La Junta tribune., 1917-05-03
Uniformity Of Breeding Best

II has been only little over two
years since We toured the rural dis
tricts OF this county in search Of ma
terial for an Industrial Edition eI-
traordinary. At that time the dairy
industry was just making its infant
growth. During the time that has
elapsed since then. the growth OF
this important branch OF agriculture
has been almost remarkable. and an
industry of this character. once fair
ly started. has come TO stay But as
IL grows larger and more important
this one feature assumes importance,
and that is the dcslrability OF all
the farmers in this section getting
together and breeding the same
breed OF cattle. This would be diff
ficult. perhaps. and would take some
,ime TO accomplish but Il has been
done In other places and could be
done here with profit. Practically
the only difficulty OF great import
ance. would be to overcome the pre-
iudice OF the various dairymen in ia
yor OF a particular breed Some
would prefer IIolstein. some the Jer-
sey. others the Guernsey and SO on
All are good breeds. but We are not
arguing In favor OF any particular
breed which We favor. All get to-
gether and unite on some breed OF
cattle, the breed that appears most
suited to the conditions OF this val
ley, and then every farmer raise that
breed OF cattle
The advantages of such course
are many and important II would
make practicable the successful op-
Grafton OF cooperative bull associa-
tions. enabling the small dairyman.
~ well as the man who operates on
8 larger scale. to secure the use of
a pure-bred bull at reasonable cost.
Then there Is the advantage In
selling. Right now. IL Is true. We are
importing cows for dairy purposes.
bu, the time should come when there
would be good COWS for sale. Now.
good buyer. the kind OF buyers
We would want in this community
knows what he wants. and he Will
go where h. can get II. Suppose
for example. man wanted several
car loads of high grade Holst.ins.
suppose also that only eigh, or ten
farmers here raised good Hoisteins
and the rest all had something else.
The buyer nigh, by some accident
learn OF these few cows for sale.
and come after them. but he would
not be likely to. He would 80 where
he was certain OF getting the Kind
OF cattle he wanted and as many OF
them as he desired Now. In such
n case. n every farmer In the county
vas breeder OF high.grade Hoi.
stcinsit would not be very long un-
~ the buyers would know tha, otero
county was the place TO 20 to pur.
chase 1Ioisteins. or whatever breed
would take prc-eminence In such a
case. That IL the reason people go
TO Wisconsin and pay tho freight for
that long haul instead Of going
around over their adjacent territory
and taking chances on getting the
number and quality OF cows they
wani-in one case they arc sure and
In the other case they are doubt.
fui.
There are other advantages. but
space forbids their enlargement Just
nov. The same thing that II true
Of cattle. 10 true Of horses. A. long
~ there are four different breeds
Of horses IN the valley. there viii. Of
course, b. progrsss mads. - thsrs
has bssa II the Dast. but The proerees
wil1 not - - great - 4 would ~
n all beoe1sss esoesleel unlfornely
- hnnaHomw $1,000 4. 49, -