Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-05-26

49,, NoiiS COWS. IN Den-
mark, Holland and Belgium, the COW
and her products have for many gem
erations been the standby of the peo-
pie on the land. The cow nm tbe
farm enables them to do the inton-
sive farming for which those conn
tries are famous the world over. We
Americans can, if we will. learn
many valuable lessons in thrift from
the lowly peasants of those prosper
Gus European countries, despite our
own vaunted superiority.
In the cow on the farm the Ban
ker has his most helpful ally in his
efforts to finance the agricultural in
terests in his particular community.
AS the number of cows on the farm
increase just in that proportion will
the credit demands on the merchants
decrease. The man with the COW
pays as ne goes and is the most CO.
veted farmer customer at the country
store and the village bank. He is
Independent and dependable and al
most without exception represents
the best in every line of worthwhile
endeavor in the community. Instead
of a large bill for groceries at the
store and note at the bank for other
necessary farming expenses staring
him in the face at the end of every
crop season, this class of farmer has
a credit at the grocery and money in
the bank. This very thing the ban
ker finds is the dividing line between
success and failure of the average
small farmer.
In this particular section of Ameri-
ca we are blessed with many advan-
tages not enjoyed elsewhere. We
have the most favorable conditions
in the world for the cultivation Of
alfalfa, conceded by all authorities to
be the best hay or forage for all
classes of farm animals. The Wis
consin Experiment Station tells US
that an acre of Alfalfa will yield
three times as much protein as an
acre of clover and nine times as much
as an acre of timothy, and the re-
cent experiments at the Illinois sta
tion reveal the fact that for dairy
cows ration containing alfalfa pro-
duces II per cent more milk than a
ration containing the same amount
of timothy used in lieu of alfalfa.
Wisconsin ranks first in the United
States in the value of its dairy pro-
ducts. Think what we could do in
Colorado where our soil, climatic
conditions, and irrigation yield such
a remarkable growth of this best of
all foods for the dairy COW, when
Wisconsin can rank first and feed
clover and timothy.
AS the dairy cow on the farm is
the friend of the banker, every ban
ker should get behind the movement
for more cows on the farm. The
banks should stand ready at all times
to use their resources for the financ-
ing of this important branch of ag-
riculture. A poor COW eats as much
and otherwise costs as much to main
tain as a good COW. This one argu-
ment should be proof enough to any
farmer that he should have cows
which will pay their way. If he has
the elements of success in him he will
soon demonstrate for himself that
certain of his cows are "star board
ers." and if he is wise those cows
will soon be on their way to the but
cher. This does not mean that he
must confine his operations to high
priced pure-bred stock. but he should
be very careful to know that his cows
are all earning their keep and max
ing him a profit. The banker can
help in this regard by advising the
purchase of good cows in every in
stance where he is called upon for
financial assistance in a deal of this
kind.