Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-27
PRODUCT OF cREAMERiEs or
STATE SHOWS MATERIAL DE-
CREASE FOR YEAR.
DECREASE DUE TO LACK OF
PASTURE IN FALL OF 1914
Surprising Results Obtained From
Tests of Dairy Herds-Many Animals
Being Kept at Actual Loss to Owner
Commissioners Barney Believes
Iowa Has Great Future in Oairyins.
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Special TO Times Republican
Des Moincs, OCT. 27-DepuIy Dairy
Commissioner Ben c. Tiff has just COM
p.eted totasing the returns from a.! OF
the c-eameries for the amount q but
ter made in the year from july l. 1914.
to July !, 1915, and the total numosT
4os pounds is S9,5s4.1$6 pounds. The
total amount OF cheese was .ei4oO
pounds This Is a falling of IN sae
total amount OF butter OF the proceed
ing twelve months OF 5.2Si.l-o Tor n
the twelve months ending July !, 1914
the total amount q butter MADE eE
the creameries OF Iowa was reported as
92.S65,92l pounds.
This falAng off Is due, says Ny LIN.
to the fact tina, the fall Of 1914 was
exceedingly dry and the lack OF pas
turage reduced the milk flow. The
luxuriant pasturage of this summer
season ana fall viii show on the re-
por; of next year as the dairy Office
Computes It's year from July 70
July l.
Fewer But Better Cows.
Comm issioner Barney Is advocating
fewer cows but better ones IS The
results have been obtained where ex-
periments have been carried or 70 de-
terr!!ne The exact amount OF butter
fat given by individua! cows" declares
Comm! ss.o1er Barney. For instance,
the averag5 Worth County COW At the
present time produces i57 pounds OF
butter "a. annually while II number
OF herds tested the bes, averaged 2so
bounds Of fat yer cow while the poor
est gave 32i pounds. Figuring but
ter fat at SO cents per pound and TIE
average cost OF keeping COW al $50
each Of the cows Of Worth county gave
q net profit OF sI2.l9. The best herd
tested gave butter fat valued al $500
per COW, or ret profit Of $3.50 each
ard not pure bred COW in the lot The
poorest herd produced butter fat worth
S15.-2 showing loss Of sl..2s per
COW. Compare these figures with the
butter fat record Of F!nderne Holegtn
Fayne. HolsIein COW which recently
completed twelve months test. Civ
ing 24,6-2 pounds Of milk which con-
tanned Lis pounds of butter fat, which
at 80 cents per pound was worth
s3s4.so.
q Not to Averages High.
Il. is not TO be presumed for an
instant that the average farmer could
come anywhere near duplicating this
record. but q careful study Of results
. covering q period of ten years would
indicate that Iowa has a great future
as a dairy state. Figures obtained from
twenty-oue creameries in Fayette coun-
", indicate that the average butter
fat production per COW has been in
creased forty-one pounds within ten
years while twenty-five Bremen coun-
ty creaneries report figures showing
an INCREASE of fifty pounds per COW for
the same period.
When we consider that these aver
ages cover al entire county and keep
ing in mind that great many far
mers have made little or no effort at
Improvement, these figures indicate a
wonderful development IN certain com
mUnities AS an example OF what IS
a possibility for Iowa, let US consider
the output Of butter IN Bremen coun-
", which amounts to. 3,393.27s pounds
annually making an average o. 1854
pounds per square mile. II the entire
state Of Iowa produced butter at this
rate our annual yield would De 49,
1i9.659 pounds. worth sI26.2I3195 or
mere than four times our present out
put
Buys Wisconsin Farm.
Special 10 Times Republican.
Hampton, OCT pa. W. Monroe,