The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-10-10
CHANGE IN METHODS.



study the problems that confront him.
Consequently there must be a moving
out of the old ruts and the adoption of
improved and new methods.
In the eastern part of Washington
the growing of wheat is an almost ex-
elusive farming industry, but believe
the pregent state of affairs in this re-
spect vsll in the future become merely
memory of the past. There will be
changes. The younger generation OF
farmers that is growing up around US
will assuredly adopt different methods.
If l can read the signs of the times
correctly, l believe / can safely pre-
diet that the state of Washington will,
in the near future, become a great dairy
state. Even now the, farmer who has
few good cows and "'tends to bust
nessD is never bankrupt. He has in his
possession a certain producer of value.
With milk and butter he can go to
market twice a week, instead of once
| year, and in many respects he is free
| from the annoyances that harass the
| wheat growers. But there are some
things he must attend to if he would
-ueceed.
Many people there are, indeed, who
would not make even bare living
handling cows. To use a familiar ex-
preston, "They are not built that
way" Nevertheless, it is certainly
true that no matter how the farmer Is
built, the cow is built to yield value
quite material in kind.
Lack of pasturage is an objection
to dairying 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 to 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. very Indifferent mathe
matician can figure that one acre of
land well titled and seeded to some kind
of 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
D a large amount of milk at night would
S be contrary to nature.
o The quicker you can get the COW
0 "filled up" the sooner she will liz
e down and masticate her food. I ven
ture to assert that when milking tim,
k comes, if you have the right kind of ;
e cow, and are the right kind Of a mas
: ter, she will not disappoint you.
;, There are many different kinds o.
e crops that can be grown for soilinl
Y purposes. Winter rye, oats, barley an,
Y oats mixed, peas and oats, clover, an
vetch are some of them. A few vii
suffice. Care, however, must be take
not to SOW too much at one time, wit
IS the exception of corn. That can b
e planted in abundance, because as it aI
y proaehes maturity it continues to max
Is good feed.
t. We have grown at the college farr
d two and one-half acres of peas and oat:
rs which are sown on a north slope, tn
e. steepest, perhaps, on the farm, and fror
N this plot have harvested five and one
half tons of hay, in addition to havin
pastured on the same plot for fiv
weeks a small herd of the experiments
farm cattle. This is an example 0
what can be grown on a small trae
lie carefully titled.
The farmer who undertakes to mar
o. age a herd of cows under this syster
Z must make ample provisions. One ne
m cessity, of course, is a good stable
n This, without elaborate surrounding,
y. can be built at a moderate cost. ]
" should be planned in a way which wi
~ enable the farmer to feed ten acres 0
~ good pasture to start off with in tn
spring. His intention should be to us
10 this ten-acre tract for night pastur
n. after he has commenced to feed tn
,f cows in the stable. He will also nee
o a mower and horse rake in the fiel
= to lessen the labor of cutting an
handling.
For the purpose of winter dairyin,
no up-to-date man would be without
a silo. In this part of the state corn
v past the experimental stage. 1t alway
to natures on the college farm. The COW
Mt are fed the year around, and do wei
NJ always having an abundance of Stag
of This process, in my opinion, largel
a solves the pasture problem.
re Naturally, questions arise relative
k the expense connected with the fee,
he ing of soiling crops. Over in Ontari
en- which is without doubt a dairy cou
les try, soiling and the silo go hand
an hand. Every farmer there will tell yC
da that it would not be possible to ket
up the flow of milk in his herd withol
resorting to these methods. If the 81
and soiling crops are necessary in
nj. country where, as a rule, they ha'
= plenty of rainfall, how much greater
nc the necessity for their use in parts
~ the Pacific Northwest where rainfall
to- not always sufficient
ID The time is at hand when a radio
change of methods in farming is nece
,ei sary. Especially il this true in q
~; ne case Of the rancher who does not ov
or Raised Mullins.
,ao Scald a pint of milk and when lux
- warm add one compressed yea