The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-31
Concerninq the IIolstein Calf Club.

' Kansas. At least that is what the l public press proclaimed him when he was elected president of thd ! Kansas Dairy Association. Mr Ems also is director of the Harvey County Farm Bureau, President of the Farmers Institute, dairyman | Holstein breeder and a booster for Kansas and America in general.
 Mir. Ems gave this explanation of why he changed from general farm ing to dairying;
 q lived in Oklahoma when butter sold at cents a pound, eggs at 3la cents a dozen; and mighty few pur- chasers of this farm produce even at those figures. l had five cows, few hens, lots of courage and the 1 ambition to succeed in farming. 1 weathered the period of low prices and hard times when the majority of my neighbors who were grain farming failed, mainly because stuck to my cows. Here it was that | got my first hint concerning the possibilities of milk farming.
 My happy hunch that the cows were the best bet came as a result of COW trade. I had good COW which my brother wanted Finally sold the animal to him for thirty five dollars, which was ten dollars | premium over what common cows were selling for at that time. My J brother kept that COW until she was eighteen years old, when he sold her for sixty-nve dollars. She was an exceptional cow He was a good 1 feeder"
 Have you always kept Hol- steins?"
 l - used to keep Jerseys, he said.
 A trip to the state agricultural col lege with my son at a time when one of the cows in the herd there was producing eighty-eighi pounds of milk a day won me over to the i black and whites. The result which have gained with Holsteins have shown that the visest move I ever made occurred when l substituted milk cows for butter cows in my dairy"
 'The Farm Bureau brought in some grade and pure bred Holstein cows last winter, which the local banks paid for, accepting notes from boys and girls who wanted to 1 take one of the cows and enter a i production contest My son paid $500 for a pure-hred COW. He sold her calf for Si50, She viii yield a net income of close to S200 above feed costs during the first twelve months she is milked
 My ambition is to keep forty-two mature cows on forty-two acres. l have maintained as many as thirty head of grade and pure-bred Hol- steins on the farm without trouble, and when feed prices are adjusted once more l intend to expand my milk-productions.
 Under normal conditions the feed cost of keeping COW for one year in my herd ranges from sixty l five dollars to seventy-flye dollars The average animal yields S200 worth of milk year, or a net re- return above the cost of feed of { ssi225 to Si35 an animal. have one pnre-bred and one grade Holstein which each produce over i6,00C pounds of milk year, while the av- ] craze yield of the herd is 10000 1 had hoped to increase this record 1 Co l2,000 pounds this year, but the ! oNhorbitant prices of feed and the increased cost of production inter- fered.
 "Hulda, one of my best COWS made a net profit of 36A3 over her cost of fed in one month recently when she nilked 655 pounds of milk daily"
 The above simply shows what one ! progressive man has done with a herd of Holstein cows.
 The Mena Commercial Club Hol- stein Calf Club has attracted much attention among both the farmers and the school hoys and girls. Among the farmers who are inter- ested in bringing Holsteins, there are about i5 calves listed for ship ment at an early date. Prof. l. c. Harris of ihe Acorn school says about 20 of his scholars will join the Holstein club organization
 The prices which the Mena Com mercfal Club has obtained on this excellent grade of stock are as fol- 1 lows:
 Each individual calf is separately crated and delivered free, express charges paid, as follows: 3i-32 Holstein, to 6 weeks old, S23.50.
 3i-32 Holstein, 8 weeks old, S25..
 3i-23 Holstein. 3 to four months old, S45: in ear lots, $40.
 Thorobred registered male for herd, SiG0.
 If you are interested in this high class dairy stock, don't put of long, CT your purchase. See Secretary 1 Eastin of the Mena Commercial Club at once.
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