Arizona republican., 1920-03-02
DAIRY TALKS
The earning capacity of the dairy cow-Re- cords vary, but good
 blood always tells---
No. 94.

Oo ~ x COTOS vary, put SOOu
 blood always tells--- . heifer partakes of the qualities he sire---Big demand for pure d cattle.
 What should good dairy earn, and how do her earnings compare with other farm crops?
 This Is a question we are asked every day, and several times day, and incidentally it is one of the hardest questions to answer, be- cause many factors enter into the situation that must be considered. If we quote what one actually did, some other man will say, "I did better than that, that's no big record, or another may will say,. 'It can't be done, l KNOW that my cows good as his, but never get such returns" So that in fact, the values are largely relative.
 We have before us the records of one dairy who paid $7,7O9.95 for milk during 1919. This revenue brought him $168.61 per cow per year, or $14.O5 per month. This rev enue was only for milk, did not include the earnings from offsprings or from fertilizer, therefore Is incomplete.
 We have the records of another dairyman whose COWS earned average of SIS per month through the year, and of still another whose cows earned $22 apiece during Jan uary. All of these herds are composed of grade cows, and every herd is gradually grading up through the elimination of cows who were better beef cows than dairy cows.
 Frank Reed Sanders has just finished seven day test of Frontier Pontiac Korn Dyke which indicates the possibilities of the thor oughbred COW. This COW produced $50 pounds of milk in the days, of 19A pounds butter content. At the present prices of milk and butter it is easy to figure what her nayr hnr0 pIY1y more and alive to the possibilities of pure-bred cattle and there is an excellent de- mand for pure-bred cattle at the present time, and at good prices.
 The fact has been established that a milk cow partakes of her sires attributes more than of qualities from the maternal side. In other words, heifer from good milk strain bull and an ordinary COW will be better milk and butter fat producer than a heifer from pure-bred cow of big production and scrub bull.
 Since this is the fact, the dairymen who are working for high efficiency, are "beefing" the scrub bulls and buying bulls from known butter fat producing strains. It Is taking time to do this, but the day of the "horse- back dairyman' is over, and there are now more really good dairy cattle than be- fore, notwithstanding the fact that the total population of dairy cows in the valley is much less. Just as the dairymen of the valley have found that their Bermuda pastures are ex- pensive and constructing silos, milking sheds and stables, blowing up the old pas lures and feeding in corrals so they are also learning that scrub COW of little produc- ton will eat as much IS pure-bred cow, with great possibilities from butter fat and off spring revenues.
 Let this department assist you in getting into the dairy business.
 Our farm experts are practical men who "KNOW BY DOING" just how best to care for stock and arrange crops, buildings and all other farm matters. They will be glad to as sist any farmer or dairyman free of charge.
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 DEPARTMENT
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 237 North Central Avenue
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