The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-05-06
w II GOLD TALKS ON EASTERN DAIRY
CONDITIONS AND ALSO PURE BREEDING

the females. Many of his young cows
brought from $500 to $500 piece; one
of them $3.50, having made very good
record.
Mr.. Kellner urged his neighbors
very strongly to go into pure breds
after the sale was over, and we believe
his advice was good one, as we spent
five or six weeks trying to find just
few carloads of desirable animals. 1t
is very evident that the dairy industry
is bound to increase, and that the price
of good dairy COW that will return to
a farmer $3.50 a year, won't decline
very much. When this dairy cow is
pure bred and will return 500 a year
and upwards in addition to its off
spring, it is easily to be seen why a
cow from $3.50 to $500 can prove a
frst-class investment.
We found buyers from Ohio, New
York and from various states in the
union skirmishing around for Holsteins
just as we were, and we believe that if
so farmers in Redwood County would
start to breed pure bred Holsteins at
once with modest herds that within
five years this county would be over
run with buyers from the West. Many
OF the buyers from the Pacific coast
stated to US that they greatly prefer to
BUY IN Minnesota, and had practically
cleaned up everything around North
field that the breeders would price, but
were obliged to go East to purchase.
They say that the Minnesota cattle
are freer from tuberculosis, and that
larger, healthier cattle can be pur-
chased here than in the East. The
large number of small cows in New
York state is very noticeable. We
found in many instances, cows that
were of mature age, were no larger
than yearling stuff we have raised here
in Redwood County.
We attended large dairymen's sale
of registered cattle at Syracuse, New
York, 800 head were sold in three days,
contributed by Is or 20 different breed
ers. An eight-year old cow who had
recently made record of Al lbs. but
ter in seven days topped this sale at
$1,000, having been bought by an ILL
nois man. Some Is or 20 cows who
had made records of 80 lbs butter per
week, sold from $500 to $4,000 piece.
The buyers of course of cows at these
prices are all breeders of years expert
ence, who buy these high record cows
to increase the value of the offspring
in their own herd. A great many high
ly bred yearling males were sold in the
sale, bringing $1,000 to $4,000 each.
These also went to old-time breeders.
A man by the name of Jas. Anderson
from New Jersey had purchased cow
at Casanova, New York three years
previous, paying $500 for same. She
had never been tested, he made rec
ord of 33 lbs. of butter in 7 days with
her and sold her in this sale, including
two male calves, one two months old,
and the other year old for $4,000.
This is merely indicative of the ex-
IRENE interests shown in the registered
Holsteins.
With good care, person can make
no mistake in buying any good regis
tered COW at fair price. She will
yield handsome returns. But back of
all this is the possibility of making a
great record and secure a little for
tune from perhaps just one or two ami
mails.
We were greatly interested in the
roads through New York state. About
six years ago the state of New York
starting to build macadamy roads,
costing about $4,000 to $4,000 per mile.
They find that at the end of four or
five years, these roads became SO badly
cut and rutty, so to speak, that they
are obliged to. repair them. We drove
over a road in Jefferson County, New
York last June which was in this con-
ulLlOIl, anu COIltIdCL 1OI ISpdiI IiiC
road was let for $4,000 per mile. This
was done last fall. We went over the
same road the latter part of April and
found that it was again beginning to
wear down. This shows that the high
priced roads are very apt to be very
expensive luxury.
We found a number of roads con-
structed on the lines of our present So
called state roads, costing about $1,000
per mile, and the general concensus of
opinion was that this was the best and
cheapest road, as it could be repaired
constantly by the use Of road trucks
and a little gravel. So we are more
| than convinced that our own state is
headed in the right direction on this
road proposition.
In Ohio we saw good many roads
paved with brick, that is, about 20 #.