The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-09
Price of Rations.

A writer cn the cost of ration says
 the price of foods in New York State
 tf.s winter i. fully 50 per cent higher
 than the average for the past ten years.
 and he Further says 1t wlll take very
 good COW to make her owner any .prrHt
 thls winter; and he who is contented with
 an average COW or an average yield must
 be content to produce milk at loss "as
 he has been doing. at least during the
 On thi. subject of cost of milk produc-
 tion a matter of perennial interest to the
 dairyman. Cornell University has herd
 Of twenty cows. which. at an actual cost
 of s45 25 each for food. produced milk at
 an average cost of s2 1-2 cents per 100
 pounds for the year. varying from 2s
 cents in June to Il cents In March and
 April. and in the case of individual cows,
 varying from 4 cents to $l. S per hun
 lredweisht This result hus been re-
 peated in nearly all the stations in the dairy districts.
 Now what is the iesson to be learned from these figures? In the first place, every young man in the drouth belt can congratulate himself that this winter hs
 Is not in the dairy business. with food
 stuffs 50 per cent. higher than at any time within the past ten years, while inc p.lce of milk and butter In the market
 Is just about where 1t has been for t1e past three years. ranging rom .G h -' cents. Who are the men who suffer un- der the present conditions? Not all or them, or the bueineSs WOulu CpIdPce' The anrwer is very simple--the men who get left are those who. under all circum stances, produce average results or less But let US make this matter Httie
 more plain. Under the above ngures the man whose cows cost $l.R 10 make Sl
 worth of milk do not actually pay out or lose 4S cents; he simply gets that much less for the COW food he raise that the COW consumes, so that, wnile ne Is not actually that money out Of pocket. his family has to live that much poorer than they would live if he had better COWS.
 in other words. ignorance and indif- :frence to the knowledge or dairy sklI and science. lying about them and onered 70 them keep many of these men ana their families In abject poverty; though Of course a large per centage Of thtm
 have not education or common sense
 They should be working for some one with brain and power and ambition enough to forge to the front: IhiS ls | saying nothing against the indivldual dairyman for the same ciasa of men are to be found in all professions. classi- lied as educated fools. or. if h me can tile business. they run one-horse store. "But the young man just starting lii the business should cut out his cloth Tor better coat than these men wear. If you have brains or force of character, then put yourself to school in some shape and brush un your gray matter. and go head Give yourself a chance, and by proper study learn how to outline a course of action that will make you the owner and master of a herd of cows that will produce milk at the lowest cost. while you yourself will mako butter that will command the highest market price. IT takes no genius to do this, but simply pluck, grit and determination to go to the front. 1.F
 "Tne possibilities lying before the young men of today. are as open as the sea. and the rewards as great as imagination can paint them. but 10 amoIot of dream ! ing will accomplish them, It must be work hard work. and the ability to wait for the rewards.