The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-30
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department OF the Farm Few
Hints IS 10 the Care Of Live stock
aud Poultry.


Dairy Notes.
Australian and New Zealand butter
Is coming TO be quite a factor in the
English market, where il is arriving In
large quantities. The amount Of butter
sent to England from the Localities
named is nearly three times what Il
was three years ago.
We hope that readers OF the Farm
ers' Review will not lose sight Of the
fact that the Grout bill is now before
the United States senate and needs the
help Of every GOV owner to get II
through. A postal card or letter
dropped to each Of the senators from
your state viii assist materially. DO
not neglect the matter. but see that II
is attended to at once.
One Of the hardest things to get
farmers to do is to Gull out from their
herds the Improbable cows. The dai-
ryman that carries on his business IN
a thoroughly scientific manner viii De
ali the time culling out the animals
that he believes to be Improbable
Some of the heifers that are kept year
after year in the hope that they may
develop milking qualities. Yet some
of these are so Informed in their I'D
ders that 1t can be easily seen thal
they can never be good mixers OF
pro6table in any sense. II they are
used for breeders they are not likely
10 produce offspring that will be prof.
table The animals that are unpront-
able must be hunted out and dlsposeu
or
The contest between the two systems
OF operating creameries, the eo-opeia-
/ tive and the individual systems, is pc
rennial Whether the one or the other
shall be adopted depends on circum-
stances. The circumstances cluster
around the question Of mutual conn
dence of the farmers in each other. a
creamery to be successful. whether II
be cooperative or individual must oe
carried on in a thoroughly business
like manner. Some cooperative cream
eries have men at their head that are
able TO grasp the situation and carry
forward a wise, conservative pohcy
from year to year. Such institutions
are proving very successful and are an
example to others. On the other nano
many cooperative ereameries nave
! gone down because Of bad management
and jealousy. There are some things
that we have to learn and one OF them
is how to successfully cooperate.
The practice OF buying dairy COWS
instead Of raising them is one that IS
nroving an obstacle in the way Of i'm
nrovement The men that 80 out, pick
M good. new milch COWS, keep them
through the most profitable part OF
the period Of lactation and then sell
them to the butcher. are constantly
depleting the number Of good COWS.
The best dairymen cry Out against this
practice. which indeed is profitable to-
day but will prove ruinous tomorrow.
We understand that even one OF the
very big dairies in New Jersey fol-
lows this same practice, having their
cows shipped in by car loads from
Iowa. The question naturally arises,
Why do they not purchase the cows
they want nearer home? The answer
suggests itself, which Is. that the field
near home has been already exhausted
BY the same practice that is now be-
ing followed in the West It is the
testimony Of some of our thinking men
that own dairies that their prac-
tice Of this method proved to them that
1t was not wise course to follow.
They once bought COWS to turn over
to the butcher, but they now as loudly
call out against the practice We may
be assured that If the dairy in the
East mentioned could buy the COWS
they need in New York, Ohio. Indiana
or Illinois that course would be fol-
lowed. Popular sentiment among
farmers should be nodded against this
practice, which is carried on to the
detriment Of the community. We are
sure to see somewhat the same results
from this practice that we now sec
from the practice Of selling OF the
brood mares. which was followed for
so many years,
P.uItry Brlsfs
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