The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-22
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm-A Fe"
Hints as TO the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry


milk will injuTe him at several points
Frequently indeed the bad milk is due
to patrons not delivering it in time,
but that is no reason why the long
suffering patron that does do right
should not bring up the question. Per-
haps it may result in reforming the
patrons that are remiss. At any rate
it may secure an improvement
The farmers are now reaping the re-
suits of neglecting the dairy COWS.
They thought when the low price OF
butter came on a few years ago mat
il would always continue and so be-
came careless of the breeding and
feeding OF their dairy COWS Some OF
the farmers bred their cows TO beef
bulls and got half-beef calves, which
they let run with the cows, arguing
that since butter brought so low price
they might as well save the cost Of a
| hired mixer and get a good beef at the
/ same time. Now that butter is very
| high they are unable to take advantage
of the rise. This is always the fate
of those that are continually changing
their methods.
Attend the dairymen's conventions
This advice is given to all of our read
ers that own and milk cows. The as
sociations of dairymen are not alone
for experts: they are for all that nave
interest in dairy matters. The larger
and stronger these associations the
easier will it be to protect both the
producers and consumers OF butter.
Every member of dairy associations
should call on his neignbors and lay
before them the advantage of becom-
ing members of the state association.
The membership of the various asso-
Citations should ranify into every sec
ton of the respective states. We need
to learn the power of combination. We
need to learn the value of coming TO-
gether and working in unison. 1t costs
but 81 per year TO join any OF our
dairymen's associations and the cost
of attendance will be more than repaid
by the good received.
At the recent convention of the Illi-
nois Dairymen's Association this ques-
ton was asked by defender of the
free and unrestricted sale of oleomar-
garine: IF we had no oleomargarine
how much would butter be worth to-
day?" The answer by Mr.. Moore was
fitting and TO the point. He said thai
if it were possible 10 suddenly STOP
the sale of oleomargarine the price oil
butter would be far too high, but i
t.4ere had never been a pound of oleo-
margarine manufactured the price o
butter would be no higher than it il
= today. The high price of butter is du'
: largely to the past severe competition
I of oleomargarine, which made it 81
I difficult TO sell butter at even cost
/ that multitudes of dairymen went on
. of the business. The supply was Gu
? to such an extent that now that bette
4 times have come it is impossible t
: supply the amount Of butter the mar
e ket demands.
: Reports from the west say that il
4 some sections the creameries suffere
: greatly the past year because the farm
ers lost interest to such an extent tina
: they did not bring their milk oftene
n than once in three and four days. TIL
g result was that the milk was in sue
: poor condition that good results i
i, ALTERNATING could not be obtained
. for buttermaker to spend years build
!. ing up a reputation and have it shat
e tered in a few weeks. 1t is much NOR
difficult to build up than tear dow
Every patron of a creamery shoul
realize that he has TO bring milk
the best of condition if good butter
g to be made out of it. If the creamer
L is a cooperative one he suffers at ono
: for his wrong doing, and, worst of al
u many of his neignOors also suffer.
ID it is an individual creamery he wi
II suffer ultimately, if not till the SUI
n ceeding year; for creamery that hi
ri a had reputation for butter will not I
u able to pay as good price another yes
r as it would had it a good reputation.
is The friends of oleomargarine b
N lieve that the men that are trying
Sc get restrictive legislation are makir
III war on the rights of poor people
In buy cheap food product. But tn
in is in no sense the case. The dairymt
ut are not fighting to stop the sale
ed oleomargarine. They want only
he stop its sale as butter. We will iilu
he trate by an incident that actually o
oy Cured and is constantly occurring
al Chicago. A man wanted to buy nv
pound pail of the best oleomargaril
and went to the Fair to get it
found big sign over the counter sa
"a ing Only oleomargarine sold here
!, He purchased five-pound pail of ole
margarine at a cost of 16 cents p
= pound or so cents. On his way hon
~ he thought that he would also purcha
VI real butter, so he went into a store al
On asked for the best butter. They to
Gu him the best butter was selling for
n cents per pound. He took FIVE poun
It's and paid for it S1.40. When he z
VIC home he found that both lots we
is 6rst-class oleomargarine. He h
il simply been swindled out of 60 Ger
,ol On the second lot of oleomargariI
Id. Did he take the oleo back and make
te fuss about it? No. The buyers
as Chicago are so used to being impos
By on in that way that they accept it
OF unavoidable fate.