Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-06-26
WHERE DO OUR DAIRY cows co
Enormous Prices Being Paid Here By
Foreign Buyers

To the Editor: This week two men, enc
ifom virginia and another from Texas, are
in Vernon eoanty looking fer dairy cows and
heIfsrs and are paying as high as Si7s per
head, for grade cows. and $50 per head for
grade calves from four to eight months old
and from $50 to 500 for yearling grade
take what is usually termed ''mongreP' as
a gift. When will the Vernon county dairy
men begin to inject full blOods ints their
At the above prices. what will the prices
BE- at the close of the war, when it Is re-
membered that IN little Belgium alone there
we're l,SO0.OO0 dairy cattle at the beginning
of the wSr, and today there are only 700,0 0e,
or lass of 100000 head in four years
facts be with reference to Denmark, France,
England Italy Russia and every other Euro
pean country? And there is other esun-
try upon the face of the earth that will De
called upon to replace these losses to the ex-
tent that the United States viii be. Rzt 1t
ought not TO be necessary to appeal to the
his opportunities. 1t ought to be only ueces.
sary to have him realize the fact that men,
women, and children in Europe starving
and need his products to sustain life. wneR
do realize this. when realize that
boys ''Over there" 100000 of them already.
may cs@e, to the Starving Doisat. may need
and do need wOal cotton and other pro-
ducts. we will then redOuble osr efforts TO
furnish these necessities.
No farmer would keep a sheep that did
not furnish him wool and laEbs each year.
Why should he keep a COW that not only
eats her own head eft. hat eneroaehes upon the
heads of other in the herd? What the
world wants is food. and food. So
why not keep the COW that will yield the most
fcOdS And when we reach the point where
we have more beat cows than ean Keep,
we will have to passon to Othzx farmers who
will help Supply the world with feed- OF
COURSE il is not all in the cow Perhaps two
thirds Of il is in the man. TIE beat COW on
earth wouIA not pay for her feed If she had
forx full of hay thrown at her twice
a day, and bran stopped around here and
fhxre, anS MIXED at Rine o'clock A. m.
one day. and at six D. m the same day, and
not MIXED at all the next. saw
curry comb or brush straw to lay on.
again, dues not ike cows he should
never keep them. and If he does not like
any other farm animal, he should quit the
farm. To be convinced to what love for
the cav viii do. has emily to know the
story of what a herdsman did few years
ago, working for Ohio Barber in the state of
OhiaL While working for Mr.. Barber he not
only produced the champion butter fat COW
of the Guernsey breed, but of all breeds for
the world. He and Mr.. Barber had falling
out, the story goes, and he went up to Min
there developed a Holstein that took the
worlds record for ell breeds. He is now
working for a Guernsey and says he
will bring the record back to the Guernsey
breed. Feed and care will do II, il the foun-
detion IS there to build on.
I want to say something about sheep and
hogs in the future, but this is sutbcient
to indicate the necessity for county agent
as soon as the University get one.
Yours. J. d. BECK, of County Caeneh OF
Uelen5e.