The Holly chieftain., 1917-05-04
COLORADO TO BE A
GREAT DAIRY CENTER
Extracts From Speech OF DR.. HUI
bert Work A Few Days Ago

people when he addressed us few
weeks ago. Some OF the leading
dairy papers of the east thought
well enough of the talk to repro
duce it and we accordingly print it
again in the hopes OF some seeing
/ it who could not attend the meet
ing in person,
hope you. will not; anticipate or
look upon this as an address in any
sense of the word, bdt rather as "a
conference. For ten GEARS have
been greatly interested in the breed
ing of Holstein CATTLE and | have
talked to everyone Who would lis
ten to me on this subject, both in
public and in private,
For several years, T. have firmly
believed that COLORADO, because of
it's climate, it's alfalfa, hay, and its
abundanc of rough feed, is better
adapted to the dairy business than
any other state in the union. I
think very few OF us can realize
what the climate OF Colorado means
in the development d cattle. | be
licve that Colorado is destined to "a
great dairy state. | may believe this
because | have talked it so much
but the more talk It. the more I
believe it. If ! had had any doubt
about this this morning, it would
have been dispelled by my visit to-
day through this valley.
] don't suppose anybody miIks
cows for fun, but sometimes I think
they must milk for ssfnn certainly
not for profit.
Permit me to make-a comparison
which may make the matter, which
/ have in mind, clearer to you Any
one of you who prdStslees milk for
sale, should consider Himself d man
ufacturer. Please get this into your
mind firmly that if you are produc-
ing milk, you are just as much a
manufacturer as anyone who NAV
properly be put into this class.
You may look upon your cows as
plants from which you get fin
ished product The feed and the
raw material which is put into
your COW amounts to the raw ma
terial which goes into manufac-
turing plant. The machinery of
your plant, for putting out the fin
ished product, must he ample. and
it is, therefore, necessary for us to
make brief study of this machine.
Perhaps, because | am a breeder of
HOlsteins, | think it is useless to
buy a COW which does not have ca.
pacity.
We hear that our Jersey friend
produces milk and butterfat more
economically than any other breed.
IT this is true, and if we pursue
this method of reasoning, why
should you not keep a goat? The
more raw material that can be put
into the plant, the more capacity
of working this raw material into a
salable, finished product for the
market. the more likely is your
manufacturing plant to show
profit. When we consider the ma
chine with which we make our pro
duct, then it becomes necessary for
us to determine the kind of ma.
chine or the kind of plant which
we shall elect to use. I believe that
type of breeding is most essential
Dairymen should fix in their minds
the type of COW which represents
the breed which produces. If the
dairyman once fixes this in his
mind, and sees only the type
OF COW which does produce, and
which meets all his requirements
he unconsciously becomes Judge
of cattle.
when you go to stock show
or dairy show,you see the different
Kinds of stock, also the different
types in the different breeds. You
see that different breeds all have y
different type which is necessarily
so, or breed could not be i'm.
proved in any way. Unless the
tyne OF animal is fixed in your
mind which corresponds to your
machine, you will not get very far