The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-11-22
DAIRY EXPERT SAYS FARMERS
CAN ALWAYS GET GOOD PRICES
FOR FEED THROUGH DAIRY COWS

(The following article by Roy
Davis. il a report Of the meeting held
under the auspices Of the Livestock
Committee VI the West Texas Cham
Der Of Commerce. a prize OF So.OO
was offered by ]. w. Ridgway, rep
resenting the Mistletoe Creamery at
Fort Worth for the best article on
the subjects discussed at this meet
inc by any member Of the class in
Vocational Agriculture from The
Lubbock High School. Seven Of the
boys responded and Roy Davis won
first prize Thomas Howard ranked
second and Alton Petit third.)
Mr.. Ridgway who is associated
with the Mistletoe Creamery talked
principal, about dairy cows and
their products.
Mr. Ridgway having recently been
over large rart Of the grain section
Of the United States has seen the
huge amounts which cannot be sold
at a reasonable profit TO the grower
What he is interested in Is marketing
this crop in the way that II will pay
the most and that way Is feeding II
10 livestock. Is there a demand for
dairy products, and does Il pay 70
market feed through the dairy GOVT
Mr. Ridgvay proved that there IS
a demand for dairy products and
that there is much more profit in
feeding the feed to cows instead OF
selling il in the bulk For instance,
when he became associated with the
Mis'lefoe Creamery he noted that
they shipped in in one month three
cars 81 butter from northern mar.
kots which shows there is a demand
for dairy products.
Last year Mr. Ridgway was IN the
town 81 Childress Maize was sell
ING on the car FOR ten or eleven dol
lars per ton Counting two dollars
orr for hauling the farmers were re-
reiving eight or nine dollars per ton
for their maize. A ton Of maize
crushed and balanced with other feed
would bring sixty 90 eighty dollars
rer ton. II the farmers II Texas
would feed their feed % dairy COWS
and supply the home market, e would
mean more money in Texas
Cotton farming is unsuccessful.
Cotton b. the cause ~ ignorance and
o. requires more MFtA anu NliNN ANA
PAYS less than anything u is I'M
safe farming. Safe farming is rails
ing fecds,uff and Keeping good live
stock Good livestock are machines
that convert the things you can't
consume into things that you can.
TO run n dairy az profit there
are three requirements. First, the
most important is having good foun-
da'ion stock. COWS that are high
producers. Second is good feeding
and third is good management. II
is very impor'an, 20 get good foun-
daiion stock bat they are hard 90 get.
One community In Illinois had n
scheme ~ supplying trustworthy men
with good foundation COWS NJ very
low cost. While Mr. Ridgway was
on this Banker Farmer tour he Wis
tied this community and learned the
ways and plan ~ this scheme. II
Is something like this II is an in
corporatcd organization, anyone can
buy stock in h AZ one hundred dol
lars per share. when a man buys
n COW he just takes hundred dollar
share IN the company The man thai
buys the cow gets the products such
a. milk and butter and he keeps the
heifer calves five wears, he IL not
allowed 20 sell them The bull calves
that is half Of their worth goes 60
the company Az the end Of five