The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-12-18
BEST LIVESTOCK
MOST PROFITABLE
JAY p. GRAVES GIVES ENLIGHTEN-
ING FIGURES IN LETTER TO
DEAN Il. j. IDDINGS.

| 1t will be remembered that Jay P.
Graves, owner of Waikiki dairy farm,
lnear Spokane, donated number or
Jersey bull calves year ago for dis
| tribution to clubs organized to work
for improvement of dairy stock. This
year Mr. Graves is giving the calves
out for distribution through the col
lege of agriculture at the University
of Idaho, and through the department
of agriculture at Washington State
College. Twelve pure bred bull calves
will be allotted to each institution.
In connection with the distribution
of the calves, Mr.. Graves has written
the following letter to Dean e. j. Idd-
ings of the college of agriculture at
the University of Idaho, giving ex-
preston to most encouraging phases
in connection with the development OF
the dairy industry, and giving figures
which should be of interest to every
Palouse country dairyman, or farmer.
Sc am in receipt of yours of De-
cember 8th and am pleased to say
that the arrangement of distributing
the Jersey calves has met with the
approval of all and hope that this
work is laid out on broad enough
lines that great good may come of
it, helping to build the dairy interests
of the Inland Empire.
have had some statistics on pure
blooded dairy cows and figured out
on the basis as follows:
Of SO states covering $4,000 head
of breeding stock, including pure
breds, cross breds, grades and scrubs,
brings out the fact that dairy cows
of pure breeding have 4S per cent
greater earning power than others.
"The states that are high in the
production per COW have the greatest
percentage Of pure bred dairy bulls.
Dividing the 48 states into four groups
of II each, the group with the largest
percentage of pure bred sires have
the smallest production per COW.
Results by Groups.
I" In the first group the percentage
of pure bred dairy cattle is SIS; dairy
bulls, 42.5. and average yearly pro-
duction per COW, 4427 pounds.
"In the second group there are
per cent of pure dairy cattle, 36.5
per cent of pure bred bulls, and the
average production per COW is 3522
pounds.
"The third has II per cent pure
bred cattle and 1876 per cent of pure
average 1854 pounds of milk.
Those in group four are Ia per
cent of the total and the bulls only
1876 per cent pure bred. The cows
in this division average only 1906
pounds of milk.
"You will see from these figures,
or statistics, that the work that we
are undertaking to do, as you already
do
can come from the distribution OF
these pure bred sires.
Basis for Increase.
There are only three of every 100
dairy cattle that are pure bred.
These figures l have quoted are based
On the observations, as follows: Ii
one pound of milk day were added
to each of 24,00O,000 COWS today on
'arms in the United States, at con-
servative price of So per hundred
weight, it would mean $500,000 a day
would be added to the farm income
md that if 10 pounds were added
lay to the average production per COW,
which is twice as much as is now
)eing produced and is not an unrea-
,onable production, as the COWS or
rhe Netherlands, Switzerland, and the
United kingdom give that much, that
ncome would be about $5,000,000 more
laily to our farms.
:" Some such figures as these worked
,ut in some short, concise statement
hat could be distributed to the far
ners in the Inland Empire through
he university of Washington State
ollege would, in my opinion, get
greater results for our dairy farmers.
you have been doing this
n your lectures and more, but II. in
ONE striking manner we could bring
to the attention of the farm jour-
lals, stating the facts and restating
hem the next month, it might be
rought home to our people what an
ncome could be had by developing the
inland Empire into dairy country