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POWER TO BUY ON
REPORT FROM STATE HOUSE IS
ÉNCOURAQING
PROSPECT GOOD FOR RETURNS
Value of Wheat, R/e, Data, Barley,
Corn and Other Products Forgo
Ahead—OH Output Greater
PMmllfInns
_ Rased on presen t crop
The Stnte Depa rt me irt of AgÙruttore
Issued a report whjph estimates an In
creahe of $12,000,000 In the purchasing
power of Montana fanners.
Wheat, rye, oats, barley, corn, ap
ples, beets and beans the department
expects to show increases in fana val
ue over 1925. while It anticipates de
creases In flax, potatoes and r .h>y
Livestock returns are expected to he |
maintained though Jt I» considered too
early to estimate the 1926 returns.
Dairy products, honey .and wax show
Indications of increases and the value
of hogs promises to maintain at least
a parity with the 1925 marketing fig
ures.
The department estimates an In
crease of between $15,999,900 in the J
■value of all Montana products, expect
ing the total to run between $240.000.
090 and with
$ 3 2 5,000.900 I n 4925.
Based on present prospects for
duction and the current trend of
It Is believed that the state's 11
pal crops will reach a total value
$121,790.090, compared with $110,160,
000 last year and $126,390,000 In
Oil production figures totaling
000 barrels for the first six months
1926, ns against 4.061,271 hnrrels
the 12-raonth total last year, Indicate,
It h» considered, that the 1926
production will exceed 8,000.090
reis and that the gasoline production
will exceed last year's figures by
000,000 gallons or more. Othe rmanu
factures are expected to increase.
In the minin g Industry, «D Increas
in production of lend anil zinc Is
cast, together with a slight increase
copper production* The output of
coal mines Is expected to be about
erage. Lumber production equal
that of last year is Indicated.
Births Drop for Half Year
The stork lost ground In Montana
during the first six months of
though births outnumbered deaths
most two to one, a statement of
bureau of vital statistics of thé state
board of health shows. There were
5.043 births and 2.816 deaths during
the first half of this year while there
were 5,282 births and 2.611 deaths
ing the same period last year.
The Increase In deaths Is attributed
In large measure to Influenza. There
were only 15 deaths from this cause
up to June 80 lust year while tin* dis
ease took a toll of 150 during the first
Six months of this year.
Extreme Penalty For Youth
Ferdinand Schlaps, 18-year-old farm
hand, will Bay with his life for the
murder of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Geiste,
his employers, Inst May, a Jury In dis
trict court nt Wolf Point decided.
Schlaps had confessed that he shot the
Gelsles to death on their farm near
Homestead to obtain from them a
small sum of money nnd their auto
mobile. He was arrested the follnw
Ing day nt the home of relatives, where
recovered.
the car and money
When the verdict was rend the prison
er wept and officers had to help him
to his feet as they returned him to
Jail.
were
Oil Field Notes
Within the next ninety days It Is ex
pected that development In tin* east
end of (he Kevln-Sunhurst field will
reach an Intensive stage.
To serve the new refinery nt Shelby,
the state railroad commission has ap
proved « rate of the Illinois Pipe Line
company ef five cents a barrel from
Kevln-Sunhurst to Shelby.
All records for completions In Mon
tana were believed to have heen brok
three flowing wells. In the east gusher
area, were drilled In. Their total init
ial production is in excess of 6,800 bar
rels dally.
Indications of Increased Interest In
Montana oil development on the part
of large oil companies arc seen in the
recent visits of high officials of a num
ber of companies-which are operating
or contemplating entering the Kevin
Sunburst field or wildcat territory
nearby.
The test oil well of the Ohio OH
company, located on the Malcolm Mac
kay farm, 17 miles southwest of Absa
rokee. near the boundary of Stillwater
and Ua rhon co un ti e s , h a s come Tii with
a flow of 50,(HX),000 cubic feet of gas
dally, the biggest flow ever encount
ered In the state.
Governor Erickson, In an address nt
the annual picnic held at the Moccasin
experimental station, Intimated that
he w!H not be a candidate to succeed
himself at the expiration of his term
In 1928.
