The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-02-06
DAIRYING
FOR PROFIT
Government Expert Lined Up
Facts About Industry For
Panhandle Farmers

| NOIln lolebIhm ana or the blOCk
man-JurDal, took occasion to spreat
the gospel OF the dairy industry 70
Texas farmers in the following ac
count OF points brought out by c. A
Moser. the government dairy exper
who spoke In Amarillo during thu
Farmers congress:
Nearly everybody knows that Their,
Is more or less money in dalryinl
and nearly everybody who has lived
on farm has his own or her owl
Ideas OF how much profit that Is.
There are men who will argue
that the way to make money from
dairylng is to have FRESH cows in the
spring, sell their calves, get the milk
all summer and sell the cows in the
fall.
Others will argue Just as positive
ly that the only way is to buy a pure
bred herd and stick to II. Probably
u Is not generally known that Jer.
sey COW is not at her most efficient
age until she has seen seven or eight
years Az the age of twelve she Is
In her prime. Fancy a range COW at
twelve years being worth anything
for a dairy.
Mo,cr Tells Figures.
But there was nothing in the talk
OF c. A. Moser OF Denlson, delivered
TO the Farmers and Commercial
Club Congress at Amarillo last week,
aoout range cows and Jerseys Mr..
Moser confined himself, not to Their
les, but 10 facts He is govern
ment expert in charge OF the expert
mental dairy farm at Denlson and his
business IN Texas Is TO demonstrate
10y actual results what money there
Is In dairyng for the farmers In
Texas At the Denlson farm there
are all kinds of cows and one OF the
tasks OF the farm Will be to breed up
grade stock with pure bred animals
and show It's advantages. or dis
advantages, according as time may
prove
I'm 1901" said Mr.. Moser there
were 21,000,000 milk cows in the
United states. The value of their
products amounted to 100000, 900.
The average yield OF milk per cow
was $3.50 pounds and the average
amount of butter was 1855 pounds.
ut is worth remembering thate
there Is no dairy belt in the United
states as there are wheat belts, corn
belts, cotton belts and rice belts.
Dairying may be carried on success
fully In any part OF the world.
Five Things Needed.
Five things are needed to make
1alrylng successful, First, a whole
some supply OF water. Second a
large quantity OF feed at low price
Third, the proper kind OF cattle
Fourth, the proper market for the
products. and fifth, the right kind
Df people to conduct the work.
You have abundance of water. ]
I'M told, at from a depth OF 200 to
800 feet, You can raise from IL
20 tons OF alfalfa to the acre. You
AN raise cowpeas and leguminous
plants, sorghum, Kaffir corn and
milo maize. You can buy Texas cot
on seed meal at $25 to $40 ton.
rexas cotton seed meal Is the richest
n the world. After It has been d.
yested It is stlll worth $26 ton as
ertlllzer.
"You have the advantage OF being
forth OF the fever line. The fever
has been serious drawback in
southern and central Texas many
ears. 1t has cos great deal to es-
ablish herds in the face OF the fever.
You can import dairy cattle from
Kansas and Oklahoma with no risk
md no more expense than paying
he freight.
Market Is IneXhaustiblc.
"You have an inexhaustible mar
iet everywhere There Is no posi-
'ility OF oversupply. Statistics show
hat the population is increasing
aster that the supply OF dairy pro-
Iucts. Even now in some OF the
arge cities poor people are scarcely
bile TO buy milk and cream, so great
y has the price advanced"
Increasing SoE Fertility.
Much is said about the great fer
ility OF Panhandle soil and It uu-
is rich. But 1t isn't mex
When You sell ton of
Wheat YOU have sold OFF the land
7s0 worth OF nitrogen, phosphates
nd potash, For every $40 worth
4 wheat YOU sell, you sell off SO
Worth Of fertilizer II you have sold |
100 worth of wheat you have sold
80 worth OF fertilizer.