El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-01-18
agricultural College Bulletin.)

ing session of the fifth days program
OF the New Mexico Farmers and
Home Makers Week, at the New
Mexico College of Agriculture. In a
lecture lasting an hour, the Ell Paso
expert gave the farmers the benefit
Of six years close application to the
business Of caring for and developing
o large dairy farm. In remarks
straight from the shoulder, he told his
audience that in order for a man TO
succeed in the dairy business, he must
remain right on the job, every day In
the year for a number of years.
'aablt, system and discipline are
essential to- success in the dairy bust
ness" Captain Franklin declared. "a
man with a herd of COWS on his farm
can't go off to town and sit on the
court house steps talking politics and
expect to make money from dairy
products. He can't sit on the front
porch, taking it easy in a rocking
chair and expect the COW to milk her
self in some mysterious way. A man
with a herd of dairy cows is tied to
a mans job.
Captain Franklin said that in order
to be a success in dairying, a man
must think cow, talk cow and dream
COW. "a great many people have the
idea, he said, that a cow viii take
care of herself. This is far from the
truth.
"A dairyman will find that it is alb
solutely necessary that he give the
closest personal attention possible to
his herd" continued Captain Frank
lin. ut is the man as much as the
COW. The COW will do her part, but
the man must do his work carefully
and well, using modern methods. A
COW is a creature of habit and should
be fed and MIXED at the same time
every day."
Should Own Cows
Captain Franklin urged the farmers
to keep COWS. Every farmer should
have q herd of cows, for many rea-
sons, the principal one being that
dairying properly conducted is a
money making business. The COW
idea is not being taken as seriously
by New Mexico farmers as it should
be. He declared that the present high
prices demanded for alfalfa and other
feed will not continue indefinitely,
but that the demand for milk and
dairy products will continue for many
Years, SO that the man who makes an
investment in dairy cattle at the pres
ent time aid applies efficiency and
business-like methods in handling the
investment, will hardly fail to make
a profit.
Clean Herds Urged
The elimination of tuberculosis
from cattle was urged by Captain
Franklin, who offered a humble. of ex-
cellent suggestions with reference to
also gave practical advice for hand
ling the scourge after it is discovered
that a herd is infected. He highly
recommended strict enforcement OF
regulations designed to prevent the
spread Of tuberculosis, and urged the
use of the tuberculin test on dairy
COWS twice a year. The tuberculin
test is as necessary to the protection
of the dairyman's herd-and the gen.
eral public-as a police or fire depart
ment is necessary to the proper con-
duct of a municipal government. 1t
is difficult to discover the existence
of the 7. B. germ in a COW by looking
at her, Captain Franklin said. The
biggest, healthiest looking COWS are
very often the ones found to be in
fected. In the event of discovery OF
an infected cow, he suggested that
such COW or COWS be Immediately iso-
lated from the non-inrected animals.
The calves of tubercular cows SHOULD
be taken away from their mothers as
quickly as born, and not permitted to
return to them at any time. The
calves should be fed on pasteurized
milk and will stand a good chance to
escape tuberculosis.
Secretion ct Cows
THAT no person, no matter how
widely experienced IN the dairy or
cattle business, is infallible in picking
out a good COW, was stated by Cap
tain Franklin. He said that it is i'm
possible to tell a good COW by looking
at her, and that he was firmly con-
WINGED of this by his experience in Sc
lection of cows, in which he had been
deceived as to a cows value by its
looks, and "stung," accordingly.
Captain Franklin urged the stand
ardization of herds and said that in
his opinion it will not be many years
until every head of dairy cattle in the
United States will be a thoroughbred.
He said that it does not cost any
more to raise a good COW than a poor
one; that a COW giving 10000 pounds
of milk does not require any more
feed or greater care tnan a COW Civ
ing 5000 or 10000 pounds of milk a
year.
Dairy Future Bright
Concluding his remarks, Captain
Franklin said that the prospects are
extremely bright for the dairy man in
the southwest; that the demand for
milk and milk products is greater
than at any previous time in the past;
and that increased demand means
better prices, which in turn will per-
init the dairy man to expend more
in sanitation methods for the
protection Of consumers; will permit
him to purchase better cows and fur
nish a correspondingly high grade
milk supply to customers.
Farm Sanitation
Farm Sanitation and "Disinfectantsl