Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-17
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luth by W. r. Schiliing. NosthAs11
prelident Of the Minnesota otat4
Dairymen's Association. Mr.. Schillino
said:
ITO my mind the farmer 10 conaglx
tuted about the same ~ bankers aA4
any other class Of citissns. and No -
most interested In the kind Of farmino
that win give him the largest net re-
turns for the amount OF energy and
capital expended. Now the back 70
the farm movement will b. spasnodi0
and short lived II tho farmer can NOT
receive q proft on hia labor. energy
or capital invested. and the !irst prop-
osition. then. that confronts those Wh0
are assisting In the development work
Is to interest themselves from the
financial standpoint. There y ahso-
lutely no trouble getting mon interest-
the investment II good. money for ~
development will be plentiful.
Dairy Cow orsa3sst Fsstsr.
1.-THE easy method Of farming. that
Of robbing the soil OF III fertility by
constant cropping Of the small cereals
must be supplanted by more ecien-
the or common sense method. that OK
crop rotation and liberalization. All
admit that this IL the surest method
OF conservation. but when 1t comes to
making the most out OF tho various
crops grown In q profitable and suc-
cessful rotation some differ. tho the
good business farmer must admit that
the greatest factor In development OF
agriculture along progressive and
profitable lines 10 the dairy COW. Hues
you may ask why? Simply because
the good dairy COW consumes large
amount OF roughage that has comparA-.
lively small market value aud converts
II into money, and she ID doubly . 0odss
send to the farmer who 10 living on the
land depleted In fertility. 40 she cons
yerts his product into cash. and by
reason Of the manure. and skim milk
left ON the farm she leaves It In batter
condition than before her coming.
II have in mind the value OF the
COW as a soil builder from actual ex.
perience. My farm was q rented farm
for many years.. had never grown
clover, and grain was sold ut the ele-
yator az q means Of making the farm
return something to Its owner and oc-
cupant. Some OF the Acids had %.
come very low in fertility and humus
was badly needed. This half-section
farm had carried not ., exceed twenty
head OF livestock &c. over twenty
wears. and the result was the 0ghs
places became lighter and larger until
it was not Offering . great deal 20 Is
owner rs an Investment. rented tno
farm for ten years on a cash baSiss
800 a month III advance. There were
1852 acres under cultivation with TWEEN
ty three acres OF this almost SOLO
quack grass. The balance or the Ian0
was In hillside pasture. creek bottoms
brush and woodland. MY hFst year
threshing from the 1872 acres IN small
grain. barley. wheat and oats. Wa
1855 bushels. or trihe less than ni-
teen bushels per acre. This was quite
largely wheat I had twenty acres o.
corn. I brought to the farm thirty
seven head OF pure-bred Holstetn-
Friesian cattle, and the corn was AL
put into the silo and bran bought Tor
a concentrate feed for the cows. About
fourteen acres OF part timothy An0g
red top mixed with June grass ana
slough hay and straw supplied the dSy
roughage.
Change In Eight Years.
"Edgh. wears have passed. clover and
alfalfa hive been introduced. livestock
to the number Of 100 head 10 kept on
Of oats per acre on forty three acres.
forty six bushels OF barley per acre on
sixty acres, and twenty-five bushels o.
wheat per acre on thirty I'VE acres was
the farm yield. Every held WAS covered
with manure once In four years ana
some oftener. The past winter enough
manure was made on the farm to cover
by top dressing 40 acres.
II spoke OF the twenty-three acres OF
ouack grass and do not want to pass
without again referring to II. One.
nalf was subdued In the past two years
and last year after the hay had been
taken of In June 1t was Immediately
plowed and disced and worked thor.
Gully all summer. The last thing be-
fore Pressing In the fall It was AGAIN
plowed and allowed TO remain fouEh
thro the winter. The treatment was
very severe and In tho spring It was
continuously disced and narrowed untE
Juno ~, when It was planted to fodder
corn and now. at this writing. July I.
the corn will average eight inches IN
height at the crown and the leaves are
by actual measurement from eleven to
seventeen inches high. This is the most
remarkable growth OF fodder corn
have ever seen or heard OF and must
say the old COW must receive credit
for this great growth as this field was
twice manured in the past year while
subduing tho Quack. And / want TO
say that there is not a visible spear OF
ouack in the held today.
Cows "oesd Company"
II would urge dAiryils in every Sec
ton OF Minnesota and most especially
in the northern section. where there 10
an abundance OF good clover land.
Where you ma good dairy cows you
ind tho best class Of farmers becauss
the COW. to do her best. must have In.
telligent care. The fact that tho COW
il present on tho farm mean that the \
farmer must diversity his crops and
rotate to feed her and by 10 doing he
greatly increases the producing power
OF his farm. This last achievement
comes automatically and without spe-
cial effort.
THE cow bears still another fela-
tionship to progressive agriculture IN
that she teaches industry which 10 In ,
concrete form good citizenship. The
boy or girl who 10 taught to care for
the cows as they should be will have
formed habits Of industry. thrift and
gentleness that are OF untold value to
them all thru life. and have often
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