La Junta tribune., 1917-12-20

forced into the dairy business. The
dairy Industry II not 4 quick way
10 riches. but It Ii sure way TO
prosperity. road the other day the
crop report OF the Fort Lyon Canal.
I Alfalfa yielded only two tons per
acre. Brcts L. tons per acre. the
average for Colorado beSug ish
tons. hut you take the man who
Is dairying and putting the manure
on his land is raising from IS to 20
mcr up here AT Fowler told me the
other day that a neighbor had the
nerve to offer him 81 per ton for his
manure, and he refused the offer.
when Ne ship our alfalfa nay II us
uslly goes to some dairy country
They pay your price. pay the COM
mission man his profit. pay the
freight charges and feed 1t TO dairy
cows under no more favorable CON
ditions that you have here. They
are building up their land to the cy-
tent YOU have torn down yours II
y, had to pay the price for feftil-
tEer the New York farmer does. It
would cost you 1850 for the fer.
tiliEins material found In ton OF al
talfa You feed that on your farm
and your farm gets better, II you
ship ton OF oats you lose about
sso II YOU had TO buy the fcrtil-
isins material contained In the oats
Denmark a, one time was so poor
that they could not raise enough TO
feed themselves, They were ship
ping their crops out OF their coun-
try, They wen, to dairylns and
worked up 10 tho point where they
could not raise enough feed for their
own cattle and they got 10 shipping
IN feed Ercry time they shipped
In corn or co,tonSeed meal. they
scrr building m their land That
accounts Tor the prosperity OF Den
mark. and also OF Wisconan Wis.
consia last wear had - condensar-
les, ss3 orcameries and s,s1s cheese
factories In Wisconsin, there are
some times lee cheese factories in
one county one county had three
condrnsaries What dairpiuE is do
INK Tor other countries 1t will do
/ for rs
Ne sre too prone 10 figure our
proti, from the cream cheek alone
When Ne feed dairy COWS we are
often feeding crops that could be dts
posed ~ in no other way. We may
feed other crops but We are teitins
fun value from them aud in Addi-
uon Nc arr building up our farms
We call Colorado mining state, Il,
Is a miniug state from more than
one Standpoint. Too often Ne are
mining our soil, We have not so,
10 the point where Ne can not make
a living without the dairy COW. but
80 have 80, to the POini where We
can make a whole ,ot better living
sits the sairy COW These are just
fev points why the Santa re Rail
SaN Company Libby. NeNeill 4
Lieby and the State hgriealturSl
Collesc Arc ursins this work
Mr RAiner vas followed hy Mr..
Norton, state dAiry commissioned.
~he ssias
You and I arr az sAr with the
German people Il has scsn sAia ey
the eity mar ttAi the farmers sre
sC, doins their part tn supporting
sur soycrum~at 10 this var. but I
helieve that the farmers As whole
trr going 10 50 thcir part. MA, is
ttc psrt ~ the aairymAn in this
sAr' 7 ~Ant - sAy this. thar in sup
Plytus the canarss4ry. as y0u VII
ecrc- wa oould %, Do any mO-s
Dairy prS.uc,s are rsrisAAeie
most permanent fozE tsey can he
iEu, inie Is con3easca Snd put iato
The can
Mat e the tu'rrv q tsc aairy
Scsincss' I long a. Q, In ,his way.
10 ttc tSru' t. vcrth ANYTHING a.
sustp.ss II Is eortA huutins Tor
rtstiu-e iu hauains TIE ar-a yop
srv h-iittaS home Noa sanr
Z rs'iHt &C. Ary aAi1s cOuauuai,, thsi
has ucs hess prosFsr0as rse Ouy
isiry co=zuaitic. tAAt ~ez; 90, %
hrsuess scrv those shAi ucrs oc=-
Felici 90 60 - 81 scccart g a
sacrtasc 81 Ahoy n wa uant 10
.tsy ir thr essres. ySa Aavs 50,
20 usufr Tse amount 81 ias.c- +
z-artaalS ne sS=s Co. . Pco- cs~
- n b. tSy rS>a CIV Noa AZ
Fof-s 90 csas,ser The tcrs yos ya,
iuie tAaS Wv rae ursi p-iselsis
uttA rorar1 10 ttotlss i - ,ece M
eyail, whns 5r~s-,szfts N-e wne-r
~ arc se~, a is pretty sa-a 70