Gunnison news-champion., 1922-02-24
DAIRIING IN THE
NORTHw WEST
tBy F. A Hays, Wyoming College, Of
Agriculture

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Agriculture
DaETyIHg has never occupied the
attention Of 20 large q following in
the Northwest as has beet production.
FeodgE= have. for a considerable time,
looked 90 the grea; range AREA Of
Montana and Wyoming FOR stocker and
feeder cattle The policy Of many
rauChuea sa- not ." do aHy thing with
their c.Iiil- that could a7; be- done on
huF-ebacs- just recently very marked
attention is being gwen 20 the csJab-
llshm- NJ Of milking herds MIX COWS
are ~ pre-eH, the only class Of cattle
that sci. ~ q good fgu~p and arc ~
good demand. From almost ever
locality in Wyoming comes inquiry
for grade or pure bred H1lsteiUs. or
for Milking Sh0rthorns from the more
conservative.
There are several cause undsTlying
this change. The need for a steady
income. such a. milk cuse provide, u
being felt more than ever before be-
cause the Iar,er incomes from the
range have been abnUrmaIly Curtaiied
i has been necessary In very many
cases TO sell OF 70 the limit in order
10 meet expense. The great uncCT-
tafnty attached 20 the feeder market
has operated. In 10 small way, 20 cur
tail production. MANY loads Of in
f,uOr cattle have gone 10 market, the
returns from which scarcely more than
paid the freight
Home stead,rs and ranchmcn nave
discovered the necessity 0f adding ma
uurc 10 the soil and UE producing o
product upon which Tho tram p"rtZ'ioa
charge acr" small ln proportion to
the value. The dalry COW will meet
thcan requirement..
S~lue and poultry can be landed
10 the best advantage where there are
some dairy by-products 10 feed. Grain
growing b. coming 20 be more and
more important each ysar. As one
well known sfnrpWau sTUTpr ed II.
We must adopt m0Tr offensive and
busnosslikc method or % out Of the
business"
With her eighty thousand so-called
milk cows. Wyoming ha. not been able
20 supply her own needs. The fact
Is evident, therefor, that much i'm
prUycmcut must be undn ,n our COWS.
We must grow the feed but We need
good cows
4 considerable variety Of forage
and grain crops grow succcssfully
Alfalfa Is our most important crop
under cultivation. The quality can
not be surpassed and the cost is not
excessive. Our native hay meadow
abound on nearly every ranch. The
chief .-ras-.s are the wheat gTLsscs
and they furnish 4 highly dige stiblf
carbohydrate hay. Corn is being
grown in the lower attitudes for grain
and ziIago. Barley and oats are both
dependable crops for grain. Oats and
peas and sUniluwers can be grown a.
almost all sections advantageous! for
silage. The great value Of sunn0wer
silago for milk production has been
demonstrated at several experiment
stations and upon many farms. With
yields from Is tons upward, the costs
are very reasonable. Rations made
up Of alfalfa hay, silage, bran, oats.
beet pulp and cottonsecd meal certain
IS look very encouraging for efficient
production.
Alfalfa cannot be said TO be the pest
OF pasture grasses but il is used satis-
factorily in many places. More study
needs to be given 10 the pasture ques-
tion In this section, however.
To insure i good market, there is
need for cooperation and for the es-
tablishment of numerous creameries.
It goes without saying that a product
without 4 peer can be produced because
cattle in Wyoming are notably free
from disease and cool weather insures
a better grade Of milk than could be
found on the average farm where cN-
tremely warm weather prevails. Pros
poets for the dairying industry were
never brighter and the outlook for a
well established industry is very graf
ifyiug