The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1919-12-13

into the S1lo.
Extra labor is not needed to put up !
silage on Wisconsin farms; the farm
ers help one another in turn until
the work is done.
No farming is so permanent ard
cafe as dairy farming. There are no
crop failures. Year in and year out
1t is the safest of>all-A. ]. Glover,
editor Of Hoard's Dairyman.
There are about 100000 dairy
COWS in Wisconsin, Eighty to 80 per
cent OF the farms lave cows. The
average is 100 acres and nine cows
to the farm.
Wisconsin dairymrn work hand in
Land with the College OF Agriculture.
Trey look to the college for the in
formation they need.
| Wisconsin dairymen spread manure
II the lands every iay that weather
permits. Louisiana visitors noticed
taat all farm machinery was under
sheds.
BY means of drinking cupJ In stalls
dairy cows have access to water at
all times. One dairyman said that
this increased milk production as
| much as two pounds a day.
The number III purebred dairy
bnlls on Wisconsin farms has In.
creased by 5000 tho last ~ mouths.
The supply of such animals is the
limiting factor
There are 115 contrasting associa-
tons In Wisconsin. Cows that do
rot measure up to standard are sent
L, the butcher
Governor Hoard's motto: Be gem
tie with the dairy COW. Treat her with
kindness and consideration Treat
her as mother-for she Is a mother.
Banks in Green County, Wisconsin.
are libeiaT In making loans to help
Young men get started in the dairy
business, and the banks have not
lost "a dollar OF such looms
Calves on the dairy farm must be
given feed and care in order that
they may develop into cows of tho
size and capacity DIES red.
There Is need for more milk in
every city and locality The demand
Is rapidly increasing II Is a'rsoluts-
~ essential that more atta7t'o, be
given t. tn development of the dairy
industry.--G C. Humphrey of tho
University Of Wisconsin.
MIX production depen's not only
TN the COW but also on the fed. Feed
Is tho source of milk The dairy COW
Ia machine for converting large
quantities Of food and w.ter into
large quantities of milk-Professor
A noncescript COW may cc.asion-
ally be found that produces weIl, but
herd Of such cows will have low
'verage as will their offspring. Got
'taited in the dairy business with
good Individuals ard good lines.-
Professor Humphrey.
NO COW Is kept on the farm of
'abbIer and Son of Green County.
Wisconsin, that does not produce IS
'ounds # milk at two years OF age.
-ow-testing cows are also sold.
Or. <. v. McCollum of Johns Hop
fms University, forem ost author
~ on nutrition, who lectured at the
'ational Dairy Show, says that there
re no substitutes for milk and dairy
roducts; they ara essential to the
rowth NJ the chiif and to the health
the adult. ~
DR.. McCollum said further: '"rhs
eople who have achieved, WI, nave
ecorne large, strong, vigorous pep
|e, who have reduced their infant
lortality, who have tn best trades
the world, who have an ap-ea-.
nee FOR art. literature AM music,
no are progressive IN science ard
rory activity Of the human intellect
Q the people who have used liberal
mounts Of milk and its products.~
According to DR.. McCollum, the last
'nsus ON the size Of children In New
crk showed that 10 per cent were
:dersized.
In an orphans homo a quart OF
ilk day was added to the diet Of
'dersized children from two to four
arr DID, and within five months