Arizona republican., 1911-01-30
SALT RIVER VALLEY
 IDEAL FOR DA|RY|NG SOME VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS
 BY LEVI WELLS. What Dairy Inspector of Agricultural Department Said at Board of
 Trade Friday.

This section is an ideal spot for
 dairying and the only question is
 doing it in the right way. which is
 after all. the only way. After ac-
 quiring proper location for business, next comes the course
 There should be a dairy breed and
 we have a number of excellent dairy
 breeds as you are no doubt aware.
 We have several kinds of dairy
 breeds Holsteins. Jerseys. Guernseys.
 etc. but the fine good cows are not
 confined to one breed only. You may find exceptionally good cows in ordi-
 nary mixed stock. probably you are
 most likely to find in the Holstein
 breed cows giving a large quantity of
 milk but not rich in fat. The Jersey and the Guernsey give a milk rich in
 fat and the only successful way to
 know what each COW is doing is to
 test each cows milk.
 The government is doing quite an extensive work in the way of estab-
 fishing milk testing associations. This branch of the government is spread ing rapidly and Is doing a lot of good work. When the association
 tests d COW. it costs it's owner prob- ably $1 per COW. which is nominal
 They figure the feed consumed. the cost of it. the cows yield etc. the quality of milk and keep this up for six months or a year and when they sum up. they know exactly what ev- every COW is doing and the revelations are perfectly wonderful sometimes. They find there are some cows that don't earn their board and other cows. probably. they find are the money makers. There is undoubtedly no way of knowing exactly each cows profit without some such meth cd or system do not think that in this section there are any dairying associations of this sort established
 Wherever you grow alfalfa success fully. you can carry on dairying sue cessfully. You can feed them at a low cost and milk should cost less in proportion This system of yours of pasturng in the alfalfa fields. I do not believe is the right one and this is the only section | have ever been in where they do that I have been in alfalfa countries and irrigated lands and other sections in this coun- try but they invariably. as far as I know. cut the alfalfa and then feed it. They cut it rather green-cut it and bale it and in a country like this under such splendid climatic cOndi- tions. it ought to he done success fully. I understand that cutting ev- cry six weeks is the average. I think pasturing the cows in alfalfa fields injures the crop of alfalfa to a cer- tain extent-it is hardly the right way to do. You can build a barn and do it very cheaply and also keep it clean. Cleanliness is one of the most important factors to obtain good | milk for any purpose. Even healthy cows cannot do we'll under unsanitary | Healthy cows may lie | where unhealthy cows have been and l the milk is bound to be impaired and | while it may not carry any tubercular | germs or anything of this sort. yet | t is food for infants and invalids | and is an excellent way of transmit | ting and spreading disease and is. | have no doubt, the cause of a great | deal of sickness and loss of life It | Is hardly fair to the consumer and anybody that is doing that should correct it. The expense of keeping