The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-02-04
Dairy Farming as a Business.


in past issues i'm criticism of my
views ON above subject.
All three gentlemen evidently fail
I'd. wulfully or otherwise to grasp
.he arpose and intent of my com
munlcation
ln the first half dozen lines of my
letter / used these words with an
.ay noart . wish bo D creamery and
patrons sl ,-e anG tiderscored
the words in lny manuscript What
more can a writer of plain English
say to show his good viii for the
creamery? And yet two Of these
gentlemen one i'm short snappish
tones. the other i'm courteous. gem
tlemanly words with highly ap
preciated complimentary personal al
lusionsl assume that ! antagonize
the new enterprise, and am trying
to knock" it; they both do me am
injustice
Further ON i'm my letter. after re
the dairyman. l wrote, Ito those VIII
love the monotony of milking and
will stick to it, there is financial
gain"
And my closing paragraph ran
lhus. MY advice is, go slow at the
business until more and better milk
ers Cmen) can be hired" If a line
I wrote can be construed into an at
tack. open. or covert on Farmville,
or her creamery, then / do not know
plain English. and T am desirous OF
submitting the question to "a referee,
but he must not be a shareholder in
the creamery. | can't help thinking
that the personal money nerve must
have been touched by a distorted
Imagination of my ulterlor designs.
My friend. the Lover OF the
Cow" gives names of many success
full men I'm your town who have won
out financially by being everlasting
ly at it'-true O. King. but those
men leave their stores when bust
ness. or pleasure dictates, and have
competent lieutenants behind the
counter to carry on the business, -
not so with the dairy farmer in
Southside Virginia-it is the rarest
chance to pick up two or three good
mixers ON short notice hereabouts.
The gentlemen named by my friend
close up entirely on Sundays, Christ
mas days, Thanksgiving. etc. Not SO
with the dairyman; no surcease for
him bye and bye mixers may i'm
crease. but it is bad advice from one
who has been through the mill TO
say. weigh well the pros and
cons. and go slow at the business
until YOU are able to hire more and
better mixers. ! admit freely all
Mr. Benedict writes about profits on
well-managed dairying (and did 50
I'm nv first communication but ! dc
insist they are the hardest earned
dollars that come into a farmers
till.
The Hollander the Dane, is a borI
dairyman. cows and milk occupy the
. time of seven-eights of theruIal pop
ulation from cradle to grave, and Sc
in less measure the Englishman an'
the Yankee; but the Virginian' thu
b typical Southerner, is cast in anoth
er mould. Let me say and, don
p mean to offend. and / hope no on
b will take offence all people II
p Europe or America. the land-owne
class of Virginia is by birth b.
training. by association and temper
ament the least fitted for the un
| changing. molly-coddle work of mill
! ink cows.
Mr. Editor. far be it from m
heart or thoughts to do or say augf
that shall hinder any industry i
your town, or your people, or you
growth: practically everything ! bu
or sell comes from or goes I
Farmville, and l have been a regula
patron of her trade for forty years
+ want to see her grow, | want I
T. see industries there that shall hav
IS "sure-enough" pay rolls, hundred
f of new families, so as to create
T. demand for our chickens, turkey
q etc. in quantities of more than
dozen at a time, but as a poultr
r market your town is back numbe
4 Why is it? What's the matter Wit
v Farmville? / quote actual sales
d turkeys a week beforeChristmas-
@ One of my neighbors took fine Il
turkeys a week before Christmas
the following price, II 1-2c. per II
- Same day another neighbor took /