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E BRED COWS MAY SOLVE PRESSING MILK SHORTAGE
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A recent experience of mine bears al.
rectly upon this point, and 1t has .
nationwide application.
believing that there was promis-
ing chance to make some money out
Of the production of more milk, I
bought number of grade cows
animals the outcome of crossing an
ordinary COW with pure bred sire
which are better than the usual
native cows. Then I started to feed
them, working gradually up on their
food supply, expecting, of course, that
of milk than was to he looked for
under the average farmers methods
of feeding.
But to my surprise discovered
that the cows would not eat after they
reached a certain stage. and at no
time would eat more than enough to
themselves and to give a
fixed maximum OF milk. The machine,
so to speak, was working to capacity.
and had no fiexibility of effort beyond
that rate.
Better cows Needed.
Now such is not the case with pure
bred cows. for standing alongside Of
these grade animals have some two
year-old hefers, pure bred, easily
worth at least $1,000 apiece, COM
pared with the $3.50 grade, ana what
IL tho difference in performance The
pure bred heifers responded quick:.
and generously to their feeding, and
in ninety days one three-year-old
heller gave $3.50 pounds Of milk,
while Q two-year- ar-old heifer yielded
in sixty days $500 pounds Of milk.
Every one Of those heifers VII be
good for 10000 pounds Of milk N a
year. and in my stables ] have plenty
OF pure bred cows which win gtve
from 10000 to $4,000 pounds Of mink In
the next twelve months. Hero. the
machines. as It were will give an out
put directly proportional to the
amount Of food provided for them. and
they will eat we'll nigh continuously
without physical impairment IL the
food be chosen scientifically.
"The contrast between the average
COW and tire pure bred COW is akin to
the OK cart and the high powered
automobile.
"As see it. the dairy industry OF
this country VIII never be upon a
broadly profitable basis until tho herds
are first brought up to the standard
Of grade cows and then generally sup
planted by pure bred stock This, OF
course, will take time, but 1t IL the
only solution of tho problem that will
make the production OF milk wort
while to the farming fraternity at
large.
AZ present Il 10 vitality necessary
that We keep even the inferior animals
because their milk is needed. To help
the owners OF these cows Is OF mmed-
ate moment. and the first way to d.
this will be to lower the price of cattle
food so that the farmers deficit At tho
end Of tho year will be- as small as
possible.
Now a. to the consumer. Here IN
my city homo am buying milk
don't get It from my farmland I am
charged. depending upon the grade AMI
whether or not it is processed. from
12h to 25 cents, and the milk that
my neighbors up State are getting &
cents q quart for is retailed in Man
quart.
"Franhy. firmly believe It h the
part Of wisdom to utilize existing re-
sources and not to seek to create
others now. Also ! wish to be fair 10
such of tho distributors that are con-
forming to the laws In relation 10
cleanliness, sanitation, &C. The milk
plants of these distributors In New
York city are second to mono in the
world, and the milk is handled In a
superior manner, but must be shown
before can accept the present retail
prices, that 1t actually costs the DIFF
ference between cents and 13 cents
to take milk from the farmer and t.
deliver It at tho doorstep of the urban
consumer. II such be indeed the fact
this should be easily ascertainable"
1t Is information on this point that
the Boston Chamber OF Commerce Is
now seeking. and II Is equally impor-
tant that some such inquiry should la
carried on here. The very life Of n
great industry is at stake-an industry
that IL nationwide.
Milk important as Food.
But there Is something more than
mere commercialism involved In this
milk problem. In concluding its re
port the Boston organization said
with the price of all food much
higher than normal, the public should
realize that the price of milk had ~
advance also. but that even at n con-
| siderably advanced price It Is the
cheapest form OF complete food one
can use. Milk contains practically all
the ingredients necessary to sustain
life, and should be used in every fam
| lily to greater extent to supplement
or to displace other and more cXpen-
sive foods"
II should be remembered that milk
forms the prime part of the diet o.
infants, is very largely essential TO
the proper upbuilding of all children
during the more rapid development OF
their bodies. Is we'll nigh Indispensable
in the feeding of invalids and con
valescents, and is a form of food tina,
can i'll be neglected by large part
of the normal adult population
Milk considered alone from the
standpoint of source OF enerc-
ranks conspicuously high. and this
energy Is technically measured in
units of calories, To make proper
comparison, let us suppose that we
have but 10 cents to spend for energ,
In the form of easily digested food
How shall we spend that money? Prof
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