The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
HINTS ON BETTER
DAIRY FARMING
LOUISIANA FARMERS WHO V!S-
ITED WESTERN DAIRY. CEN.
TIERS LEARN MANY
THINGS.
SEE COOPERATION PAYS

SEE COOPERATION PAYS
wisconsin and Illinois Farmers Work
Hand In Hand With the Agrieui.
/ turaI Colleges Of Their States.
i Wisconsin dairy farmers do not
generally reckon corn production IL
terms OF bushels per acre bIe IN
teas Of silage per acre; It all gooa
late the silo.
Extra labor is not needed to put up
ailaRo on wisconsin farms; the farm
SYs help one another IN turn unut
the work is done.
Ne farming Is 50 permanent ard
safe az dairy farming. There are no
creD failures. Year in and year cut
IL Is the safest of ALA. J. Cloves
editor OF Hoard's Dairyman.
There are about 100000 dairy
COWS in Wisconsin. Eighty TO 30 per
: cent OF the farms have cows. The
average is 100 acres and nine COWS
to the farm. ~
wisconsin dairymtn work hand h
hand with the College Of Agriculture
They lcOk to the college for the in
: formation they need
wisconsin dairymen spread manure
"a the lands every day that weather
permits. Louisiana visitors noticed
: that all farms machinery was undss
sheds
BY means Of drinking cups in stalls
dairy cows have access to water at
ALI times. One dairyman said that
this increased milk production as
much as two pounds day.
The number Of purebred dairy
: buIls on Wisconsin farms has In
: creased by 5000 the last IL mouths.
The supply Of such animals is the
8 limiting factor. /
z There are 115 cow-testing associa-
lions in wisconsin. Cows that do
not measure up to standard are sent
IL the butcher.
= Governor Hoard's motto: Be gem
= tie With the dairy cow Treat her with
3 Kindness and consideration. Treat
= her as mother-for she is a mother.
. Banks in Green County, Wisconsin,,
= are liberal in making loans to help
3 young men get started in the dairy
= business, and the banks have not
8 lost dollar of such loans.
Calves on the dairy farm must be
3 given feed and care in order that
q they may develop into cows Of the
size and capacity desired
There is need for more milk in
= every city and locality. The demand
is rapidly increasing 1t Is absoluts.
" essential that more attention De
= given to the development Of the dairy
4 industry.-G G.. Humphrey Of tbs
= University Of Wisconsin.
MIX production depends not only
l. IN the COW but also on the feed. Feed
is the source Of milk The dairy COW
is a machine for converting large
quantities of food and water intO
IN large quantities OF milk.-Professol
i. Humphrey.
A nonGescrIpt COW may occasion
Ae ally be found that produces well, bul
re . herd OF such cows win have low
average as will their offspring Gel
IS Ftalted in the dairy business wifi
o. good individuals and good lines
= Professor Humphrey
:. No COW is kept on the farm 81
Il Rabbler and Son of Green County
., wisconsin, that does not produce 81
n pounds If milk at two years OF age
at Lcw-testing cows are also sold.
to
e. pr. E. v. McCOllum of Johns Hop
id .k,ns University, a foremost author
"A ity on nutrition, who lectured at ths
- National Dairy Show, says that ther'
- are n substitutes for milk and dairl
70 products; they are essential to th'
&C. growth Of the child and to the healtl
e. Of the adult.
ell
Ia DR.. McCollum said further: ETH
people who have achieved. who nav
nj become large, strong, vigorous PEE
- PIE, who have reduced their infan
= mortality, who have tbs best trade
az iE the world, who have an appeal
q ance for art, literature AMI must,
OF Who are progressive in science an
every activity of the human intellec
are the people who have used Iber;
amounts OF milk and its products.
According to DR.. McCollum, the las
wn census on the size Of children IN Ne
ed York showed that 10 per cent Wei
nv understood.
In an orphans home a quart
ar milk day was added TO the diet