Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1916-07-21

subject that choice butter need never
be sold at the ordinary level Of prices
If farm owner makes a speciality Of
nice produce and caters to family trade
all the butter that can possibly be pro-
duced is eagerly snapped up at from
Is cents a pound in the summer to 40
or so cents a pound In the winter.
Owners Of fine herds Of dairy cows
who have built up q private trade get
as much as 81 pound for their entire
output Of butter the year through.
To the many farm housewives who
wish to engage in this branch Of bust
ness have no hesitation in offering
words Of encouragement A fair type
of dairy COW will earn from $3.50 to
$500 year in the production Of butter.
This is practical farming, for herd
Of cattle will keep up the fertility of
land besides earning a splendid in
come for the family. OF course there
the cream If one happens to secure
customers who will pay top notch
rates, but everybody cannot make
speciality Of cream to the neglect Of
other things. One Of the reasons why
a great many farmers can make it pay
to produce butter is that it does not
require the quick marketing that Is
necessary in handling cream. With a
good cellar and by using little ice in
hot weather the butter output need
not be marketed more than once a
week, or even once q month If the
place is just right for storing the prod.
uct. This question Of marketing has
to be considered at the outset. Sue
cess or failure will turn on the skill.
full handling and marketing of va
riety Of farm supplies. Any number
Of capable farmers live several miles
from their nearest railway station,
and they have to produce articles
that do not require quick selling. One
Of the best Of these products is butter.
An intelligent woman who loves her
farm life can succeed at butter max
ing. The income from this branch de.
Ponds on the number of well selected
cows, the care with which these ami
mails are fed and the close attention
given to the handling of cream and the
manufacture Of butter. There has to
be something Of system worked out,
but this is not beyond the capacity Of
the average person. A dozen cows can
be maintained, together with enough
young stock to keep the herd properly
balanced, on a farm Of thirty to fifty
acres. 1 know a number Of such places
in the Chicago district In one case q
man keeps more than thirty animals on
thirty acres. Assuming that twelve
cows are kept for butter production,
the clear profits Of the place should not
run under $1,000 year. and with ex.
ira good cows the amount will be
higher. Persons taking up the dairy
business in any form will be safe in
starting with number Of cows that
one man can milk and care for. Twelve
is about all that can be handled in this
way. If there are acres enough for
more animals it may be good policy to
keep two mixers. who will have time
enough during the day to perform the
other farm work. Neither here nor In
any other article that write do I
favor person specializing in one prod
uct. Nothing could be more i'll advised
In cases where there is nothing but a
dairy to bring an income an attack of
disease may ruin the herd and waste
years efforts. 1t is so with any single
crop. Neither wheat nor corn can be
depended on as an exclusive product.
Ruination or at least serious difficulty
will come to any owner who depends on
one article Of production. Diversity Is
the order Of the day. And with this in
view every energetic farm family may
well consider branching out in a num-
Der Of channels. While butter making
may be large feature in the program.
there should be poultry, fruit, vege-
tables and other things to balance up
the years work and give reasonably
large income.