The Progress., 1896-12-25
and Poultry

to pioperly made, ought to be better
1t y. we" creamery, as the maker has
g. 'ne means of controlling the food
S gwen to the cows and the handling or
Il sne milk all the way through The
9 .leamery buttermaker, on the other
t manu. mas to contend with patches of
poo' mix; he will never get better milk
.n&n the average of what is produced
: W MS patrons. 1t is true, one reason
.vl me lower rank Of dairy butter is
tne lack of uniformity. which hurts ito |
sale IN the open market. This fact is
olten not thoroughly understood by the
uaify farmer. Take 100 tubs of dairy
outter-good, bad and Indifferent. with
an average score Of 80 points. and thov
Will seldom be sold as high &C ion tuhs
VI Uniform creamery butter scoring Is
polnts. This fact alone, not to men
tioh the saving of labor and the posi-
Dllltles and economy of the very best
appliances in the creamery, should X .
suHclent to encourage the faar--oon or- 5
cooperate and establish = oi , - e
les. Take the condits~ns IN Englano' IL b
the farmers ws.e to cooperate there b
it would be all the worse for the Danes h
and Americans, just as the stronger and n
more extended cooperation in the west n
is proving such hard competition for t;
the east. It is not only the cheaper and ii
more fertile lands of the west, it is the b
more enterprising spirit which adapts
itself quickly to new systems, new ma
chinery. And why? may be wrong,
but it seems natural to me that older
are slow to undertake re- a
forms. Just consider the case OF two =,
young men. One goes west and starts -
by the traditions of what "a "a
his father and grandfather has done, "
while the other has to face the adverse -
criticism not only of his relations, but ~
hat of every one of his neighbors. Is s.
here no excuse for his letting improved VI
Methods alone and jogging along in the az
I'D ruts of his forefathers? Nor must it Sd
re supposed that the reform in the west III
which is not completed by long shot vi
has been carried out, before the farm 81
RS we're, so to say, starved into it. In Ill
Dakota I asked a patron of creamery ~
low many COWS he MIXED; he replied: ny
Two last year, ten this year, and will WI
milk more next year." When, in my IN
1 slapped him on the cl'
boulder, saying: you are the man of eg
ny heart" he added, with a queer ol
mile: But had to be starved into Lid
t." The truth is that the most sue We
essful creameries are in the districts ro'
here the continuous wheat crops have III
educed the yields, and the low prices no
he profit to starvation point. What io'
tile I have seen of the eastern farm ihs
lg, where enormous sums are spent ne
n artificial fertilizers, makes me be- !
eve that only by an intelligent CO. Ia
peration in dairying will the "aver- tei
ge" farmer. get out of the dismal We
vamp of improbable farming. There ne
re- enough isolated cases of unquali- WI
ed success to prove this. While l do ~,
ot desire to be understood to advo- '"1
lie the total abolishing Of private
airying, do firmly believe that the
establishing of more creameries in the 7
lst will prove benefit to the farmers. iss
reameries- properly run-are ere
Enters of education which soon spread in
better knowledge of cheap milk pro- prc
lotion, and better understanding of oht
ue cooperation. in