Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-11-16
DAIRY FARMING ESTABLISHED
1t is Now Science Along With Other
Big Businesses.

Twenty FIVE or thirty years ago
MANY valid excuses could have been
offered by the dairy farmer for fail
IRE in the dairy business, or for be-
ing in the dark regarding the value
Of his cows and product theretrom.
No easy, accurate or practical meth
I'D was at hand to ascertain milk quail
ity; per cent of fat, casein, etc, and
very little information came to the
average dairyman about scientific
breeding, feeding, etc, but today there
can be no excuse for failure for the
dairy farmer if he is in earnest and
employs modern meohods which have
been invented, improved and given to
hin, A vast fund of information has
been worked out in the last twenty
wears along dairy farming lines: such
as better understanding of scientific
breeding and feeding, Babcock test,
tvpe and conformation of the dairy
COW. silage and solos, testing associa-
tons. improved dairy machinery and
utensils, etc, and yet, with the above
improvements, hundreds of dairymen
can still be found who are continu-
ing in the same rut and practices OF
thirty years ago.
A poor COW can be compared with
an acre of poor land The latter costs
the farmer certain amount for main
tenace for taxes, tillage, seed, etc, as
also does the COW for care, feed, etc.
Whatever the land produces over and
above the cost of maintenance is pro-
: fit: but a poor crop only can be eN-
pected from poor land, and it is just
the same with poor COW. While the
value OF the crop from the land is com
putcd according to the number of
sacks or tons per acre. the value OF
the COW and her product must be de-
Xrinined by the scales and the Bah
TX test,
Dairy farming is business of in
tensity and permanency. A great many
dairymcn have established themselves
here and there, .practicing modern and
up-to-date methods, and to them a
great credit is due to setting an exam
pie for others to follow.
Success lies, not in the number OF
COWS a man keeps, but rather in the
kind of cows that he keeps. 1t is more
profitable to keep small number OF
good cows than large number OF av-
erage cows. The COW is the founda-
ton of dairy prosperity, and if the
wrong foundation is started the best
results can never be attained. A great
many dairymen get discouraged and
give up dairying. saying it does not
paw, which can be traced in great
many instances to having started with
a poor foundation.
The Babcock test is probably the
<Anost wonderful, yet simple Invention
that has ever been given to the dairy
industry. 1t has revolutionized the
dairy business as much or more than
any other thing, and it could make
cry dairy farmer would apply and use
it on his cows today to weed out the
boarders. No COW can escape the
test of the Babcock test. Fifteen dol
lars invested in tester. scales. sam
pie bottles and record sheet will fur
nish the equipment needed. This out
fit will pay for itself in short time.
With the improvement of the milk
ing machine and invention of others.
and the entry in competition for su-
perioriy of no less than three different
makes is an encouraging and healthy
sign of this valuable machine coming
to the aid of the dairy farmers when
it is sorely needed.-E. Fl. Hagemann.
in Live Stock and Dairy Journal.
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