Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-17

mands are sufficient and plans are un
der way now, in which the Count,
Agent is cooperating with the adjoin
ing counties to the extent that it ma.
be possible to import an extra trail
load of sheep at one time if the mum
Der attains that proportion. A spe
cial trip will be made to New Mexico
or to other Western parts and thu
sheep bought direct, the buyer accom-
panying the sheep on the return tril
to assist in their safe arrival.
In this way the sheep can be Dough
right and they can be properly graded
before shipment. If anyone is inter
ested in purchasing sheep for this fal
they should get in touch with the
County Agent at once.
DOllOrs for Milk.
In spite of the high price of feeds
and the scarcity Of labor there are
many farmers in Delaware county who
are keeping up the high standard ii
dairy products. 1t is with Interest
that we observe the activity Of vari
Gus farmers of the County and the
Farm Bureau is interested in further.
ing the dairy work
Lack of interest may be credited in
some cases to the labor shortage, but
the milking machine has apparently
come to stay. Recently at Jesup in
Buchanan county, three milking ma
chimes have been installed.
The interest in dairying is increas-
ing by leaps and bounds in the Jesup
territory. Those farmers realize that
| it is best to have steady income on
the farm. On the general farm the in
come is more or less on the sale OF
the grain or the sale of the livestock
and those who are following the dairy
business have a steady source of in
come which is giving them the great
est returns for feed and money invest
ed.
Last week we published an article
showing comparisons of actual returns
secured from given amounts of feed
in which it was shown that the dairy
COW stands first This fact is also
shown nthe following statement
which it was shown in the following
statement which we are pleased to re-
ceive from the Greeley Farmers
creamery.
During the month Of May, Mr..
George Griffith received cream check
of $2200S. Mr.. Griffith has installed
a milking machine and it is of interest
to note the large cream check for one
month. 1t would probably be worth
while for farmers who are milking
quite few cows to visit MIR. Griffith
and inspect his milking machine and
his dairy business.
Mr.. Walter Long has cream check
of S13S.S5. A. J. Parker $124.0S.
There are a good many patrons who
received from $500 to $4,000 and we
shall be pleased to report more cases
at some future date.
1t is, a good time now to get in the
dairy business and if one is already
in the business to study that business
more carefully and make it more eff
ficient Different programs are being
worked out by the Farm Bureau to
create interest in dairying in the coun-
ty.
Feed More Steers From Fewer Acres.
During eight years silage feeding
experimental work at the Indiana Ex-
pertinent station, it was found that to
produce the corn and clover necessary
to feed 20 fattening steers for $50
days it required on the average IS
acres of land. Where a silage, corn
and clover combination was used it
took but "a acres to grow the feed
necessary for the same number of
steers. In other words, 75-ton silo
added practically 10 acres so far as
beef producing ability was concerned.
In 1915 at the Iowa Experiment sta
ton 16 steers full fed on silage and
corn requires 20 acres-1-6 in the silo
and SIS in the crib-tO produce the
corn and silage necessary to feed them
for 100 days. A similar 20 acres d.
vided 3-5 in the silo and rs in the
crib would have provided corn and
silage to feed 81 steers for 120 days
on a full feed of silage and a the
amount of corn the other steers re-
ceived. The 20 acres if fed to the
first lot would have made $50 pounds
of beef, whereas it would have made
$3.50 pounds when fed to the second
| lot. These figures are based on ar
| approximate yield of As bushels Of
corn or nine tons of silage per acre.
SiIage Makes Profits Bigger.
Silage makes cattle feeding profit
able. Steers fed silage returned ar
average profit of 3Sc per bushel OF
corn fed wit hthe silage while those
fed on dry roughage returned but 16(
profit from each bushel Of corn fed.
The slage fed steers made an aver.
age profit of S1524 per head against
but $S25 per head for the dry ration
steers. These figures represent the
leverage results Of eight years expert
ments blythe Indiana Experiment sta
ton. The silo and the proper use OF
corn silage will do more toward max
ling beef production profitable than will
lany other one factor. Many silage fed
steers broke even or made a little
money last winter. Mighty few dry
| fed steers made good"