The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1903-10-22
Twelve Points in Dairylng.

AT a recent meeting of the Georgia
safe Dairy Association, President
Eedding summed up the points in
fAyor Of dairying as follows;
Flrst.-The first advantage Of dairy.
ing is that 1t takes less fertility from
the soil than other branches of farm.
ing. A ton of wheat takes 81 out of
the farm and sells for less than SIG.
A ton of butter takes fifty cents worth
~ plant food from the farm and sells
for from $500 to 5000, Comment is
needless.
second-Butter is a condensed prod
mot Nothing can be made or grown
upon the farm that will bring as much
ner pound Farms remote from market
and communities far from railroads
can send butter from farm or cream
ery with the least possible expense,
The dairyman can condense tons of
fodder and crops on the farm into dairy
products and send them to market in
compact and portable form.
Third-Butter is a finished product.
II is ready for the consumer either at
the private dairy or local factory. or
creamery. The only exception is where
cream is sent long distances to cen
tral station from skimming scattered
over a large section OF the country.
But this exception only proves the
rule.
Fourth-Dairylng brings in a con.
slant income. The man who sells
crops of any kind has to wait until he
can market his product once Il year.
There is little satisfaction in this. 1t
is unbusiness-like to go without cash
for ffty-one weeks and then have
lot of money come in at one time. The
daIryman has an income nearly or
quite fifty-two weeks in the year. ...
Fifth--Dairying gives constant and
remunerative employment. The grain
or potato grower must spend large
part Of the year in enforced and de-
moralizlng idleness; but the dalryman
finds profitable work is most profit
able during the winter time. CThe
point is not well taken for this south
ern latitude. 1t might be said that
the cotton farmer spends eleven
months and three weeks of the year
in making and harvesting his crop
and one day to pay $500 worth of
debts with $4,000
Sixth-0n the dairy farm the work
is better divided. The grain harvest
comes SO close to haying that it often
gets mixed UP with 1t, to the detri'
ment of both; but when the corn is
grown and put into the silo for dairy
feed, and not so much or no grain
raised, the haryests are several weeks
apart,
seyenth--Slkill and brain work get
better pay in dairying than in any
other branch in farming To produce
fine dairy products requires something
besides hard work. The dailyman
must have knowledge and skill, and
must exercise great care, .....
Eighth-There is more room at the
top, greater opportunity to improve,
than in any other kind of hard work.
Cows produce from 100 to 800 pounds
Of butter per year, and butter sells
from ten cents to 81 per pound. No
branch Of agriculture shows anything
like this or gives such a chance to
rise
Ninth-Take the country through
and there is no other kind OF farm
work so well suited to women as dairy
ing. $1,000 |-a.
Tenth-Dairying leads to thoughtful-
ness for the comfort Of animals and
thus tends to morality. To do her best
the cow must be made as comfortable
as possible in every way. She will
tolerate no neglect or cruelty. She is
teacher Of gentIeness and kindness,
Eleventh--Dairying is the most pro-
gressive branch of farming.
:. Pwelfth--Dairying pays better@thn
any other branch of farming. both ae-
tually and pgospectiyely,