The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-02-16
THE DAIRY FARM
IS SHOWN TO Be
A PAYING THING
Prof. Larson Talks Dali
rying to Men to Help
Industry.
A HELP TO FARM
Shows That Presen1eof Dairy
Cattle Makes the Farm
Last Longer.
A HELP TO FARM

Saturday p. M, there was large
crowd of farmers engaged and inter-
ested in the dairy industry gathered
at the court house to listen to the ad-
dress of Prof. c. A. Larson, and A. r.
Ryger, of the Brookings agricultural
college, and they had the opportu-
nifty to get some informtion of bene-
fetal nature.
Mr.. Ryger talked on the necessity
and importance of producing good
raw material and to use sanitary
methods. He emphasized the neces-
sity of delivering milk and cream to
the factory or to the consumers while
it is fresh and sweet; also to keep the
hand separator, utensils and the
barn and cows as sanitary as possible.
Mr.. Ryger stated that the production
and manufacture of a good attractive
wholesome dairy product constitutes
the best means of crowding the oleo-
margarine out of he butter market.
He suggested the idea of the import
fance to dairy farmers to organize and
cooperate in the production as we'll
as in the sale of the rawproduct 8.
Prof. Larson spoke substantially as
follows:
S,,xysN I,~, n hNu vH1on n Nasp
system of farming
1st. Because the dairy COW is one
of the most economic animals for
Transforming field crops into human
foods. The ultimate object of all
live stock and farm labor is to pro-
duce fcod for the masses of humanity
from. the field crops.
The dairy cow will repeat her pro-
duction year after year. while the
hog or steer must be killed in or
der to realize from them.
The dairy COW and the hog accord
ing to reliable experimental evidence
are the two most economic farm
animals. These animals have also
survived the most intensive farming
conditions.
Many OF the cereal grains can also
be used directly for human food more
extensively without having to pass
the round about way through the
different farm animals thereby uti-
lizing larger percentage of the
grains, and thereby leaving relative
larger amount of coarse foder. The
dairy COW excells as utilizer of feeds
and especially of rough feeds.
Dairying Conserves and Increase Soil
Richness.
Dairying should have place on ev.
cry farm for this one reason alone.
The most striking example Of the ef.
feet of manure on holding moisture
in the soil ever witnessed was on an
Iowa farm. 1t was in 1894 which
was very dry. There were two fields
of corn side by side only the public
highway between them. The one on
the south of the road belonged to a
dairy farmer who alwaysl MIXED
about 20 cows. In addition he also
aimed to have considerable young
stock, including hogs and sheep. He
bought grain and hay every year in
addition to what he raised. His land
was heavily manured every year.
Because of the high state Of fertil-
ity of the land his corn got an early
spring start before the dry weather
came and the large amount of ma
nure or organic matter aided in con-
serving\the moisture.
During that dry season this man
raised 60 bushels of corn per acre,
while the man farming the land on
the other side of the road did not
raise single matured ear of corn.
north of the south line of Brookings