The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1922-08-17
DAIRYING MEANS PROSPERITY

DhIn1 lNO MEhNO IItOfolEttII1
Dairying is going to be the big
industry of the Snake River valley,
especially the irrigated region.
This is the prediction of the dairy
specialists who spent week in
studying the possibilities of this
section from Weiser to Ashton.
whether the people who are
here now realize the possibilities or
not, nevertheless, this is going to be
the coming dairy section of the
United States" declared H. Frand-
sen, dairy editor of Capper's publ
cations, and formerly head of the
dairy division of the University of
Nebraska, For, he continued, 'if
they do not go into the dairy busi-
ness themselves, others will come
here and do so.'
This is what the people desire
They want someone to come here
to go into the dairy business. The
farmers here will not, or cannot en-
ter 1t successfully. 1t is believed
by the specialists that not more
than one farmer in ten is suitable
for dairy husbandry unless brought
up in the industry. In other words,
they declared that to succeed, the
man who goes into dairying must be
"dairy-minded". He must, to be
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tience, industry, perseverance and
sufficient capital to make the proper
start. He must also have ambition
to follow the growth of his herd,
and possess a desire to see that the
progeny of his cows shows higher
milk producing ability than their
mothers. In brief, he must be a
dairyman.
On the other hand these experts
declared in their states there are
many men who do not measure up
to these qualifications who still
succeed in their agricultural efforts
because of the fact that they have
cows. While not primarily dairy
men they keep few cows on their
farms, and because of this fact
raise more crops than they would
otherwise.
One expert, Reed Murray, secre-
tary of the Wisconsin Livestock
Breeders association made the as
certion repeatedly that farmer
could set aside sufficient land for
the pasture and care of ten cows on
any forty acre tract he had seen
here, and still raise as large crops |
as he would IL all the land were
given to crop production. Thus
the income received from the milk i
produced by the ten cows would be |
just that much additional earnings |
for the farm.
The reason given for the spread |
of the dairy business into this sec
ton is logical, They point out, as
did DR.. II. A. Harding, formerly |
dean of the dairy department at the
University of Illinois, that New
York was once the great dairy pro-
ducts manufacturing state of the
nation, now Wisconsin and Mime
sofa have taken that distinction be-
cause the growth of the urban pop
ulation of New York. has created
such a demand for whole milk that
the farmers of that region cannot
porduce the needed surplus for
What is true of New
York is now becoming true of the
middle west, and therefore the CEN
ter of manufacture of dairy products
is to move westward.
The section of the country which
can produce the necessary feeds the
cheapest, and whose people will en-
ter into the business, properly fin
anced, is bound to become that {
next dairy center. Idaho has deter
mined to make that effort. Its
business men are to back the move
ment. Steps have been taken to {
create dairy bank provided with
the means for financing the farm l
ers. They are going to win in Ida
ho just as they have won in their
Irrigation campaigns. And they l
have taken Malheur county into l
the campaign. We will be included
in their publicity efforts. We have '
been invited to cooperate with them |