Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-04-27
A GREAT MOVEMENT
For the Dairy Interests of the North
Side Tract.

been in the process OF gradual evo-
luton and has now reached a stage
in its history where it can be given
out with every assurance that 1t will
have a successful issue. Mr.. A. Z.
Ealxin is the originator of the scheme
and it is mainly through his efforts
that it is being worked out. Mr..
Eakin has taken the matter up in
several different interviews with Mr.,
McWatters and Mr.. McWatters has
carried it on up to the officials at
Pittsburg, and it was one of the
things discussed at the recent con-
ference in the eastern city.
The Kuhn Brothers have eX-
pressed themselves as willing to CO.
operate with the settlers ON the
proposition of putting this project
on self-supporting basis. They
are willing to furnish the money at
six per cent interest for the purchase
of dairy COWS, and the security for
this money will be arranged in such
way that all farmers on the tract
who will show their good faith by
the sowing of tame grass on which
to pasture the COWS in the summer
time, and the planting of alfalfa for
hay for the winter, will be able to
get all the dairy cows they can sue
cessfully handle.
This is a proposition, that to our
knowledge has never had an equal
in the history of Carey Act projects;
but it must not be thought that
these things can be secured without
an effort on the part of the settler.
In the first place the farmer must
have pasture on his own farm for
the support of the animals that he
purchases. And it must be dis
tinctly understood that alfalfa pas
fuse will not do. Alfalfa pasture
would mean death to half the cows
brought on the tract, and no one
would be foolish enough to finance
a sheme in which they knew one
half of their security would be
worthless inside of year. The
pasture must be blue grass and
white clover, or something equally
as good, and the winter feed can be
alfalfa hay. Now it is up to the
farmer to SOW tame pasture, and
SOW it this spring, 50 that this great
scheme can be worked out at once.
A good stand of tame pasture in
this country, properly cared for
will support three cows per acre
through the pasture season, which
is about eight months long. AS i;
well known, a good dairy COW viii
produce in the neighborhood of 81
worth of butter fat in a month, a
the prevailing prices for butter
$40 per acre is tremendously larg,
income for an acre of land to pro
duce each month. A larger income
than this can reasonably be ex
pected from an apple orchard; bu
the orchard is a waiting proposition
and most of our people here would
go broke before their orchards ar
paying them competence. Oh
the other hand dairy COW begin
to pay dividends the very day she
brought to the farm. The dair,
business will put the farmer on
monthly payroll, and he will know
just where he is going to get tn
money to pay the bills he is runnin
up. 1t will also make it possibl
for the merchant to collect in hi
accounts at the end of each month
or more often. With the merchan
getting in his money every mont
he can afford to sell his goods niue
cheaper, for the way it is now, tn
man that pays the cash has to pa
high enough prices to pay the inter
est on the account his neighbor
running. This is a mighty seriou
proposition, and now that a plan
on foot whereby this condition c
affairs can be done away with,
behooves every person that has an
interests here of any nature to &c
behind the movement and push
along to a successful issue.