The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-01
Corporation Among Farmers.

No farmer, no matter what are his
circumstances can afford to confine him.
self to common stock a common cow
that will give less than two gallons Of i'll
ferior milk per day will require the satne
food aud attention as a grade that will
yield three to five gallons Of milk Of bet
ter quality. The former is fed and milk
cd without profit while the same labor
and expense bestowed upon the improv-
ed cow returns as profit all that she
yields above that Of the common animal.
We II ,,>t learn to regard Our animals
as the manufacturer does his machinery.
They arc profitable just in proportion
to their capacity to convert cheap raw
material into more valuable products
If the product Of milk and butter docs
not exceed i'll value by an amount, con-
sidcrcd a reasonable profit upon the cost
| OF the food consumed aud the labor cx-
pended upon her, she had better be con-
vcrtcd into beef and better machine
substituted III her stead.
There are some common COWS that are
exceptions. If there are no thorough
bred bulls, stations or boars in the neigh
borhood to which resort can be had at
reasonable cost, let half dozen or doz-
ell ncighbors combine aud purchase thor
oughbrcds with which to breed up their
stock. The expense will thus be rcduc-
rI 10 a aud hcfin,
be purchased by such operation than
an individual could afford.
Better care will naturally be bestowed
upon improved stock than upon scrubs
as they inspire more interest on the part
of their owner. After securing enough
good milch COWS III neighborhood the
next step i'll cooperation should he the
establishment OF a creamery or a cheese
factory to furnish home market for all
surplus after supplying the family.
| The first creamery in the United States
had its origin III cooperation amongst
ncighbors, Upon the ordinary farm
there are usually no appliances for hand
ling milk to the best advantage and con-
scqucntly 'country buttcr' sells below
dairy and creamery butter and even be-
low tic price Of Olcomargcrinc.
If the milk from all the farms of the
ncighborhood is carried to the creamery
where all Of the modern appliances for
handling it arc supplied and all expert
employed, there will be no uniformity in
the output and this will be uniformly
good. The worl; will be done more thor
oughly and more skillfully at the cream
cry than on the farm and the cost of pro-
duction will be less.
AS to improved hogs, the increased
yield Of pork of superior quality from a
single halfbrccd will pay the individual
farmers share of the cost Of a thorough
bred boar purchased by cooperation.
Any one, who will experiment, as we
have done, by giving improved pigs and
the common stock idcntically the same
treatment and observe the difference in
weight at nine months of age, will at
once decide that he cannot afford to keep
the common stock.
A pair Of matched horses will often
sell for fifty per cent more than the same
horses will bring if sold separately. If
the farmers i'll the ncighborhood combine
in the purchase Of first class stallion,
they will not only have their service at
less cost but prolitably cooperating in
the sale OF the young stock. A has a
young horse that matches one owned by
i'll double harness and obtain fancy pric
cs for them i'll the nearest city.