The Hope pioneer., 1922-12-07

SURVIVAL OF F|TTEST
APPLIES TO DAIRyIkC
(By Max Morgan. North Dakota Agri-
cultural College)
Dairy farming is a system Of farming
in which plans are first made for the
cattle, the product of the farm, the
crops and the market. 1t is a highly
specialized business in which success
and failure are determined by the old
law of the survival of the tittest.
l was looking for a good purebred
dairy bull last week to recommend to
group of farmers. This quest took me
to many dairy farms There were
great number of bulls for sale. Breed
ers are not taking advantage of the
cheap bulls that are for sale and. of the
advantage of culling out the poor ones
The butcher has not been used to the
best advantages or the poor individuals
from INFESTED dams would not have
been OH the farms.
The war prices on bulls are past, and
ii we will but wake up TO the fact more
bulls will sell and less expense will he
encountered. Wouldn't it he good husi-
ness to do as the merchant does when
he ilndS his goods not moving to take
what he can get for them to move them
out? Why should Il breeder start
! through the winter With six or eight
yearling bulls. none of which are out
standing individuals and that are from
INFESTED dams. and costing from $500
| in $500 each. The common faults found
with most of the yOllhg bulls of today
are that they are understood and are
! siopers. Why not sell them at reason
{ able prices and not make !; dissatisfied
customer or discourage a beginner?
"I'he call to knives" should again be
issued. for winter is here and bulls of
the right kind and breeding are plenti-
| llll. a few breeders are unloading
good bulls ut reasonable prices. a let
4 ter recently received from Il breeder
/ stated that he had "A calls for bulls in
one week, His herd is culed out every
month. He sells nothing but stock OF
quality and therefore. his reputation is
good and he moves his surplus at an
early age
1t takes Judgment stick-to-it-veness
and knowledge to make success of
dairy farming and as it has been
proved the world over in all business
circles that knowledge is power" the
same should be applied to dairy farm
| ing when complaints are made about
the difficulties which some farmers
state are found in milking COWS such as
the long hours. the continuing and hard
work. poor prices. and so on
| These statements lead one to picture
! the usual scene as is so often found
on farm. A farm where such trouble
is had one can draw Il picture where
there is no system of farming followed.
! me COWS are MIXED rs the last cllore
in the morning and the last chore at
| night. The grain crops are all seeded
| before the ground is plowed for the
necessary dairy feed crops The herd
has at its head a grade bull or a pure
bred bull as poor as a grade sire The
COWS are hrindles, blacks and reds
which would make the average dairy
| farmer of Holland believe he belonged
to the rainbow division. Pints instead
OF quarts of milk are produced by cows
with udderS on them like Il wet UNI
brella standing in IL corner In other
words, this farmer is not trying dairy
| ing but is attempting to do everything
but dairy farming and because he does
not attend to his dairy first he has
trouble and gives up milking in despair
or turns it over to his wife. This type
Of dairy farmers had better give up
milking dairy COWS all together There
are less than one per cent of all dairy
COWS in the United States that have
been tested for the production of butter
| fat. The farmer who has his cows in
cow testing association has the
knowledge of dairy which the business
man and the banker has of his business.
He therefore. makes it a successful and
interesting life work.