The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1901-03-16
FARMER AND PLANTER.
TwENTIETH CENTURY cow.
4 Different Animal than That which
Saw the Opening of the
Nineteenth.

The twentieth century COW is very
different creature from the cow which
saw the dawn of the nineteenth CEN
fury. Yes, even fifty years ago the
COW of our fathers yard had little in
common with the fine specimen we
call the queen of the stable to-day.
We all know what she had in the way
of ancestry. Hardly cow in the
country half a century ago could
boast of a lienage worth preserving.
Her care and general treatment com
ported well with her decent. She stood
half the winter long out in the cold,
shivering, hungry and standing ad-
vertisement of the fact that her own
err considered her simply an adjunct
of his farm rather than his most val
liable assistant.
But the COW of the new century,!
She opens her eyes upon prospect
most delightful to contemplate. She
is recognized as furnishing the lucky
man who possesses her a most de-
sirable part of his income from year
to pear. The millions of dollars in
vested in her and her progeny in this
country, according to the latest Gen.
sus, show that she represents a guam
tity upon the dairyman's cash book
by no means inconsiderable. Then,
too, her surroundings are fairly pala-
tial compared with those of her
grandmother. 1t is now thought
worth while to provide her with warm
quarters, secure from the wintry
blasts; to furnish her with the best
of hay and corn and other feed; to
keep her well supplied with pure and
fresh water: to shield her even from
the flies which might annoy her and
detract from her peace of body, in
short, to do everything possible to
add to her comfort.
Her pedigree is carefully traced
and hung in the parlor where all may
point to it with pride. From calfhood
to full maturity she is an object OF
the utmost consideration, and heI
untimely departure, in case such
should be her fate, is the source OF
deepest lamentation.
What does the new century cow do
to compensate for all this watchful
solicitude? According to the statisti-
cal report for 1898, the latest before
me, there are about 100000 cows in
this country, valued at $4,000, 900
Not far from ten thousand cream
cries are in operation. in which 300,-
100000 pounds of butter are made
each year, or one-fifth of the total
output, the remaining 100000, DOC
pounds represents the labor of private
dairies. The value of every pound OF
butter made should be at least TWEEN
ty cents, from which we may con-
ciude that the worth of the butter
alone which our cows gives us every
year is about $3,0O0,0OO. Besides this
there is the cheese, the tallow, the
hides and all the other products trace.
able to the COW.
What beautifully magnificent
creature she is? We do well to take
pride in her. She repays all our eff.
forts in her behalf ten fold every
year. Do we sufficiently appreciate hel
consequence in our farm economyi
Some do not, that is true. They still
consider her just as their grand
fathers did, as an animal to be toler.
ated on the farm. 1t is time these
men wake up to the fact that the
COW is creature of flesh and blood
with keen instincts and a cbor,, sare~
OF justice. With what measure we
mete to her, with that measure she
returns. She is a business animal
She knows when she is fairly dealt
with. and responds accordingly. II
will pay us to cultivate more careful
~ the acquaintance of the new cen.
fury cow.-Cor. Farmers Home Jour.
nal.