Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-10-29
and Poultry

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their example for dairying. Neverthe-
less, advance in dairying is slow, very
slow. And why should it not be? The
advance is counted not by what few
do, but by the average of what all are
doing. Dairying is thing that must
be dealt with in its parts and not in
its whole. Every man and every wo-
man that milks COW or makes butter
is a part of that whole and each part
must be dealt with separately. The adj
vance is more talked about than real,
when speaking of the whole. The dirty
1airyman has not by any means yet
been eliminated. The ignorant feeder
and butter-maker are still in evidence
The dairyman who cares little about
the condition of the goods at delivery
IS still a great factor. All Of these
must be reformed, and the work is
allow. 1t is astonishing to find how nu-
nervous are the farmers that neither
lake papers nor attend institutes
These are the ones that it is most diff
1cult 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 to be the result Of COZ
slant preaching of what some call the
FAIRY gospel of good cows, good but
ter-makers and clearly habits. Pre- b.
ably there is no better way TO reach
The common COW owner than tho neigh
borhood meeting. Farmers, especially
if neighbors, can say things shat will
be listened to, when if a stranger
(often called book farmers) were tn
give the same advice it would be re-
jected We feel that every ceader ~
this column has a personal work to do
in this line. If it be possible to 1ali
small meeting of farmers for such ji7.
cussions let it be done by all me31r.
Start the ball rolling. Like the ltit'e
ball in the snow it will become graz
er as it rolls. A multitude of tlseTe
meetings should be held all over tie
country. and the work of reformation
started at the bottom. Strike first at
The dirt That is the greatest and must
IncomprOmising enemy of the dairy
man. Then strike at the poor COW. She
il a stumbling block that makes many
to offend. If these two points can be
Observation-Disclosures 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 to go on for years. but sud
denly something starts them to think
ing of them hard, and they wake up.
The wake-up is usually followed by ac-
ton. This is the case with dairying.
Men don't stop to think, at 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 is coming when the science of
making butter will be so generally diff
fused that all the product will be twice
as valuable as now mot necessarily
twice as expensive to the consumer,
but the dairymen will be the gamers
in the cost of keeping the number of
COWS indicated. Dairy advance is at
present largely confined to neighbor-
hoods, which is a hopeful sign. 1t
shows what influence will do, espe-
cially the influence of neighbors. Let
every man put his shoulder to the
wheel.