The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-12-05

Of fundamental importance to sue
cessful and efficient dairying, and to
conduct a highly efficient dairy the
manager must possess, to a great de-
gree, the knowledge, training and
ability to apply these truths. An eff.
cient dairy then truly demands
an educated dairyman
An efficient dairy might be defined
as one on which the things desired
were accomplished. Briefly stated,
from the practical viewpoint, we
would say, one which makes a profit
Efficiency then becomes profit max
Ing, and profit making depends on a
margin between cost OF production
and the selling price Of the products
produced. II it be butter II means
that pound OF butter which sells
from the farm for 80 cents must cost
less than 80 cents to produce it, If
II Is a gallon of milk, which sells for
lS cents, il means the cost Of produc-
ton must be less than IS cents. The
factors entering into the cost of pro
ducing milk or butterfat have been
divided into the following classes:
Labor Of man and horses; feeds, both
purchased and raised on the farm;
depreciation cost of machinery and
equipment, cost Of shelter; general
expenses, interest on investment,
and maintenance Of herd bulls. The
sum Of these various factors repre-
sents the actual cost of maintenance
Of The dairy farm An attempt to tell
In detail how each of these might be
economical or minimlzed would re.
quire a long story Briefly, we will
mention the economy Of using wher-
ever possible the improved modern
equipment such as the gang pillow,
fourhorse harrow and drill the two
row cultivator, the economy of the
silo in feeding, the litter carrier,
manure spreader, mechanical mixer,
cream separator, and the various
other labor saving machinery and
equipment Farming operations to-
day must be placed upon more eco
nomie basis and systematlzed ms is
the operation Of the large manufac-
turing concerns OF our country. To
obtain on many dairy farms today the
margin of profit required for a sue
cessful dairy, either the selling price
Of the products marketed must be in
creased or the cost Of production low
cred The former under the present
economic trade regulations and the
avowed High Cost of Living" is not
likely to be Increased. The latter,
then, is more likely the probable
method Of obtaining greater etiici-
ency. The use Of labor saving machin-
cry and equipment as one factor Of
reducing cost OK production has al
ready been mentioned. Probably
more important and yet more neg
lected factor, is by decreasing the
cost Of maintenance per COW, or BY
decreasing the cost per unit OF pro-
duct by increasing the production
per cow or by both combined.
Each year we note that the Okla
homa dairy farmers are making prog
ress in reducing the cost OF main
tenanee. This has been accomplished
by several means. The production
and use Of more homegrown feeds,
the extensive growing and use OF ~
falfa and cowpea hay, the quite gen.
eral use Of cotton seed meal as
cheap source Of protein, the setting
Of the rougher waste land OF bermuda
grass and the building Of silos, with
the utilizing Of the Indian corn, kaglr,
cane and milo maize crops for slage,
are all evidence Of lowering Of the
cost Of maintenance Of the dairy herd.
Iae building OF better dairy barns for
the prUseeilon Of the dairy herd from
cold, snow, rains. storms and alest