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Show ,1 Ullimiii II I IWaOMS3BaMWMMMMWaMMWBIMWWWaWMWWWaM DAIRYING FOOD FOR THOUGHT. These long winter nights and short days give one an abundant opportunity oppor-tunity to think of the purposes of the All-Wise Grdator, in having plac-.cdl plac-.cdl this world and its -inhabitants in cxistancc. As the ages go by, and the swiftly passing generations have greater opportunities op-portunities to sec the workings of the power above, and to a small degree, de-gree, to profit by the experiences of those who have gone before, it -bc- omes more and more evident that we are creators of our own environ-mcuts. environ-mcuts. Our forefathers dwelt in the clefts of the rocks, doves, and other natural places for protection from wild animals' ani-mals' and the elements. Those coming com-ing later developed more comforts in life. Now, it looks like everything every-thing were well nigh perfect . It doubtless looked the same to those living in the time of Washington and Jefferson; they, no doubt, thought they had pretty nice houses and a great many conveniences, at they did over those of their forefathers, but sec the mighty progress we have inndc'smGcthcn. We know full well that' those. livitfg a hundred years hence y look .back with pity on our crude cfTortst comfort, as we do on those of thcabrcccding generations. genera-tions. , Imagine the feelings of humiliation humilia-tion and commiseration they will have when they sec how short-sight- cd we were in many ways. Being engaged as we are, inj the production of butter from cream, that which comes to our mind most promincnt-ly promincnt-ly is our laxuess in producing a better bet-ter grade of Cattle that will enable us to secure a larger quantity of cream with the same outlay of labor. Why, oh why, is it we are so dilatory dila-tory in such an important matter? It is well known as we have said dozens of times in the literature we are sending our crdam producers monthly, that a pure bred bull, bred with common cattle will in six generations gen-erations bring them up to iH per cent of thoroughbred stock. This being the -case, why is it our farmers do not at once and without A moment's hesitation form associa tions in the various settlements, and purchase some thoroughbred sires? The cost would be font $200 or $300, and the returns immcasurcablc, incalculable, in-calculable, and beyond on all possibilities possi-bilities of computation.' A generation ago in the years from 1889 to 1892, one Roland G. Saxc, a direct descendant of the famous poet imported some finto thoroughbred Kolstcins into this country, and for years, they improved the herds of our locality and increased the milk flow wonderfully. Now, though, they arc about run out, and although it has been half a dozen years since we, the Blackmail & Griffin Co., began be-gan talking thoroughbred cattle, wc have as yet succeeded in getting less than half a dozen introduced into tins' locality. i Tn getting them through by express, ex-press, the cost is over 8 cents per pound, a half a cent an ounce; whereas, where-as, were a carload brought into the stwtc, it would be but a small fraction frac-tion of this amount. There is everything every-thing in favor of getting a. large .number .num-ber of thoroughbrcdls, and nothing, to our knowledge, against it. Wc have money in the bank standing idle, tut still wc go on using our old cows, many of whom do not pay for the alfalfa they cat, to say nothing noth-ing of the care it takes to keep them alive, Hind producing milk. What can be done to awaken the people to the fact it is penny-wise and pound-foolish not to invest in a better grade of cattle? S. J. GRIFFIN, Ogden. O 1 |