Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-07-17
The Dslry that Didn't Pay.
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First, the writer wishes to state that
the unsuccessful dairymsn's name was
not Jones, and to say to any Of his &C.
quaintances or neighbors that if this
article is them, it isn't the writer's fault.
But to the story:
Jones is q tolerable successful farmer.
He has good crops, and having three
big boys could put out and tend large
acreage. He has been reasonably sue
cessful with hogs, turning off several
hundred dollars worth each year. But
in the dairy he was always a failure.
He didn't believe it paid the farmer
anyhow, and If 1t were not for raising
the calves for the feed lot, he would go
out of the business. He had tried 1t
for twenty-five years and never got
anything out of it either when patron
izing the cheese factory, the creamery
of making farm butter.
He never had any particular type of
COW. To him COW was cow He
liked good mixer, one that would
stand still and give a good mess. He
had owned several fine COWS in his
day, but got chance to dispose of
them at good prices and-well, it did
MT pay to keed anything when he WAS
offered what it was worth and little
besides. Now two years ago he sold q
fine young COW to neighbor Harris. Got
$50 for her. He thought Harris was a
fool, but guess he knew what he was
about, for last year he got $50 and a
fine calf out of her and will doubtless
do better this year. Harris, though,
is fixed for making money out Of cows.
Has pastures, lots and stables.
No, he never thought much about the
best feed for dairy COW. He had read
a lot about the balanced ration, but
that was too hightoned for common
farmer. He fed what the cattle would
eat, trusting to the animal to eat the
right quantities for milk production.
Besides, he believed every farm should
furnish its supply of feed TOR its cattle.
He would be forced to buy stuff to fill
out the rations and this would add
to the expenses. Nosir, If 1t was neces.
sary for him to buy feed for his COWS,
he would sell the last hoof.
These were some Of the views of
Jones. His practice was worse, if pos
sible, than his views. He, as he inti-
mated, invariably sold good COW as
soon as he accidently got one. If any
one came to buy COW, of course they
would take the best and were willing
to pay the few extra dollars he would
put on the price, not SO much that he
priced her higher than the rest, as that
| he could get the added amount. To
him q good COW was one that was fat
and sleek rather than any milking quail
ties she might have. And this method
of caring for them would have ruined
the best of COWS.
4 There wasn't person about the
farm who did not detest the job OF
| milking. In the summer time, as the
boys did the heaviest of the work in the
: fields, the work of milking fell to Jones
himself. Jones has temper, by the
way. It requires cool head to milk 9
nervous cow in fly time and not gel
J over excited. II was standing joke( 2
among the boys that Dad had new
milk stool every week in fly time. A
, swish Of tail, the lifting Of hoof and
, setting 1t down on q tender toe, or in
the milk bucket, and COW, stool and
= Jones were flyingabou the yard to the