The Parker post., 1913-05-03
WILL ADDRESS
THE DAIRYMEN
GOVERNMENT EXPERT TO TELL
PALO VERDE RANCHERS HOW
TO IMPROVE LOCAL DAIRY
CONDITIONS ON MAY. g.

BLYTHE, Calf, April 3O.-A
meeting of ranchers interested
in the dairy business will be held in
Blythe On May 8 at which time War
rem B. Thurston, government dairy
man, will be present and talk on
dairying and butter4making.
Mr.. Thurston was in the valley
several weeks ago and handed local
| ranchers much valuable information
relative to handling cream and get
ting best returns and at that time
the Blythe Creamery officials ar
ranged to have him return in May
when all those interested would be
present at meeting
The fact that many farmers in the
valley will be starting dairy herds
within the next few months with
little or no experience in this in
dustry makes it especially important
that they should be present at this
meeting. Mr.. Thurston spends his
entire time travelling up and down
the state visiting creameries and
studying conditions and he is in a
position to give out much that will
be of value regarding dairy methods
and operations.
During his Last visit Mr. Thurston
| stated that he believed there was
a bright future for this valley as
Dutter-producing dictrict and he con-
siders it important that the most
scientific methods be installed on the
start.
HoIsteins Best Cows
To the man who is about to ell
gage in dairying, we would say: ICON
slider the matter carefully and start
right. -. X -.~..n. ;.s.-l ...-.- 49,.
In SO doing there are three funda-
mental principles which must not be
lost sight Of and which will spell
success or failure for the beginner.
according to his inclination to either
follow or ignore them. They are:
Profitable COWS, an abundance OF sue
culent feed and proper equipment. l
shall address myself in this article
particularly the subject of building
UP herd of profitable cows. A man
may be ever so lavish in feeding his
herd and bestoW upon it the best of
care and attention, and yet fall far
short of success if he persists in
keeping a herd of native or scrub
cows They will consume his feed
but return little if any profit at the
milk pail and he will find no market
for his surplus stock except at pre-
valing cheap prices. Therefore the
fundamental and all-important quest
ion for him to solve at the very out
set is: (which is the most profitable
breed for the dairy?"
There are four great recognized
breeds Of dairy cattle. They are the
Holstein1Friesian, the Jersey, the
Guernsy and the Ayershira Hol-
stein-Friesian is the oldest of all
dairy breeds and has been bred and
developed in Holland for thousands
of years
1t is the largest of these four we'll
recognized breeds, while the Jersey
is the smallest. All of them have
proven themselves profitable in the
dairy, but the Holstein-Friesians have
clearly demonstrated their superiority
ion of both milk and butter, and it
is noteworthy fact that all the
worlds records for the production OF
both milk and butter from one to 365
days is held by Holstein-Friesian
COWS. Think of COW producing 1876
pounds of milk in one day, and
another producing 3767 pounds of
butter in seven days These are both
worlds records and both are held by
Holstein-Friesian COWS.
How can the dairyman or breeder
of limited means build UP herd of
profitable COWS from a herd of native
or scrub COWS and increase the milk
and butter production of the herd?
The answer is, by the constant use
of pure bred bull of one of the we'll
recognized dairy breeds. In no other
way can he achieve the desired re-.
suits so quickly and so cheaply for
the average dairyman or farmer has
not the means to buy herd of pure.
bred cattle outright. The use of
pure bred bull will result in an ever