The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-10-04
PLEASURE AND PROFIT
IN GOOD DAIRY farm
Genuine Satisfaction in Successful
Management Of a Profitable
Dairy Business.

Most people are interested in
getting as much enjoyment out of
their work as possible, yet compar-
atively few can devote all their time
to pleasure seeking without thought
OF financial return. Some wealthy
men have constructed beautiful
buildings and placed fine cattle on
their country places simply for
pleasure and with little hope of
ultimate profit. AS companion pic
ture, the dairy experts of the de-
partment have called attention re-
Gently to the genuine satisfaction
that is felt by the truly. successful
dairyman, whose well-bred, well-fed
cows are sheltered by a we'll built
modern dairy barn of moderate price
and whose business pays fair pro-
fit on every invested dollar.
AS population increases, land ad-
vances in price, and dairying be-
comes more popular because the in
creased demand for milk, cream,
cheese, butter and ice cream enables
the well-managed dairy farm to pay
a profit even on high priced land. AS
in any other productive enterprise,
successful dairying depends upon
two great principles-economical
production, and the successful mar
keting of the products.
| Economical production of dairy
products depends primarily upon the
COW and upon intelligent feeding,
care and management. The unpro-
fitable cow is burden to the owner.
One good cow often brings in more
net profit than a dozen poor ones.
The herd bull should be from a we'll
bred sire and high-production dam,
and only wellbred heifer calves
should be raised on the modern dairy
farm. If bull of frst-class breed
ing and good individuality costs too
much, number of neighbors may
club together and buy bull of bet
| ter quality than one of them alone
could afford. In many localities bull
associations have been formed to
meet just such conditions. Dairying
can never become highly profitable
until the scrub bull is forever ban
! ished from our dairy farms. This
| includes the registered scrub.
If dairying is to provide either
pleasure or profit, the Improbable
cow must be disposed of. The we'll
bred, high producer that takes her
place must be properly and economi-
cally fed and cared for. Contrasting
associations have demonstrated that
the feed of the dairy herd can some
times be selected, balanced and dis
tributed among the Individual COWS
in such a way as to decrease feed
costs one-third and at the same time
increase milk production.
No one should expect to derive Ell
Their pleasure or profit from scrub
kept in a poorly lighted, unclean,
and fly infested stable, or from a
herd which obtains it's chief susten-
ance from nearby stack of wheat
straw. Fortunately such conditions
are rapidly disappearing and in some
localities have entirely disappeared.
Economy of production, however,
is the only half of the dairyman's
problem. The truly efficient manager
of dairy farm must furnish first
class product, then he must go a
step further and get price that |
corresponds to the quality Of the ar
ticle produced. High-testing milk
should bring higher price than low
testing milk, and it is not good poll
cy to sell the former at a fiat rate |
per hundred pounds, regardless of |
quality. High grade dairy products
should always command price in
accordance with their quality.
If a dairyman's business is we'll !!
conducted it becomes highly inter-I
esting and fairly profitable. The
successful dairyman drives his bust
ness, the business does not drive him
he does not merely keep cows, but |
makes the cows keep him. Such a
dairyman may be expected to man.
age his farm so that both he and his
family can get pleasure and profit |
therefrom.