The Glenwood post., 1921-05-28
Some DaiIying Records Made
M CoIeradoans With Their
BIooded Stock
BREEDING TELLS STORY

MAKING Cne mOSt OI the ud1ty Co"t AAe
they getting the best results from the
dairy industry, Are they giving this
industry the thought and attention
they should and making it contribute
its full share toward the profit of the
farm? Do they 60 on the theory that
"a cow is a cow" and that one COW is
just as good as another COW, or do they
realize that in dairy cows there is much
in the matter of individuality, and that
one cow may be cheap at 800 while
another may be dear at half that
amountf
So little attention has been given to
the subject of dairying in this country
that there is a suspicion that our farm
ers do not discriminate as they should
between a COW and cow-that is to
say, they are not familiar enough with
their individual COWS, and in most cases
they do not know which ones they are
keeping at loss and which ones are
yielding them a profit.
II the Post can, by reciting the &C.
complishments of others who have made
a study of the dairy game, encourage
our farmers to keep better cows, and
p treat them better to the end that they
may make the business more profitable,
then we shall feel amply repaid for
calling the matter to their attention.
We are often spurred to better effort
by recital of the efforts of others,
and the reward that has come to them
by reason of those efforts.
We will not go to Wisconsin or New
York, but prefer to recite some exam
pies right in our own state of Colo
RADIO. These are examples wherein the
people do know jus what their COWS
are doing-just what returns they are
getting from each COW. By keeping a
record of each COW, these farmers know
whether that cow is profitable or I'M
profitable. Do the keepers and mixers
Of cows in Garfield county know as
much! If not, why not?
The article reproduced herewith is
from the Weld County News, published
at Greeley, but the various references
are to COWS in the Johnstown territory.
Read the article carefully, and then
decide whether it is worth anything to
you to know what your neighbors are
doing in another part of the state. The
article is as follows:
Forty two cows in the Johnst own
testing association produced more than
so pounds of butterfat during the month
of April, and one of these, Ada, a reg
istered Holstein, owned by Whowell &
Policy, came within IS of pound Of
doubling that figure, her yield for the
month being 99.2 pounds.
Bess, another Holstein, owned bv Van
Meter & Krebill, produced 92.7 pounds.
Seventy-five cows produced more than
40 pounds of butterfat, but only the
two mentioned above exceeded 80
pounds. Floy L. Gore had eight COWS
which produced more than 80 pounds,
and Whowell & Policy had seven.
The cows producing more than so
pounds, with their owners, were as fol.
lows:
e. ]. Bender & Sons-Lenorin, regis
tered Guernsey, LAG lbs. milk; 500 lbs.
butterfat
j. w. Purvis-Princess, registered
Guernsey, 1888 lbs. milk, $40 lbs. but
terfat; Richesse, registered Guernsey,
1855 lbs. milk, 53.3 lbs. butterfat.
J. B. Sloan K Son-Bell, grade Hol-
stein, 1885 lbs. milk, 53.5 lbs. butterfat
William II. Gard-Speck, grade Hof
stein, 1890 lbs. milk "a lbs. butterfat;
Pickles, grade Holstein, 142O lbs. milk.
81 lbs. butterfat; Hump, grade Hol.
stein, 1910 lbs. blk, 50 lbs. butterfat.
Van Meter & Krebill-Bess, registered
Holstein, 2295 lbs. milk, 92.7 lbs. but
terfat,
F1oy j. Gore-Bird, grade Holstem,
1915 lbs. milk, 6O.6 lbs. butterfat; Bob
by, grade Holstein, 1880 lbs. milk, 61.2
Tbs. butterfat; Beauty, grade Holstein,
1900 Ms. milk, SO lbs. butterfat; Joe.
grade Holstein, 1853 lbs milk, GIL lbs.
butterfat; Croppy, grade Holstein, 1887
lbs. milk, 52.1 lbs. butterfat; Speck,
grade Holstein, 1909 lbs. milk, 5s.s lbs.
butterfat; Pet, grade Jersey, 1894 lbs.
milk, 54.s lbs butterfat. Grace, grade
Holstein, 1858 lbs. milk, 500 lbs. bnt-
terfat.
G. w. Henry-Bess, Holsten, 1860
lbs milk, IS lbs. butterfat.
Brown Bros.-Blackie, Holstein, 1900
lbs. milk, 61.5 lbs. butterfat; Maggie,
Holstein, 1880 lbs. milk, SO lbs. butter.
fat; Freddie, Holstein, 1900 lbs. milk,
so lbs. butterfat.
Harry j. Brown-Bess, Holstein, 2lSI