MAKING DAIRYING PAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 443, 27 February 1909, Page 3

MAKING DAIRYING PAY.

} MONEY COMES ;FROM. /|:/'yyy;:^ y/ great : deal: about tie -profit from :-.■■: "milking'|,cows /(says a writer in ."Kimball's //-//yDairy J'ajinor")^:"The'-subject is mot; broad y/yyyehdugh;;; it'/., should/-be //"Profit",; in /keeping -Many ■who'''keep'' cows place''a Value : ; yon'ihe ; :cowm/propprtion only, to the cream ;■ ;^^^^'^chequp: '■they•;r«eiTO."^' , 'ln■''.<)thor" words, 'they :_: v: value" her' simply Son/'the; -Crisis : of' the /cash i:::■':;;,.; that the cream:brings..• If;the cream:cheque. .;.'; - does not pay/for : the/labour of milking and ■ S : A feeding -her, then ; :tho conclusion ..is .that she .;/.-:;./:is, not profitable', not believe this is ;',•;■ /oorrebt.y Suppose/we./examine:all!the sources "/.■•/Vftpfirevehue:—. '-/v-;/.//.:; ;/ ■?'.'■■■■■ A~i /'/a '/.Fmt,/theybutter:-fat :frbm_ the cow/ sold to at; a /fixed- price is, expressible 1 /./;;/:/■ in/terras'of, cash;-:;; ;■■/■/•' <;•,'.'.'■ ■/-':/:/•'///• ;-/ ■/.} /vy Second, whole ;milk J;.;;;/,used.. f to/ feed/ the /'calf: afterV its" birth /until /:/. '■;;. • such;time' as; it/is/able;to/be Supported; on y//.y/ skim-milk/arid/other;'feeds.' This 'is/'worth,: ' . for" feeding' purposes'], as; much as 'any. whole /;./// : milk /. the; xow/gives;/;;'/ /':'. '}■:■ .y'-/:;/:/■'//'■//;/. -.;•■.'y/;\; /iThird,/'on^every/fann;;there'/ is /'a /certain ;.'. : • amount .of;; the: milk/and. cream /used by /the ■/./'//family,; and /there/ is- a/certain/ amount; 'of ;•;://'butter-fat.that/'.is:-.made/up /into butter for .• J ;/ : :/ : 'ithe family.// v ////;//V;//// . . •■■-•, . '..<•■.;■-.,,;•■. // : ////' Fourth;: the balf;.;■/;//k {;./"•;■ ;/:';/.///"Fifth, the/sk^-milk.that.is'.used tb'feed. y //y/ihe_ calves/and/pigs;;'/.'.///.' ///'/^-/;/.' ;/'/,:/./Sixth,'.'the.mariurial element./'//////'';/ In/too/many; .'rases ynp ;/; -.to any;but.the'first 'source,of revenue—p'ro 7 ; y////;;;bablyi because 1 it' "is ;;most;'easily/estimated^ /It is not possibletostatedefiniiely how much //////;milk/producedyby; the : cow;is' used'-to feed ./■./■the/calf.before;it'^is/able '■• to.support/'itself..' : ;'.' ;-//.Tbjßyelement^miißt'-:be.'mhsid«r^^'if''iiot.vin'' •.:: terms, of/cash,-.at/least/in terms of revenue ;/ //.-advantage./ The milk,, oreani; and butter used 1 , .//:/ by.,,the family/during.vthe; year is'another ' /■// /;impprtant/faotor.i ; /No. one .will deny /that- it ■/;y.> is/a\very/valuable/revenuei.'/The skii-milk ///y;Zfresh';from ;tkeyseparator;/used .to/feed/ the ' yy,Ty;calves and/pigs,/has; a'/value;)/usually;/'ex- .- /'.pressed at.thirty/cents.;'perhundred"pounds, ; y.■■'. .;//butyl Relieve .thai;, when /given/..t0 //young. //>; calvesTyand/pigs.Zin'/combination "with /.other;. |/ ,; foodsj/its 'real value; in .terms of 'cash is/nearly ■y;,.:-/;fifty' : cerits.y'peryhuridred./'ZTneZcalf may'be - 'dollars;/;It ; '////all ;3epends;.;uponycircumstancea.-y ;'/'>/"/: "-/;/■ // ;^// v;Ji have..been/able/to/secure'/ /very ittle •. ////Oefihite information; concerning the//manurial ././/element;.'aid./its .value.i'-J'rom the' inquiries ) ,;,;y;,'ofv,those^fro'nikwhoiE;l; secured ..estimates,-/! r /y'yam:;of.'the:belief,;.thai/an,'average cow"will, ;;/ "during- twenty-four./;hours, -. consume ' on'. an ;/,. average: sixty.;-poundayof..:- solid/;? and liquid ./-'/ matter,' in ; . which/case': in', three hundred' and : : fiva,days:.sh'e'./%ould."teke-'.into her ,y '"> system, : 2l;9ooi:pdunds;y:/Now /this '.21,900 ■V' - g pppnds. must be/eliminated-.from her;system' ... ■;wpeispirationj milk,'.liquid; and solid : wastes: ■:'-,-//We are, unable/to/say,:how^much■-; inay/>bo :/ ■'= evaporated /fromythe/syste'm "under:the/first Dut »!^ 6 <will ; ;"a's'sume' that/ there-are 1 /■"--:;,*500 pounds'#/mihVproduced by in ;- t :.. : 'a;year, 'and'subtracting/that from 21,900 'wo .;- .■•- have• IJ4OO _ pounds" as i; total /amount under - the first, third,- ; and.fourth'heads.''lt/is true /.// /,B?»as/andliquids'that;;she: consumes; -certain ■'"*"■■'■-" 'fJ O^611 ? 8 -- -' c '| : : , M*>«rishmerit;r.'bu'ti it >is -aiso"triio' ':.;y:.that:;thej/decayedyinatter;from/her system ///,passes pffv.in-:-the/sblid "and ;liquid/.wastes"in // •■;, as/to: replenish m;these" solid /; {/-//""a liqmd-,wastesy thai which /she "extracted v /ytrpm the.origihal solids and liquids consumed..