Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-12-14
DAIRYMEN AND STOCK
MEN HOLD MEETING
VIM. Schulmerich. a Successful
Dairyman. Tells How to
Make the Cow Pay.

A dairy and fine stock meeting was
held Thursday under the auspices OF
the Oregon Agricultural College.
There was good crowd present and
much interest manifested. Among the
speakers were DR.. withycombe and
Prof. f. L. Kent Of the college, EFT.
Judd of Turner. William Schulmeri, III
of Hillsboro. and Hon. Ed H. Webster,
chief of the division of dairying of the
Department of Agriculture.
Friday the speakers left for Kerby
where similar meeting is to be held.
William Schulmerich, in his ad.
dress on "The Breeding of the Dairy
Herd, said in part:
"We have 20, 900, 600 dairy cows in
the United States at the present time,
and 10, coo, 600 Of these are not paying
for their board; 5000, 900 are barerly
making expenses, and but 1000, 700
are paying a profit. But one-tenth
of the dairy cows in the United States
are profitable. This is an astounding
condition Of affairs, but we have it in
Oregon just as thev have it elsewhere.
"A representative Of the Hazelwood
Company took census of the dairy
cows in Oregon. OF 5000 COWS, the
average product per year each was
but $42. 1t costs at least $40 to keep
cow year, SO it is easy to see
what the profit is, OF course among
these COWS there were some herds,
one at Albany, that pay well. That
at Albany averaged sos. 45 each COW
per aunum. A herd in Columbia
County Of 81 cows yielded return Of
$4,000 per annum. There were herds
among the number that produced only
s15 per COW. or s25 less than the
acutal cost of keeping the COW year.
To remedy such conditions, each
farmer should test his cows individu.
ally. find which are profitable and dis
pose of the Improbable ones. Then
he should head the herd with the best
dairy-bred bulls he can find, and he
should raise heifer calves from the
best dairy cows. He will find that
the first cross from such breeding
will double the profits of the original
dame.
In raising a calf we should always
have it in good growing condition.
Those who are situated so they can
feed skinned milk to their calves
should never feed it cold. It should
be at least 9S degrees, and should
never be fed in too large quantities.
Some think because the cream has
been taken away there is not much
food value left. This is q mistake I;
there is a lot of solids left in the
milk. Ground or whole oats should
always be kept before the calf while
1t is young, so it may help itself.
Heifers should be bred when 10 or is
months of age, and the first milking
period should extend over period of
at least year. Many young COW 5
dairy qualities have been ruined by
only milking her seven or eight
months the first time
"The principal obstacle to successful
dairying today is the effort on the
part of farmers to combine dairy
qualities and beef in the same animal
They try to get an animal that will
give lots of good milk and at the same
time will store up a lot Of meat for
use when COW has served her time rs a
milk producer. 1t is impossible to
combine meat and milk In the same
animal, and the sooner farmers realize
this and breed for dairy qualities
only, the sooner will the dairying
business begin TO improve.