The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-05-30
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Prot Geefsrteu q Daash origin. hat
uow Of ibt ksfsss ftsts ssuaaiatal eai
isss. 10 toe uflayneut q The L s De
psrimsrt q Agriculture Visited peamsft
49, sindttt q is dairy methods, 10 bis
fepou he calls sueBliga to matters Of 10
letest "a Amtfisau daifymon The ares
Of Denmark u u goo squsro miles or bal
little more than oue hHt larger than the
state q Nes Hampshre. 1t has popqls
uoa Of iwo million people. Prof George
sou ssys q H.
This little ouotry hm, dutiug the last
dtasp yests, become noted the void over
a. dairy country 1t produces sbaai
. Ia. GOO, 90 pounds Of butter yearly #
which snonut nearly one hail is con
sumeJ ~ home aad the balance, iof the
most RI, exported to England, Englaud
pays The Dauish farmers, 90 Al syerser,
a. 600 COO mouth for butter
1t Is somewhat remarkable fact that
mere than bali Of tb,s denss population is
engaged 10 agriculture, and btords a point
ei ILLUSTRATION q the law Of diminished
returns as spphed to sgricultare, sud
/ points to the time when the istio Of the
/ people Of this couatry lhst live on farms
viii ascend the seal Il hiss deeeBde d-a
larger percentage being ngsged 10 farm
ing then is GOV the case, Denmark has
changed from grain aud cattle growing
country to dalryiag ss q result Of the pres
ure Of competition. Among the lessons
TO be drawn. Prof Georseson calls stten
ton to the fact that the Danish farmers
make dalrylug success IN spite OF the |
high cost OF feed there Us cOnpsred With |
the cost OF feed here. They have no Ind
al eorD, the eraudest fodder plant in the
world, MS We have, They can raise barley
and oats aud grass aud clover about as We
eau, but not much better except SO far Us
they manure better, These crops precti
cally constitute all their home grown feed
aud they are worth 10 about twice MS
much Ms they are here They feed large
quantities OF oil cake, which is all ImpOf
ed from foreign coun ries They use cot
touseed cake from A merlcs, rapesed cake
from Germany, sunhover cake from Rus
sia aud paImuat cake from India. Their
cotton seed cake costs them about S35 per
ton, while IT can be bought IN this country
a retail for ten dollars less II they can
make dairying a success under such cir
cumstanoes. could We not, with our great
resources aud cheap feed, make 1t at least
equally successful provided We went
about it 10 the night wsy?'
Attention Is next called to the fact that
small delryIng Of prior times has been
changed into cooperative dqirylng and tC
this cooperative dairyiug with the superior
skill applied he distinctly ascrib's the
Of Danish dairy farming. The
Danish dairymen bestow great care Cd
their live stock. In regard to care and
feed Prot Georgeson says:
my htN mummy sutlttlOi III bOpb q
warm barns: Their aim is to maintain as
nearly as possible about Coz f. 10 the
stable. Tueir barns are very generally
brick buildings, aud not mere sheds full
1t crack through which the wind whistles,
As we too often fad them here. They use
40 abundance OF bedding and the stock is
made as conf. axle as possible. The
cattle are cleaned with currycomb and
brush at least Once a week aud iu one case
1n q farm where they kept 100 COWS,
Iound they were curred twice daily. The
)wuer maintained that it paid to keep the
skin clean and the coats sleek. The iric
.IoR on the skin increases capillary clrcu
alton which, IN turn, makes the animals I
hrlftier. Their feed is instructive. The
irst feed was given early 10 the morHing,
Usually about O'Clock, though often at 4
! NJ and the feeding was repeated half ,
iozen times during the forenoon consist
ng Of grain, straw, roots, hay, one after
he other; and beginning again about 2
: NJ, tue programme OF the forenoon was
epeated, always closing with feed OF
trsw for the night