dairy business it seems a sound policy to enable every 

 scholar to get the indispensable knowledge therefore at 

 the home school. 



Scarcity of Labor 



The outbreak of the European war and its conse- 

 quences have brought severe hardships on the dairymen. 

 A number of skilled workers answered the call of the 

 country, here or abroad, and enlisted in the army or 

 r-avy or were drafted for the same. Besides that the 

 mobilization in almost every country in Europe, and the 

 danger in navigation completely stopped the arrival of 

 immigrants. At the end of the war many foreigners re- 

 turned to their native countries to take part in the resto- 

 ration work ; for the same reason those who intended 

 to emigrate to the United States stayed at home. 



Xow the milking of cows is not a favorite work for 

 the American laborer. It is too binding" for him and he 

 leaves it with pleasure to the aliens, on whom for this 

 reason rested the greater share of the milking and care 

 of dairy cattle. 



Where they are not now disposable there exists a 

 shortage of help in this industry. The considerable 

 raise in salaries, caused by this shortage, has not reme- 

 died the evil and the result is that on many a dairy farm 

 the work is not accomplished in an efficient manner, 

 which results inevitably in the production of unclean 

 milk. 



Dairymen who are continually short of help may 

 find some relief by applying the following systems: 

 Unless the herd has been carefully bred up to high pro- 

 duction, there will be found on every farm a number 

 of cows, usually larger than is expected, whose milk- 

 Yu-ld and butterfat production is not high enough to pay 

 for feed, care and lalx^r. With the aid of Cow-testing 



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