The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-18
And yet we feel that dairying

respect. And yet we feel that dairyinl
does not pay.
'If dairying does not pay in Utah. dc
not blame the cow-blan1e the man be-
hind the COW In Utah the dairy inter.
ests are not alert, not active, and they dc
not attempt to better their stock. The
business isn't profitable because they
don't have the right kind OF cows
"a big problem hero is the matter OF
q centralized plant or cooperative cream
cries. l advocate the cooperative plan
because l know that that plan In several
states OF the east is more successful and
the farmers get moro money for their
milk than In Kansas and Nebraska
where the centralized system is carried
out
Yesterday in the horticultural con-
vcntion there was all kinds Of talk about
the cause for the orchards dying on The
trouble is that there are rot enough
ground as n result. And the dairymen
should grow crops.
The dairy business and horticulture
should go hand In hand. 1t is profitable
and IL IS wonderful thing for our boys,
At present the farmer has nothing TO do
In the winter months, whereas II there
were dairy COWS on the farm he would
have plenty TO do. II would give more
attraction TO farm life, and there would
not be nearly the number OF discontented
farmer boys"
Mcpherson on Thought.
Alex Mcpherson OF Twin Falls. Ida,
who Is now engaged in reclamation work
in M!llard county was invited to say a
few words Mr.. Mcpherson incidentally
invited the dairymen to meet next year
at Linden, IN MilIard county. and prom
lseG them royal entertainment: In the
course of his remarks. Mr.. Mcpherson
"What we have to do" said Mr. Nc
Phersou. 'iS TO make men think. Farm
ers In Utah do not think-cXcept of other
peoples business.
"The great problem in dairying is good
machinery. The only machine that Is
absolutely necessary Is the good old dairy
most miserable machinery in the whole
of Gods world. You ought TO be ashamed
Of yourselves. Utah must get busy and
breed up 10 perfection the milch cows OF
the state Good sound cows are more
important in the dairy business than
honesty.
ION the present price of beef YOU can
not make a dollar on cattle raised for the
marke. on irrigated farms. You are lucky
Il you get enough from your cattle to pay
for your hay, let alone interest on your
money, You take the milch COW and there
is money behind il,
when you feed the animal along you
get some returns from milk which makes
the business profitable. ! have found out
these things by experiment.
McPherson's Cow.
'T used to have COW that was won
der, She gave more milk and II was bet
Ter lHSn tHdl gwen DS any OlEeT OF my
herd and she was the ugliest brute In
the woTld-wouldn't make good looking
hat rack. 1t Is not the beauty which
counts, that Is, beauty from q mcatman' S
standpoint 1t Is beauty from u scientific
point that counts.
"The dairy cow has done more for the
American farmer than all other Indus
tries put together. In the central states
of the union the dairy COW made settle
1ient possible. and 1t makes It possible
now to live there. Ii II wasn't for the
dairy COW on tho farm the soil would lose
every part of its substance and fertility.
"A dairyman can be a gentleman; in
fact, must be a gentleman. The city men
OF culture haven't a conception of the love
and tenderness which the real dalrymau
expresses. The business makes better
men. II made man OF me /: person
is brutal or hateful or his wife is a poor
cook. that man viii fail In the dairy bust
ness, 1t is a gentleman's business in ev-