Semi-weekly herald., 1916-04-24


Take creamery making over l50,-
600 pounds of butter annually-last
year, 1915. the average for butter in
Chicago marget quotations was over
2S.4 cents, or in the above case over
$4,000. With successful creameries
or cheese factories in the community
you will also have the developing of
dairy cattle centers because the
farmers will appreciate the value of
like Waukesha or Lake Mills, Wis
eonsin; Mortified, Minnesota; or
| Elgin, Illinois; they are known
| Throughout the United States and
Canada as dairy cattle centers and
buyers for good dairy cattle from all
over the United States, Canada and
even from Japan and Australia come
to these districts to make purchases
thereby bringing prosperity to these
districts.
Dairying Enriches Soil
Daitying is constructive agricul
turc. Il enriches he soil, wrile grain
farming or cattle ranching depletes
the fertility of the soil These lat
ter types Of farming are often called
soil mining. When the farmer sells
100 bushels of corn he also sells
$500 worth of his fertility, and
when he sells 100 bushels of wheat
he sells $4,000 worth of his fertility
but when he sells 1000 pounds OF
butter he sells only fifty cents worth
Of fertility. In other words, when
he sells $22,700 worth of butter, he
removes on.y as much fertility from
the soil as there is in 100 bushels Of
wheat.
Dairying solves the "a m labor
problem because it gives s'aady EN-
ployment the entire year. AT pres
ent there are large numbers of un-
employed men in the cities. These
men ought to be employed on the
farms of America and probably
would be, if farm work were moro
stable. Generally, men are employed
during the summer season and then
discharged in the fall because there
is not enough labor on the farm to
give them employment during the
winter. Short time positions attract
| only the lowest grade of help. BY
making dairying the important
branch Of farming, winter dairying
will be carried on, cows will be fresh
in the fall and MIXED all through the
winter. They will return at this time
Of the year greater profits because
a higher market price for butterfat
and a greater percentage of cheap
foods like ensilage and hay will be
consumed. Winter dairying will help
distribute the farm labor throughout
the year and men and their families
| will be employed by the year and
| will be able to save money and better
| themselves, as well as return profit
to their employers.
Dairying will improve the educa-
tional, social and moral conditions OF
the country. The tenants will be able
to pay the rent and will not be forced
TO move from one farm to another,
as is the condition tolay. The one
year tenant means destruction to the
| farm. He does not keep the build
ngs in repair or return the fertility
| 10 the soil. He tries to skim all the
| profits from the farm, and the land
lord tries to make him pay cash in
| return. If dairying is carried on
silos and better farm buildings will
| be built to take care of the crops
| raised, more live stock will be kept
| per acre, and there will be more in
tensified farming. There will be that
interdependence between the tenant
and landowner from which both are
benefited. There will be better rural
| schools, better churches and the edu-
cational, social and moral conditions
Of the community will be improved.
Prosperous Farmers
If you but compare the dairy sec
tons of this country with the non
dairy sections. you will see at once
farm, fences in good condition, lawn
that the dairy farmer has a we'll kept
moved about the house, flowers and
shrubs decorating the lawn, barns
economically and substantially built
Inside the home you will find every
thing comfortable, homelike, libra
ry, agricultural papers, magazines,
and you are impressed with the
thought that the farmer and his
family are contented and happy. The
picture is somewhat different than
that of most of the non-dairy farm
ers. They have fences that need re
pair, lawns unmowed and unkept,
barns that are not desirable to house
stock because of poor ventilation or
sometimes too much. Inside the home
you do not find library, agricul