Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-09

DAIRY FARMING AND HOW TO IN.
CREASE THE PROFITS OF
THE BUSINESS.
The replenishing Of the fertility Of
the soil, the adding to its wealth
through dairying, is the most practi-
cal, the quickest, the surest and
the most beneficial way. 1t may re-
quire some considerable self denial,
possibly revolution of your present
methods and manners of agricultural
life. but 1t will give to posterity the
rich and generous assurance of abund
ant resources in the years to come.
Mr. w. c. Brown, now president
of the New York Central Lines, for
26 years connected with the Burling-
ton Railroad and now a large farm
owner in our own territory, stated in
one of his speeches: Zone of the
great foundation stones upon which
the commercial supremacy of the
nation has been builded and on
which its future development and
prosperity depend is Agriculture.
There is no soil or climate that is
naturally superior to that Of the
United States and no nation on earth
can produce larger crop per acre
than this country II our soil is in
diligently titled. The land, our
kindly, patient mother Earth, upon
which not only prosperity but life It,
self depends. is year after year be-
ing robbed and impoverished"
Mr.. Browns remarks are consist
ent and timely and the greatest So
luton Of the trouble he mentions is
Dairying. 1t is the keynote to the
policy Of conservation. Dairying, the
Keystone Of the arch of agricultural
wealth. That the duty of the dairy
men. OF the farmers of Iowa, lies in
the direction OF conservation of the
natural resources of the soil, there
is no doubt. This can better be done
through dairying than through any
other branch of agriculture activity.
We can conceive OF no higher plane
OF duty, no better legacy to future
generations in the years to come than
that Of conserving the fertility and
productiveness OF the soil.
In the production of butter fat, we
are conserving the fertility of our
soil and increasing our revenue there.
from. The highest priced lands in
the world are in those sections OF
the country wherein dairying has be
come prominent. The COW adds more
than she takes away.
1. Mr.. J. ]. Hill, the empire builder
of the Northwest says: 1.-The farm
ers Of this land cannot prosper un.
til stock-raising becomes an INSOFAR
able part of agriculture. The natural
increase of animals, the butter and
milk, the stock sent to market all
add materially to the income of the
1 farm Still more important is the
fact that of all the forage fed to live
stock at least one-third in cash val
ue remains on the land in the form
of manure, that soon restores worr
out soil to fertility and keeps goot
land from deteriorating. BY this sys
tenn the farm may be made and KEEP
a source Of perpetual wealth"
= It is well recognized fact that til,
basis of all wealth and power, deca,
and ruin, Of countries and nations /,
measured by their agricultural de
velopment. that the highest aEricul
tural development has been obtaine
only where and when dairying has be
come prominent.
4 No large investment for fancy purt
bred cattle is necessary. Use onl,
pure bred siresl from COWS with goot
records.
Judge COW by what she can d.
for you in dollars and not by hel
color and treed.
Sanitary Barns.
1 Their. are only occasional dair,
barns that ere completely equipped
for dairying. A few have light, vel
ventilated sanitary barns, only nov
and then is found one who has 6
| plentiful supply of silage, clover an!
suitable grain from which. to com
oound winter rations. Unless sucl
preparations are made the best re
suits cannot be expected. The de
mand for pure milk and cream pro
luced under sanitary conditions Ii
constantly increasing, and to pro
duce such milk or cream it is neces
sary to have clean cows. kept in san
ltary stalls. The wisdom of building
such quarters for dairy animals al
are easily kept clean has been dem
onstrated recently by the pure foot
laws, and public sentiment demand
ing high grade of milk, butter ant
cheese.
To get good results in dairying, i
is absolutely necessary to know wha
your COWS are doing and we sugges
the following: First, build sanitar,
COW barn, weigh and test your mill
at least once each week, (morninl
and evening separately using til,
Babcock test. Figure out the cost o
the feed for each cow and the in
onmo roooivad So. r,..,