Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-06-22

dairying. feeding and growing live
stock is because they are the most
profitable methods OF disposing, right
now, OF dry farm crops. Dairying IN
the best OF these. because the cream
check comes In weekly, Instead OF
monthly, or once a year. In order
10 dispose OF skinned milk 10 best
advantage Il should be fed 20 hogs
and chickens The four principal
products sold from the dry farms
should be cream, hogs, poultry and
eggs, Cream and eggs provide q
weekly income part OF the year, ana
hogs an income several times In a
year.
In order TO start in the dairy busi-
ness the farmers will have 10 depend
ON such cows as they can get. These
usually will not be very high grade
and Will not be as profitable AZ good
cows. The herds Gan be Graded up
by the use Of good bulls. Where IN
uividuals cannot afford 70 buy good
bulls several men in community
fhOuld club together 10 purchase one
ID does not matter 20 much to whsch
Of che MIX breeds no belongs. but
& IL very important that he be a good
representative Of his breed. DO not
cross breeds. Breeders nave worked
hard 10 establish the pure breeds. and
the best qualities Of two breeds can
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crossing.
The facilities for dIsposlng OF
cream have been increased recently
There are now creameries at ROB-
well, Ration and Albuquerque. Cream
Is belngshipped from eastern New
Mexico 20 the creamery at Amarillo.
Texas. These creamerles are anxious
for business and may be relied on TO
assist the faTmers IN dlspoalng OF
cream by establishing stations for re-
ceivine, for sklmniing ana for testing
the cream.
whether or not beef cattle and
sheep may be raised profitably on
dry farms Of 1G0 or 820 acres. Is a
deoatabie question. The weight OF
opinion rs against Il. There - no
doubt that horses and mules may be
raised probably on such farms.
Feeding beef cattle ana sheep Of
fors possibilities in the profitable dis.
posai OF crops for those who do not
care 60 milk e9 9 ca.
When dalrying, feeding or any 9TH
or branch 81 the livestock industry
has been advocated ln the past the
objection Instantly was raised; What
are we going 20 do In dry years with
a Cot 0f animals on our hands and
the price Of feed 20 hiEhf" The time
I has come when a satisfactory answer
90 this question can be given Dig
] on build silos, and drought will have
/ no tcrrOrs,
A silo h an air-ugNt receptacle for
storing ans preserving green fodder,
and sllage or ensilage is the feed taxi
en- out OF "a Eilo. one definition OF
siage might be that q ~ sauerkraut
for animals. II 10 more like sauer-
kraut than anything else with which
| people generally arc familiar.
When green feed Is fully exposed
% the air ~ dries up; when stored so
that a limited amount OF air can PEN
citrate it, the green fodder moldH and
rots; when the green material with
the water coutainGd la Il to stored
50 that no air can penetrate, fcrmen-
tation takes place in proportion TO
the amount OF air present and the re-
suiting product Is onsilaRc. II h inn
possible 90 shut out an OF the air Ia
| putting material into the silO, but az
/ much as possible is shut cut hy CUT
| ting the crop into short lengths aud
packing the Cut material flrmly The
weight 81 the upper portion aids in
| the packing. The fermentation pro-
duccs acid, When silngo NJ too sour
/ ~ shows that II was not packed tlgnts
ly enough so that too much air was
/ leu in the material IL the material
had been packed very light, II would
have r0ttcd This ID what happens
40 The surface layers; they spoil or
| ~ nrehvee at htsh w. ~ m sNHaptt
o. lose this surface material than 90
iry 20 shut tho air out Of a. A
spoiled layer usually VIII b. found
along the sides Jas II b. difficult 20
make the sides air-iiBht.
spmc ~ the advantages Of the glo
are. lt provides "a cheap way OF sl0r-
ing feed, as a large amount may ho
stored Ia comparatively small
space. X furnishes green succulentI
feed throughout the year. AilOihE|
saves luily 10 per cent mure food ma-
torials Ia the fodder than shocking
boz the field. even when the shocks are