Citizens of Ophelm are holding a
giant celebration this week to
com
emorate the coming of the Great
Northern railway Into the nonh
try, where 642 business men and far
mers subscribed $850,000 to assist In
the building of the Scobey-OphaUn
tension.
coiin
ex
IB —
Voter* at Special Election Go On
Record Decisively in Favor of
Merger and Increased Levy
At a an eclal election held In district
No. 21. Teten county- just recently
five schools In the district were con
solidated into two ami a 10 mill School
|ax levy. In addition to the mill levy
j provided for by law, were approved by
'{-popular vole._:: ■ ■■- '.T r __
I The vote on the cyisoildaflon and
j the extra tax levy was over whelming -
\ ly In fa vor of each proposal, t h e vote
| against, and on consolidation. 48 for
and 6 against. The extra levy Is ex
pected to bring from $15,000 to $20,000
The tax levy is
made effective this year and It is un
derstood that the consolidation, to
gether with the required transportn
on the extra levy was 39 for and 7
| into the school fund,
tlon facilities, will become operative
with the opening of the full term of
school.
Boy* School Big Producer
Fnnn and garden produce raised by
the students of the Montana Slate In
dustrihl school at Miles City for 1925
11926 show a value In excess of $21,000,
including the raising of corn, field and
a Haifa, oafs, whdat,
ensilage, hay
beets and mangels, and comprising 50
pro
priées
of
1924.
j were fed to the livestock and poultry
o{ amounts to $14,742.97, according to the
as j report.
( -
total
har- J headquarters at Miles City, topped the
| || 8t of all forests In district No. 1 In
15,
e | service offices at Missoula,
In
the
av
to
according to excerpts taken "from the
eighteenth annual report of the ex
ecutive hoard of the school to the
state boards of education and examin
ers for the fiscal year ending on June
30 .last. The net value of all products
raised, after deducting the Items that
The Custer National forest, with
grazing, yielding a little more than
$25,000 In fees from this source, ac
cording to reports from the forest
In eight days of a selling campaign
the Montana Power company disposed
of common stock of a par value of $3.
000,090 to residents of Montana. "This
1» probably the most remarkable ex
pression of public confidence that the
people of Montana have ever given
said
I one of their public utilities,
( Frank M. Kerr, vice president of the
«1
company.
the
I Rute barbers have raised the price
of hair cuts from 50 to 05 rents.
The cheese factory established at
St. Ignatius has begun operation.
_. , . ,
The annual tournament of the Mon
fana State Tennis association will he
held ak Billings Angus, 19 22.
Twenty counties have already de
cilled to exhibit at the Midland Km
pire falrjit Billings September 14, 15,
16 and 17. ■
Impressive ceremony marked the
Treasure Stale Tabloids
layltig of the cornerstone for a now
Congregational church at Broadu«.
The annual Montana conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church which
was to he held at Billings August 25,
has been postponed to September 8.
Becnnsc of the shortage of water II.
C. Hurd. Big Sandy water Inspector,
has Issued an order that there is to be
no more Irrigation with city water.
Initiative measure No. 31. the good
roads measure to be passed upon at
tlic November election, lias been In
domed by the Butte chamber of com
mcrce
The forest fire-fighting organization
of die first district Is costing npproxl
rantely $20.000 a day. Associate For
ester Edward A. Sherman declared at
\iuu„„i„
,
During the first six months of 1026,
Montana new «u,o...»blle purchases
w-cre represented hv 9.,at .ears, records
of the Montana Motor List company
of Helena s tons.
Montnna s state fair premium list,
representing an Increase In prizes of
10 per cent over last year Is being
mailed to county agents, exhibitors,
hanks and superintendents of schools,
Taxpayers of Glasgow will vote nt
a special election August IS on a prop
ositlon of the Montana Power company
to extend Its transmission line from
.Malta ,o give light and power to that
city.
In anticipation of .a heavy demand
for cars at the beginning of the wheat
shipping season, box cars are being
stored nt virtually all wheat
points of the Great Northern and Mil
wnukee railroads In Montana.
A booklet which Is larger than most
of the state fair lists of the ce ntral_
west states and surpasses any Mon
taim fair booklet, has been completed
by the Midland Empire fair board at
Billings and la being distributed.
'
Many counties are laying plans to
select a prlncéss who will represent
the respective counties at the Montana
state fair to be held In Helena, Sep
tember « 40 11.
Under Montana statutes, an Incor
porated church, organized for non
profit. has not the right to levy an as
sessment on its members, according to
a ruling by Judge William Gallagher
at Billings In the case of the 8t. Paulus
Evangelical Lutheran church versus
Jacob Strecker, 8r„ a member and
trustee of the church.
^Sefican
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(Copy for Thl* Department Supplied be tba
Amerln.n 7.ee|on Xéwa Bervic«.)
