The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-11-19

state. Even now the FARMER VINO mas
few good cows and g tends to bus
nessv is never bankrupt. He has in hi
possession certain producer of value
With milk and butter he can go t
market twice week, instead of once
year, and in many respects he is FIRE
from the annoyanees that harass tn
wheat growers But there are som
things he must attend to if he woul'
,ucceed.
Many people there are, indeed VIII
would not make even bare livlni
handling COWS, To use a familiar ex
preston, "They are not built tina
| way Nevertheless, it is certainl,
true that no matter how the farmer j
built, the COW is built to yield value
quite material in kind.
Lack Of pasturage is an objection
! TO darying in many parts Of eastern
Washington, of course, but where al
falfa or clover will grow this hind
rance can be overcome. And these
two valuable forage plants would grow
in many places where they are
not found at present, if the land
| was properly fitted 10 receive the seed
| On the experiment station farm we
have two fields of clover that have
| given splendid returns. Both alfalfa
| and clover are valuable for feeding
cows.
Farsighted dairymen now recognize
the fact that there is better method of
feeding dairy cattle than by pasturing,
especially in regions where land is as
valuable as it is in Washington. This
is by the proper use of soiling crops,
and silos A very Indifferent mathe-
matician can figure that one acre of
land well titled and seeded to some kind
of a soiling crop will equal two and
one-half acres of the best kind of pas
ture land for feeding dairy cows.
Therefore, even if one has enough land
TO pasture a large herd of cows, it
would be unwise to do so. Every sue
cessful dairyman wishes his COW to do
the best and yield the best return pos
sible in consideration Of the amount of
feed consumed and care given. The
COW must have favorable surroundings.
She must not be permitted to roam all
day in search of food, even if requiring
only that necessary for a living, aside
from the production of milk. To give
large amount of milk at night would
be contrary to nature.
The quicker you can get the COW
filled up" the sooner she will lie
down and masticate her food. I ven
ture to assert that when milking time
comes, if you have the right kind of
COW, and are the right kind of a mas
ter, she will not disappoint you.
There are many different kinds of
crops that can be grown for soiling
purposes. Winter rye, oats, barley and
oats mixed, peas and oats, clover, ana
vetch are some of them. few will
suffice, Care, however, must be taken
not to SOW too much at one time, with
the exception of corn. That can be
planted in abundance, because as it APP
proaches maturity it continues to make
good feed.
We have grown at the college farm
two and onehalf acres of peas and oats,
which are sown on a north slope, the |
perhaps, on the farm, and from
this plot have harvested five and one
half tons of hay, in addition to having |
pastured on the same plot for five
weeks small herd of the experimental |
farm cattle. This is an example of
what can be grown on a small tract
titled.
The farmer who undertakes to man
age herd of cows under this system
must make ample provisions. One ne.
cessity, of course, is a good stable.
This, without elaborate surroundings,
,an be built at moderate cost. 1t
should be planned in way which will
enable the farmer to feed ten acres of
good pasture to start off with in the
'pring. His intention should be to use
his ten-acre tract for night pasture
lfter he has commenced to feed the
lows in the stable He will also need
mower and horse rake in the field
o lessen the labor of cutting and
For the purpose of winter dairying.
to up,to-date man would be without I
lilo. In this part Of the state corn is ]
'ast the experimental stage. 1t always
natures on the college farm. The cows
re fed the year around, and do well,
lways having an abundance of silape.
ms process, in my opinion, largely :
Olives the pasture problem.
Naturally, questions arise relative 10
he expense connected with the feed.
ng OF soiling crops. Over in Ontario, l
which is without doubt dairy coun. I
ry, soiling and the silo go hand in a
and. Every farmer there will tell Won b
hat it would not be possible to keep q
p the flow of milk in his herd without
esorting to these methods. If the silo
nd soiling crops are necessary in a
ountry where, as a rule, they have h
lenty of rainfall, how much greater is :,
he necessity for their use in parts Of =
he Pacific Northwest where rainfall is Il
OF always sufficient s.
The time is at hand when radical a
hange of methods in farming is neces- T,
ary. Especially is this true in the II
ase Of the rancher who does not own Q,