The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-10-22

oy reading books on agriculture and
agricultural papers. lie had got. as
Kos expressed II. high ker-nutin
lues' on farming ia general and the
GOV In particular one proof OF this
was In the action Of Johnson when he
sold on an the cows he had and took
the price aud put II into a single COW
OF great milk aud butter-producing
capacity. Ross said that this was a
plece OF foolIshnoss that could have
come only from Johnson's continual
reading Of agricultural papers. Any
way. every farmer knew that COW
was COW and that was all there was
70 H. and the man that would so into
nancy stock Of that kind was simply
wasting his money. Why. II he had
only put his money into a hlgh-brcd
hunting dog, there might have been
some reason tolt.
However. Johnson continued TO milk
his COW and Ross did the same. Both
sent their butter to the same market
and got about the same price per pound,
as the butter johnson made was from
only one COW and therefore could not
well be sent 10 a distant market or 10
fancy customers. Johnson's wife kept
account Of the receipts and expendi-
lures In a systematic manner, and Mrs.
Rosa, wishing 10 show that a common
COW would do a. much a. a high-bred
one. also kept account on her side.
though Mr.. Ross said that that, too.
was piece OF foolishness. At the end
OF three months Mrs. Ross confdod TO
her husband that the cost OF keeping
their COW had just cquallcd the re-
ocplis, while the Johnson COW had si7
OF thercabouts standing to her credit.
Ross went out into the country and
paid El5 for another COW. and Mrs.
Ross hopes were accordingly raised.
But the two cows cost about double the
cost Of one. and In two months more
he found from his wife's accounts that
the two cows had made a profit OF only
si.S5. while the credit to the Johnson
COW was S29. Ross this time bought n
ilO-eow. but at the end OF another
nonih the profit for the three was but
S265. while the johnson COW had raised
the limit to 1913. Ross determined to
beat that COW II he had to buy whole
herd, so about once month he would
bring home new COW. generally
bought cheap at some auction.
AZ the end Of eighteen months Ross
had herd OF ten cows. all working aS
faithfully a. they could to beat the
Johnson COW. The product was great
" increased In volume. even though
one or two OF the animals had run dry.
But the expense OF keeping them was
considerable, and II seemed to Ross
that all the money he took from tho
grocer he paid out again TO the feed
man for feed. but this was not quite
so. Moreover II had become a great
burden with the Ross family TO milk
ten COWS twice . day and otherwise
care for them. Mrs. Ross suggested
that they had better hire a man 10
help, but Ross WINGED at the PROPOSE
ton and said that the profits would not
warrant IT, Al the end OF the time
specln,d the Roses took an account OF
STOCK, anu louhh thuA Tue lhht Two COWS
had proved losing investment and
that now the balance was Just a trlnt
on the wrong side Of the books. II had
actually cost more to keep the ten cows
than they had brought in. after ngur-
ing the money value OF the feed tina,
had been raised on the farm, They
learned that the Johnson COW had In
creased her net balance TO S79.37 during
the eighteen months. This was the
last straw with Ross, He sent nine Of
his cows TO the butcher and gave W
dAlrylng except for home use, lie says
there is no profit In dalrying, and he
knows It by actual experience. Belnp
asked how II was that Johnson made
50 much from one COW he replied: oh
that was bull-headed luck"