Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-23

| Operative Farm
Products Marketing
j How 1t Is Done In Europe and May Be Done
j in America to the Profit OF Both
j Farmer and Consumer
DAY AMONG DANISH FARMERS
BY MATTHEW 8. pUDeEoN.

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great farming country. Every square
foot OF land is utilized. There is al
most no waste land. In America you
will find here and there a scientific
farmer. Here every farmer is a scien-
titic farmer. He knows farming, and
thanks to cooperation. he knows mar
ketlng as well. Every COW is a good
COW. giving good quantity Of good
milk. Not only is the milk good when
It leaves the COW but If 1t goes to the
city 1t goes promptly and is still good
milk when 1t Is delivered. II 1t is
made into butter 1t becomes good but
ter and reaches the consumer In the
best possible form. The pigs too are
high grade. AS they move to market
they appear to be all OF uniform color,
size. shape, and quality, for each con-
forms to a type proved by experiment
tation to be the best for the purposes
to which they are devoted.
Every farmer Analyses his soil, fer.
tillaes his fields. and rotates his crops
according to the best principles OF
soil conservation. In America you &C.
casionally see such farming and such
farmers; here you see nothing else.
Medium Sized Farm.
What appears to be the home Of a
well-to-do farmer upon a medium
sized farm is our first point OF at
tack
We find the buildings including
dwelling, stables. granary, hay shed
and other outbuildings arranged
around a square court. All except the
dwelling house are rooted with thatch
which although 1t seems to be in good
condition the farmer assures us is
twenty years old. Everything ex-
hints the utmost neatness. The sta.
bles, poultry houses and pig shelters,
arc all as clean as the nature Of their
use permits, while the house itself is
immaculate.
The former owner of the farm Is
dead. The widow and children now
occupy the place. OF three sons one
is in Copenhagen and is to leave the
farm permanently. He goes to the
city not because he wants to but be-
cause there Is no room for him upon
this farm and 1t is almost impossible
TO get more land-everybody wants to
keep all he has. The older son Is to
have the major part of the farm turn
ing over a smaller portion to young
er brother. The mother will continue
to live on the farm with the older son.
The farm Is lightweight acres in ex-
tent. There are on 1t six horses, thir-
ty.flve cows, and sixty pigs. besides
The poultry. The farm with its stock,
buildings. and equipment is worth
about $170OO.O0.
Cooperative Bacon Factory.
The farmer is a member Of CO.
operative bacon factory. In order to
meet the demands Of the market,
which has been most cayefully studied.
he and the other m&mbers find It |
necessary to breed zig Of a particu-
lar type, one which Will produce good
bacon. All Of the members therefore
are raising a pig produced by crossing
the English Yorkshire with the native
Danish breed. They have found also
that the best bacon is obtained when
the pigs are brought to market from
twenty-five to twenty-eight weeks DID,
weighing beween $50 and 200 pounds.
Careful experimentation has also DEM
onstrated that II the hogs are mar
keted at this time the most bacon per
food unit fed them is produced. The
pigs life is a busy life. They have
only five to seven months to live and
must weigh at the end Of that time
from $50 to 200 pounds. The hogs
are also bred for large litters since
this is an important consideration
when Il becomes necessary to rush |
the entire output Of hogs upon the
market at an early age. Experts say
that the pig so produced is ideal for
the production Of bacon.
Cooperative creameE,.
This farmer belongs to a coopera-
tive dairy association which conducts
a creamery some little distance away.
The members are mostly the smaller
farmers. Each leaves his cans Of
milk on the road to be gathered up by |
a collector hired by the association.
The collector when he returns the |
cans brings back the skinned milk.
The milk sent into the creamery is
tested and the price depends altogeth-
er upon the butter fat contained In