The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
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An Alabama farmer, writing to the Prac-
teal Farmer, says: The greatest drawback
to successful dairying is poor cows; the
next grea test thing in the way of profit is
in trying to do too much, that is in keep
ing too many COWS. The thing to do is to
keep no more cows than you can feed up
to the greatest possible paying point. It
takes a certain amount of feed to keep a
COW in a healthy, normal condition; you
only get profit out of what you feed over
and above maintenance ration
Water is, indeed, an important thing in
the business. Milk is very largely made of
water. hence the necessity of it. Keen an
abundance of good, fresh water within
easy reach of the cows at all times.
The cheapest way to feed dairy cows Is
to make all the feed, as near as you can,
on the farm; and here in Southeast Ala
bama. we can raise an abundance of the
best food both summer and winter; during
the spring and summer we can have Bur-
muda grass COW peas sorghum, sowed
corn, oats and teosinte; and before the
summer feed gives out we can have bar
ley, rye and crimson clover. Barley is bet
ter than rye if your land is rich. Then
we can save pea hay sorghum and corn
fodder for roughage for all seasons, and
by adding wheat bran and cotton seed. or
cotton seed meal we can run an ideal
dairy.
The clearly. careful, and kindly habits
of woman, specially fit her for the BUSH
ness of dairying; and the fact that 1t Is
less laborious than other work on the
farm, makes it specially adapted to wo-
men and men not strong enough to DO
hard work You are sheltered from the
hot waves of the summer sun, and pro-
teeted from the cold wind and rain'pf Win
Ter. There is a greater opening in dairy
ing for the brainy young man tnan IN
any pursuit / know. You need not FEAR
vour talent will be wasted here. 1t Is
true that the world is over supplied with
moor butter. milk and cheese, but there IS
room, and lots of room, higher up IN the
business There is no probability lhdt
the market will be glutted with hrst-class
products, and you ought to make real
frst-class article, or quit the business at
once. --.-s.,.
The grandest thought in connection Wath
datrvirg is. that unless large applications
Of commercial fertilizers are USED ahhudi-
" the cotton. corn, and wheat farms are
growing poorer each year, thereby MAKING
il harder each year to make living "nhe
the dairy farm is becoming richer as tne
wears roll by. making it easier ana easier
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asked what snail we do with the SKINNED
and butter milk? The best thing KNOW
is to keep one Berkshire or Essex SOW 70
every two cows, and raise plg-pork by
feeding the milk combined with wheat
bran. corn meal, and kitchen Stops Keep
ing and feeding the pigs at least one nun
dred feet from the cow-house, so that tIe
milk will be kept free from the pad el-
feet of The bad smell caused by the hoss
and il will be well too, to sprinkle ian l,i
plaster about the feeding place. IL Wlil
make the hogs healthier, and the manure
better. at the same time destroying the
odor of the hog lot. mn. -, ~,
Dairying removes less fertility from the
soil than other crops. ton OF wheas
takes about IS worth out of the lana anu anu
sens for about S15; while a ton OF out t
fakes less than 81 worth and sells los
from $3.50 TO $500 Butter IS a nnlsheu
product when it leaves the farm; tneLs
is no middle man standing between you
and the consumer TO divide profits II you
ser direct to the consumer Inc nes s,
ana the mule in the South represent thr,It,
iessness and poverty; the white man . ana
tbe cow represent progress ana pr9spsi ,..;,i
Indeed. given fair show dairyins wan