Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-23
THE DAIRY
INDUSTRY

ehsaPsnS Therefore the prodoct;on
: per man must increase. There IS 3
limit to which this increase can rise
as set BY factors Of native fertility.
markets. climate and type Of farm
ing. but the greatest Of hese is
the type Of farming
Since grain farming an readily be
conducted On a large sesle with small
capital, Il is frs adopted II 3 new
eouztry. But as the nstive fertility
Is as=.Ss x-~aiag follows in
logical order. Yet even this system
all to Frequently suffers from erraae
market conditions Il does not pro
vide the regular income, full employ
ment Of labor. nor complete coaser-
walton Of soil required BY advancing
civilization.
The Logical sequence to practice is
dairy farming. This is the eyolu-
ton Of the most civilized and densess
populated countries Of the earth, as
Holland and Denmark, or Of our own
country as Delaware county, N. Y
jefferson county, Wisconsin. or Henry
county, III
The economic and social causes Of
this evolution are obvious With the
farmer, dairying provides a regular IN
come, . quick, frekuent turn Of III
vestment This places him on a basis
with the salaried man or tie merchant
who is utterly dependent on organized
society rather than the aborigine who
is sufficient unto himself. In selling 3
ton Of butter fat perhaps fifty cents
worth Of mineral fertility is removed
from the farm with a return Of about
10000. Whereas in selling E ton Of
common cereal crops fertility to The
value Of FIVE dollars is removed for a
return of SOS. Labor is provided for
the entire year instead Of only half
the year, % increasing the individual
farmers earning capacity and prosper
ity.
With the city dweIler, dairying pro-
vides that light, stimulating diet es-
sential to the physical welfare of a
more or less sendentary life, rather
than the heavy staying ration required
by frontier existence as provided b.
preceding types Of farming.
In general, one-sixth Of that which
people consume is Of dairy products.
This ration is very rapidly inereas-
ing.
According to the latest report Of the
census bureau, in Audrain county,
there is a population Of q. ZOO. At
$500 per capita, this population viii
have an annual expense account Of S4,-
337.4Oo. Since 16%% is spent for
dairy products, in the many forms
found on the market, this would mean
an annual expenditure Of S722,90O for
dairy products in Audrain county. It
costs as much to market and manu-
facture these goods as to produce them
so that net to the dairy farms living
somewhere is paid annually from this
community the sum Of S36l,45O. OF
course this is speaking in averages.
But the annual production from the
e,735 milk COWS owned here is only
s1l5,741. And of this, only s57,Oss
is reported marketed. On this basis
TO produce for local consumption alone
would require six times as many cows
as are now being MIXED, or else IN
crease the production per COW by six.
As a matter Of fact, inquiry among
manufacturers and distributors Of
dairy products in Mexico reveals the
fact that annually large quantities of
goods are imported from other dairy
eenters.
Obviously then, the problem con
fronting Audrain rural and urban, and
and the Mexico Commercial Club, is
not one Of providing a market for an
excess volume of dairy products, but
rather that of developing the local
market in bringing the producer and
consumer together.
Dairying as an industry is a slow
growing evolution If it would prosper
and be permanent. An inflated, en-
forced, spasmodic development u n its
feyerish fermentation to an inevitable
collapse from which there is small
hope Of recovery. Time is required
for farmers TO make the acquaintance
Of COWS and learn the art Of their
profitable management. No market /
Of highest quotation can make up this /.
deficiency. It is basis, is fundamen- I
tai. Native COWS must be bred up by |
crossing with high producing bulls to '
profitable production. Countless risks a
are incurred and a vast quantity Of 5
is required e import cows OF I
known production. In a new home 2
they are certain to react, and with Il
loss. y
A condensery for Mexico agencies
would mean the organization Of
various educational agencies to per- t
feet such a dairy industry. 1t would
hasten the natural evolution Of dairy
farming from grain and stock feed
ing. If substantial and permanent, it
would mean listing each patron on the
same basis as an employee in a factory I
BY providing him a definite, frequent
II would fix the farmers
prosperity and consequently the pros. 1
perity 4 the community only as the
Iarms could rise to a profitable dairy
ent.
ARREST MPUDENT HOBO I
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