Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1921-12-31
Coed Argument for the
Keeping Of = Dairy Herd

rs
!, Ths Record stocknAA says:
"Jast : 1sw days $50 youas farn-
er living nortA an1 west Of Johns
town. Colo, dropped ,iAse ~ heaas
hank with milk check a SSeo %
and announced that he wanted 70
Ray his note. That's good saiA tAG
banker, bat don't you vaat 70 ksep
part OF Il TO pay the msreAaats here
in townf They will apppesiats Il
II you do Why. don't owe 'ea
any bills. replied the farmer. Tn
dairying!''
In the sAme article ID The follow
ing statement: In Johnstown, =
little town Of 147 people - report
ed by the last census. the moatAly
cream check averages tlo,eee d
addition to the payroll ~ the p1AAt
ITSELF. where rs people sssa, sAeA
month total OF not Len thAA
$4,000. That means that ~ easn-
er. with dairy cows pays eash for
his supplies during the ysas. iasesaA
OF leaving his account for ssetlo-
ment at the end Of the harvest So
son, when hs may have tsn noasy
than he needs to meet ~ esaeA-
tions."
Aside from the regular cream
check. the dairy COW hslps - main-
tain the fertility Of the soil by ed
Ing each, rear tons Of naAass - ~
hand: bat she Aslps II anothse
direct way Alfalfa = oas oe her
main fssds. and alfalfa. bsiag .
,sgums. adds nitrogen 70 he soil
Therefore. the more datry cows Ne
have, The more alfalfa ~ viii aos1
TO grow: alA the more 'aleaMA ~
grow IN our rotations .&he Doco
nitrogen " viii aAd to-Sse 0e1l.
Peas, aneshsr legune. eso Uee1
either - N sasilass .uAeA sswn
with barley. Or na1s into nv. 4
tho latter case. crop - Aay nag
be cut while the vines sso still gresa
and the roots will thsA seaA - new
shoots. which growth GhsulA -
rlowed under IN tAs fall. III a11a
fertility h two ways. ~ green
manurs and the nitrooDA- Dro1see4
BY The bacteria livins - ~ reets
Of The Dsas.
Philip Biasis. ef Del Dessts. lase
year planted . snail arsa q greun1
to Russian ssaflowsrs. WAieh ven
cot ~ a.d PIT into tAs sl1e. - ~
Pstsr osts aad oeqa. ~. Daa0Se
states that ths susflovsss aaAs vseJ
eooa siiags, sitAe ct flse ~ sswu
ala not taks vssy kinAlv " tAso.
However, tAs COWS sooa loarae1 -
eat this silass. an ~ aeasiy ~
we'll aDparsatiy On Il - - u
lesums and tasisy silaOo. ~. 0ota
has mot bsgsa fse1tAs h1s ousSSew-
er sslass ~. sunfjsvss siaaes ~
bsen trisa oct II . great 0aay
atates. and rsports shov u - be
practically he equsl o. essa sl1ase,
TAsrs = 10 aoubt Ab6at oar beiaa
able 70 grow ssnflewsss n ~ vai-
ley. aaA psoAses . huee toaAaea
per aers-snywhees fre0 10 - %
tons Of silass. 0as objestioa - ~
uss q sunfiovsrs for tAis paspsse,
10 The tnconvsnisnes Of eattiag aa1
hauling 70 The siio. TAs sl1efasAiea.
- corn esttsr drawn - eas Aosss
aaA opssstsA hy Two n6a. peesahly
y ~ uost satistecsssy vay q
harvesting this ersS.
A faSner-Aaisymaa ~ 0lhas ~
maAe tAs saaasneat thAe ~ seoas-
atsr MIX h vsstA fsve ssaAs ~
sailsa - . ~ ~. WA1e ~
sigurs = . lsttIs hieA. ~ ~ knev
skin nilk b q great va,oe - ~
srevias anlnal. ~ ~ ln1s5 ~.
~ alfalfa eonb1aaa3sa = . M
oas % bsaa: ~ sk1n ~ ~ ~
~ - saivss, ~ s11AilA Oasooss
Tor ~ ~. anl ~ a1oa11D ~. ~
tAs eoVS.
fhae - e0eeoeoaS ea1gos = ~
atats a0eag es0s eas0oso = 81
ssetSoas. aa1 Deoe ons0ogU = oe0e
ssssseos + recognised ~ ~ oev-
rnes q Ce,esaAe aaA . past e ~
pseslanattos. ussias ~ ness -