Arizona republican., 1920-03-04
DAIRY TALKS
The economical value of the dairy cow--- Comparison of her pro- ductive value---Prices
No. 955

products. Some there are who inclined to believe that this is indicative of still fur ther drop, in fact, perhaps, reduction that will detract from the profit to be derived in future from dairying.
 This Is erroneous conclusion, and not at all tenable, from any standpoint. Exchange with foreign countries Is in such chaotic con- dition that trade Is reduced to a minimum, and the subnormal export demand is affecting prices, particularly of perishable products, such butter and cheese.
 Not long ago we were told that ''food would win the war;" and never was such a demonstration given of the potential power of food to accomplish gigantic tasks shown during the past six years of strife. The demand for metals fabrics may slump cease altogether for time but the demand for food never, for the human body must be fed Since the dairy is the greatest of food producers, readily arrive at the con clusion that her activities will increase, and the prices of her products will always retain solid and substantial basis through firm and continuous demand.
 We are indebted to ''Hoard's Dairyman'' for the following comparative statement of
 
 cow:
 Human food is important. lilly Alcartra, the Worlds Greatest Food Factory, produced in her milk in one year much human food as is contained in the carcasses of nine steers fed for two years; and in six years she pro- duced as much human food as is found in the carcasses of A two-year-old steers besides giving birth to six calves to carry Every 40 days she produced much human food as it takes steer two years to store in its body. The steer dies, the cow goes on producing and reproducing year after year.
 Besides producing nine times the food con- tained in the carcass of steer, lilly Alcartra is five times as efficient as the nine steers at her job of converting feed into food. The nine steers consumed not less than 58,OOO pounds feed nutrients to produce 3816 pounds of dry edible human food, while lilly con- sumed less than Il ,OOO founds feed nutrients to make her years production of 33,425 pounds milk containing 3759 pounds dry edible human food. It would not be out of the way to say that lilly is 45 times as efficient as food producer as the steer, or if given credit for the fact that she completes in one year what it takes the steer two years it might not be extravagant to claim she is 90 times as efficient the steer. Indeed, who com pute her efficiency?
 But how about the common cow? Yes, the poor old scrub that makes dairying a losing game by producing only $500 pounds of milk year. Her years production is equal in food value to the carcass of well-grown two-year- old steer, and she will do it on less feed. The fairest comparison is to take the average dairy COW producing 1000 pounds milk in a year. This milk contains much human food as is contained in the carcasses of two steers, and in doing it she will consume approximately $500 pounds digestible feed nutrients as com pared with 12,926 pounds consumed by the two steers. The steers require 15.2 feed nu- trients to make a pound of human food while the average dairy COW only needs 6.6 pounds.
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