Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-01-28
The NewIands Project

It should be source of considerable |
satisfaction to anyone interested in
the future development of the New
land Project to know that the dairy
industry on the project for the year
1921 showed the greatest development
in its history While this develop
ment has attained only a fraction of
what is possible in this industry on
the project, and has not even devel-
oped as it should considering the start
it had as far back as 1915, the present
status shows that project farmers are
beginning TO appreciate the advan-
tages and possibilities of dairying on
the project.
Importation into the project dur
ing the past year amounting to ap-
proximately LOCO dairy head of dairy
animals plus the natural increases of
present herds have increased our dairy
cows population from 2072 at the end
of 1920 to 1858 at the end of 1921.
Prior to 1921 the largest number of
dairy cattle on the project was in
1915. The number this year, however
represents al per cent increase over
the 1915 figure. Our increase. in
dairy cattle population by the end
of the year 1921 represents an increase
of IL per cent over that of 1920. Our
natural increase for 1922 should be ma
terially larger than during the past
year. This, together with the proba-
bility that there will be very heavy
Importation of cattle from other Sec
tons, should bring our dairy cattle
| population up to a point where the
marketing of alfalfa hay out of the pro-
ject will be matter of much less con-
| Germ than at the present time.
One very encouraging feature of
the dairy industry on the project
of the cattle fed during the yeas
as shown by the reclamation census
report is the showing of a material
increase in the size of the dairy herds.
This may be taken to mean that those
who have been in the dairy business
previously have seen fit to increase
the size of their herds. In 1920
there was sc per cent project farmers
having between 10 and 20 dairy cows.
\ At the end of 1921 those having be-
| tween 10 and 20 OF the animals were
increased to lib per cent thus show
ing a 10C per cent increase. During
the same period, the dairymen hav-
ing as many as 80 cows showed a 100
per cent increase While there are not
many dairymen on the project having
more than 80 cows, the number was
also doubled during the past year.
These figures should be very encour-
aging to any one who is able to APP
preciate what a substantial growth in
dairying will mean to the project.
Along with the increase in num-
bers of dairy cattle during the year
lust past, there has been "a rapid in
crease in sentiment for improvement
in quality animals. 1t is only posi-
bic to appreciate possibilities in this
line after considerable experience in
handling dairy cattle. Hence we have
reason to expect material increase
in the quality Of our animals in the
future. This statement is borne out
by the fact that there were IS addi-
tional registered bulls placed in SER
vice on this project during the past
year, representing the Holstein, Jer-
sey, Guernsey and Ayrshire breeds.
In addition to these registered bulls.
there were registered females repre-
senting Ayrshire, Jersey and Holstci'
breeds to the number of approximate.
Us head.-Fallon Eagle.