Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1915-02-05
The Texas Industrial Congress will


tive of J1c lirsch and other pro-
gressive men, have already done work
of this kind, of the retail merchants,
stockmen, cottOnsecd crushers, COM
mcrcial secretaries in the cities, lum-
brrmen, and forward looking men of
every profession and business, 10
make the movement toward Il more
profitable and intensive agriculture
.iuic- wide along the lines set forth
in the Moser plan. lis proposed ac-
iiVitics are indicated in the descrip-
iion of the plan, and it may be said
that this plan, providing not only n
method whereby the animal and
equipment mny be- secured and dairy
ing begun. but maintaining super
wishing care over the progress of the
various dnirying associations TO the
end that the guarnntors shall he
made safe and the maximum of prof
H. will accrue Ia the dairymcn. has
never before been attempted in any
other party of the country. This is
II plan which il entirely new, in 50
far H. its Limitations. are concerned,
and there IL no question but that it
will be- II most successful undertake
ng If the necessary cooperation is
secured from the business men of
the various communities. No com
munity of farmers il more progress
i've than IL bankers and leading bus
mess men. and the success of the
Moscr plan, or any other means
whereby the farmers are To be given
opportunities for progress and adj
vunccmcnt rests upon the leadership
uf the local business men.
l. New Mexico really II dairying
state! This is II question that
should receive much consideration in
connection with the promotion of
dairyine through Moser plan of CO.
operation by the business men and
farmer. II New Mexico cannot pro-
ducc butter fat aud other dairy prod
uri- at II cost less than the Wiscon-
sin or Illinois cost plus the freight
charge from these states to New
Mexico, then II cannot even hope to
produce butter fat for the home mar
krt and II our cost If production is
not low enough to allow our dairy
products 10 compete with the output
Of the present dairyine states in the
great butter markets ut II profit Ia
our farmers equal Ia or greater than
the profit On cotton or other crops,
then there can be no considerable
dairyinc in New Mexico because the
most profitable crop always crowds
ont the less profitable.
II Is important to examine the fac
tors that enter into successful dairy
ing in New Mexico and see where we
stand not only rs to the cost of pre-
durtion in dairying in other states,
hut in comparison with growing other
crops II our own state.
The factors To- be compared are
cost of feed. freight charges and the
rosl of labor, of which the cost of
iced j. by far the most important.
The center of butter production pret-
" closely approximate the center Of
cheapest feed supply. unless there j.,
II special reason 10 the contrary.
The farmers of New York state are
in some eases being driven out of
butter production bv the competition
Of the Middle West, for although
they receive II higher price for their
butter, the cost of feed is 81 much
greater IN comparison with the fepsN
cost in the Middle West that their
profits are reduced Ia degree thar
many Of them hardly make laborers'
wages.
Can New Mexico produce feed Tor
dairy animals as chcaply as Kansas
or Minnesota!
Unfortunately, the 1913 Yearbook
of the United States Department Of
elNf~ llb lIii TN the tusf
of producing the field crops that New
Mexico must use for dairy feed In
Iowa, Kansas and other great butter
states these feeds are generally corn
~ila"c. rotionSced meal and alfalfa
or clover hay. The average Of corn
production in Iowa in the l9lO-Iql3
period was 10 bushels per acre. worth
-l6 cents n bushel. IN Texas the NV
craze was 1884, bushels worth -
cents. In Iowa the average price AZ
butter in 1919 was 27.3 cents pcr
pound; in Texas il was 22.S cents.
hut the Texas butter was generally
Of the inferior grade known rs
"country butter" while the Iowa
product was mostly creamery butter
New Mexico can produce as good
butter rs Iowa if il will. In Iowa.
according To these figures. it would
take | = Dounds of butter In huv N