Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-13
WINTER DAIRYlYG.

The advantages OF winter dalrying
over summer dnirying are many. chief
among which a. the Increased price uf
both milk ana buttor, Winter dnirylng
would decrease the amount OF butter
that n thrown on tho market IN the
summer time. n would help the dairy
men In number nf ways. The amount
being loHnonod. thcrc would be- IN SUM
mar no time when the butter would be
exceptionally low. This would prevent
spectators from buying up cheap butt
ter and putting 10 ln cold storage 90 De
brought out ana sold in winter in COM
petition with wlntcr-mndo butter. Thus
the prices would be- kept "a about an
average the year round. This condition
of affairs would Yield the greatest profit
20 butter makers. frustrating prices are
a dctrimcnt 10 any business. except that
Of speculation. stable prices eliminate
the apcculntor Stable prices have the
eject % stimulating the consumption
Of any article 4 sudden rise OF prices
generally curtailH sales till the people
get used 30 paying the advance, The
efforts OF the dalrymen should be 10
bring about uniformity No Tar na pos
Hihle.
The men that must begin the winter
dulrylnF, says the Nebraakn Farmer.
arc our most progressive men. the men
that know how TO provide their cows
with auoculcnt food IN winter and feed
IN "a way mat VIII h'fF w CONSTANT
How % milk. We cannot expect tho
men that never read and seldom think
10 make "A success u winter dairylng.
IL requires more skill than Il does TO do
summer dnirying. or, We ahOuld say.
reoltlcaa dalrying. letting things take
their course.
one objection 20 winter dalrying has
been that u requires too constant
work. tho sowing OF special nucculrnt
crops IN the spring ana summer, the
gathering M thum In the fail, and the
rare uf the milk and butter and their
sale la the winter making twelve
months uf work 10 IL much curlUr to
work seven or eight months IN the
summer method uf dnlrylng ana have
few months of good, solid rest. But
who can fairly expect to thrive on
working mart OF the time during the
year, because winter dnlrytng makes
% possible 20 put in twelve months u
solid paying work instead N eight n
one Of the reasons why it should pay "a
greater profit IpW can hope 90 get
ua much profit out ~ eight months
work uH out of twelve. II has been
figured out that milk ana butter IN the
winter are worth ON the average about
20 Per cent more than In the summer.
Added To- that u the asserted fact that
the total milk production Tor the year
BE- often 80 Per cont more, ana you
have considerable advance. Tue rea-
son INl hNN lNfNNANNN now OF MIN ~
found in tho fact that during every
summer there la a dry period when
the pastures yet very short and the
FruHa very dry, During M time the
cows are not generally fod on auccu-
lent fodder 90 keep 40 the flow % milk.
The supply falls on, and. a. an dairy
men know. never sets back 20 rs for
MGR abundant How, The loss from this
cause il very great, when We take into
consideration the millions Of cows In
the country liy % proper course OF
feed the winter dllrymun avoids this
pltfull n be- feeds Hiingo the prcVen-
ton OF any such falling on IL easy.
Even u he feeds other auCulent feed
with abundance OF grain food the sue
cess o. generally assured, lie there
fore avoids anything corresponding TO
tine summer druuth, and kc,pa 40 the
How uf milk from the time OF the COW
coming in fresh 10 the time Of drying
~ previous 20 calylng again
Some use the argument that n all
rush Into winter dnirying there VIII De
no profit In u for any one. That W a
contingency that need not be guarded
against Winter dairying " too much
Hike work FOR everyone to run Into H.
Nost men care 80 much FOR ease that
they viii take the easiest route whrth-
,r ID nays OF not Then thero are a
great many men that are beyond the
reuoh OF this propaganda, ana they
will never think Of changing Alto
gether thcrc "a no danger that the
number ln this particular line VIII be-
come 50 great that profits win drop 10
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