The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-06

progressive and are doing much by
their example for dairylng. Neyerthe-
less, advance IN dairying Is slow. very
slow. And why should Il not be? The
advance Is counted not by what few
do. but by the average OF what all are
doing. Dairylng Il a thing that must
be dealt with In It's parts and not In
It's whole. Every man and every wo-
man that milks a COW or makes butter
Is part OF that whole and each part
must be dealt with separately. The adj
vance II more talked about than real.
when speaking OF the whole. The dirty
dAiryman has not by any means yet
been eliminated. The ignorant feeder
and butter-maker are stlll In evidence
The dairyman who cares little about
the condition Of the goods al delivery
II still a great factor. All OF these
must be reformed. and the work Is
slow. Il Is astonishing 10 ind how nu-
merous are the farmers that neither
take papers nor attend institutes.
These are the ones that Il Is most diff
hcult to reach. They imagine that they
comprise In themselves all knowledge
In the lines In which they are work
Ing.
For these reasons dairy advance
must continue 20 be the result Of con-
slant preaching OF what some call the
dairy gospel OF good cows. good hut
teb-makers and cleanly habits. Prob
ably there Is no better way to reach
the common COW owner than the neigh
borhood meeting. Farmers. especially
II neighbors. can say things that will
be listened 10. when n a stranger
toften called book farmerO were 20
give the same advice Il would be re-
iected. We feel that every reader OF
this column has a personal work to do
In this line. II II be possible TO call
small meeting OF farmers Tor such dis
cussions let II be done by all means
start the ball rolling. Like the little
ball In the snow. Il will become great
er as u rolls. A multitude Of these
meetings should be held an over the
country. and the work OF reformation
started 40 the bottom. Strike first al
the dirt. That Is the greatest and most
incorporating enemy OF the dairy
man. Then strike az the poor COW. She
Is a stumbling block that makes many
20 offend. n these two points can be
Impressed cleanliness and good cows
the reform will have been well be-
gun.
but some will say. why. the farmers
already know these things" Perhaps
So but they do not realize them. Some
times people know things and allow
conditions 10 go on FOR years. but sud
denly something starts them 10 think
ing Of them hard. and they wake up.
Tbs wake-up Is usually followed by ac-
ton. This Is the case with dairying.
Men don't stop 20 think. az least. do
not think In a way that results In ac-
ton. The days are coming when the
same number OF cows that are kept
now will give double the amount OF
milk and butter that they do now. The
time Ia coming when the science OF
making butter will be 20 generally dif-
fused that all the product will be twice
as valuable as nov mot necessarily
twice as expensive 10 the consumerl.
but the dairymen will be the gamers
In the cost OF keeping the number OF
cows indicated. Dairy advance Il al
present largely confined TO nclghbor:
hoods, which Ia a hopeful sign. Il
shows what influence will DO. espe-
eially the influence Of neighbora Let
every man put his shoulder to the
wheel