BOOSTS COMMUNITY
BETTERMENT WORK
•»
Community betterment w.ork ln all
öf the 10,250 posts of thé American
L eg i on thr oughout tTTe nation la dicing
prohyded and Increased by a campaign
recently launched by the National
Americanism commission of the
Legion, which operates a community
betterment bureau for advice and
guidance to posts In community «err
Ice work.
At least one act of unselfish service
to the community each year, Is the
motto which National Com. John R.
McQuigg has laid down for every
post In the entire organization.
A survey recently made by the
Americanism commission Indicated,
according to Frank C. Cross, director,
that some 4,000 Legion posts are now
carrying on work distinctly and ex*
cluslvely of a community betterment
character. An additional 2,000 posts.
he said, are engaged In projects partly
for the benefit of the post itself and
partly for the benefit of the com
munlty, according to the results of the
survey.
Where posts arc already carrying on
community betterment work. Com
mander MeQuIgg urges that they un
dertake an expansion of their pro
grams. Every post Is called upon to
Join in the work In a spirited deter
mination to do some service worth
while for its local community.
A feature of the Americanism com
mission's campaign to Increase this
type of work among posts was a ref
erendum held by the post in Its local
community to give the citizens of the
community an opportunity to suggest
what, in their opinion, Is the com
munity activity In Which the post can
best engage.
Some fifty community betterment
actlvltlca, covering the entire field
and falling Into the general classes
of civic improvement, Juvenile ac
tivities, education, recreation and pub
lic education, have been carried
by posts.
on
Baseball Contests
for Boys Planned
The first "Junior world series" base
ball contests ever to he held will be
played tills year on October 11, 13
and 14 at Philadelphia. The world
scries for boys' baseball teams will be
^ culmination of the American Le
Bi,,n ' 8 nation-wide baseball program
fl>r hoys, which was launched this
n , . . ... , . ,
, , ° men an sin
championship Tea ms of four regions.
the Far W est, the Middle West. Pen
t r „| n nd Eastern regions, will play off
jjic Junior world series. The play will
be on the mornings of the above dates
and will take place during the
na
tlonai convention of the Legion at
Philadelphia, October 11 to 15.
The winning team will he given
suitable trophy identifying It as the
world's champion hoys' baseball team,
Organization of the Junior All-Amer
lean Baseball league was authorized
at the last national convention of the
American legion. The National Aina
teur Athletic federation co-operated
with the Legion In launching the hoys'
league. The plans provide for chain
plonshlp contests In local communities,
^ congressional districts. In states. In
sections. In regions nnd finally In dm
wor,d Ht ««*
"T, on ' .
. M " ro thn " t 20 ™ h"- vs ' tw,ms *>«"«
been on ' , ' red ,hp le "f ' throughout
the nation nnd many hundreds more
arc expected to enter.
Tßnms now or(janl , ed und „ r fhe
8ponsor8| „ of ohllPrhp8 , ndtIstr|ll|
commert-ia! 6nns. hov scuta
^ #re c-operndng with'th..
glon's baseball program and are enter
n g the league,
"Cood sportsmanship among
American boys ns It relates to
■ Mir
makes good citizenship Is the chief
motive behind the Le gion 's basehall
program," declared Frank C. Cross,
director of die national Americanism
commission of the Legion,
The Playground and Recreation As
sedation of America Is co-operating
In the plan and recently contacted SO*
Interested persons In several hundred
c,t fes. urging them to co-operate In
forming leagues.
loading
r , Ptia'M
Believes Every Eligible
U » c i_ij » • * .
role ànouta Join Legion
Ignace Jan Paderewski, wo rld-f a
mous pianist and Polish patriot, be
lleves that every Pole who Is eligible
should Join the American Legion.
In a message tc National Com
mander John R. McQuigg. Mr. Pade
rewski said:
"My opinion Is that all those of niy
blood who either have heen normally
drafted or who voluntarily enlisted in
the United States array should now
Join the American legion. They
should Join It not merely on account
of material advantages but for higher
reasons.
