Evening journal., 1904-01-05
To INCREASE
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Care Of Cattle During Win
ter Sure to Bring Good
Results
IMPROVE WITH THE NEW YEAE
The iieme Market Is Never Fully
Supplied With Butter and the De-
mand is Annually lnersasins--other
Useful Hints About the Farm.

fos!ry!nc IS an occupation which has
paia in every section OF the United
statss. end this has boon accomplished
,indsr difficulties. which should not
have occurred. The farmer who make
Gairying Il speciality gradually becomes
woaithier because his farm increases
ia fertility every yeas and because the
cctrle enable him TO sell the products
Of his farm at prices much above their
real value in the form Of milk, butter
and cheese. The value OF the butter
produced annually in this country
amounts 10 over $500, 100000. and there
IS a home market for all that has been
produced. but small proportion is be-
ine exported. The consumption Of but
tor Is estimated at about IS pounds per
year for each inhRbitant, and the total
amount produced ia over 1900, 100000
pounds Of which over "A per cent Is
made i'm the North Atlantic States, "a
per cent in the North central group.
Z per cent. in the South Atlantic
States. II per cent. in the South Cen
trail division and 4 per cent. IN the
Western division. 1t may be stated
also that only 20 per cent. OF the pro-
duct is made in factories, the farms
being the sources from which the larger
proportions of butter come.
Better Methods.
There is ample room for improvement
in dairying and general farming. With
all that has been written and urged in
favor Of better breeds and superior
methods OF management the scrub COW
IS still the queen on the farm and
holds her position despite all efforts to
disiodge her but she entails a fearful
loss on the farmers who defend her
With the use OF breeds that are capa-
bic OF producing at least twice as much
milk and butter the increase Of the
annual product Of butter alone would
equal that already given-S200. 600, 600
which is much more than would be re-
quired 10 purchase every pufe-bred COW
IN the United states. The prices OBJ
tanned for choice butter show that there
is always a brisk demand and that the
farmers who will turn their attention
TO the production of the best i'm tbs
market, and who VIII also endcavor e
double their production by the use Of
the same number Of butter COWS are
sure Of large profits because the exc
pense viii be relatively much less.
Low Average Product.
An increase In the production Of but
ter and milk, by resorting to the breed
adapted for such work opens mar
ket for the grain on the farms Every
farmer who can conrive 70 utilize hii
crops on the farm saves the several
costs Of commission, transportation
and other incidentals, and this amount,
TO a large sum when estimated for thl
whole country There are Thousands
Of farmers who keep COWS which a,
not produce over three pounds Of but.
ter per week. and IL is safe to claim
that there are also thousands Of cows
that do not average 100 pounds of but.
ter in year. and they are not difficult
10 find even IN this section. The COW
Of an improved breed assists the far.
mer to have a home market because
she demands more food which she con-
verts into "A large quantity Of milk
and butter. thus not only enabling hin
TO dispose OF his crops to better ad-
vantage. but TO derive larger profit
because OF the decreased expenses 70.
labor shelter and food in proportio,
to product derived. The $500 600 90
produced In the form of butter coul,
easily be increased - $f00.00O.o00 i
better COWS We're used. Cheap grain
'oN nc NollNtfNtu into an article q
higher price. IL is claimed that thor
are three pounds of butter that can D.
gotten from a bushei Of corn by feed
ing to good butter cows but it doe
not pay for the labor when the cow
are not capable Of fully utilizing tn
corn for the purposes intended TIT
foundation therefore is in the kind O
stock used The COW is the real fac
tory for producing butter. and III
greater her capacity the more thor
oughly the raw material Is manufac
tured into the product