Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-03-10

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oyar1 ,000, O0ee - lds 1f butts1 ataa
4, This n 1t amount ot 00tt 0r.1
s. rather DIT Iiicu1t to comp Ind
I 8 IN way 81 comps ris0n. Brieklt,a
j - nearly i've times - much 60 the
4 1hined output, off the three creamer.s
- 8 Little Falls. &c Is almost equiya-s
To- the combined output of the
- largest ereameries ~. q Morrison s !,
Upsala, sWanville, Randall
81 Piarx.
S. - statement that the ilaca
1sanery has.a large territory isseasily
1uf1ted because there is q creamery
5 miles : east receiving 35Q, 900
1,onnds Of fat annually. One on the
s'sa1ae,at only miles distant with 275,0O0
poGnds while 4 miles to the south 8
third creamery receives 400, 900 pounds.
H. nearest creamery on the north y
III nailes with an annual run Of 18O, 900
r<nads.
What Is the secret of this great pro.
&netion9 COWs9 Yes. Many Of them.
On an average production basis Of 100
pounds per COW in the state, however,
1hsrp would be about $3.50 COWS with
sSn, d radius Of miles of this city Of
! afihca. The 1920 census shows. that
) there are but 5,O69 dairy cows and
sleifers over two years Of age in Mile
Fac county. The difference between
these two figures, 1919, would repre-
.sent the cows which keep three other
se1eameries Isle, Princeton and West
R1anch. Ask these creameries and they:
y16 tell you it can + be done. y
The secret then must be better pro-
d1etion per COW and hereby hangs a
.Etala Eight years ago the farmers of
N1laca had grade and scrub cows. They
STARTED to purchase purebred sires and
organized bull associations and it has
been proven that seven daughters of
~ association bull gave on an average
1890 pounds more milk and 35.3 pounds
more fat than their dams. " p
The results were so striking that the
q S-'Department of Agriculture featur-
ed them: in an exhibit at the Nationals
Dairy Show. The Cow Testing Asso-
station tells the other half of the story.
The average Minnesota COW produces
annually 1000. pounds Of milk contain
sng 100 pounds Of butterfat which at
valuation of SO cents a pound would be
worth $500. The cost Of feed based
oa cow testing association records for
average. COWS is 1866 leaving a return
over and above cost of feed of 1895.
Average figures for COW testing as
5@soeiations reported for 1921 to E. A.
Hanson, dairy specialist with the agri-
cultural extension division of the Uni
80 10 Ahok
each COW produced 6S79 pounds milk
containing 25S pounds butterfat which
at 36 cents per pound was worth
$92-8S. The average cost of feed was
$aa689, leaving return in excess Of
feed costs Of $3.50 which is more than
: 'szvice as much as the average COW re-
TURNS. ~''' T.;
The COW testing association work Of
Ghe United States was featured in
smother exhibit at the National Dairy
Show by q chart showing the produc-
sflGn by states and nations. The aver
:1ge production Of all COWS in the U. S.
ID 1922 pounds milk while the average
production of all COWS in 100 COW test
mag associations is SOFT pounds milk.
Netherlands Switzerland and Denmark
aszh rank above the U. S. in production,
the average being 1886, $3.50, and 5666
Epo.1nds milk respectively. The average
aaiIk production of cows in the U. S.
80 too low. Economy and competition
Remand Improvement. 49,, ,-..E
This is also true Of Morrison county
znnd The territory: surrounding Little
Falls. The only way to approach the
production Of Milaca is to start as they
sid with better sires and cow test
5ng association. Keeping records of his
COWS is q business principle which can
mot DE overlooked by the dairyman who
ia to- make a success Of his work.
- knowledge in power and COW testing
ng furnishes the knowledge which en-
ab1es the dairyman to Gull wisely, feed
properly and climb the steps to sue
~ress:s The following table taken from
the records Of cow testing associations
Tor q period Of eleven years, is illumi-
rating.
Period 1910 to 1920 Inclusive !
: Cows ~Av. Az. Av. Az. In
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