The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-12-19

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! the thriflier man. It costs hin
as much to milk and take care o
his cows. Yet he gets but half th.
revenue from them. That is why
Sehulmerick is getting rich, anc
declares that the dairy business il
the best business in the country. I
is also why the man with the poor
er herd soT Tetimes gets discouraged
and entertains doubts as to whether
or not, after all, thereis ything
in the business. What he has to
do and can do, according to the u
lifted testimony of these experienc.
ed dairy men, is 10 go in with a
reighbor, or by himself, purchase a
first-class male, regardless of cost,
and then from his best COWS begin
to breed up and weed out. With
10 few years by this and careful
study and application Of the best
methods, he will have the founda-
tion laid for thrifty income, and
ultimately a small fortune. Of of a
little farm of 12O acres near New.
berg, Washington county, Atkinson
Bros. cold this year mo than
$4,000 worth of products. One of
the brothers was present and ad-
dressed the dairy convention.
WINTER DAIRYING.
All members of the Association
agreed that the thing for dairy men
10 the Willamette Valley to do is
to g. far more extensively into fall
and winter dairying.sb Five sixths
of the dairy products in Oregon are
produced in the spring and sum-
mer months. The over production
during that period cuts the price in
the market. The under production
during the fall and winter results
in im po talon of Eastern dairy pro-
ducts. Ten carloads of eastern but.
ter have arrived in Portland within
the past few weeks. Twenty. five
carloads from the same source sr-
rived in Seattle. The aggregate
value of the 35 cars was $500, 900.
Oregon D irymen ought to have
produced this imported butter, and
the money for it should have gone
into their pockets.
Facts that make fall and winter
dairying particularly desirable, are
The better market, as suggested
above, the fact that COW fresh in
is more profitable than when
fresh at any other time of the year,
besides the ease and cheapness with
which an abundance of succulent
winter foods may be preserved for
fall and winter feeding. All these
circumstances contrive to make tt
certain that the members of the as
ISOLATION are right in their conclu.
sion. President Schulmerlck is an |
ape stle of the plan. All
his COWS are now fresh in August
and S ptem bsr, and after the expe-
'ience of years, he would have them
;alve at NJ other time.
OTHER ESSENTIALS TO SUCCESS.
The question of proper feeding
ind care of the cows, commanded
much attention from the delegates,
md they all agreed en- the main
points therein. ALI asserted that
he silo is vital essential to sue
esq. Most of the dairymen now
eed silage five months and want
o-arrange for longer period, some
# them eight months. All use oil
neal as part of a properly balanced
alton, utilizing about three pounds
f it per day for good COW. The
il meal is procured in carload lots
y dairymen there for about $25
er ton. Pumpkins for fall feeding
} also very popular incidental to {
be cow diet on Washington coun.
= dairies. There, mill feed is but t
tile used on dairy farms because &
is pronounced too expensive at
resent prices. Canadian peas and J
ats, sown together, harvested to-
ether and ground up together in
nall chop mills on the farm are 6
ne chief grain diet, and all Of the
airymen claim that while it is al
, the best, it is the most economi- t