"The lofty Ideals which Inspired and
guided throughout history the best
and noblest among our ancestry are
precisely those for which the A inert
can Legion stands and will atand for- I
PÛULTRY
BALANCED RATIONS
FOR LAYING HENS
In making up rations It Is ncces
essory to adhere to standards within
certain limits, but some feeds may be
substituted for others, as barley,
! wheat, and oats for
corn. However
meat scrap and- Other animal-protein
feed * cannot he replaced by high
J vegetable-protein feeds. All changes
shQttM -ht- rnnrh- grert^ nuyv as t - udd cr r
changes may decrease egg p r o duction,
A great many poultrymen and
live-stock, feeders now believe that
I if the animat has a free choice It
: will select the ration that Is most
j suitable. At the government farm at
j Beltsvflle, Md., the following mash
(was made up by keeping account of
: the amounts of the different feeds a
laying flock consumed:
Mash.
IS pounds corn meal
C 'i pounds meat scrap
! *>ran
P ° un m Scratch Mixtur»
1 pound cracked corn
} u° un <j wheat
P ° UR oat8
Were Is a simple ration that has glv
en very good results with Leghorns,
hut has proved too fattening for
Hocks and Wyandottes.
Meat scrap.
" will be seen, makes up over 25 per
"ent °f the mash:
Math.
3 pounds corn meal
! pound meat scrap
Scratch Mixture.
2 pounds cracked
I pound oats
corn
lor birds that are made too fnt by
the preceding ration, the following.
containing only 16 per cent of meat
sernp, but having considerable protein
in other feeds, has been found a good
Mash.
1 pound corn meal
1 pound bran
44 pound meat scrap
1 pound middlings
1 pound ground oats
Scratch Mixtur»
2 pounds cracked
1 pound wheat
I pound oat*
1 pound barley
corn
Poultrymen resort to every
means to get their hens to ent a great
deal of feed, especially In the winter
when the days are short One way Is
to cut the morning scratch feed to
about half. The hungry bird then
goes to the mash trough and gorges
on the dry mash. Then to Increase
the consumption of mash, some of It
is fed wet at noon and the hens will
eqt It when they would take no
of It dry.
possible
more
Provide Separate Pens
° for Males for Breeding
The breeder who carries over only j
the males he needs In his own pens]
may let them run with the flock as |
the easiest way for himself, If not the
best. Bu, the man who carries
plus males for breeding must provide
separate quarters for them,
rentable accidents and Injuries
the ones that the
sur
Pre
lire
at
a
breeder troubles
over. It Is maddening to feel that
valuable young male has been lost
for lack of shutting up the pugnacious
old cod. . or failure to separate two
cockerels that are suffering from Tff
compatibility of temperament.
The cockerel house needs small
pens nnd a good outside run. A coop
that will bolide three hens Is about
right for one male. Too small
tn height nnd width will damage feath
ers and comb. Movable coops about
the size of a good shipping coop, or
a double exhibition coop,
satisfactory since they
m o ved to fresh grass, and In winter
can be gathered under one roof with
separate runs.
a coop
are very
are easily
Value of Green Feed
The general practice of allowing the
chicks to run outdoors, where they
have access to direct sunlight, green
plant-food and soil, is well founded.
From the results of this Investigation
It appears that green plant-tfssue will
net prevent leg weakness and that the
chick of its own accord will not eat
enough clover to It.
c a , ieû T ur ÛQ i, nMO
x_/«4Uoc Ul J-iGg WCaKness
_ I ' PK 1 . weakness Is a condition
broUK . ht * hou . t by (11 Recent onuses. It
niay be due to overfeeding of a fore
e ! , .. f '* n . era
««•*»>" ,' he Sometimes leg
weakness - Is caused by disease, but
there j 8 no mistaking the leg weak
qess of a chick that Is otherwise well,
amd theleg weakness oFa sIck cHTck
The disease may be cureo when the
cause Is found out If the ratten la
faulty correct It
Green feed undoubtedly Is of value In
the ration of a chick; hut the -OMo
folks do not believe It can be fed In
sufficient quantities tb act as the sole
source of the antirachitic factor.
Roosts for Chicks
vltatloo for lice, antbrlftlneas and dl*
mm to attack the Sock.
$ good ralny-day Job Is to provide
rOoetlng space for the growing chicks.
Whether raised with or without hens,
all too often the providing of roosts
Is delayed ' to the detriment of the
chicks. It la not always practical to
clean the floor of the coop or brooder
house each day during the summer.
