The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
COLLEGE TO MIX CART


W0R1nm-DmG Wear - stTafA1@1 ana
TIARA . COmfOrsAbss Livelihood.
eKive years ago I went into the dairy
buniness with three COWS. To-day
NHNe = herd % twenty
The speaker WAs q young college woman
che q few months after graduation Loot
her father and found hersslf and her
mother with less than $500 capital
How did I manage it7' ahe vent or
snWgsnEd worm I pat On Overalls and for
twaivs long month"; drove my own milk
w6xnni I Md planned 90 study Law. not
hacanas I vas fond Of the profession OF
Imagined I had any special talent for u
hut because I thought it the proper thing
for a college woman In sarn her living In q
profession rather than In . trade. My
fnshar's sudden death knocked all that
out az my head.
MY father had begun to buy the farm
I nOs own. He thought Il would do for
a summer home. never having an idea
thae any Of us would be called on 20 make
a Ilvinx on IL. He had paid $50 on Il. and
thMA. with our household furniture. was
ahomt all my mother and had after all the
dsbts were paid OF.
I'VE didn't have 90 between IN. bat Il
waA In June and Q few acres had been
rAansed on the farm and two Of the three
COWS that had been bought with the place
we're sresh 20 the pail. The day after We
moved go the farm I took my seat on the
delivery wagon and carried around the
milk You 80 there was but one hired
man and 9TH what planned 10 do I
oouldn't AFFORD to have him spend four
precious hours delivering milk.
sAa thara -Sarn thraa dairiea ha.icaa
.~l,,n. ,.,II An tia 80 r,,r
my - - -. -
route was tH' rom nouSs 10 house
delivery. I" was deliver bottle OF milk
and drive a square or two before deliver
To- .no,her That ,waa the Brut mint
----'I,.I a.. 49, A, ,As "a - =.
- - - ..'y
second month when the third COW began
% milk I had already had all heE milk
,~mwa~ad In s,,ch n wav that MANY Of the
-. =, -. IS.,i,,..s.. -.
my
nsn VA =,
AT the beginning OF tho next year
had Ave milking cows in the stables with
..c,,-A a. sa.d ,l.~y. for nina uncneh.
- - - - .~.-a- 100 q, 800
~ tne osnr Anu n "e"..
Besides ] hsd paid ire recond instairnent
OF $500 on the farm and had had q new
49,, n,,t IN INV milk wmeon II in tr7,e
90. ...,A.. - ,,o,h.~ o,,- 4 h.A h.d
t...- 1880 ''y s
- 1890 - - - - 49,
but a. she seldom vcnt into town and
nsvsr except on my milk wagon neither
- an. m, -. n I. shr.awht Nv Vnothar had
49, h.- - a. h,.,,....v,,L -. -.
49, 0I'~A =" WIZ ~A WV
onloGenS
-As our hired man lived with his family
90 dia not ave 10 fssd him. During
a., s., -. - r,,,h.r and \ 49,,
~ ~. - --.sI-
IN ouncS OF Ins'at on Ju' uao'G eAccp ssk
q clileNeu 0INNo y NNCks uauAAiN on sun
oAys WEE an oia tIIe.lo on Ie'.tI.g Soulo
come on. 20 SOC now - Nete EotthG On
We hN~d on esss Anu outeI Anu hilh'
VIII vseetao'es 80 ~. on -. Sne pIa 49,,
yhr .'.kAr. SoI'er ~, rs 49, tIIh,en
20 the Zines when VISITORS had 10 be ied.
49, - ~. 20 ~. ~. 40 -a '
usun mI- Ihe ,ne1a' w 49,, 'ne go
oI tne ~ ne.i' - ~ W uI Iii 81
the peter WITHOUT.
Inc seSono yoAI ! o.te 100 in nv 20 20 IN
cEcese nc ecIcaEe Pi14ueu On thS tNrm
sno h9t nerlg soIe to uuy horsr i n 1I
n netgho"r 70 prepare tne ground mat
! wish 20 say wAs one 81 the greatest mis-
teErs syer mA1e. u woulo nave been
muoh oossrE TAT VIC to S1u s&'ufner NesVs
Snen svun uSNo D11I sp.c 70 Ouy
norse sao pe.S Ios S'-cosin h,reu man
~ tne same time ooE 70 I'VE IN
tne houso 10 yeAI-o'o 10y; VINO was 20
nrINe the ma WAGON heP on uriN-
ma my OWE neiiVeIy wagon I3r Anotner
year ALd WORKING one man A. hAn done
the year oetore ! arm sure tnat AT the he
ginning oi my tnlrd year would nave been
~ least sSSO peter OF, teIi TINS as
warning 20 othef women agAihs. benS
~ too great hurry STOW And sure.
put not 100 slow "a the rule 70 work by
wnen o'iltdinG mp DAIRY rhI your barns.
paw Tot your tArtn ana then branch out.
Cleahiihess ana economy Va the KEY
note OF my tarn ana dairy Not only are
ens quAsny ana the quantity ot the milk
lmIEoHed ny the pes. care. Dut Dotn TOOL
ana time are saved. leaning out my
COW stables every morning ! am able 70
gs9ee Just nov mucn the cows are eating
and 50 do not give them more than they
clean up
Ny hrst cows being only graded Jer-
eeys and the calves not 80 good did not
keep me saNes. NIT sold them 20 the
butcher. TINS u much cheaper than at
tempting to nsA.se calf that IL not M 20
the standard. Nov that have raised the
standard of nv hefd am keeping al the
calves that are up 20 nv standard and IN
time hope TO have a dairy OF al least hfty
COWS
My hour fo' getting To the COW stable
~ a. NJ Before milking each COW -
cleaned on with q currycomb. and snap and
water when necessary After the milking