Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-11
A STEADY eoER.

The dairy COW Is a steady plodder.
She demands no holidays and requires
few vacations. She does not lay off"
because the weather or the tariff
changes. She keeps everlastingly at
Il. content TO pour stream OF pure
rich milk into the pail. even as the
pennies pour into the contribution box.
She asks no special fayors. She Is
satisfied with grass, water and bit
OF shade In the summer and asks for
nothing more than a reasonably well.
balanced ration OF suitable food In
winter. with a windbrake on cold
days and shelter on rainy days.
This dairy COW Is not whimsical or
suddenly changeable. She is steady
going proposition. and she is aNe,
willing and anxious to consume large
quantities OF coarse, homegrown
roughage. and to convert this rough.
age into golden butter fat for which
there Is always cash market. As a
machine the dairy COW Is certainly
an expert, for she has the wonderful
ability to extract from the food she
consumes Just those elements essen.
tial to mans wellbeing, and to return
TO the soil the elements essential to
its fertility. The dairy COW Is, In fact.
a separator. She separates without
loss. either to the man or to his land,
so perfect is the economy OF her ma
ture. Small wonder. then. that she Is
able 10 enrich the farmers pocket
book on the one hand and his soil on
the other.
The dairy COW has made Denmark
one OF the richest countries In all the
world. She has been the direct cause
OF enhancing the value OF farm lands
on the Isle OF Jersey to more than
$1,000 per acre. She has transform
ed Wisconsin agriculture and Wiscon
sin industries. And she will trans
form the hill farms Of Brazos County
II given fair show.
Let's figure II out. A good dair!
COW. II well fed and sensibly man
aged. will produce daily PA gallons o
"A per cent milk. This means
monthly average OF practically
80 pounds OF butter fat. worth an aver
age OF 25c a pound the year round. o.
monthly income Of Sc. "Not mucl
income" you say. Maybe not, from
one COW. But consider the incom'
from five such cows. A regular month
ly income of $50 wouldn't look 81
bad. would II? Fact is. wouldn't thi
income be amply sufficient to buy IN,
groceries, clothes and incidentals 70
an average family OF eight people
II would.
And besides the direct income from
the sale OF butter fat, there is an in
direct income from the pigs and chick
ems that can be raised on the skin
milk. The feed can easily be grow
on the farm and the labor OF milkin
can be done without interfering wit
the usual field crops.
The dairy COW is not a magica
creature. She's just a well organized
consistent plodder that stays on IN
Job. But II she Is not magical. sh
Is certainly dependable. She's an NJ
compromising foe OF the credit me-
chant She's the friend Of the Who'll
, family. especially the wife and chi
dren. She's less affected by drouthi
storms. etc. than either corn or co
ton. And she was never known I
suffer from boil weeyil, anthracnose q
pink boil rot. She produces food an
not ammunition. therefore her pro-
, uct can never be declared contrj
band OF war. And in this year {
grace, nineteen hundred sixteen. sh
Is a better bet than cotton. She /
Bryan has a creamery that will bu
every pound of butter fat delivered
, good condition. Why not pick up
few dairy cows. get your neighbors
do the same, then form a communit
marketing club and deliver crear
!. poultry, etc, by the cooperative pla
thus cutting out the expense and IL
proving the quality Of your produce
Why not? It's worth your caref
considerations. II is.
, The banks OF Bryan will be glad
confer with you about loans to bl
dairy cows. Ask them.
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