The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11
GLEANINGS FROM HOARD'S
DAIRMAN FOR JULY 10, 90

Ny first experience in dairying was
on the farm, he home dairy" X 4
l have been in very close relations with
the home dairymen of Wisconsin and
Minnesota. l have visited nearly every
section of our State, visiting, meeting
the farmers, inspecting the various
methods of manufacturing butter, and
also the methods of feeding and caring
for dairy stock. But to day my re-
marks will have special reference to
the methods employed in manufacture
ing dairy butter and dairy cheese. =
= l find that the butter or cheese
maker who has come in contact with
his fellow workers has added to his
story of information and made wonder
full progress. On the other hand, find
that the home dairyman" has made
but little progress. Indeed, l am sur
prised at the little change that has
taken place in methods of manufactur
ing butter on the farm. During the
past month, especially, has my atten-
ton been called to the present condi
ton Of affairs. l have spent the entire
month among farmers where they have
no idea of a practical modern dairy.
ConsC quently, l have had an oppor-
tunity to see the condition of affairs on
the farm as relates to butter manufac-
turing, and | am surprised to see that
the method employed to day in making
butter is but little better than it vas
ten or fifteen years ego. Now this is
not because the farmers have no ad-
vantages. The dairy press has been
jealous, and no class of papers to day
is doing more, in any line than the
dairy papers. But for some reason Or
other the average farmer will not profit
by what he reads. He appears to go
through the figures and they pass out
of his mind. Consequently, he is max
ing butter very much as he did ten
years ago.
The person not coming in contact
with similar employment gets into a
groove and gets an idea that his meth
DDS are the best methods, and his but
ter is the best butter. = Now this
is simply because farmers do not come
in contact with each other and get the
friction of contact, and get the rough
| edges knocked eff. This is the only
way to make progress. Now on
the other hand, take the butter MAX
ers Of the factory creamery, and we
find bright, intelligent, energetic, in
dustrious, studious kind of men who
are not satisfied with their present
conditions If they were not, you
would not be here. You came here to
get information; you came here to
learn how TO make a better article and
to study the exhibits, and if you find
an article here that is better than yours,
you want to learn how it is made. That
Is a laudable ambition, and you are on
the right track" And much more in
the same general vein of great value
from Prof. L. L, Hacker, before the
National Creamery Butter Makers
Convention.
From G. L. Peck, before Farmers
and Breeders Association, Conderts-
port, Pa:
Last May I had the pleasure of a
visit to one of the leading farms of
Delaware Co N. Y that of John Nc
Donald, near Delhi. Eighteen years
ago there came to his ownership by
descent, a farm of 200 acres, 100 of
which were cleared and improved. The
former owner, his father, kept on the
farm IL COWS, and as often as every
alternate year had to buy hay to finish
feeding to grass. The COWS produced
about 125 pounds of butter each in q
year. Mr.. Mcdonald began trying tc
stop the wastes on that farm, and az
a result is now keeping 80 COWS thai
last year produced over 25, 900 of but
!, ter hat he sold at 35 cents a pound
He has a corresponding number o
, calves, hogs, hens, etc. The total pro
ceeds of the farm and dairy product
last year was 50, 500, and with tina
amount of stock he summered over tn
past summer more than so tons Of hay
+ As a matter of good farming, he re
fuses to sell a ton of hay as q marke
product of the farm"
1 The same article contains other eX
amples. READER.