The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-03-18

chased. and here he gave q talk on
bulls. He declared That In selecting q
herd bull. particular care should be
exercised In picking the animal whose
dam had better record than her
mother. because there are lot of
worthless sfres that are pure-breds
and have pedigrees. by taking the
best cows of herd, say those that
have record of not less than $50
pounds of butter-fat per year, and
breeding them, to good bull. II will
require but few years to build up a
good dairy herd that will bring profit
to the owner.
Mr.. Green said that instead of the
farmers of Carson Valley milking
1900 cows, as they are doing at pres
ent. at least 10000 cows should be on
the farms of this section. and they
should be receiving. at least $4,000, 900
year. Think what that would mean
to Carson Valley. You have great
possibilities in the dairy industry and
the only way that you can succeed Is
to improve your herds and make your
COWS give you the best possible
profit"
He declared that the COW was the
most important factor to human life.
and that there was no possible chance
for an over-supply Of dairy products.
and to support his claim he displayed
charts. He compared the dairy indus
Try to many other farm products, the
latter which could be eliminated with
no serious consequent results to hu-
man life. Remove the dairy COW and
within seventyAwo hours six million
babies In the United States would
perish. He also showed by charts the
value Of dairy products compared to
other foods, and declared that the for
mer contained more nutriment and
was cheaper than any other food.
This explanation was made to con-
vince the dairyman that there was no
possible chance of over-production
and that the future of the dairy In
dustry was one of great promise and
that the farmers should improve their
herds and make the most OF the posi-
bilities offered.
He gave brief outline OF the only
competitor that the dairymen have.
that being the concerns that are
manufacturing oleomargarine. Rapid
progress has been made In Its manu-
facture the past few years BY the use
of cocoanut milk and butter-fat. How
ever. through the manufacture of good
butter, the dairymen need have no
fear. He roasted the dairymen who
sold butter-fat to concerns manufac-
turing oleomargarine and declared
that they were cutting their own
throat.
Owing to the fact that several dairy.
men of Carson Valley contend that
Durham stock is profitable both as
dairy. and beef stock, Mr.. Green en-
phatically declared that II would not
work. any more than II was possible
to breed draw horse with racing
stock
Following Mr.. Green's address K.
Y. Scott of the University of Nevada
urged the organization of Dairy AS
sociation and implored the farmers
that should they again take up testing
with the view of eliminating robber-
cows from their herds. to follow out
the plans. He stated that when the
testing that was carried on some years
ago. instead of keeping their best cows,
several Armers sold the animals for
a somewhat higher price than the av-
erage COW would bring, and continued
to milk the poor ones.
After the meeting Mr.. Green acom-
panied the sevmers to the Millar Bros.
dairy and RE showed them how to
select good COW from poor one.
Several of the farmers in attendance
at the meeting have signified their in
tentions of commencing the improve
ment of their dairy herds along the
lines suggested by Mr.. Green. and il
is believed that the next few years
will see great advancement made in
the dairy industry of Carson Valley.