The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08
remedy 10 learn the proper dose for lite
tie turkeys. We have not dons that.
ProfessIonal palrrlnr.

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It is sometimes thought that IL q
man has received a liberal education
has had more than ordinary advantage
es in the way of self-improvement, that
he has hidden his talents when he en-
cages in the vocation of farming, says
a writer in Hebron, ILL.,, Tribune, The
fact is, however, there is no business
in active life where wide range OF
study, research and scientific investi-
cation is more profitable or needed
than in dairying. His business entire
is that of the scientist and chemist.
He is in charge of one of the finest
chemical laboratories. Occasionally,
we see a dairyman who attempts to
conduct a dairy on scientific lines with
out the good sound judgment that must
enter into the management Of all sue
cessful business. His failure is the
cause Of much railery at the so-called
book-farming. The axicn that I'm
wisdom there is strength" is just as
true of farming as anything else, and
he who best prepares himself for his
life's work, all other things being
equal, will attain greater success. Too
much of the dairying to-day is of the
hit or miss kind We are too apt to
follow the tradition Of our fathers,
hardly keeping pace with mechanical
Improvement and mental growth. A
great evolution has taken place within
the memory of the youngest dairyman.
EiruH 10;
consisted of two or three cows. The
milking was done in the yard, the milk
set In pans in the cellar, the cream
churned in the old stone churn, the
butter worked with bowl and ladle,
packed in jars and traded at the
country store for what it would bring
In the way of provisions for the family
A little later came the first cooling pro-
cesses, the box or rectangular churn
and wooden packages; soon creameries
began springing up and the Cooley and
Eairlamb cans and the Swimming wag-
'3ns came in vogue, then the separa-
F9rs, Babcock tests, and all the later
improvements OF to-day. But the man
aSament Of the COWS seems to have
hardly kept pace. In our nineteenth
Century haste we have pushed ahead
s'Falning every nerve to get the most
msik regardless Of cost. Cows have
grown old before their time by milk
ing the year round, and by feeding
moro heavy feed than can be properly
assifuilated. After two or three sea-
sons OF milking, the COW is sold for
Gamer and a new one put in her
place ct a good stiff price. There are
nlany dairymen who have made money
IN the business, who cannot tell which
or thelT cows they are keeping at a
loss, or which are profitable; they can
not tell what it costs them to produce
pound of butter; they have never in
vestigated the relative value of feed
stuffs nor made anything of thorough |
study OF breeding, of disease, their |
prevention or cure, and are weak in a
thousand other questions that are of !
vital Importance to the dairyman.
they have made their money through |
hard knocks, strict economy and fru-
&c lily. Of course industry and good |
are necessary to success,
put information regarding the details
OF their profession makes money easier
with less investment, elevates, ennobles
and enrlches the industry and raises it
to a plane that makes it desirable
field for the labor of those who have
looked upon it as a life of drudgery
and sorrow. 1t is life of scientific re-
search and practicability; worthy the
efforts of the brightest and best minds.
We cannot fear to know too much
about our business, and the dairyman
should hail with gladness any new.
light that may be shed upon his work
and be proud of the noble profession
he has chosen.