American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-12-17
INCREASING INTER-
EST in DAIRY HERDS
Abundance of Feed Makes it
Paying Proposition.
More Than Likely That Many Dairy
Herds VIII BE Running on This
Tract Within the Next Year.
Looks Like a Creamery.

That d strong sentiment favor
able to the business of dairying and
eventually TO the location Of a
creamery or cheese factory in Aber-
deem is growing among the farmers
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who cares 10 listen to the remarks
of any little group OF men gathered
on the streets or in public places
about own Mr.. E. Nash is the last
man 10 make up his mind 10 begin
the making OF a herd OF real dairy
cattle. Mr.. Nash's place, four miles
south Of Aberdeen, is admirably
adopted TO such a purpose and ne
intends 10 gather z herd OF ten or
twelve good mixers before next fall
Many others are planning 10 do the
same thing and il seems certain that
0eofre next spring at least. one car
load of pure-bred and grade dairy
cattle viii be imported 10 be dis
tributed among farmers Of this
vicinity.
While the talk Is so strong in this
vicinity for stocking our farms l.
feed our v production. we will re-
produce an article in lis favor from
the Shoshone journal. This does
not perhaps tell US anything that
We are not already familiar with
but proves to an extent that the
great Irrigated Idaho. OF which our
our community is no small part. is
looking TO the raising Of stock and
the running OF dairy herds which
means that in a few years it will
be spotted with creameries and
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Last season the people OF the
Twin Falls South Side project rails
ed 4 big surplus OF alfalfa hay
which made them good money. The
hard. long winter with its deep
SHOWS compelled the voolgrowers
to feed all winter and as the local
supply of feed was not sufficient,
they drove some of their flocks over
onto the south side. II is said that
some of these woolgrowers felt that
they were being help M By tn,
farmers OF the South Side and the
result is that they are not buying
hay across the river this season at
any price.
4 representative OF the Portland
stock yards recently visited irrigat-
sd Idaho and he was greatly sur
prised and impressed by the dearth
of cattle, hogs and sheep raised on
the farms. On nearly every one OF
these farms alfalfa is raised in an
abundance. but there is not suffi-
cient stock to transform il into val
liable meat. dairy and wool pro-
ducts. II does o pay TO raise al
falfa hay 10 ship TO a distant mar
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up the farmers profit. II does pay
to raise cattle. hogs and sheep 10
consume alfalfa hay OF meal. be-
cause buyers from Portland and
other markets will come 10 the
farms ii necessary TO buy them ar
d paying figure. II does pay 10
sell cream butter and milk from the
farms where alfalfa is the main
feed. It even pays the farmer 10
buy alfalfa OF his neighbors 10 feed
cattle and hogs on his farm. While
in Shoshone this Portland stock
yards man told of a farmer living
not Tar away who raised both alfal-
IA and cattle and hogs. But this
mar was not satisfied 10 feed his
alfalfa hay from the stack. So he
sent away III RtASAN 4A-@N-A G.
alfalfa meal mill just the right size
for an ordinary ranch. Now h
grinis all of his hay before feedins
and he finds il a big money maker
Now if cattle and hogs will pa,
big money when fed alfalfa hay
the profits must be tremendou
when fed alfalfa meal that is raise,
and ground on the farm. Our dair.
experts claim that good COWS prop
erly haLdled will yield a profit o
one hundred dollars per seaso'
where the basis is alfalfa Tn
Portland man says that there is al
kinds of money in hogs on alfalf
farms. And all the evidence goe
to show that irrigated Idaho is on
OF the very best places in the worl
!, to work money out of a combinatio
OF alfalfa, cattle and hogs.