French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-02-03
INTERESTING FACTS PERTAINING
TO THE CREAMERY BUSINESS.

Quite often a man who has been
shipping cream to the creamery will
say that there is no-money in the dairy
business. Now that is very important
for if there is no money in it then no
mar is justified in trying to encourage
others to take hold Of dairying. But
it will pay to consider that question.
very carefully before deciding that
dairying does not pay. AS we look
around all surface indications point to
tn, keeping of the dairy COW as profit
able. Denmark from q very Loor
country IS years ago is today rich witil
its wealth evenly spread out-da1ry
products and tie pig brought it about.
The farmer of Holland is very much
above the average and the same COM
rjDation there brought success. Wis
consin SO years ago was a worn out
wheat growing state-rom 40 bushels
of wheat or virgin land the yield fell
to about 10 bushels and then w. d.
Hoard decided to try the COW and to-
day there r more successful farmers
in Wisconsin than anyother state, and
probably more pure bred or high grade
COWS than any other state. In every
section where dairying has been in.
progress for some time you find good
homes and good bank accounts among
the farmers. That seems to point to
the. ~desirability of looking into the
question of pay very closely. This is
a many sided question so let US look
at the question of COWS today. A GER
tain dairy farmer mas a sign over his
dairy barn 5000 pounds or the butch
er." l would call that a good sign
but would add to itland have it read
5000 pounds and so, or the butcher
1 believe it is said the average yield
OF dairy cows is under $500 pounds OF
milk a year, and the fat contents Ill
der 40. What our friend who says
dairying does not pay should do is buy
scales and a small Babcock tester AMI
get acquainted with his COWS. Weigh
the milk. of each COW morning and
hight and keep the record and test his
milk at least once a month. Let him
remember that this is a matter be-
tween himself and his COWS, and OF
more interest to his pocket book than
any n on the outside. A COW yield
ing $500 pounds of 40 milk would
produce 140 pounds of butter fat in a
year. The 5000 pound COW at 40
would yield 240 pounds of butter fat.
Is there any argument there except
quality of COW? If the first COW
should pay her expenses. every item
considered, butter fat, skim milk, calf
and manure, then the other COW would
pay $25 profit at Csc a pound butter
fat. But the second COW is not good
enough. only a step up in the right
direction. 1t seems that what is
needed worst is an improvement IN
Il cows. A good many men seem to
think that registered animal is
found to be all right. Registration is
Only a guarantee of breeding. What
is wanted is registration of production
records also. The breed should be
pure but the strain of that breed
should also be right. There are very
few who can afford to go out and buy
any animal our desire dictates. But.
we can by cooperation and judgment
in selection have one good bull in a
nGighbOrhood, and this we must do if
we ever intend to make dairying pay.
Then the scales and Babcock tester.
and attention and patience and dairy
ing will surely pay. Many believe that
the fancy priced COW is all show, and
can not pay her way. There is a new
champion Ayrshire cow-and here il
the, record. She was probably fed
come better than we would do for her,
hut her feed in Pennsylvania was of
course higher than it would have been
here. This COW produced 25,32S
pounds of milk in IL months, 119780
quarts an cit sold for sixteen cents a
quart at the farm, bringing $706.8O.
her feed for the year cost $177.3S
leaving $529.41 balance above her feed.
But a calf from that COW is. worth z
great deal more money than the or
dnary calf not alone because it is reg
istered stock, but because of the pro-
ductiOn of the COW IN milk.
Now this question of dairying and
the pay in it. is not a question of
breeds beyond choosing 2 dairy breed.
It is a question of animals that pro-
duce milk in quantity and richness 70
pay a profit above their keep. They
can be had and any man so minded
can have them if money is plenty at
once if not with patience and judg-
nient in selection in a reasonable time
No man can make a success in dairy
ing who will not take pains to know
WHAT MS COWS are actually QOlnS ana
then keep his best and weed out his
poorest. Nail the sign 10000 pounds
or the butcher over hte door, and
hurry the time when you can change
that to 10000 pounds. With excep-
tional Holstefn COWS yielding rs, 1000
to $4,000. pounds of milk in a year.
and exceptional Jerseys producing
10000 to 18,090 pounds of butter a
year-the 10000 pound COW is not be-
yond us--if we feed for it.
ass CHAS.> +. BALDWIN.