Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-09-06
LARGE PROFIT IN
GOOD DAIRY COWS
Fertile Farms Of Iowa Especi.
ally Adapted to Production
Of Milk and Butter
INDUSTRY TO Be FosTERED
Dairy Cattle Congress and Iowa State
Dairy Association Convention
TO be Big Event


In every industry, and especially
those that have to do with the pro-
duction of human food, there is great
revolutionary movement for the en-
couragement Of more economical pro-
duction. The increase in the value of
land in the middle west and the rela-
lively rapid growth of our population
demands an effort on the part Of every
tiller of the soil to practice more in
tensive farming.
Dairymen, breeders Of dairy cattle
and farmers in Iowa and the central
west realize at this time more than
ever before the necessity of learning
more in regard to dairying. AS com.
pared with other phases of agricul-
ture, intensive and efficient dairy
farming is somewhat Of a new indus
try in the corn belt.
On most farms of this section,
methods used in producing milk and
butter fat are crude when compared
with methods In vogue in older dairy
centers. The farmers deserve no cen
sure for this conditio9 because in the
PAST the cheaper farms, inexpensive
feed and extensive holdings have been
so favorable to making money from
other lines that little regard has been
given the dairy COW. In many in.
stances, to pay off the mortgage the
farmer has been compelled to rob the
fields Of their fertility. He has been
prone to overlook the fact that extern
sive farming and the selling of grain
and hay in their raw state will, in the
course of time, render the land unpro-
ductive.
During the past few years, cOndi-
lions have been changing rapidly.
Land has advanced in price and at the
same time in many vicinities it has
CORRESPONDENCE declined in productive
value. The question now is, How can
land valued at from $125 to 5000 per
acre be farmed profitably?"
The solution Of the problem is to
make use of good dairy COWS. Re-
peated experiments have shown that
good COW is not only a great re-
tainer and builder of soil fertility, but
also the most economical and profita-
BILE producer Of human food.
The methods employed by the most
progressive dairymen Of the state are
doing great deal to improve the
average Iowa cow The introduction
of the Babcock test and scales demon
strates that the poor COW is the
source Of very little profit and in
thousands Of instances the cause of
direct loss.
The proper feeding of balanced ra-
tons and the use of home grown feeds
to large extent has also increased
the productivity Of the average COW.
The increased interest in testing and
feeding results in better care and
usually the construction of comforta-
BILE and convenient quarters for the
herd.
The Iowa State Dairy Association
appreciating the help which a great
dairy show would render them, estab-
lished the Dairy Cattle Congress in
1910. The first attempt to draw the
breeders Of pure bred dairy cattle into
4 section where there is a great de-
mand for their stock proved so sue
cessful that the Dairy Cattle Congress
has been made an annual exhibition.
The 1916 show which will be held
October I'd to Sth inclusive, at Water
100, promises to be much larger than
hose of previous years.