The Greeley tribune., 1911-11-02
DA|RYINC IS
RECOMMENDED

! Dairy farming IN COlOralu oHSI .
AN excellent chance tor pros4erity
TO the man who realizes that II Is
more profitable to feed FORAGE crops
10 COWS than to raise grains. accord
ing to A. h. Risser. the uniteo
States government dairy expert
MIR. Risser's work covers the ter
ritory between the Missouri river
and the Pacific coast. He is pFac-
tical scientist employed by the ami
NAL husbandry bureau OF the de-
partment vi agriculture. he Eradu-
ated from the Pennsylvania STATE
Agricultural college and has neen
in the government service seven
years. He managed successfully
large dairy in Colorado Spriug5 lor
a year, but the government oiler
finally drew him back into the ser
vice again.
Colorado is an especially good
state for the dairy farmer, because
the dry climate enables him 70 keep
his milk and cream sweet" said Mr'
Riser, land sweet produces pflns
about double the price OF sour pro-
ducts.
Colorado is now supplyins sweet
cream TO four states-TeAas New
Mexico, Western Nebraska and wy
oming. Much larger amount should
be shipped out, TOR there is always
an excellent demand tor sweet milk
and cream.
The sweet cream is used for ice
cream making. and brings the top
price everywhere. Last summer the
butter tat in sweet milk brought on
the butter fat in sour milk from 10
to 20 cents pound.
1T is more profitable TO sell
sweet products than to maxi butter
from sour products. Colorado with
it's dry climate and cold nights is
an ideal place to preserve milk and
cream in their natural state until
they can be marketed. Therefore
this state gives the dairyman a rare
chance to get the most for his pro-
ducts.
There is another advantage
which Colorado has over most
states" continued Mr.. Risser. "It is
no slight advantage. rs any dairy
man can testify. l refer to the iact
that this climate Is particularly fine
for the health of stock. Tuberculosis
and other diseases are rare here.
The cows thrive because they can
be out of doors the year around.
THE sunshiny climate makes the
care of cows less expensive than in
most of the states In the union.
Here only . 'v-shaped' shed with
two walls and roof ara needed to
house cows. Let the " open to the
south and it will always be warm
enough.
The dry, sunny climate is hos
tile to bacteria with which the cows
milk in the humid states is Affect
ed. The souring of milk ID due to
bacteria and N many s&efes milk
sours in . very short time.
Even ON the dry LANDS the farm
er is able to grow forage crops that
supply considerable roughage or
coarse lodder suitable for cows. He
can market his crop in the form Of
milk products. This is more profit
able in many cases than trying to
grow grain.
"A very essential equipment of
the dry land farm is the silo. The
feeding OF silage with dry sorghum
hay, alfalfa hay and other dry
ASSoc 40 az AVoAt06VOuos
IA silo is a means OF preserving
corn or similar crop in q green
state for an indefinite time Silage Ia
sort OF canned green corn with
stalk and all in the can or siIo. The
silo is big concrete cylinder about
sixteen feet in diameter and thirty
two feet high usually 1t will hold
enough silage for twenty to thirty
cows.
The corn is cut green when it is
glazing, just before it is ripe. 1t
is run through silage cutter and
cut to pieces from one-halt to three
quarters OF an inch long. It IL
thoroughly packed and tramped
down to exclude the air. Then the
silo is sealed up and the crop pre-
served green and succulent until
wanted.
"A place for opening Is left ON
the barn side of the silo, and when
the farmer begins to take his silage
out he takes from the top at first
and removes it little by little daily
in order to keep his canned goods
always sweet.
The principle is to exclude the
air and retain the moisture in the
Sllage.
The irrigated lands produce
large yields of alfalfa What does
the farmer do with alfalfa hay? He
bales it up and ships it away usu-
ally, thinking that he is getting the
most he can for it. Next wear he
does the same thing and 50 on. He
impoverishes his soil and the crop
gets smaller after awhile.
He ought to feed that hay on
MS farm, put it into stock. and re-
turn the manure to the and. The
COW will consume this al alta hay
with the highest returns she must
9e gwen hrst place. Her milk pro-
ducts Will bring the farmer more
money In most cases.
The corn should be grown for the
sllage and fed with the alfalfa hay
IN order to secure balanced ra-
tion: Fifteen to twenty pounds of
alfalfa hay fed with thirty IN forty
pounds pounds OF well-cured corn silage is
sufhcient to produce about twenty
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