 1t costs. Also just what every COW
produces and what it sells for. Then the
profit or loss is at once apparent. The
profits can be steadily increased to their
utmost limit, and the losses promptly and
effectually stopped, showing satisfactory
balance sheet at the end Of the year.
But in order to do this an account must
be kept. You don't want gilt edged note
DOCK nor an intricate system of bookkeep-
Ing. nor much extra labor after hard days
work. But you do want to know what you
are dong and how you stand. What on
earth is the good of shaving and toiling
from daylight to dark if you don't make
anything by it? And how can you stop
leak II you don't know where it is?
Or course every farmer will tell you he
has sort Of idea he kinder keeps the
run of it, but that won't do. 1t reminds
me of story read not long ago:
A newly married couple started house
keeping, and the husband urged the wife
to keep an account. She gladly consent
ed. and he gave her a little book telling
her to put down on one side what cash
she received, and on the opposite page to
enter what she spent
Long afterward he asked her how the
book balanced, and she promptly replied
tHdL IL balanced exactly.
Somewhat surprised, as the little wife
was neither experienced nor accurate in
money matters, he asked to see the book
On one side, under the correct date APP
peared this entry: Received from Larry,
s.. On the opposite side was simply one
entry, in good big letters, Spent it ALL
Now, we can't afford to balance books in
that way.
On one side we must enter every cent
received from our cows, in any way, and
must also put down, as closely as we can
estimate it, all milk, cream and butter
consumed in the family, and put it at mar
ket prices.
On the other side appears every bit of
food consumed, whether purchased or rails
ed on the place.
And, just here, let me caution you against
one error. You will often hear a farmer
say, when accused or keeping a poor COW
that doesn't pay for her keep: "Oh, we'll,
she don't cost me much to keep; we grow
all the stuff ourselves"
My friends, that is one of the biggest
mistakes we make.
1t is not the question, What did it cost
us to grow this load of hay?' but What
cash price can l get for this hay in the
marketw
And whatever it's market value Qess the
cost of drawing it there), that is the value
OF the hay you are feeding to your COW,
mat Is what 1T costs to keep her
Now figure on that basis, and see if she
pays. Sometimes she does, and some
times she does not, but it is mostly NOT
What are the reasons?
Poor cows, poor keep, poor butter.
nave endeavOred to meet the first difficulty
by showing the Importance of choosing a
really good cow And in this book 1 shall
try to prove to you the economy and wis
dom of feeding her well, and shall try to
prove that it pays.
/ cannot do better than TO give tho ,o+
ual figures taken from my own books. A
splendid COW was put in my stable lust
fresh in milk, the LIST of October She was
IN grand condition, and had always been
well fed and cared for. Consequently she
was able to go on to splendid piece of
after grass and to take a goodlv alton of
grain as we'll.
Now, in making out my estimate. I am
leaving out fractions as being easier for
me to write, and for others to follow me,
ana yet sufficiently accurate for all practi-
cal purposes. During October l fed nv
COW besides grass
lbs. ground oats per day........... Sc
4 lbs. ground corn per day....... Sc
lbs. ground peas per day..... &c
Total per day. 15c
ohe needed no hay, as the grass was
SO good. During November, December and
January fed her daily
AoS. SIOunu oats OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
: lbs. bran ....... " Nv
us sfounu corn ........... .....,,., O5
- 10 siouIlu peas ...... ............... .O5
10 lbs. hay ........... ~
Total, per day ...... N
During February, March and April 7 fed
her: ~
los. ground oats ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS O4
IDS. Siouhu corn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, OBJ
lbs. ground peas .., nD11
lbs. Dran ............. .............. OBJ.
Az ADS nay OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, IN
Total. per day ............... 1911
During May and June she was on era So
recurring no hay, but she had daily:
lbs GROUND corn ........................$.O 21.
lbs. ground peas .......... .......... .o2h
Total, per day x051l
AS she was now only three months from
calving, all grain was taken from her: bu
as grass was good, and the cow in splendif
order, she gave a good yield of milk ani
butter Gas will be seen in next table
through July and half of August when she
was just dry, and had six weeks rest, ant
then calved again.
It need hardly be said that the butter
from this cow was exceptionally fine. Dur