La Junta tribune., 1917-12-20

even when grain IL high. A COW rs-
| auires no much to keep her alive.
Suppose COW gives 40 pounds Of
milk per day. Suppose you cut on
the feed. You Will lower the rro-
dpction somewhere. and she cuts on
the milk end. You can cut down
the feed until she gives only 20
pounds. In order 10 get 40 pounds
OF milk you must buy another COW
and also feed her maintenance ration
In addition to the feed required to
produce milk. II is not economy to
use two machines TO do the work
that can be done by only one.
The average production In CoIora-
DO Is ls5 pounds OF butter fat per
year. This should be increased 10
| 400 pounds per year. II Is ques-
ton OF Inheritance. Weigh your milk
and see whether you are feeding
more milk than the returns Justify.
The man on dry land has dif-
ferent problem from the man on ir-
rigatrd land, You cant make pro-
tcin from starch and fat and you
must have protein feed for the dairy
COW. The dry land farmer has kafir
and milo grain and fodder. He IL
feeding one TO ten ration---oue
part protein To ten OF starch. where
as she ought to have one part pro.
tein TO five OF starch. Probably the
cheapest form OF protein for YOU il
cotton cake. IL runs from 40 to so
per cent eso,ein
Calves are raised SUCCESSFULLY in
eondensary districts without any
milk whatever. but I do not advise
this for you who are new at the
game. | believe you ought to feed
milk until the calves are about two
months old, replacing the skim milk
gradually with prepared calf feeds.
There are just two things to calf
feeding. One Is no, TO over feed and
feed at the same about
a body temperature. Use a ther.
mometer n doesn't paw to raise the
steer calves. The feed is worth more
put into heifer calves and dairy COWS
However. here there Is proper
range for them !, is profitable to
raise them ! attended the eonden-
sary meeting here several years syo.
held In the basement of one of your
churches and have since watched
with intercs, the srouth Of the dairy
business in your community.
Walter PaEe. OF Libby. Mcneil
& Libby condensinr Company. was
the next speaker aud in par, spoke
a. follows
Friends i call you friends. be-
cause A. Ne are nov located With
you, Ne consider that We are part
% this community. am on. OF a
committee OF five handling the mink
o, the United States for the army.
the Red CrOss and the Belrians I
believe IL Is worthy OF every man.
woman Ana child dong their part IN
supplying the milk 'or the work, IS
peciAlls in supplying mflk for the
relief Of Delsialn aud Northern
France The United States govern
meni loans the Belgian government
seven Ant hair million dollars per
month and France five million. At
pr~s"n, there are dependent on the
relief commission T.aea .eaa partly
dependent aHa a.yeeyees absolutely
tepenaeat The manufacturer are
tsrnisains seee. eco uAus ot nuk
each month snt no; ore droa Of this
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