The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-11-17
MORE DAIRY
HERDS ARE
NEEDED HERE
i TwO.DAY MEETING OF THE
FARMERS WAS HELD WED.
NESDAY AND THURSDAY.
CHEESE FACTORY CAN BR
BUILT AND EQUIPPED FOE
ABOUT S2,sOO.00.

A two days session of the Farmers
Institute was held In the Second
Ward meeting house Wednesday and
Thursday Of this week.
f. r. Cammack, Field Dairyman Of
the University Extension Of Boise,
gave two addresses on dairying, Of
which the following is a synopsis.
While dairying need not form the
exclusive industry Of the farmer, ex-
cept where conditions warrant, It
should be part Of it, not only to pro-
vide regular cash income but to add
to the fertility of the farm. The
three factors in successful dairying
are breeding, wedding and feeding.
The manner in which a good sire can
build up the productive and financial
value Of herd is shown by the fact
that II we consider a herd producing
$50 pounds Of butter fat a year a.
$40, by increasing production so
pounds the value is raised to $16: II
raised $50 pounds the increase n
$26; 800 pounds, $74; 400 pounds.
$106; 500 pounds, $138. Probably the
average in Idaho is not above $50
pounds, yet by proper breeding It can
be raised to the higher figure. But
1t cannot be increased in one or two
years. 1t is slow but sure business,
and any man can get into it.
A bull association provides the
means by which a man with few
cows can make a start. In this way
it is not necessary for a farmer to
buy a valuable and high priced sire,
but it can belong to the association
and all the members have the use Of
it..
Wedding Is another necessary part
of successful dairying. Weed out the
cows that are not profitable. A test
made once a month for year of the
weight of milk and butter fat content
will determine whether a COW is
profitable producer.
Good pasture supplemented by a
little grain furnishes the best feed
for dairy cows, and here they can De
kept on pasture for eight months In
the year. In winter Is or 20 pounds
of sunfiower and corn ensilage pro-
vides the necessary succulence and
cuts down the hay ration about one
half In the absence Of ensilage Gull
potatoes, sugar beets, carrots and
mangles form a good substitute. Not
more than about 10 or IL pounds OF
potatoes should be ted. Mangles fur
nish the largest tonnage per acre.
All vegetables should be cut up to
prevent danger of choking. A warm
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cold water should not be given, as
1t takes too much Of the animals
carbohydrates to raise the tempera-
ture to the bodily heat.
Gentleness and kindness are neces-
sary for the best results, and about
one-half depends upon the proper
breed and the other half on the man.
The success of the dairy industry
in the Boise valley comes from the
different avenues into which the far-
mers' product can be turned. Cheese
factories, condenseries and butter
factories. Each compete against the
other for the farmers milk or cream.
II the farmer sells his milk to the
cheese factory he gets the whey Dack
for his stock. From the butter rae
tory he gets the skim milk, or he can
sell his whole milk to the condensery
or milk dealers.
Cooperative cheese factories run
on the right plan are successful.
The successful ones are those whicn
are leased to or managed by COM
petent man who charges the farmer
SO much a pound for making the
cheese, markets it and pays the far
mers all above the price for making.
Among the successful ones are those
where the manager is hired at 30
much per month to run the factory.
In the first case the manager loses II
he cannot keep the production costs