The Bozeman courier., 1921-09-07
The OK REPLACED
BY The DAIRY COW
Increased Population and Rise In
Land Values Gives Impetus
to Dairy Farming

Reading the history of the develop
ment of the states from their early
infancy through the many years of
! struggle to the time when the popu-
latiOn grows to immense proportions
reveals many interesting facts. One
is the development of the dairy in
terests among the farming people Of
the state. There has always been a
corresponding growth Of wealth in
every community where the dairy COW
has developed into a factor in the pro-
ductiOn.
The many arguments in favor Of
the dairy cow upon the farm, even
though not there for the express pur-
pose of converting the farm into
strictly milk farm, all point to the
added bank account of the farmer and
his progress into a substantial mem
Der Of the community.
In this article Prof. G. L. Martin
goes into the matter from a new an
gle, pointing out the features which
are not always considered.
The people of Montana now realize
that the OK is beginning to go and
the dairy cow is coming to take his
place. This is only a repetition of a
fact that has been observed over and
over again in every newly settled sec
tiOn Of our country since Abe Lincoln
put his belongings into a red hand
kerchief and crossed the Ohio river in
the fifties 1t was about this time
that the first cheese factory in Amer
lea was started in Orange county,
New York. That state soon develop
ed the dairy industry and other Sec
tiOns repeated the process as the tide
of emigration moved westward.
The increase in population and the
consequent rise in land values is al
ways followed by a growing demand
tor dairy products and larger yields
from the land. One reason for the
growing popularity Of the dairy COW
IS the rapidity with which she car
! convert the rOughage of the farm int
finished product for human food. I
IS not very far from the pasture tt
The breakfast table when the alfalfa
! bluegrass and hay are fed the cow il
! the evening and the cream be ready
for the oameal and coffee in tn
morning. 1t is elimination of tim
that makes the cow a more profitabl
4 animal to the farmer than the OK.
Another reason is the reliability O
Z 1,pf11T.11c ,,ao4Ao,.- Il.
season is wet or dry, the cow is al
ways to be depended on for her dali,
contribution even at the expense o
: her own body weight. The OK FIRE
= uently gains in flesh one week an
e loses it the next.
The growing popularity Of tn
= dairy is due mostly to her economy O
- production. Experiments at the Mis-
u souri, Agricultural college with sev
. eral leading breeds of dairy cattl
/ show that an average of 125 per Ger
more food material can be obtaine
from the cow in a year on the sam
amount of feed as can be had frol
the entire carcass of a two-year-ol
! steer and have the cow left at the en-
= of the year with which to begin owe
le again.
n The man with the OK has to depen
/ / largely upon distant meat marke+
, that are controlled and manipulated
y suit the convenience of the buyer. tt
u man with the COW has the choice
ID selling the raw product as milk {
i cream or manufacturing butter, il
le cream or cheese, all of which find
ie ready local market throughout the el
le tire season. In case the butter ,
pC cheese is marketed at a distance,
ne goes as a very concentrated produ
at a minimum cost of transportatio