The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-12-19
IN CORVALLIS.
HOW WEALTH is TO COME
TO FARMERS OF VILLAIN
ETTE VALLEY.

Must be Intensified Cows
Mediocre Cows Don't pay
and Must be Weeded
From Dairy Herds.
Dairying, in all it's phases, has
been die cussed in Corvallis during
the past few days, as it was never
discussed before. Sixty wealthy,
bright and enthusiastic dairymt n
of the state, representing exhaustive
experience and the application of
brains and intelligence to the bust
ness, have b-en in town, and have
told all they knew of the various
and manifold phases of the indus
try in the Willamette valley. The
sum total of their discussion is that
dsirying, WHEN properly conducted,
~ the most profitable farm business
in the valley, and that when proper
methods are finally in vogue, ali
the valley counties will be vast
system of dairy farms, and that the
agricultural population Of the section
will be thrifty and prosperous.
To reach these results, it is the
united belief of these dairymen, who
were the delegates TO the annual
meeting IF the Oregon DAirymen's
Association, two prominent aud
leading factors are necessary. The
first of these is the necessity, by
brt tedipg, to raise the standard Of
the dairy herds, and the other is
the gradual transition of the period
of fresbening COWS to, the autumn
months, say August or September.
All the e}men who attended the NEST
Jugs, agreed on these two vital
points in dairying, and many of
them explained the why's and
wLerefores of their belief.
HERDS MUST BE IMPROVED
Touching the question of i'm prov.
ing dairy herds, President Schul
merck says that it is a waste of
fort to milk COWS that test less
than three per cent. ! He holds that
until COW will yield 800 pounds
of butter per year, she is poor.
ly suited to have place in a airy
herd. 1t is fact that many herds
average far above 800 pounds of
butter per COW, per year. Mr. West
of Scsppcose, who was present at
the meeting, has herd that aver
ages over $50 pounds year per COW.
1t is in the milking of such cows
that the dairy business become g.
profitable. 1t takes as much food
fer a poor cow as for a good one. A
cow that produces 200 pounds of
butter, and many yield less, eats as
much as es COW that yields 45Q
pounds. OF the yield of the latter.
The last 25U pounds, contrasted with
The poorer animal is net profit, be-
'ause it was produced, at the same
food cost over the 200 pounds of
ou t r ryi lded by the poorer ami
nj
HOW TO GET GOOD cows.
Choice cows cannot be bought.
They are source of great profit,
md their owners will not part with
hem: 1t is only the poorer grade
# COWS that changes hands. There
ore, to the dairyman starting out
n the business, the only alterna- ,
i've is to improve his herd by
,reeding up and wedding out. The |
mistake of many is in the claim !
bat it is best to keep dairy cows I
hat can also be used in producing {
eef. Save one or two men, all the G
nemb bers Of the Association declared :
mphat ically that dairying on this /
Ian will fail. 1t was tried in sew !
raj Middle West dairy states, and :
,as dismal failure there. A GEN. q
us was taken of loo dairy farms on :
,hich this plan was followed. What
ach cow on the loo dairies ate was
harged up to her, and she was Civ
n credit with everything that she
reduced. The statistics showed
hat in 49 per cent Of the cases, du-
COWS, that is cows kept both for n
lilk and for beef. cost as much to
eep as they yielded IN products,
q one instance the output from
1ch herd was only 80 per cent. I I
what it cost to feed them. In
der TO prove profitable, the COW '
rust become an intensified mixer,
iminatipg entirely the question of
sc
IVA.
COWS PAYING $40 A MONTH NOW. !
President schulmerick, one of
he brightest as we'll as one of the
,ost successful dairymen in the I
tate is milking 81 COWS on his
airy farm in Washington county
ow. His sales of milk from the
n / cxht ] u