The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-02

AIso please state which are the best
cows for milk production ana no"
much good ones will cost per head
Also please state how many gallons
day a good COW will give during the
year. II properly fed and cared lo,'
T.. Wind.
From western New YORK 10 north'
ern Iowa Ia a far cry. and the pro
FOUNDER OF the above questions u w
Gated AZ the third point OF this hypo.
thetical geographical triangle wh'o .a
his queries has outlined TO the writer
view. And replies can only be approx.
innate and not In any sense speeiho' ~,
the reason that he has had praeuea'
experience In Iowa alone. Now as 70
whether Il will pay for the New ioIh
farmer 10 produce milk and sell II al
ten cents per gallon will depend more
upon the farmer and his methods thAh
on the money value OF the land Nhere
his operations are conducted. lie IA.
the land. and Il must be utilized. ahu
N hs cultlvates Il In buhiness'hke
manner Il may be assumed that mis-
can be produced and sold at ten cents
per GALLON. In order TO do THIS mere
mus, be strict economy and close
watchfulness over all the details con
nec,ed with the work. The tooa re-
oulred should be grown. 90 TAR a. pos
s,his ON the farm. Intensive, and not
extensive, farming. a. We see followed
m many places. must be followed. in
the past. when Iowa lands had value
OF say. twenty dollars per acre u
vas good policy TO make land take the
place OF lab0r-gatherlng crops ron
extended areas which BY more careiui
cultivation could be secured tro"
much less land. But with land value.
Al about nfty dollars per acre. as u
now IL. a different system ought 70
prevail. Yet II IL a matter OF regre.
that improved cultivation OF the sou
has no, kept pace with the Increase IN
price OF land. And In making hts hrs'
trim eastward a few years ago the writ
er was astonlshed 20 see that In west
ern New York Il was not uncommon
10 see the manure from COW stables
thrown out OF windows and let e1'
posed 20 sun, wind and rain. The low
priced surplus corn, oats. mill oy-
products. etc. go eastward to iced i've
stock in those regions. and unless the
exerement from animals consuming
the same n saved and applied TO the
land. not only Will the principal proh'
expected from lts purchase be lost
hut the land from which the main sup
ply OF food is taken for use OF such an
Imals viii be steadily Impoverished
and depleted. And this Il a. true Of
the rich lands Of the Mississippi val
lev A Of Genesee or Mohawk valleys
Of New York state An acre OF good
land. either IN New York. Iowa, OF
Missouri. planted TO corn. In such q
manner AZ TO get the best results. vii
produce all the food Of this class Al
an average COW requires In a years
time. And In New York peas can b.
successfully raised to supply the nitro
renous food needed to balance corn a.
a ration for cows giving milk. The
bes, cows for milk production are such
as will give the larges, yield OF stan
dard milk or milk Of richness required
BY Law. And cows OF this class arr
found In nearly all breeds. They arr
also found In astonishing numbers II
=
az common. or scrub cows From IN
milk sellers standpoint choice may b
had among cows having shorthorn
u ilstein. or Red Poll blood In thei
makeup. A COW that will give 500
pounds Of milk during the year maj
be called a good COW. Yet there arr
those that yield considerably NOR
than this quantity. and should b
prited accordingly.