The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-02-04
DAIRY MEETING
DRAWS CROWD
APPLE GROWERS TOLD TO FARM
I. B. Fits and c. N. McAlliSter Deliver
Addresses Apples Said to be Good
Cow Feed


The prevailing strong interest in the
Hood River valley in such industries as
that of dairying and hog raising, forms
of diversified farming, closely allied
with the predominant business of apple
growing, was shown by the large at
tendance at Saturdays meeting at the
Commercial club, when the assembly
hall was well filed by orchardists from
all parts Of the valley. The chief ad-
dresses Of the day were made by Z. b.
Fits, dairy expert from Corvallis,
and G. NJ. McAllister. special represen-
tative Of Portland Union Stock yards.
MIR. Fits remarks were directed
toward the scientific problems of feed
ing for milk production. His address
was illustrated by charts showing the
relative value of different grains. .silage
and rOughage stuffs.
During the course Of his lecture he
stated that apples were a good COW
feed. The value of apples for dairy
cows" he said, 'is little more than
half that of corn ensilage. ] have had
many ask me If apples would cause
milk production to cease. They will
not. They are good for cows. How
ever, ! have no doubt. if COW got into
an orchard, that she would eat so much
of the fruit that her digestive organs
would be upset and milk would STOP"
Paragraphs of advice given growers
at Saturdays meeting. appear below:
Give the COW all the rough feed abe
will eat. clover hay, alfalfa, vetch. etc.
There is no better feed than silage.
preferably corn siage. Il will keep in
definitely. A farmer recently got to
the bottom of his silo after il had been
in use for Ia years. The old silage,
while slightly discolored. was relished
by the cows apparently as much as the
| fresh.
Beet pulp, at S35. compared with
other high priced feeds at the present
time, is one of the cheapest foods the
COW man can buy. II should be fed
with oil or alfalfa meal.
II is we'll to allow cows TO freshen in
the fall. A point of vantage 10 that
the COW will quit giving milk at the
time of the year when pastures are be-
coming poor, and thus the dairyman
will get the benefit of her milk at the
best times of the year.
When a farmer has eight or more
cows, the construction of silo will be
profitable. Concrete silos, although
they cost good deal more for original
construction, are cheaper in the long
run.
A sio can be sealed easily by cover
ing the top with oats. These seeds
quickly germinate. and the roots seem
to thoroughly seal the silo.
Cows should always be kept comfort
able. Ii is a good idea to blanket them
to keep off flies.
The latter advice is said by j. F.
Mclean to be ideal. II have doubled
the quantity of cows milk in the
winter time without increasing her
food allowance, by keeping her warm
and comfortable with an old blanket
be says.
Mr.. Fits was followed by Mr.. Nc
Allister, who said he had come here as
a result of letter written by Kenneth
Mckay to the Union Meat Co. 81 he
letter was turned over to the Portland
Union Stock Yards with the request
that | attend the meeting" said MIR.
McAllister. 81 feel like an interloper,
for this is dairy meeting. Yet dairy
ing and hog raising go hand in hand.
"This year is the small farmers op-
portunity. Wheat growers. with the
price of grain rising, have stopped
every hole in their bins to keep pig
from getting a grain. They are selling
off all the hogs, even the little fellows.
| was at Bend the other day and some
40 pound pigs came on the market.
They will be ready to pay good prices
for breeding stock again before long.
and it is going to be up to the small
farmer to furnish it to them.
"Let the small farmer have COW or
two and some hogs and good woman
to keep him going and you cant break
that man.
Mr.. McAllister told of how the Port.
land Union Stock Yards had instituted
campaign to increase hog raising out
, in the Pacific northwest. An agency
was formed in the middle west for the
purpose of purchasing thoroughbred
brood sows. These animals, with the
cooperation of local banks and newspa-
permen, were placed in all northwest.
ern communities. The shipment OF
hogs from Nebraska, business that
, had formerly taken millions OF kdollarS
! out of the country, stopped.
! while the apple is all right, said
Mr.. McAllister, ''the northwestern
/ communities have used it too much.
, "Get out your publicity booklets, il
you will, and put big red apple OF
the front page, but on the second page
put a big red hog and on the third 6
r big red COW. If the tree is not giving
: satisfaction, let's pull it out, and turr
|. our soil to advantage"
, Mr.. McAllister advised growers Il
/ choose the breed of hog liked beet, but
J. not to cross breeds.
I He called attention to the offer nov
T being made to the school children o.
!. the state to furnish them with brooC
; sows. He commended the movement
!. 'If any one desires to know more o.
q this movement" he said, "they ma
: secure all information by writing th'
!. Portland Union Stock Yards, Portland