The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-03-13
Increase the Profits Easily.

10 the 6harp competition wblcn Gil vocs
tions are called upon TO meet 10 this tht
opening OF the twentieth century, the rels
ton OF the cost and price OF prod
becomes o vital question 10 each. The
dairy business is no exception to this rule.
The man who would succeed 10 i must
study carefully the laws which control it,
or be lie certain TO fall behind 10 the race
with other competitors 10 the same busi
ness who ,ucceed 10 increasing the amour,
OF produc ION without . corresponding 10
crosse Of cost
The COW Is . nschi1e" has b come .
fact 81 fIed thst j. my almost be ol.ssed
Is . dairy EXON. Like most other ns
c1Ines, she lie the result Of progressive de
velop men,. and not the sudden prod notion
Of single thought. The superiority Of
the high class dairy COW or "mschine" Of
today lie the result OF environment tending
10 . single direction, eited by the laws OF
beredity. The lifetime OF single spimsl
is Sufficient to produce widely diverging
results by manner OF care and training.
rso heifers OF exsctly the same nstdral en-
dowment st birth may st eight yesrs Of
sse be so changed that one will be capable
OF Q production double that Of the other.
Aside from the questions Of feeding"
aud "breediop." thst % care alone msy,
and often does, determine The question Of
success or failure 10 the dairy. The high
iy developed GOV ia much more sensitive
TO the eject OF neglect. care and trett
uent than Der scrub sister. The msD 10
chsrge OF twelve or fifteen cows msy. and
often does make more thsn the prIce Of
bic wages and board difference 10 the pro
duction OF the cows under bis charge.
Toe writer bss carefully experimental up
90 the result Of the use OF the card and
brush upon the COWS otherwise receiving
the same feed. care sud sttsutiou With the
same surroundings.
The difference csused BY this one item
YES sufficient to determine the question Of
loss or gsin 10 the dairy. good Gov.
otherwise properly fed and cared for, will,
10 the siI mouths she Is confined in the
barn. produce atty pounds more butter
apd 1000 pounds more milk than she
sould under the SEINE conditions with use
Of card add brush ommitted. This. Of
course. mesns kind snd considerable trest
ment 10 other respects
l have taken q COW producing 10 900
pounds snp nally that have been sccustom
e1 TO daily use Of card and brush, and sus
oeaded their use for three weeks. feed snd
ore being 10 other respects the same. and
she would 10 thst time fall ca 25 per cent
10 her prod uction. aud when the use OF
the card and brush was resumed 10 tso
seeks return TO her former normal hos
This vas repested three times With the
sane result. the milk being carefully weigh
Cd dorins the period. / have also taken
= number OF cows Ovelv 10 my dairy
one bali being csrded snd brushed daily
ID tie Others the card snd brush omit
%, With practically the ssme resuit', The
tine devoted to each CIV 10 u'e Of card
spd brush Vas from tso snd . bali 10
three minutes . COZ dsily. II properly
beddei sith clean straw this will keep
them 10 excellent condition Besides the
Increase Of a,v, The eiesuliosss yes . de
cidei soorce OF ssin. Tbs true dsiry msn
viii experiment 10 Ill mstters 10 which
be is 10 dosbL II coy one OF the readers
Of this sft,cle sbo hs cot been 10 the hsb
il q using the brush and card 90 biz COWS
sad uho hss given them Otherwise good
care uiil try their nse 90 ball The herd.
roDpsrlne the produciion Of thu, halt
si,s ,he other Tor sixty days. he Gill di.
rover the ssio 20 produced would 10 II
Isli b. . tsssousble profit for bis dairy.
Add hind treatment, good bidding. With
regularity 10 milling snd feeding. 10 tie
1se Of the card and brush. docs dsny
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