HINTS ON DAIRYING. 

 IN AMERICA. 



When the early settlers of America crossed the At- 

 lantic, the} r brought with them their favorite domestic 

 animals, including the family cow. But dairying for a 

 long time, in this country, appears to have been confined 

 mainly to producing supplies for the family of the dairy- 

 man. It was not until quite a recent date that dairying 

 sprang into commercial importance. But, to-day, dairy- 

 ing cannot be considered second to any other industry as 

 to either magnitude or importance; and it is a patent 

 fact that, in those sections where dairying is most exten- 

 sively and successfully carried on, the farming population 

 is the most prosperous and happy. 



Within the last twenty years, since associated dairying 

 has been introduced, great progress h;\s been made in the 

 dairy but not greater than in many other occupations, 

 nor out of proportion with the growth of population. 

 The growth of the dairy will probably never exceed the 

 growth of population so long as the present heavy tide of 

 immigration continues to set tow 7 ard our shores. 



FIGURES FROM THE CENSUS. 



Let us refer to the census of 1880, and note the devel- 

 opment of the dairy during the previous 80 years: 



By the census of 1850, we had 6,085,094 cows, and pro- 

 duced 314,345,306 pounds of butter, and 105,535,893 pounds 

 of cheese a total of 418,881,199 pounds of product. 



By the census of 1860, we had 8,585,735 cows, and 

 produced 459,681,372 pounds of butter, and 103,663,927 

 pounds of cheese a total of 563,345,299 pounds of 

 product. 



