Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-15
VERMONT RAPIDLY
BECOMING MILK
SHIPPING STATE


orice, and Il the Vermont fHrmet is to
,od his own he must develop efficiency.
Mr.. Burton has been studying the re-
ports Of the various COW testing asso.
Citations and In one found sin herds which
were not paying for thei" food. The av-
ersee Vermont COW produces only 2pj
pounds OF buttJr fat. which is AZ pounds
ess than the average iu 1lo associations
in the West The trouble. he thought was
in the iack Of pure bred sires. There
we're Of course Other troubles. such as III
the feeding
The speaker strongly favored the form
inc Of bull associations. y pure bred
bull coJ,d be- bought nv one or more men.
He knew of one association Of g. farm.
ers which owned one. Al ~, end of two
wears. his services could h" Exchanged
FOR tEoy, % another hull for two years
nor. W1'e" such organizations could
10 business together in the best way as
that would give six wears. winch was
about t'e average time Of q bur, 70 each
asyoctatiur. lie thon took IN the matter
of the selection Of pri.s. He believed the
hest method of seectior wss by peg
formauce Mann times he had seen bulls
which had wonderful records sold for al
most nothing, while bui.s Of more pop
ular breeds, which had nothing to their
credit, sold for big money. There were
,,r.e, kinds Of bu,Ir the producer. the
ueutral vino neit',r benefited nor in
iured .he herd. AMI the bull vino posi-
lively caused II detui ,oration in the milk
producing capacity % A." nerd.
MODERN DAIRY FEEDING
r. s Savage. professor Of animal in
oustry a; Cornell University. gave the
~. s,,tioo, hoi,, ..\,,d,r, D,irv Head
no a. .ava soverol dinerant rotions
to,. co,rs incrc.siu, IN. higher nroteins
if the roughage was poor He said that
he had found that usual, COW will
eat one pound OF nay TO loo POUNDS OF
live weight three OF sliase to II" pounds
OF i've weight ana one pound OF gram
to three and one-haf pounds OF milk II
the mix tests uhocf louf' II hleher' one
hound OF gram TO three pounds Of mix
He showed how money could he saved
by increasing IN" 0ualltN 81 the nay ana
decreasing the higher price" hlGh pro-
teins. lie showed now III wa" much
cheaper to mix the fecd on the farm IMAM
70 buy READY mlNco lteoS ana Salo II
was much better to Nno" JUST now IN"
leeds were niA"u' re also SHo"cd now
much cheaper II WAS 10 grow th'Sc IA
tons on the farm ana Sald that ways TO
make money were 10 nave homegrown
rations. 70 choose t'eds wisely ana also
20 pay cash Tor foods'
what want to bi1hG nome I" the
farmers u Vermont. ne sad. rs the
importance ol huEihg your money al the
bank ana YOUR teeu al me Iced store
II you have W" worth ot credit al the
FEED store you nave IL at the oank, ana
II VIII pc grta'i! 10 your advantage q"
pay cash ror your reed ana also 10 come
AFTER It Wheh me man AZ 'h' ieto store
asks You TO-
MILK PRODUCTION AND CONSUMP-
TION
..Muk Production and ronsumu,ion"
u..s the eubi.ct t,lon IA, r.oorcc L, y
st,rav of no worccs,c,, t,orr,v Earn,
prra,, Alto, snoal,ipc for , fcu min
u-es m tho value of rurc- hired sires pm
foseor Stnre, said. (Which ia IN. moro
irpnortant tho brecdiny or tho feedins
~ cs+t,ao Tia, : , hard question ia
answer for while il docs moi nav ia feed
noor cow we'll it also docs NOT nav
IN feed etood stack ,oor,v
81 ,birL nerb,n. tn. or.atost fa,,It q,
,no dairy bnsiress ,n.d.,. 10 tho f,ct ,b.t
business management of tho herd is sell
donc considered You frooueptIv and
neonle in ,he butter section raising herds
rbat are NOT bl,ter herds and then in
tho mill sections Won find men raising
b,,+ter herds Won sbo,,Id stud,. tho mar.
kat AVID nroducc what tho market do
r,ands rbep' eon,e naon,c arc getting
IA. same nr;cc for ,rean, alone as ,boir
reighhors are eet,inp for m, ,vhole milk
and thev have tho sl,ir,mod mill. loft FOR
tbe;r stock
"Tbero &c nouch lace etool, in >-au, ,,re-
land nou, .h,n ,haro hos baon II, son,,
,iroe .ra tbc ,i,,,o is vino for tho ,,,,n who
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