The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-02-13
MORE DAIRY COWS
NEEDED FOR STATE
"A Good Milk Cow For Every Farm
in Arkansas" Is New Slogan %
OF Workers.

"A good milk cow ter every farm
family In AkAnsas", u the slogan ~
Gently adopted By the Extensioo work
srs with the University Of Arkansas.
With 10000 Arkansas farmers now
without a COW and many with COWS
I'm name only, II oAn be readily
seen that much good work can be
done along this line. which will mean
a great deal not only for the econom-
ic betterment Of the state but also
for its general welfare.
More dairy cows are essential to
Arkansas prosperity. however. since
food Is so important at the present
time and feed so expensive only high
producing animals should be kept.
The income from the individual milk
cow advances at a remarkable rate
as milk production increases, and
poor producers should be weeded
from the dairy herd
The Best Cows Give Greatest
Net Returns. =
fluctuations made by 5,5S7 COW test
ing associations in the United States
show that for a period of four years
as the butter fat production increases
from $50 pounds to 900 pounds per
COW. the income over the cost Of feed
advanced from 800 to $50. in other
words, as production doubled income
over feed cost advanced three times.
When the butter fat production In
creased from $50 pounds 70 30
pounds: that Is. trobled-the income
over ceet ot feed advanced from SCI
to 800. o. almost ave times ~ much.
At this rate q increase. when only
cost Of feed u oonsidsesd. one COW
that produced go pounds OF butter
fat . year would show az much In
come over cost OF feed A. 20 cows
whose average production was 100
pounds.
Coed Cove Give Better Fat For Each
Pound Of Feed.
A study Of these records shows that
the cost Of roughage was about the
same for all the cows, regardless OF
production. The cost of grain was
considerably higher for the more pro-
ductive COWS than for the low produc
ers, but 1t was much lower for each
pound of butter fat produced. The
increased income. however. though II
should be credited in part to better
feeding. was evidently due more
largely to better cows.
High Priced Land Make Poor Cows
Improbable.
A good COW costs considerable
money nowadays and with land values
rising and the price OF feed soaring.
no other kind is profitable. 'The
higher the price Of food, the more
expensive it is to keep poor COW.
The higher the price of human food,
the more necessary 1t 10 to keep
good COW"
Not Number, But Kind Of cews De-
tsrmins Income.
Most farmers have about all the
cows they have feed for. but very
few know whether this feed Is bring
ing them the greatest production pos
scarce the great problem is how to
obtain large production with the mos:
economic use Of feed which Is produc-
cd ON the farm.
Must Establish a Standard Of
Production.
Every owner of cows should es
tablish definite standard of pro
duction and every COW that does not
measure up to these requirements
should be disposed of. and whether d
COW should be sold or kept must de
pend, ordinarily. on production as de-
termined by using a Babcock test
for butter fat. and milk scale.
Must Have Milk and Butter For
Health Of Family.
The best authorities tell us that
milk is the natural and proper food
for every member Of the family and
planning a quart a day for each child
and a pint for each adult of the
household served alone or cooked in
the various foods will go far toward
keeping the roses in the cheeks OF
the younger members and the elastic
ity Of strength and vigor in the step
of the older members Of the family.
Much has been said and written
about substitutes for butter fat, but
there can be no substitute as no 9th
er animal or vegetable fat contains
the mysterious health giving element
In the form found in cream and but
ter and no other form OF food con
tains the mysterious heating giving ele-
ment in the form found in cream and
butter and no other form Of food con-
tains the growth and strength-produc.
ing elements in a form so easily and
completely disable as milk. These
facts are indisputable. but their i'm
portance Is not always realised.
Let US keep the home fires burn
ing" but at the same time let US