The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-08-08

to a loss OF soc on The dollar
worth OF feed consumed The ma
that received t2,30 was through IN
agency Of the COW, enabled to mar
ket his food stuffs NJ profit o
$3.50 above the market value, Will
the last party lost so cents on hi
bargain, There are certain condl
lions OF food, shelter, cleanliness ant
treatment under which dairy Gov
will give forth her best results; thu
dairy COW cannot control these con
ditlons but the herdsman oan and 4
he docs not take the trouble 70 SCI
that The old COW has a place Wher,
she can chew her cud In comfort and
peace he should not expect the COW
to do her best by him, nor will she
But getting back to the dairy In
dustry In Colorado, w n Cowan
superintendent OF the home for de-
pendent and neglected children, re-
celyed ss.oi9 pounds Of milk from
twelve cows at cost OF production
OF slim. The following year he
received l05,496 pounds from twelve
COWS the cost OF production being
t1,295. Vsluing the milk at 10
cents per gallon, It amounts TO ST.
$500 and yl,97sO5 respectively.
| BY subtracting the cost Of produc'
ton and dividing by number OF COWS
In herd we find that each COW return
ed TO owner an average OF 357 above
cost OF milk production, record
which will rank among the best OF
the best herds in any country.
Bert Potter Of Peyton, Colo, has
sold $1,000 worth OF cream from
twenty cows besides having the skim
med milk for the calves.
w. 3, Carpenter OF the same place
has cleared s. per month per COW
and has fed no concentrated feed
during the time OF this record.
The figures prove conclusively
that the dairy industry will flourish
in this state II backed by practiacl
dairymen. 1t is beyond the expert
mental stage. III
There Is no department connected
with farming showing greater range
OF profit than the dairy industry;
consequently the men who under
take 1t must be progressive and up
to date In their methods and the only
way 70 do this in any line OF business
Is to subscribe for some good pulica-
ton on that special line OF business
so rs TO make a study OF what others
are doing along the same line.
am not boosting for any certain pub
lication, but during short visit In
Wisconsin took note OF the fact
that the men who we're making the
reputation OF Wisconsin as dairy
state" we're those to be found In at
tendance at the farmers institute
and dairy, organizations and their
names were to be found among the
list OF subscribers TO the leading dali
ry papers, They we're always eager
to obtain knowledge form any source.
While we DO not claim that Colorado
could rival Wisconsin or other great
dairy states In their total dairy out
put, 1t is "a self-evldent fact that
dairying can be made one OF the
sources OF revenue to the Colorado
farmer II can be made the bank &C.
count from which the running ex-
Denses OF the farm are to be drawn,
leaving the crop receipts as net
profit. JIM J. GIRADT,
The above shows what the dairy
business IL doing for the state OF
Colorado, and what 1t might do for
he Panhandle country of Texas
Such an enterprise is shaping up in
he Amarillo country, and probably
will do for the Amarillo country
What cotton has done for the Yer
ION country.