Arizona republican., 1919-10-30
DAIRY TALKS
Many small dairies are being started.-The dairy farmer is the "safe" man to give
No. 40

You seldom hear of crop or business fail ure on diversified farm
 Likewise the banks will tell you that loans to farmers on diversified farms are preferred to all others.
 The reason can be traced to the once fact, that the diversified farmer is not carrying all his eggs in one basket" That while one crop might be short, low priced, or a complete failure, his other crops will undoubtedly yield sufficiently to pay interest on the investment and living besides. In the case of the dairy farmer, conditions are even more staple.
 A prominent wheat raiser and dairyman of Minnesota was asked, Do you find that dairy ing pays you in connection with other farm ing?"
 "It pays me-" said he, ""just the difference between 40 bushel wheat, and Is bushel wheat. Forty bushels of wheat to the acre Is what am harvesting this year, while my neighbor across the road is threshing IS bushels. He keeps no cows, tries to cultivate too much land, uses no fertilizer, because he has none, and although his ground is the same as mine, his yield per acre is only third what mine is. l conserve and utilize every bit of fertilizer that my cows produce and the re- suits are self evident"
 But fertilization of the land is only one argument for the farmer to keep cows.
 In the distribution of labor on the farm, the COW is again felt. The cotton farmer, the grain farmer, or the orchardist, who is ambi- tious and anxious to do as much as possible is confronted at certain seasons of the year with a shortage of help in caring for the crop
 Crops must be cultivated or harvested, at certain time and being unable with the nom- inal amount of man, mule or tractor power to do the work, the farmer must hire help Very often such help is not available, and a heavy loss is sustained.
 The farmer with diversified crops, is free of this big handicap. His crops are "coming on" throughout the year, and likewise his in- come. He can keep his men, because they have steady work, and the monotony is varied by working with different things about the farm. There are no long periods of idleness, to be followed by heart-breaking spells of over work
 If the diversified farmer keeps cows there is the everyday work of caring for the herd (not an arduous task if properly arranged) and nice cream check at the end of the month, then from time to time throughout the year there are the returns from the variou. crops which will be found to have been pro duced practically speaking Ion velvet"
 Take for example the we'll improved 40- ol 50-acre ranch, heard of 20 cows with theil increase can easily be carried and the greater part of the acreage cropped" at the same time.
 The yield of cream from these cows shoult approximate $500 per month throughout tn, year, there would be little added work, thu land would be greatly enriched by fertilizer thereby increasing crop yield and THERI WOULD BE NO FAILURES.
 The cream yield from small herd is us ually greater per cow, because more individ ual attention can be given to each COW, an, because the Stacker" is more evident in small herd is therefore more quickly eIim mated.
 Let this department assist you in anythn pertaining to the farm or dairy.
 Our farm experts are practical men wh KNOW BY DOING" just how best to car for stock and arrange crops, buildings and a other farm matters. They will be glad { ~ assist any farmer or daryman free of charg. ~ Call write or phone.
 Intelligence Department