To compel the chicks to spend night
after night huddled among the drop
pings of previous nights Is the best In
1
§
Montana
Ranch News
MSOKSOa
Gathering Early Day Statistics
Montana's livestock history through
pioneer flays I* being- gathered by
state and federal bureau agencies, un
der the direction of Robert 8. Flatcher,
of the United States bureau of agrf
rultural economics, Mr. Flatcher baa
a force of assistants engaged In thd
work a t th e his t o r ical T tbra ry at Hel
en a. He has been— engag e d In the
work for some time
Benton and elsewhe
Industry centered its activity In pion
eer -days;
lles City, Fort
here the stock
For the purpose of studying farming
methods, over a score of Hill county
farmers spent a three-day. tour to Can
ada,
Fanners In the Denton district hare
not suffered a single hall loss this sea
son and a record crop yield is antici
pated.
On the Welntz farm In Cascade
county the wheat yield Is running
from 48 to 50 bushels an acre. Mr.
Welnt^h ad in about 500 acres of
whent.
This Is the only state In the north
west where an Increase In the produc
tion of spring wheat Is. Indicated by
the department of agriculture July
forecasts.
Montana's spring grain crop has
passed its critical period without any
serious or widespread damage accord
ing to A. H. Bowman, commissioner of
agriculture.
I acres of wheat on his Fife ranch near
j Great Falls ten days «go and an av
I crage of 45 bushels an acre wa
shown thus far.
R. S. O'Day started harvesting 1,400
First farmers to thresh winter wheat
In the Nashua district was Ed White
and his brother-in-law, Mr. Boyle.
The reported yield exceeds 16 bushel«
to the acre on a 350-acre field.
Karmont will be the prevallng win
ter wheat In Cascade county next year,
if the campaign announced by R. B.
Cameron, county agricultural agent,
meets with the success he predicts.
I Rosebud county will be considerably
better than lust year's crop. In some
Instances it is reported to be close to
j 100 per cent better than last year, as
I well as this year's first crop,
The second cutting of alfalfa in
It is estimated that 150 combines
will be delivered this season by Great
Fails distributors. For several years
the trend toward the use of the com
bine has been pronounced In this area,
especially on the larger farma.
The Minneapolis A St. Louis rail
road announced a reduction of six
cents per 100 pounds In all rates on
grain and grain products, sb-'pped
from northwestern. Minnesota, North
Dakota nnd Mo ntana to the e ast, by
way of Minneapolis.
Sever Hagen, sheep man of Ingomar,
sold 200 mixed lambs to James Wad
dington of the north Sumatra district
for 11 cents a pound, the Iambs to be
a
r
delivered September 15. This Is one
of the best prices paid In the county
this season for mixed lambs.
Railroad officials estimate that 600
carloads of wool have been shipped
I from Montana this year, which is a
greater number than was shipped last
year. It Is also said that the cars
were of greater weight because of the
Increased weight of the fleeces.
At the request of sheepmen along Its
! lines north of Forsyth and between
Harlowton and Terry, the Milwaukee
railroad has offered to put In e<Vct
what will amount to a one and one
third rate for the movement of feeder
sheep to western Montana rnhges and
back.
The Big Hole basin,, one of the na
tion's greatest livestock regions. Is to
have Its own fair In connection with
a racing meet within the next two
months. It Is said the show will be
staged under the auspice? of the new
ly organized Big Hole Basin Fair and
Racing association.
Many of the largest ranches of
Beaverhead county have completed
their haying operations nnd the dis
or being built. The rcnchers have en
joyed perfect weather thus far and
have experienced no delays, so expect
to bring the task to a close much earl
ier than usual. Cool days and nights
during the Inst week have aided the
hayfleid workers materially.
Twelve head of Scotch highland cat
tle from thé Hill ranch In Park county
near Livingston will he featured In the
filming of "Annie Laurie" by the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mnyer Picture corpora
atlon. Representatives of the film cor
poration have purchased the cattle at
a fancy price for use In the film. The
animals will he shipped to the studios
*at Los Angeles. It iï «nid the pf4ce
paid was the largest price ever paid
by a picture company for domestic
animals for film purposes._
O. M. Corwin of Minneapolis, head
of the O. M. Corwin company, holder
of extensive farm Interests In the
state, estimates that Montana will
have a 50,000,000 bushel wheat crop
this year.
