The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1920-12-29
Stick to the Cow.

We have often heard that the cow,
the sow and the hen are the animals
to stick to in adversely. This is true
because they are economic in their use
of food, yet their product is the most
staple and most in demand, bringing
cash in the market and being needed
by nearly everybody every day. What
would an American meal be without
the products of the cow, the SOW and
the hen? They make up the great
bulk of our best foods, and it is a
question whether bread, or milk, and
dairy products constitute the staff of
life. In most homes more money is
spent for milk and daily products than
for any other kind of food, either meat,
bread or vegetables.
Prices are falling, and we are rapid
ly coming to a REIMBURSEMENT which
will probably be not as low as pre-
war times but somewhere between the
extremes, happy medium, as it were.
We will go right on eating all the good
things which can be obtained, and will
probably consume more of the pro-
ducts of the COW than we have in the
past.
Scientific investigation has shown
us the great value of milk and its
products. 1t has shown US that this
food is practically indispensable, being
required in order to obtain health, vi
gor and growth. This truth is finding
it's way to the masses, and they are
| learning to use more of the various
dairy products.
Recent bulletins, investigation and
reports from both State and Govern
ment show that during the past two
years the fattening of beef cattle has
| been largely a losing business; in 9TH
er words, there was more money lost
than made in this enterprise. 1t IS
indeed unfortunate to report such a
condition, for everyone knows the
! livestock industry needs encourage
ment. There has been good deal OF
gamble in the feeding business during
| the past twenty-five years; that Is
some years have been good and some
bad, and both the buying and selling
we've hazardous. No doubt if wider
use of silage had been made the pro
fit would have been much greater. Ac-
cording to all the feeding tests this
is very evident.
! You say that dairying is more work
Certainly, and so is any business
which is sure of profit. 1t means not
only more work but steady work. The
work, however, is not hard. 1t car
be done by old or young; the boy go
/ ing to school can milk a few COWS each
/ night and morning; it won't hurt him
it will pay his way and then some.
! know d lot of good men who starteC
out by milking cows and going tc
school
The future looks very bright fol
any farmer who wishes to carry on {
little dairy business the coming year
The market is good for milk and but
terfat, and it will, without doubt, con
tinue to be good, for this is a bust
ness which is not overcrowded or over
done. You can make your corn worth
from two to three dollars per bushe
by feeding it to good dairy cows. Th'
same with your hay, oats and fodder
In this way you can send it to marke
and obtain fancy price. You will b.
engaging in a business which requires
the best qualities of man, that is
steadiness, careful figuring, humanit.
and good judgment. There is a re
ward for such work and it should b.
so. If you are engaged in somethln!
which anybody can do you must eX
pect a lower price for that service TO
the competition is greater. The future