DAIRY BUSINESS METHODS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1746, 10 May 1913, Page 8

DAIRY BUSINESS METHODS.

OBSTACLES TO PROGRESS. Tho outside world frequently. tells tho farmer that ho is iiot using tho tort of business methods which aro calculated to win the best for him, and in souio instance this truly applies. Tho following statement by Professor W. J. Fraser, of the University of Illinois, carries no new thought, - but it presents tho everpresent truth in dairy farming. ''Tho chief obstacle to progressive dairying is carrying it 011 in n slipshod manner, without tlio well-balanced, intensive methods so important to profitable milk production. Many dairymen attempt to mnke money without the application of business principles. ■ The milk producer must stop guessing, and know for certain what the results will bo of the different operations conducted in different ways, and in each caso adopt tho one that will return the most profit. It is the net result from a cow that tells whether she is making a profit or not. AVe,cannot know what that net result is if we do not keep a record. "A great mass of the cows milked each day are kept by men who aro simply cowkeepers and not dairymen. Even on what would be considered good dairy farms there is frequently aimless breeding, thoughtless, and -shiftless feeding, and care of the cows. All of this results in lack of sufficient returns."