The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-05-18
Project Stock
Disease Free
Well Known Authority Says That
Dairymen's Prospects Grow
Brighter

The emergency tariff bill, which
has passed the House and Senate
and which has the assurance of the
endorsement of the President. car
ries new tariff rate of six cents
per pound on butter. 1t is expected
that this new tariff schedule will go
a long way toward eliminating i'm
portations of foreign butter. The
new tariff rate should strengthen
our market at once and restore con-
fidence on the part of large dealers
who have UP to the present time
been afraid to buy butter for stor-
age. The uncertainty of the butter
market, due to unforeseen importa-
tions, has worked a great hardship
on the dairy industry of our country
during the past few months. The
elimination of this source of diff
Guilty should put new life into
dairying throughout the country
and In particular our own commun-
ity, where dairying shows promise
of extensive development
More Cows the Big Need
The time-worn advice to make
two blades of grass grow where one
grew before no doubt was good
counsel when II was uttered, but
with the present prospects for al
falfa marketing II might seem bet
ter to change this and say make
two cows grow where only one grew
before. Reports come from the
Orland, California, district that the
heaviest crop of alfalfa hay that has
ever been cut in the district is un-
saleable even at 81 per ton, and the
dairy COW is the only possible out
let for this crop. This should be a
timely warning for Newlands project
alfalfa growers. 1t is not uncom-
mon to have corn, wheat, hay. po-
tatoes and other so-called staple
farm crops on the farms ready for
market without an Immediate op-
portunity to market at any price
But who ever heard of a can of
cream without a market? The
price may be low but the market
is always there. The most reliable
source of income for the Newlands
porject today is the constant stream
of cream checks which are as regu-
lar in their arrivals as the u. s.
r1ail.
tuberculosis Eradication Growing
The big dairy shows in the east
and many state fairs are planning
TO require that all cattle entered for
exhibit must be accompanied by
certificates showing them to be free
from tuberculosis. This might
seem hardship on some dairy dis
tricts on the western coast where
recent tests have shown dairy herds
TO consist of more than so per cent
reactors. There should be a feeling
of great satisfaction among local
dairymen to know that the dairy
cattle of this project are perhaps
freer from tuberculosis than any
other dairy section. Credit for this
condition must be given to the ef-
ficient work of the Live Stock Sani-
tary Board of the state. AS a result
of the tuberculosis campaign con-
Quoted in this project last year,
1921 dairy cattle were tested and
less than q per cent of reactors
were found These animals were
condemned and paid for and shipped
out of the project. If this same
condition existed in sections In Cali
fornia from which importations
have been made. it would expedite
importations very greatly. If this
excellent showing for this project
as tuberculosis-free section can be
maintained it will be a very valu-
able asset to local dairymen who
may in the future have surplus cat
tie for sale. This fact was brought
very forcibly to our attention when
two years ago a California dairy
man, who was in search of cattle
for large certified milk plant came
directly TO this project for his herd.
l.. C. CLINE