The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-09
The Great Business
OF DairyinS In Colorado.

ing in both the irrigated and non
irrigated lands. not rs a side issue,
but US Il regular business.
Our wide ranges of grass lands.
rot yet too high in value to use as
.a iasture, are well adapted for feed
ing and keeping cows. In this unu-
stlaliy genial climate little or no
shelter is needed for the COWS be-
cause OF stormy weather. There is
/, plenty of feed being raised which
is better fed than sold and trans
ported.
y Again the dairy provides continu-
Gus and constant income. When
ether kinds of farming operations
are almost at n stndstill and little
money is coming in the dairy COW,
. wcll cared Cor, calls for work and
keeps the purse well filled. Milk
is an excellent diet for the farmers
Y iamily. too There are scores of
ways in which milk can be utilized
Ia in fnrnishing appetizing food pro
ducts for the table. The writer once
lived in y great dairying country
y Whcrc cream brought u. good price.
The sarmers stinted themselves sof
mix in. order to get cream for the
market and skim milk for the hogs
the farmers children went without
&, this best of all foods. This was 4
sad mistake.
Perhaps the greatest value of
Ghe~ cow to the farmer is in the
manure she produces. A good cow
Will provide ten to twelve tors of
manure yearly. This should be p,''
on the land. If it can be put back
'ias soon as produced and spread out
with n manure spreader that Is
(, advisable. II this practice Is not
Followed, then the manure should
shn carefully gathered and packed
i Gdown under shelter from the ele-
l0ents. Sun and rain carry away
,Iluch of the goodness and value
N Of the manure niled in the open.
n l'y teaching and by evaporation
much is lost to the farmer.
n We are learning only in this present
generation the value to the farmer
Al of boarding and using manure for
" the land The writer recalls how
! come twenty years ago. while trav-
a cling in tho Red River valley of
HI itbe north, he saw thousands of tons
VI Ut manure dumped into ravines and
II cid creek beds to get I'D OF it, The
u land % Dakota and Minnesota was
ttien 50 rich the farmers did not
w manure back on the land If the
vi farms of New Hampshire, where the
writer lived for ten years. had been
IN ! rEpcrly renewed by fertilization
Al pgtalurcd by large herds OF COWS,
ytoso lands would not be worn out
today. Above all things the farm
cr should keep mp the fertility of
lt'} land Then If he misses crop
once ~ a while the good years Of
biz crops in fertile soil will offset
Die poor years.
A novice does not make good
dairy farmer. Such Il farmer must
ka\tnnw his business. Having found
q good location and none Is better
4 tfar the Arkansas Valley-he
sIaqld get him well-brrd herd.
Tkc Holstcin COW is the favorite in
M M valley. A few such COWS will.
(I by the use Of good sires, produce
caves of bette: breed than their
nr,hers and soon give him valll-
R,'e herd.
n I, is better to have all of one brand
ri stree this will give better look
I'M and more uniform herd and pro
durc more milk to the cow. Poor
CO.'S, like poor ears of corn. means
Ya lcsscning Of the farmers profits.
III Even these good cows should be
uttlcd over and the kicker, hard
N mixer and poorly favored cow got
N rid, Of \
Having got together good herd
III tbc care of the COW should be next
ro,;, idcred. The stables should be
warm. clean and airy, with good
Ndry, bed for the cows at night. She
sbnuId have the proper feed. There
lsbould be plenty of roughage OF the
llcgiinipous sort to furnish bulky
Mood She should have plenty OF
etlnpe alfalfa, clover or other good
shoy. If the silage is deficient IN
Asraip then her grain ration must
1be Increased. Many make 1t a rulf
o feed one pound ofgrain daily FOL
ach. pound of butter fat produced
ypckly, Wcll.ground grain. corr
A. barley is essential for goot
Iau,u of milk Salt Should ALWAYS bt