The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-01-26
NEED Of DA|RY|NG
IN TENNESSEE TO
STOP MONEY 0UTG0
COW LEADS IN CONVERTING
HER FEED TO HUMAN
FOOD.
IMPROBABLE IN The STATE
No Denger of OverproductIon of Mix
and Butter as Population ls In
creasing More Rapidly Than the
Number of Cows In Nation.
iBy Capt. T. F. Peck, Commissioner
of Agriculture.)

tBy capt. L. r. feCh, OoinIuiSoioHCi
of Agriculture.)
Dairying is needed in Tennessee
rot only to stop the large streams OF
money that are yearly being sent out
of the state for the various dairy
products, but for the more important
question of soil fertility. The Gairy
COW with her manure helps to solve
this great problem as side line, and
as main line gives ready money
from the sale of her products with
which to build up and maintain the
farm in other ways.
The cow leads all farm animals in
her power to convert feed crops into
human food. For every 100 lbs. or
digestible matter she consumes, she
returns 139 TBS. of milk, the hog re,
turns rs lbs of dressed pork for an
equal amount, and the steer 83 lbs. of
dressed beef. So much for this side
of the COW.
Dairying as carried on in Tennes-
see, is not as profitable as it should
be, due to several causes, every one
yf which can be remedied or remov-
ed by the farmer.
Poor cows are the curse of the
dairy industry and their existence is
due to either the carelessness or
negligence Of their owners. The
average production of the cows OF
the United States is 800 lbs. of lnilk
and $50 lbs. of butter fat. rs per
cent of these cows do not pay for
their board, and rs per cent. just
break even, SO you see only so per
cent is left for profit making. No
dairyman should be satisfied to keep
cows that do not average 5000 lbs.
of milk or from $50 to 800 lbs. of
butter fat Any dairyman who has
been keeping cows six or eight years
and has not this average has fallen
snort of his possibilities and has lost
profit that might have been obtain
ed An average of 1908 Southern
cows produced 4,212 IDS. milk ana
213.4o lbs. butter fat. The average
Of the 10 best gave S,641.8 lbs. milk
and 465.33 lbs. butter fat, while the
average of the 10 poorest gave only
a05.S lbs. milk and Alta lbs. butter
fat Don't smile, for in this number
are some Tennessee cows.
There's no excuse for poor cows.
The remedy is simple and inexpen-
sive. Record sheets, scales, and BAD
cock tester and their intelligent use
will solve the problem. Daily
weights of milk from individual COWS
with monthly fat tests and approx
mate weights of feed will separate
the profitable from the Improbable,
the good from the bad, and this rec
ord work is the only way on earth
that these separations can be in
telligcntly made. If you are not do
ing this work to find out the cost
and profit of each COW in your herd
you are neglecting one of the fInda-
mental principles of successful dairy
ing and are robbing yourself of pro-
fiji. Take an example of what Geor-
eia dairyman accomplished by two
years of this work. He raised the
average production of his herd, 257
lbs. Of milk and 1886 lbs. of butter
fat, and the average profit per cow
1880. Does it pay? Ask common
sense.
Cows of large production should
be- given more than cows giving less.
Tnis applies to grain feed. They
should have all the rampage they
will eat UP clean. The feeding prob
lem in Tennessee is not a hard one
for almost everything for good ra-
ton can be grown on the farm. Pea
vine hay, clover hay, COW beans, corn
stalks, and silage can be grown in
abundance and give variety of
rampage unexcelled.
Over production in dairy products
= need not be feared. The ten years
ending 1910 showed that the human
.population had increased 20.7 per
cent, while the cow population In
creased only 20.3 per cent. There is
only one COW to every AZ people.
And again if cows are so bred that
they will give more and more milk,
and the feed for them raised ON land
which increases its yield every milk
will be produced cheaper and cheap
er. Take the average production of
800 lbs. milk and $50 lbs. butter fat
and compare il with tn worlds re-
cord of over 300 lbs. milk and near
" 1000 lbs. butter fat. There is