Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-04
oAIRYlNe IN NORTHERN WIscoN-
SIN,

Dairy farming is based upon the
same principles in the one section or
the country as another. Its main con-
siderations are "a the COW; her ca
pacity to make profitable returns for
the food and care she receives (2)
Her comfort and health as provided
for in the stabling we give her CD
The production of suitable food for
her support. (4) The intelligence OF
the man who would thrive and pros
per by her product.
When once the land is cleared so 1t
can produce COW food abundantly, we
find but little variation in the action
of these principles in any portion of
the country. The COW is the same, her
breeding and care is based upon the
same principles and the demand Tor
intelligence on the part of the owner
is the same.
Northern Wisconsin differs from
southern Wisconsin in dairy farming
only in a few particulars, and those
are, in the pioneer work of getting the
farm into the right conditions and the
somewhat colder and longer winters.
But these conditions bring with them
also certain advantages.
The timber is a paying crop to start
with. The soil is in a primitive state
of fertility which insures better crops.
Modern knowledge in the construction
of barns and stables insures both com,
fort and health if proper Ventilation is
secured. Then there remains the great
basic fact that grass in the form OF
hay and pasturage yields remarkably.
In no other country we have ever
| seen have we heard the remark from
| the farmer that red clover is a weed.
| SO abundantly does it grow that when
once introduced it springs up like a
weed at the first chance. The usual
| deeper fan of snow is great advan-
| tage to the blue grass and clover and
| their remarkable luxuriant growth at
| tests this For this reason we have
| been convinced that alfalfa will be
made to flourish when planted on well
| rolling lard. A snow covering all win
| ter long is very conducive to the per.
manent growth of both alfalfa and
| clover.
But one great advantage to northern
| wisconsin as a dairy country Is the
| very superior quality Of the butter
| and cheese produced there, provided
/ LHS UECtSsdiy HhiiA - Na~N -
manufacture.
The greater salubrity of the air and
| lower average temperature in summer
| is a great advantage. This Is particu.
| larly true IN cheesemaking. We look
for the production of the finest cheese
/ in America in northern Wisconsin
and Minnesota.
/ ANY farmer who has health and de
/ termination can build for himself a
valuable dairy farm in few years In
| these regions, with assured certainty
| The clearing of the land of stumps is
by no way the difficult job it used to
| be in the days of our fathers. Care
should be exercised by the settler in
/ selecting good grass producing soil
/ That is the bottom consideration. Corn
can be ripened TO a sufficient stake
for the silo and that is thing every
dairy farmer who has ten cows should
/ have. The price Of dairy products Is
I going to keep well up from many
4 years to come in oIr opinion. we
know of no branch Of farming thai
has a fairer. stronger promise In the
future than dairying and there Is nc
better region for its establishment
than northern Wisconsin.
4 1.-THE above article was written by
i Ex-Governor Hoard Of Wisconsin a1d
published in Hoard's Dairyman, Febru
airy "a, 1911