Montana's 1926 lajnh crop la placed
at 1,871,000 and the wool crop at 23,
100,000 pounds by the state and fed
eral departments of agriculture. In a
report Just Issued. There figure*
reprerent gain* of 300,000 lambs and
2,307,000 pounds of wool over figure*
for 1928. I
Thursday, August 5, 1926
LY
'FA'
FEED DAIRY COWS
GRAIN IN SUMMER
That It Is false economy for dairy
men to depend on pasture alone for
feed during the summer months is
shown In the case of Dave Khredt, an
Illinois dairyman living near Eliza
beth, Jo Davie«» county, who last - ye a r
lost Just f 19.40 worth of milk and bet
terfat In saving $7.72. worth of feed
each of his cows. This is shown In
report recently sent to the college of
agriculture. University of Illinois, by
Clyde Nichols, tester In the dairy herd
Improvement association of which
Ehredt la a member.
During the year ending April 30,
1928, which Included all the 1925 pas
tor* season, eight representative cows
In bis herd gave an average of 5.860
pounds of milk containing 242.25
pounds butterfat. They ate
age of 1,523 pounds of grain during
the year. The previous year the same
eight cows each produced
age of 6,485 pounds of milk contain
ing 278.5 pounds butterfat and ate
2.006 pounds of grain. They were fed
grain as a supplement to pasture dur
ing the summer of 1924, whereas no
grain was fed for this
on
an aver
an aver
the 1925 pasture season.
In saving 483 pounds of grain a cow,
Ehredt sacrificed 625 pounds of milk
and butterfat. The grain was worth
$7.72, while the milk and butterfat
were worth $19.40, making a net loss
of $11.68 from not feeding grain.
This Is a representative case of the
many reports sent In by dairy herd
Improvement association testers dem
onstrating the false economy of de
pending on pasture alone for feed dur
ing the summer months, H. E. Jami
son, assistant In dairy extension, said.
The ordinary pasture crop furnishes n
cow with roughage only, and It Is im
possible for a high-producing cow to
eat the volume of this relatively
coarse material which Is necessary to
maintain both production and body
condition.
It takes a good pasture even to pro
vide the necessary nutrients for a cow
giving a pound of butterfat a day. For
rows producing more than this
amount, some grain should be fed
even with the best pasture, the amount
depending on the production <•" the
rows and the condition of the pasture.
One pound of grain for each five
pounds of milk Is often recommended.
A suitable ration for early summer
feeding consists of equal parts ground
corn, ground oats and wheat bran.
Another good ration consists of three
parts each of ground corn and ground
oats and one part linseed oil meal
cottonseed meal. As the season ad
vances and the pasture becomes poor
er, the amount of linseed or cottonseed
meal should be Increased to about
one-fourth of the ration;
or
Profitable Cows Raised
From Pure-Bred Sires
are directly
pared to pure bred «1res the evidence
Is always greatly In favor of the pure
breds.
in Wisconsin have recently published
comparisons. In one association, cows
sired by grade bulls averaged 144.8
pounds butterfat: those by purebred
sires 230 pounds. In the second
elation the grade sire'« daughters pro
duce^ 215 pounds butterfat per year
as compared to 295 pounds per cow
for those sired by pure-bred sires.
Eighty pounds more butter nt 40 cents
a pound means $32.00 per cow per
year; or $320.00 for each ten heifer
calves produced ; which means $64000
to be credited to the pure-bred sire
for two years use If he sired ten
heifers per year. Since It requires
about 200 pounds butter per cow to
break even, no profit was made on the
daughters of the grade sires; and
the owners who used these sires had
low wages. If any, for their labor.—
Charles L Bray, Colorado Agricul
tural college.
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Two cow testing associations
asso
Room for Expansion in
Dairying, Says A. Boss
And r e w Boss, vice director of lhe
Minnesota experiment station, does
not believe that the dairy business Is
likely to be overdone. There Is noth
ing to fear, he says. In the moderate
expansion of dairying In regions fa
vorable to the industry.
"The probable Increase In cows and
In dairy production," he says, "will
be met by the probable Increase In
population and by increased use of
dairy products so long as business
and Industrial conditions remain as at
present. With comparatively higher
pHcea for beef stock, many of the
{ eneral purpose cattle raisers, who
âve been milking some ortSeJr Tfffwg, -
will go back to beef raising, thus re
ducing milk production somewhat,' to
the advantage of the dairyman."
Way for Better Sires
The average number of dairy ani
mals kept on the IndUna farm is 4.4
cows, and the average yearly produc
tion of these cows la slightly over 4,000
pounds of milk, according to R. D.
Canan, dairy extension specialist at
Purdue university. This low produc
tion Indicate« a need for better breed
ing. How to provide high-class pure
bred bull* for the many small dairy
men In the state, la one of the moot
Important problems in Improving the
dairy condition.