The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-06-15
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Throughout the nsndalrying sec
tons Of Ohio and adjoining states,
there are thousands o. farners who
keep just enough COWS TO Supply
theft iamilles with milk and butter.
Ard butter ptodnetion end llefe, with
ti.esr Others Keep tile taiuily INK
f0ceries stie Of q Is and but tef.
Neither class keep more TRAN A ofi
III cows; Tie first class rarely more
titan two; safs the Ohio Fafners on
account of lie hhtter not being the
chief product Of these farms the poo.
duction Of tbs attended 70 after 9th
a. things are out OF the way Az 2
resn1t, the animals are MIXED at any
old place and 1t almost any time,
very little attention being paid TO
rations. The milk Of hardly one COW
III thousand Is tested. The product
sells low In the market. and hurts
the producer OF good butter and II
named by a,dairyman would ecall-
ed a scrub
ut would look ont of the way were
a farmer toSbly his milk and butter
Yet one cares little whether a thing
Is out Of the way or not iflonly the
almighty dollar is in the way This
comes in the question Of the calf
raiser. Most dairymen deplore the
yealing of calves, arguing that they
ought to be reared. Yet, when
calf sells for 9.or $40 at six or seven
weeks Of age, does It pay to rear and
sell It as q "scrub' at $25 or $50. The
slres of the greater number of these
calves are simply bulls, very often of
no type at all, and which are usually
sold for beef as soon as they can
be fattened. They are not shorthorn
bulls or Hereford bulls, but just
bulls"
Most Of these nondairying farmers
milk their cows and set the pail
down in the house for the women to
take care Of. They can do little II
anything elseSfor there are no cream
cries or cheese factories; and It does
not >pay to install expensive maehin-
cry for SO few cows. 1t often hap
pens that the women for some rea-
son or ether are for time unable
10 take care Of the milk. Often the
men, on account of lack of help, or
for some other reason, can but with
difficulty find time to milk. Then
the calf comes in handy, for he Is
both a milklng-machine and an au-
tomato milk care-taker. Leave him
in the yard during the day, turn the
COW in at night, and out to pasture
during the morning.
Some may ask where TO get the
calves. We have been getting ours
Of milkman who desires to use the
cows milk as soon as possible after
the latter arc treshened. One or two
dollars will buy a newly-born one.
Then again there are Others who
"just don't like to bother with them"
II you keep your eyes open you can
get the calves. We recently sold one
wacii was, Six weeks old, AMI which
wei heds1S0 pounds, bringing SLIPS.
Our butter account for that time was
IS. Before that, 1t took the combin-
ed prodasts q this and another COW
10 keep iis:,ini milk and butter Now
we can "steal" enough milk from the
calves to keep ourselves sup lied, and
are aheaI on the, fattened C ltand IS
on the first COW. We expect TO keep
calves on all our cows during the
next sea ION. 1t returns us profit
In addition to saving milking ana
Churning. Indeed. it is the only
method Of profitable utilizing the poor
COW, which we are told is cheap at
unv mice"