Show ethe vo DAIRY profitable WITH SMALL HERDS many creameries crea meries merles at the present time are losing money because they cannot get enough cream for the farmers in their territory to wy pay their overhead expenses the volume of 0 butterfat necessary to put these plants on a profitable basia Is not likely to be secured until a large number of farm fann ers begin to appreciate the value of the income from a few cows in the opinion of prof J P lamaster chief of the dairy division at clemson college the creamery development must depend on fur farmers who will milk froin four to six good cows and there Is no doubt a place for such a number of cows on every farn farm which Is operated by its owner living on the land these few cows can be milked ked and cared for in a very few minutes before and after working hours each day no extra hired labor Is necessary tile the feed which these cows need and which the farmer saves for them an and 1 I tho th pasture they consume would yield no income for him film if he did riot not have the lie dairy cows when a furmer farmer gete geta many more cows thau than Is indicated above says professor La lamaster LaMa Blaster ater the labor problem becomes important as does also the feed problem the dairy herd then becomes a major project on the farm and requires sufficient clent time hine and labor to make it interfere with the other plans of operation it Is often just large enough to tie be burdensome and yet not large enough to be profitable there Is very little place for herds between six els or eight anti and twenty cows cowa for cream production many a farmer has made money and lias has been satisfied while milking four or five cows but when lie he increased his herd to twelve or fourteen cows he lid did not make ns as much money in proportion find and was dissatisfied with the results A large number of farmers with four or five cows each will make dairying profitable |