The Holly chieftain., 1922-03-09

ing in grasses best for irrigated
lands for the past twelve years and
recommends d grass mixture as fol
lows: Orchars grass; Is lbs, Arm
less Bronze. Is lbs. Meadow Fescue
10 lbs: Timothy. 6 lbs: and yellow
sweet clover. lbs. making total
of fifty pounds. BY using this mix
'ture the farmer in Colorado can
never go far wrong.
There should be regular time
for milking and there should be
equal intervals between these per-
iods Nothing SO demoraliZes a
COWS lacteal prOductiveness as ir-
1eguIar milking times. The writer.
,one upon time, knew a young
preacher to whom, In kindness, a
farmer deacon loande cow.
The preacher was poor and had
large lmily. Unfortunately he knew
Ilittle OF agriculture and less of cows,
After. i; season the deaeoninquired
of the pseudo.farmer how his COW
was doing. He said, "She gave a
right amart of milk for II while. but
she is about petered out now and
not worth her keep The farmer
was surprised and inquired careful
ly into the preachers care of her.
when do you milk her?' he asked.
s"Wcl.. said the preacher, You
know have big family and no
1ioRe- to buy.ice to keep the milk
sweet. SO hit 1n the plan of going
out and milking Il little. and as
much as we need whenever we need
it" No wonder shr went dry
Along with regular milking
should go the care of the milk.
Care in milking. clean hands and
yesseia and a clean place to milk,
Nothing lessons the value of milk
as much as dirt. We can strain out
the undissolved particles but the
liquid part OF the manure and the
finer dust particles are still left
In the milk. Knowing this cOndi-
I -tion. ms the children of farmers do,
is a cause for the dislike of milk on
the farm in many eases. City peO-
ple-.are becoming more and more
particular and in many places milk
must be certified and sealed before
selling. Comparatively clean milk
is possible with n little care. even
under usual small farm conditions
People soon learn If you are care
less dairyman and the value OF your
product decreases in that commun
ity
Through calf clubs. as well as
baby beet. clubs. the hoys and girls
can be Interested in cattle raising
and dairyjng. 1t E remarkable
what excellent results can be OBJ
tafned and interest aroused from
these clubs. One. who has visited
our county or State fairs knows
how extensive is&club. organization
on the farms. in the schools and in
the county organizations of the
various states. At the Iowa State
Fair MS the writer knows from OBJ
servation, special buildings have
been set aside for these boys. and
girls clubs and snecia depart
ment has been organized for them.
Doubtless the same interest Is
manifest in Colorado and other
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states. ..s.a.
According to the reports of the
Colorado Cow Testing Association,
the high COW for the state is Prin-
cess, II registered Holstein owned
by f. J. I-indatlist of Denver. The
high kerd;' acea'aingrto the last re-
port, ,werc registered Holsteins
owned by Marcus Harper of Boul,
I.der4 Ray Gilbert's. herd, at Lamar
is,secol-d. Out Of 1871 COWS tested
Ijini. the nine western states, Little
Pet, "a grade HoIstein owned by g
Ik,Was Henry of JohnstOWn, Colo, holds
| arst Iplace+ The Holly Model Dairy
has the distinction of'holding third
place. tistf Is l.I.
InHtlre ArkansastNalley the Green
Mountain Dairy Of Lamar has the
high COW. Bunte and high nerd tor
the association from the last report.
The herd belonging to the Model
Dairy of this town. has returned
from Wichita with ribbons to show
winnings in all classes entered ex-
cept one. Production increase over
last month was SO pounds of milk,
and s pounds-Of butter fat. Pro.
fit over cost of feed per 100 pounds
OF milk. for January is $l.A. Holly
is very proud OF her Model Herd
1t should be an inspiration to this
entire farming community In their