The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1902-08-01
PROFITS In DAIRYING
WHAT CONSTITUTES A PAYING
MILCH COW.

OahFym@ns views on
the Quantity of MILK a GOOD
Dairy Animal Should Produce AZ
Fed n Given Ration.
In speaking of profits in dairying a
writer in Practical Farmer says:
A fairly good dairy COW will pro-
duce 5000 pounds Of milk per year.
which, sold at 3 cents per pound, the
| prevailing price, makes $3.50 per year.
| From a given ration she will consume
and we will charge the COW for full
ration for 365 days-two and third
tons Of cowpea hay, valued at $2S;
five tons Of ensilage, valued at $40;
| two tons corn stover, valued at SO,
| and one-third ton cottonseed meal. val
ued at IS, grand total OF 500 for cost
Of food for one COW that produces $3.50
worth of milk. Besides this you have
cowpea hay, which you have sold for
S12 per ton. corn ensilage at So and
corn stover at s. ton in form Of milk.
And then the manure! All of It but
$500 returned to your soil. If dairy
ing does not pay now, it is because the
machines are worthless-that Is, the
cow which takes the raw material (as
corn stOver, cowpea hay. etc. to make
into finished products, as milk and but
ter, Is worthless Use a good bull,
then, to breed up the dairy stock, and
as soon as this is done dairy stock will
improve and dairying will become the
most profitable industry in the middle
south-more profitable than cotton
growing or cotton manufacturing.
Dairy Products.
The complete census statistics or dai-
ry matters announced today show that
of the $685. ,657 farms in the country
4,514,210 report dairy product and that
In 1890 the total dairy product had q
valuation of $472 1863. .255. The number
of dairy cows was 17,139,674. The re.
ceipts from dairy products sold aggre-
gated $2S1 ,829, ,958, and products con-
sumed on the farm were valued az
$3.50, ,739.297 There were produced
from the dairy cows reported total
Of 1866 392, ,674 gallons Of milk, an av-
erage of 424 gallons per COW. The
farmers also report the sale of 0,76S,-
662 gallons of cream, for $S,S3S, 776.
The farms reporting butter manufac-
tured 1,O71.745,127 pounds, Of which
SIS, ,139,026 pounds were sold, for
which the farmers received $50, 6,606, ,446.
Farms reporting cheese manufactured
1892. $50 pounds, of which 1892, ,542
pounds were sold for $1,342, ,444 New
York reports the largest number OF
dairy cows. 1901 sos, the largest value
of dairy products, S55,474155. Penn
sylvania comes second.
Business Co-operation.
The dairy industry of Denmark az
fords wonderful example Of the ben
efits or business cooperation. says Ma
| tfonal Stockman and Farmer. Coop
erative dairies have been in operation
there for twenty years and I'm that
time have grown to over a thousand.
The average number of shareholders is
146 and of cows S32 This shows that
small dairies are the rule, the average
less than six COWS to the dairy. Some
idea of the economic advantages may
be had by considering that instead OF
146 churnings there is but one; that in
stead of 146 varieties Of butter there Is
but one-and it is good-and that the
producer benefits by both the saving
of labor and the quality of the product.
Helpful Dairy JottIngs.
II you feed turnips to cows giving
milk, feed Immediately after milking.
Keep all hangers clean Of rejected
food
There is no patented process for rails
ing fine stock.
Milk subjected to the odors Of the
kitchen will never make premium but
ter
The stable should be whitewashed at
least once or twice a year; also the
nilkhouse and can rack, which can be
done neatly and quickly with a spray
pump.