Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-10-27
DAIRYING
THE CARSON SINK AN IDEAL
PLACE FOR IT.
The Era of the Large Farm Is Passing.
The Highly Cultivated
Place Popular.


products which pay the greatest reve-
nue.. The time when large farms and
poor farmers were possible has passed
and the modern farmer must be a bust
ness man in every sense OF the word
In the settling OF new district a pro-
gressive change takes place in the
methods of agriculture which are most
generally followed. Grazing is usually
the first industry entered upon. his
is slightly changed by growing little
hay for feed during the winter. Tame
grasses and legumenous crops then come
in until the business OF beef production
is at its height. Grain farming becomes
side issue and steers are finished with
grain. This is generally the highest
notch of beef raising. With each step
in progress the net returns per rcre are
increased and the values of the farms
increased. Small farms can not make
it pay with this method OF beef produc-
tion. So that before small farms are
possible further step in progress must
be made. This step is toward some one
Of the many varieties of intensive farm
ing, such as market gardening, rails
ing sugar-beets, fattening hogs and
sheep, poultry raising and dairying.
The last kind of farming, dairying, is
one of the most profitable businesses
before the farmers OF the Truckee-Car-
son project. The dairy business is the
most profitable industry in some OF the
parts of the United States and
Europe, and it is becoming more and
more profitable as the science oil hand
ling dairy cows becomes more familiar
TO the farmers.
In California many farmers claim Il
profit of 800 to $l25 year for each
COW. Ii our farmers can realize 500 per
COW per year, the returns per acre will
be larger than is now realized OH any
crop grown here, for with proper meth
ods OF farming an acre OF land will sup
port a COW.
The aim of each man who handles
dairy stock should be to keep COWS that
pay. The methods OF testing milk are
- simplified that each owner of herd
may test the kind OF milk each COW IL
giving and then get rid OF The ones fall
lng below II certain standard. Many
Times lew COWS in herd lose more
money than an equal number oI good
COWS make, and the science Of handling
cows right will soon enable the farmer to
pick out such losers and get rid OF
lueEs.
The dairy business is particularly
profitable i'll its side lines. The calves
produced often add much to the profit
of the business, and if the skinned milk
Il returned to the farm these calves can
be iattened.
While there is no particular reason Tor
the farmers OF the valley now TO worry
about fertilizers being sold off the
place, it will be noticed III very few
years that the man who keeps at home
all the plant food ingredients will be
the man with the fertile soil and the
profitable farm.
In the dairy business practically all
the fertilizers are kept OH the place, and
II they are properly cared for and
spread, the soil should become more
ieatile instead of impoverished.
The dairy business requires capital.
The farmer must have good cows. If he
Is "a long ways from the creamery he
should have hand separator and send
only the cl cam to the factory.
The central dairy ard skimming sta
tions require capital, and here is one OF
the most excellent opportunities for cap
ltal 70 enter into lucrative business
Our markets for dairy produce are un-
limited. The mining camps in the hills
around will consume all the products
We can ship. California imports car
loads of butter from the East and pays
=pcN IL. 1nC ann " WI
people should be to produce first-class
product, see that each package is la
beled as being a product of the Carson
Sink valley, and that it advertises the
Sc producer by its excellence.
For those who don't know all about
the dairy business the Department OF
agriculture has printed number OF
pamphlets, which may be had by writ
ing to the Secretary OF Agriculture at
Washington, d. c. The following is
partial list of these pamphlets. When
Hou write, give the numbers
No. 20. Souring in Milk.
No. 80. silos and Silage.
No. IS. The Dairy Herd.
No. SO. The Care of Milk on the
Farm.
No. "A. Milk as Food