The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-11-03
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Co TurA ecAnr 90 MIX On PorND
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dtess ~ . farmers Institute H. How mach
doe. II cost to msie qasii o. milk OF 9
pound OF buiieti snd u the ds.rymsu hs,
col conpted the COS, before band the
laesiion sill be slompet
The trsct cost Of qunt Of milk or a
pouud 81 butter 90 the farm IL sum
which cat never be accurately determintd.
IL differs 10 diiI Ststes. 10 dlfi irrt
localities 10 the same Ststr, on dihsrtni
farms 10 the s.me LEGALITY, and on tie
ssens farm with different cows aud nj DIFF
iereut seasons OF The year There are 20
many different factors that enter into the
sccoun, and mu.l be taken isto considers
iiou that il makes the problem difficult
one 10 tolye. The cos, will depend on
the value Of the land 90 sbich the cows
are KEEP, the value OF the cows, !. e., whs
they cosi or wonld sell Tor; the value OF
the feed consumed (shtther rsised or pur
chased the cost Of labor and ths value Of
the manure.
Exc overner aosrd and other dairy
authorities have repeatedly declared that
more than half the COWS KEEP, 10 The
United States are kept sta loss -boarders
with upbouuded stomschf, who devour
food like Phsrsoh's lean kline, and do not
pay their board bills. This ia putting The
IN after rather too strongly. Some people
talk to create q sensation They think 1t
necessary to use strong language In order
to arrest formers attention end set them
to thinking. A Mr.. Gennines took COW
census Of Ellisburs, N. Z He enumers
ted 6, 507 COWS and interviewed their own
ers. According 10 his figures the annual
sversgs cost OF keeping each OF the COWS
was S36 30. The annual average OF the
product from each COW was only S3l "a,
The annual average loss per each COW was
S4.5l. II seems to me there must have
been some huge mistake 10 taking thai
COW census. Those COWS must have pro
d uced more than they got credit for
Probably DO account WAS taken OF the
milk and butter used ia the dairy mems
families or of.tbe quantity and value OF the
manure.
The manure from each COW If carefully
saved, was according TO Professor Rob
erts valuatiop) worth SIS 40 per sDnum.
Professor Roberts experiment at Cornell
University OF feeding three large common
COWS, in full milk, on good hay, cornstalks,
meal, cornmesl and malt
sprouts, resulted as follows: The cost OF
keeping each COW was 23 cents per day,
aud the manure from each COW be vslued
At l6 cents per day. The value OF food
required to produce one q usrt OF milk was
/ trifie lees than ] l 2 cents, not counting
for labor Of fleeing and milking
Roberts valuation OF the man
nre was greater than most farmers wonld
place il, hit bis valuation was made Is
,ompsrei with the cot OF commercial fer
.ilizers, which Is the proper method. be
,suse TO msin'sin the fertility OF the
arm we must have the dung Of animals or
,uy commercial fertilizers
Cows can be kept in some pieces chap
II than Professor Roberts kept bis. J. u
Of Connesutville, Pa. one OF the
ice presidents Of the Pennsylvania State
Association, says: ! keep my
lows oh 3 cents worth Of ensilage and
,ent's " lrth OF wheat bran, making but
cents per day for the maintenance OF
sch COW, or Sl4 60 per year" 10 an es
az read at Vircqus, Wis, by DR.. o. v
'orter, it is stated that the yearly cost OF
eepina each COW Of bis herd OF twenty
light animals was about S25, or less than
cents pr day. This is 81 80 lees per
ear than the cows reported from Ellis
urr,
An experiment male by Professor l.
|. Adsme. of the Wise psin University,
ave the following resulla: Four thous
nd nine bunered aud sixty pounds OF en-
ilsge made 668 pounds OF milk, that
burned 81 pounds and ounces OF butter
he ensilsge was valued at So so per ton
bunting nothing for labor and allowing
othine for sklm milk and manure, hit
utter cost him fr,cIion less than ~
snts per pound.
He. Crawford, OF VenaDgo County,
enn /, esys. Our COWS (not 10 full milk
70 receiving shout thi y pounds oil ensi
pe and straw daily, and they are 10 better ,
than any | see through the
,un.ry, or my owe when ] fed twenty
ve pounds OF bay dsily, costing twice a.
uch. can place ton OF eilsge IN the
10 ready for feeding taot including rent
fertilizing OF land Tor 81 80 per ton
hen can grow teu tone per acre. hi
Isilase cost him not quite cents per ,
" for esch COW, aud II se allow the
me for straw consumed tie total cott
build be less than 4 cents per day. noi
uniting any thing for interest CD capita
vested 10 land aud COWS or labor OF feed
q and milking. and allowing nothing !,
: value OF manure. MI Phelps I'D Mr '
'swford kept their cows as chesply Oh
sture 10 the summer as they did on ensi
&c 10 the winter, and their cows sverse
no more than 100 pounds OF butter
Oh per snoum. then their butter cost
EN- less han 10 cents per pound. chsrp
z the COWS nothing for inter st shd labor
d creditins nothing for skim mix
or msDnre
Dr.. l.. W. Pufier Of Brockttp, 10 writ
z OF recent trip through New York
tie, says: The once toasted Of Niasar.
upty apple orchards are oot WHIST 81