Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-01-19
Requisites for Successful Dairy ng

Requisites for Successful Dairy n8.
First: the man must not be afraid OF
work, but have plenty Of persistency,
for his time is required seven days in
the week and three hundred aud sixty.
five DAYS in the year. Unless he de-
votes his time to the care of his COWS he
can not expect to receive results from
them.
Second: man should be able to con-
troll his temper under all circumstances,
and deal kindly with bis cows, for they
are very sensitive and the least abuse
they receive will throw them of their
milk.
Third: the man should have natural
love for cows. To accomplish the high
est point of perfection in dairying, or
any other line of business, the man with
a natural love for his business Is going
TO far excel the one who is in the dairy
business because he feels that he has to
make a living and that dairying Is as
good business as he can follow.
Fourth: most important require
ment that many dairymen overlook is
cleanliness. There is saying that
Cleanliness is next to Godliness. If
there is any truth in this saying 1t Ger
tainly is in dairying for it is impossible
to be too careful in the care you take of
your milking utensils, for If they are
not in proper sanitary condition your
milk will soon become contaminated and
will not be fit for use. To be cleanly,
proper care must be taken of the stables,
having them free from dust at the time
of milking, and never to allow manure
to accumulate. At all times have
proper ventilation.
Fifth: many dairymen do not keep
we'll informed along dairy lines. There
is not a dairyman that can expect to
make success If he does not take some
good paper like yours from which we
receive many good points that other
wise would take US years to find out and
many of them We never know, but
would 90 battling on in our own way
aud then wonder why our neighbors
were making more of a success of ths
dairy business than we we're.
Sixth: every dairyman should select
the breed of cows he desires to keep and
then if he can not start with pure breds
above all things get full blooded sire
and breed up, and raise his own calves
and in few years he will have cows that
he knows will pay for their keeping, and
will also make a profit. Test the cows
and see which ones are ''star boarders"
for every "loafer" you keep not only
eats her own head of but takes the
profit of your cows.
Now the last but by all means not the
least of the requirements that I am
going to mention is feeding. Too much
can not be said about the feeding of
dairy cows. l will not suggest the
kinds of feeds, as different feeds can be
fed to better advantage in different
localities, but If you expect your cows
to bring you good returns you must
give them feeds that run high in protein
as such feeds produce milk. Let every
dairyman study his cows and see what
kinds Of feeds bring him the best re-
suits, and by close study of his cows and
constant care he can not fail in the dairy
business.
Now these requirements are nothing
but simple facts that every reader of
this paper should know and If he does,
and follows them, he will make sue
cessful dairyman, but if there are those
that do not follow them and are not
making success, just give them trial
aud you can rest assured that you will
succeed as dairyman.-Turf, Farm and
Home.