The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-13

~ THE various sources OF Income from
the farms of the country, the duiry
~ products lead them all in money value.
corn alone excepted. In 1907 the aggregate
income from dairy products exceeded $780,
600 600 and IT Is now believed that the In
come for all the dairy products during 1909
win pass the billion dollar mark. IL lis more
tian the value OF tho wheat crop In other
words people paying more for their milk,
butter and cheese than they arc for their
bread.
In tho face OF the fact that the cow is tho
great frctor In the dairy business. there has
been but little attention paid to the selection
and breeding OF COWS with the idea Of prof
table production In view. a COW has been
looked upon as u COW, and little attention
paid TO the great differences In cows. The
question is frequently asked as to how mucii
the ihcomc from each cow is likely to he
dwfng a year
According to the best sources OF infor-
nation VIC have there about 900
COWS In the country At the estimated In
como from the COWS OF billion dollars. the
average income per COW in tho whole country
is s45.45. a little less than the value OF the
feed necessary To keep a COW year at pres
ent prices of grain. grass and forage. By
That plan OF reckoning the dairy business as
n whole is not very profitable. 1t would rep
resent plan of dIsposing OF the feed raised
on the farm at a little less than Its cash
consumed there is the labor attending the
milking and caring for the cows with the
risks and rent OF the plant. the farm thrown
in. With only the manure from the cows to
keep up the fertility Of the farm to Offset
all that is done TO keep up the business and
run IL.
But there is another side TO the dairy
question, We know very wcIl from expert
ence and the results obtained by others that
when good dairy COWS arc kept and well hda-
died there is liberal proat over and above
all the costs of reed. labor use of plant, risks
and interest on the money invested. We
have many records showing that the income
from whole large herds OF 6alry cows Tor
milk alone has been considerably above 500
per COW during the year These very prof
liable cows are not in the majority, While
there is comparatively small percentage Of
the dairymen getting large profits from their
cows there are great many dairymen that
arc doing business at a loss. There is a great
difference in men and their methods of man.
agcment There is a wide difference in cows.
and II is my intention at the present time To
mako plain some OF the essentials of a good
dairy cow and give my reasons why those
essentials are necessary in order TO have
good. profitable dairy animak
During my career OF over forty years as
n farmer and stock breeder It has been my
aim TO learn to detect the characteristics
that are required to make the best and most
profitable females The first and prime
sential Is that the female be well seXcd. In
other words, that female she he pro-
nounccdly feminine. and not carrying the
traces OF masculinity that too often
found In cows kept In the dairy herds, She
should be feminine from the head on through
out the whole animal
In observing the animals that have be-
come distinguished as great producers, eX-