Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-02-18

3 cents in the price OF butter compels us
to vary the price we pay.
Chairman Kellogg said that our dairy
interests were inst in their infancy ana
that it was not easy to get the farmers to
take hold Of thiS branch OF their work.
Dairy districts everywhere hnd better i'm.
provements and were away ahead OF other
farming sections. A high tribute was
paid TO Prof. Cookies knowledge Of dairy
matters.
Prof. Cooke said that when Nebraska
and Kansas, with their superior corn
growing resources, get to raising alfalfa
they will beat Colorado in sheep feeding,
but can not compete in dairying.
Chairman Kellogg interp0sed to pro-
teot the reputation Of tho Arkansas val
lev as corn growing section, saying
That the Rocky Ford country raised that
staple equnl to Kansas or any portion OF
the Union, having produced ~ bushels
p'T Prot. n Cooke: Colorado could always
! m na;ntain prominence for dairying;
| TINT Il would be profitable ut least until
the home production equalled tho do
mand. while the dairy business has
greatly increased, the consuming popula-
tion had increased in greater proportion.
Dairyinr is the surest kind Of farming,
having less Of lottery features than o.ner 81
forms OF farming. The profits are not 80
i,;nI, Int wear by year it will prove tho
mSst lucrative industry to bank on. Hay
md grain will bring larger price when
mt fbronch a COW than through any
other farm animal. His experience was
that for the past seven years hay fed to
sheen brought the farmer 81 ton includ-
! inc The labor Of feeding. A good dairy
COW will bring an income OF $50 year
/! for the milk sold to creamery. Don't
milk beef stock. Alfalfa and corn con-
stitute the best ration and you watt cows
TINT will convert this food into milk and
not into beef. In the past, Colorado
farmers have selected the best cows from
range stock, but there is no excuse for
longer continuing this policy. Get bnt-
ter cows. From them you will get the
$50 for milk and have the calf and skim
milk besides. The male calf OF first
class dairy COW is not worth raising
You ought to get 1900 pounds OF skim
milk in year, which is worth for feed
ing purposes 20 cents per 100. We will
estimate pasturage at SO per yenr. much
pasturing being done on land practically
worthless for other purposes. You will
feed nbout 800 pounds OF grain to each
COW per year, worth about 81. The skim
milk should almost pay for the pasture
and grain, leaving $50 for tho hay. As
each cow will cat from 2 to tons per
I year it will be seen that a good price is
obtained for the hny. Tho average rich
nees OF yonr milk. a. per cent is pretty
good. Not many localities come up to
that.
Questions then being in order Prot.
Cooke spoke us follows in answer to que
ries by tho persons named:
L.. w. Bnbcock? Pigs give best re-
turns Tot skim milk. At the college we
get 30 eents per 100 pounds for tho stim
milk fed to pigs, oven at the present low
price OF pork.
Hon. ). Il. Crowley To keep up
yonr milk stock suve rs many heifer
calves as you wish cows.
A. L. Kellogg? Your milk is rich. but
you have fewer pounds than eastern
dairy districts and must increase the
quantity.
A. P. Kounsp 5000 pounds OF 4 per
cent milk is good average for cow.
That is 200 pounds OF butter fat per year.
Il A. P. Kouns? For best results in feed
ing grind tho corn, but don't grind the
cob. Equal parts Of ground (cracked)
corn and brnn with alfalfa is the average
ration with Colorado dairies.
/, d. Hale? There is no better food
than sugar beets, but they can be fed too
heavily. An average Of 15 pounds per
day is about right.
l.. w. Babcock? Tho best beete for
feed are not those richest in sugar.
Lanes Imperial is one Of class adapted
to feeding COWS.
W. r. Gibson? Mangel wurzcls are
abont half rs valuable for feed as sugar
beets.
John Little? Pumpkins aro good feed.
W. r. Gibson? Alfalfa is much bet
ter feed than timothy and njures less by
standing in the field after proper time
for cutting. Alfalfa should be cut Just
as it is coming into blossom. Some farm
ers cut four crops for their COWS, having
the hay soft and fine.
John Little? Native grasses produce
better butter pound for pound than nlf-
alf8, but it is SO scattered that n COW will
wear herself out getting it.
| D. v. Burwell? Jersey COWS nre the
best dairy stock and should be kept poor.
not to beef. We have cows Mt the college
that produce 2S3 pounds Of butter yearly
l-veritable milking machines.
"a. L. Kellogg here told story which
needs endorsement by an affidavit.
Twas this: Two OF the college cows are
go small TINT man can carry one under
each arm, but when they are MIXED he
can not carry the milky
/ M. Badger? Cheese is about MS prof.
| table as butter. There are Is cheese
factories in Colorado.
A. P. Kouns? 1t makes no difference
whether ground feed be fed dry or wet-
ted. There is no advantage in running
the alfalfa through cutting box, Maxi
ing eDsiluge is o waste of time and
money. No profit, whatever, in it.
l.. W. Babcock? No feed has been
fonnd which will increase the richness OF
q cows milk. You can't feed butter fat
into COW. Every COW has her normal
quality Of milk and there is no food or
combination OF foods which will make n
per cent COW give moro than 4 per cen I
milk. After thorough experiments I am
sure that the quality OF milk can not be
improved but the quantity can. Tho
richness does change slightly from day
to day from some unexplainable reason,
but test OF ten days milking would
give fair average. 1t is better to ana
lyse twice each month.
l.. w. Babcock? Slight variations in
the test by two different persons can be
explained by the fact that no two persons
do tho same thing exactly alike.
II there should be variation OF
two-tenths the tests should be made
again. All slight variations will equal.
ize each other during the season.
Mr.. Crowley The grain feed should
range from to pounds per day. Don't