The Dickinson press., 1896-07-11
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DAIRY FARMING.
its Advantages Over Other kinds of
Auxbandry.

~ vermont gentleman OF large eX-
perience and observation, Mr.. ]. w.
Newton, draws the following CONF
parisons between dairy farming and
other farm pursuits:
The first advantage of dairying is
that it takes less fertility from the
soil than other branches of farming,
sugar making alone excepted.
A ton of wheat takes 81 out Of the
farm and sells for less than SIG \
ton of butter takes 50 cents worth Of
plant food from the farm and sells
TOR from $4O0 to $500. Comment is
needless.
SecOnd-Buttcr is 4 condensed pro-
duct. Nothing can be made or grown
on the farm which brings as much
per pound. Farms remote from the
market. and Communities far from
railroads can send butter from the
farm or creamery with the least pos
sible expense. The lliryman can coll
dense tons OF fodder and crops grown
OH the farm into dairy products and
send them to market in compact and
portable form.
Thirtl-Butter is a finished product.
1t is made ready for the consumer
either in the private dairy or local
factory or creamery. The only excep-
ton is where cream is sent long dis
tances to a central station from skim
ming stations scattered over 4 large
section of country. But this exception
only proves the rule.
fourtil-Dailyins brings in con-
slant income. The nan who sells
nj 1.ss -
lie can market his product once 4
year. There is little satisfaction in
this. 1t is unbllSiness-like tt. go with
out cash fifty-one weeks and then
nave Il lot of money come in at one
tlhie: The dairyman has an income
nearly or quite fifty-two weeks in the
year.
Fiftl-Dairying gives constant, re-
nllncratlve employment. The grain
or potato grower must spend q large
part or the year in enforced and de-
molaliZing idleness. but the dairyman
finds profitable work through The wear.
and his work is most profitable during
the winter time.
SlXtll-On the dairy farm the work
Is better divided. The grain harvest
comes so close to haying that it often
gets mixed UP With it to the detrimcnt
oil Dotl; but when corn is grown and
put into soil for dairy feed, and not
so much or no grain raised, the har-
vests are several weeks apart.
Seventll-Skill and brain work got
better pay in dairying than in any
other branch of farming. To produce
fine dairy products requires somethin.
besides hard work. The dairyman
must have knowledge and skill and
exercise great care.
Elghth-There is more room at the
top, greater opportunity to improve
than in any other farm work, Cows
produce; from $50 to 500 pounds of but-
ter rer y.ar. and butter sells from 10
cents to 81 per pound No other branch
or agriculture shows anything like
this. or gives such chance to rise.
Nintll-TIke the country through.
there is no kind of farm work so siIit.
ed tn women as dairying.
Ienth-Dairying leads to thought.
fulness for the comfort of animals
ana thus tends to morality. No do
her best. the COW must be made os
comfortable as possible in every wov
Sle Will tolerate no neglect or cruelty.
She is 4 teacher Of septleness ana
''Ao
Eleventh-Dairying is the most nro.
gressivc branch of farming.
Notwithstanding pays better than
any other branch of farminp ho.i,
actually and prospectivcly. Look Mt
the prices of farm products. Take
wheat Or sheep and wool. or horses
and see how p..iccs have dronncd
Profitable Milk Production
Little savings here and there are
what accomplish great things. We
cannot make profit out of the average
COW. She is Of no use to any one. 1
do not believe one can get along sue.
cessfully by having to purchase his
own cows. No COW is profitable that
produces less than 1000 pounds of
milk. Nor is there anything more pit-
liable than a 4O0-pound butter COW in
the hands Of a 15O-pound man.
do not say you ought to produce
more milk to flood the markets with:
but l do say you ought to produce the
same quantity of milk for less money:
that is, you ought to produce the same
amount of milk with fewer cows and
at less expense, and so make mora
moLey.
Those who buy cows seldom get the
best; they buy the ''good lockers" but
are often deceived. And when thev
get these purchased cows home they
oyerfeed them, and as consequence
these COWS, unused to such high foods.
soon break down and in two or three
years are used up. Better breed up
from your own stock, and by watching
carefully, you know what sort of an
animal you have.
Feed and water are two important
elements. You cannot build up an ami
ma, by starch and sugar foeeds. These
will starve her to death, being an un-
balanced ration. TO be profitable a
balanced ration must be fed.
The individuality Of the COW must be
studied. One COW is inclined to milk
production, 6,O00 to 5000 pounds of
milk. Another produces 400 pounds of
butter; another is Il producer of beef.
To be successful we must know what
tendency the COW has. and act accord
ingly. Those who want to make but
ter should keep only the butter COW;
those who sell milk should not keep
butter or beef cows, etc.
Don't feed too much corn for milk.
Wheat bran or middlings are the safest
and tho best foods for the cows. I
would make either of them principal
food for cows up to six years at least.
There are no better fodds. Pea meal
Is excellent. Every ton of milk sold
takes Of about So worth of fertility
from the farm. The butter maker sells
hut little fertility. One or two pounds
of linseed meal day is a good ration
Good brewers grains are excellent
! feed. But ensilage is better than all
Tho timothy hay of commerce is a
mighty poor food, especially when late
cut. 1t is poor milk producer. Clio.
yer is much better and one of the best
balanced of foods. For "clover SICK
soils apply wood ashes or muriate ol
potash and ground bone.-H. Il. Cooke
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