The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-09-12
BOONE COUNTY
A LEADER IN
DAIRY HERDS
At Least Three First-Class
Collections of Cows Are
Maintained Near
Columbia.
BEGAN IN MODEST WAY
Glenn Davis, Late ]. A. Hudson
and College of Agriculture
Owners of Fine
Animals.

Inc purchase OF NddmdHtJt iHhDcih'
Pride Pontiac. i pure-bred Holsteir
COW. for 5000 by Glenn Davis and C.
f.. Driver of Columbia, brings to mind
the fact that Boone County is one Of the
leading counties Of the state when il
comes to producing dairy products.
The Davis Dairy farm. just north Of
Columbia on the Blackfoot gravel road
is one Of the growing dairy farms of the
county. Glenn Davis, the owner. has
built up a splendid herd Of Jerseys and
Holsteins from an humble start with one
COW few years ago. He confines most
Of his efforts to supplying Columbia
with milk. He is one dairyman who be-
Iieyes in cleanliness carried to the abb
soluie point instead Of safeguarding milk
through pasteurizaiion.
Another farm of interest is the farm
Of the late ]. A. Hudson at McBaine.
CLYDE Shepard is manager Of this large
farm, which in acreage comprises 68O
acres, in addition TO which 90 acres are
rented for pasture.
At present 236 head of pure bred
Holstein and grade cows are MIXED
twice a day. 73 Of these by machine and
l63 BY hand. In addition to this there
are fifty cows that are dry and 100
calves and yearlings which are being
brought up on skim milk and calf feeds.
As far as possible it is endeayored TO
keep the dairy farm in self-supporting
condition, enough corn and other grain
being grown TO avoid the necessity OF
purchasing such products. Two hundred
acres of the farm are in corn. l3O in
alfalfa. 100 in wheat. 90 in sweet clover
80 in rye, and go in pasture. To till
these crops three tractors, twenty-seven
mules and twenty-five men are employed.
All of the ground is rather high Missouri
river bottom land and is highly fertile.
The alfalfa is cut two or three times
a season and moved away loose in 700
ton hay barn. As much as possible Of
the immense corn crop is made into sill
age, there being three l6x60 silOs near
the milking barn. Mr.. Hudson kept
no hogs. He said that by proper feed
ing the greater part of grain waste from
cattle can be eliminated and there is
no need for hogs as scavengers on this
farm. where silage. ground grain and
hay are chiefly feed.
The equipment of the farm is fully
modern. Adequate carriers do away
with much of the labor of feeding.
There is a good light plant and running |
water in the barns. A nine ton ice plant |
affords ample cold storage protection. !
As soon as cows are MIXED the milk is !
poured into cold storage or cooling watts |
where it is brought to the lowest pos
sible temperature and then drawn off |
for shipment as needed. The average |
production is fifty ten-gallon cans of
milk day, the greater part of which
is shipped TO St. Louis.
Another interesting dairy herd is that
of the University Of Missouri. This
herd has also grown from a small begin
ming. At present there are approx
maiely 100 head Of pure bred Holstein.
Jersey and Ayrshire breeds which have
been reared by the College of Agricul-
iure.
The Jersey herd was started in 1887
with the purchase of four cows. Prac-
tically all the Jersey herd now in milk
are daughters Of one bull, Sultana's Vir-
ginia Lad. As with the other breeds. no
females have been purchased since the
original four cows bought at the begin
ming.
The Holsteins are descended from
three COWS bought in 1902, and are the
daughters Of Korndyke Hengeveld De
Kol. The present herd of fifty animals
is valued at $4,000. Animals TO the
value Of $1,000 have already been sold
from this herd Seven of the cows in
The University herd will average eleven
tons of milk year and there is one COW
that has produced eighty tons of milk
20 date.
The cows are handled in modern
lair barns and the milk is taken to the
nearby creamery. a sanitary building
fully equipped for the separation, pas
ieurizaiion and bottling of milk as well
as for the manufacture Of cheese, but
Ter and butter-milk. This herd supplies
several sources with milk. butter and
cheese among these being one hospital. a
afeteria and University dormitories.