The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
WIN CA!RSlNG,
II Pays Well. hut Requires Carefa1
Attention TO Details.

II Pays Well. Hut Requires Careful
Attention TO Details.
When convenient to 4 good market a
| better profit can be realized from winter
dairying than in summer. There is "a
better demand for milk and butter, and
if care is taken To produce a good article
i better price can be realized. But it is
rot advisable to &C into the business
h@phazard. The desire to changefroIn
aBe thing 10 another is a prevailing one
with the American farmer. First one
thing is tried and then another, and
si1en there is a shifting tina, is profit
less. While there are circumstances
that often make it necessary or desir-
able TO change, such changes should be
made only after due d~eliberation.
So far as can be done, the farmer
Dlay seek to diversity his products. The
conditions under which the farm work
must be done should determine what
!:ne of farming should be the principal
Industry.
One of the first essentials in profit
POLE dairying is good cows, and in VIM
ter d~airying it is quite an item to have
them come fresh in the fall.
Another item that must be looked
hfter in good season is good shelter for
the cows. There must be plenty OF
room; the quarters must be comfort
ably warm, and yet elenn and we'll yenti-
lated, so that there will be no foul odors.
In order to economic time. and in this
way lessen the cost of production, the
quarters should De arranged conven-
iently, both as regards cleaning and
feeding.
To make dairying most profitable lib
eral feeding is necessary. This means
that the COWS that are giving milk must
have as much wholesome, nutritious
food as they will eat and digest. There
must be a good variety; this is neces-
sary in order to keep up a good appe-
tie. A cow must eat well if she is to
milk well. She may eat well and rom
vert her food into growth or gain, bu.
sac cannot milk well unless she is well
fed.
The farmer who makes the most out
VI HAS udiIN IUtStS ali lHG 1pci ne can.
growing Il variety, not only to be able
to supply a variety, but to lessen the
risks of failure. But in addition 20
raising all he an, he must be willing,
ii necessary, to buy feed in order to be
able to feed well, understanding that
ii feeding his cows well, he is not only
making them most profitable, but at.
the same time is feeding his farm and
making it capable of producing better
crops.
Wheat bran, shipstuffs, cottonseed
meal and linseed meal can in many
cases be purchased and fed to dairy
cows on the farm with profit through
the winter. especially when there is
plenty of roughness to go with them.
There must be in addition to this a
willingness to feed and milk regularly;
to take the proper care as regards
cleanliness with the cows and with the
milk, cream and butter, and to give such
management to milk and cream as IS
essential to the production of the best
quality of butter.
This means a careful attention to de-
tails, so that a uniform quality may be
secured a very little carelessness in
any one OF the essentials of butter maxi
ing will affect the quality, and the Diff
ference in price as the effect in such
carelessness is so much difference in the
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