The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-19

the last few years: why a Buffalo
packing house recently paid $4,000
for a Hoistein Johanna; why u big
cOndcnscry out In Washington gave
S1Os, 900 for a Holstein bull; why
Anderson r. Herd broke all Guernsey
COW records by paying sis,500 for
Foliyinnd Nancy. who now graccs his
growing herd at New Hope. In Bucks
county. me two months & set a new
high standard Tor Guernsey bulls by
selling his e-mouths-uld flofhaut
l.oEder for $4,000 cash.
These are only samples of the hugo
sums being paid Tor bloodcd cattle
nowadays. Already more than $780,
0o0. 900 is invested In %pcdigrccd dairy
stock In this country. and on more
than $4,000 farms the breeding OF
such stock Is the chief business Of
tho hour And when We are told by
those who ought TO know that less
than 3 per cent Of a cow populn-
ton is pure bred. the need Tor those
centors OF Improvement Is obvious.
We doubt if the average American
even the average fWrmcr-appro-
cintoa The fun meaning Of u dairy
industry TO this nation. For, large
as n looms when expressed IN dollars,
Il has "A stiil more vital significance.
In tho first place. milk q its
NAAAFN ny W WNhiAN ANN 10 l"''|"A y -
mental and moral progress as TO
physical a~ustenanco. Science has
shown conciusively that milk %
os the mainstays Of civilization. Tho
backward peoples are those who lack
II. The progressive peoples are those
who make large use Of II In the daiy
diet.
In the second place, the very
foundation Of our cnuntry'a hgricul
tural wealth is based upon dairying
an "a noted soil expert has said, be
cause n b. the only source cf Income
on our farms which does not dcpleto
the soil. but actually improves IL
and helps to make u moro icrul".
Furthermore. one Of the nations
prime obligations to the world now is
To- make every effort Ia relieve the
widespread shortage Of milk ana
dairy products caused by the war.
within the last five years hundreds
Of thousands Of dairy cattle to Eu-
rope had 20 be slaughtered for food.
That ana war conditions. which pre-
vented n maintenance OF Normal dairy
supplies. have brought about q siiua-
utn which menace the future Of tons
or millionn. and To "a certain degree
o. the whole race.
Lot one but see photographs OF
. children In the warning nations ana
read unprciudiccd reports uH to thcls
physical condition, and no argument
b. needed as 10 tho immediate Mood
Tor the largest possible production ~
milk In every land whore tho dairy
industry has not been cripplcd-nud
first among these rs America.
Even here. however. we cannot say
too much ~ ourselves, for tho mil
lions Of scrub cows which today are
consuming more than they provide
constitute n serious handicap In this
necessary cndc' or.
For this reason we regard as hone-
factors an who are building up pure
bred herds. and nus making n easier
Tor the farmers to secure tho right
kind Of atocE-espccinlly Tho Ameri-
can Bankers association, which, I'M
tlor Inc f%ur-aightcd Leadership or u.
r.. Harris. OF Champaign, III, has
taken such q lively interest In the dis
irihution Of pcdiHroed niimals aud
has interested 40 many thousands ~
young people In tho breeding Of such
stock. Also the federal department
Of agriculture IN g. fostering of the
boys and girls calf clubs.
Not more rows, u better cows,
must be u nationwide slogan, aud
We cannot afford 20 let II dic on the
tongue or In tyne. For every better
COW means Increased milk produc-
ton without increased feeding coat,
aud beyond this. every su~ii COW gives
the farmer u new source OF pride as
wen as profit,
u rs far moro than u figure of
speech TO say that when enough ~
tho right Kind Of cows come homo to
be milkod IN this land, va shall have
added To tho support Of manhood
aud our institutions a pillar OF large
and lau'inT strength And % we arc
wise we will lose no time In Ho-doins