98 THE COW 



a really enduring business. The writer lives in a 

 dairy locality within two miles of a particularly 

 advantageous market for liquid milk, and almost 

 without exception the milk of this entire region 

 goes to supply New York City. We almost alone 

 have still held to the old farm custom and con- 

 tinue to skim the milk at home and to sell only 

 cream and pork and to raise all our promising 

 heifer calves. The immediate returns may not be 

 as large as if we should join the morning proces- 

 sion of milk rigs, but we believe that the future 

 justifies our plan. 



Sound dairy management is a matter of produc- 

 tive cows, convenient, sanitary and comfortable 

 bams and stables, corn-fields and sUos and hay 

 from the grasses or better from the legumes. We 

 do well to maintain the herd as far as possible 

 from within our own fence lines, but in addition 

 we shall probably find it necessary to purchase 

 moderate quantities of protein concentrates. 



If we milk more than ten or fifteen cows, it will 

 be wise to add the milking machine to our equip- 

 ment. That it is a most successful saver of human 

 labor no longer admits of debate. There is the 

 disadvantage, however, that we do largely lose con- 

 tact with our cows and the good custom of weigh- 

 ing milk and keeping records is almost certain to 

 fall into disuse. 



