The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-07-20
CANYON COUNTY
DA|RY|NG WILL
GET PUBLICITY
Commercial Club Pre-
pares Write up 70 r
Use in Union Pacihc's
Publication.

dohNaAl t>~h1f'te ~fsJ 80 ~C"-"%>J
dairy herds will be obtained as a result
of local Commercial club activities.
Photographs of four representative
herds, three Holstein and one Jersey.
together with brief summary OF the
dairy possibilities of this region will be
included in dairy publication to be is
sued by the Union Pacific in the near
future. Herds photographed for this
purpose include those OF NJ. L. Wal
ker, Joe Robinson and Herman Weick,
all Holsteins, and Monroe Dille's Jer-
sey herd.
The writc-up which will accompany
these cuts follows:
Idaho, young in the dairy business,
is making such strides that a premier
position among all states is definitely
assured for the near future. Require
ments are only two.--men who know
the dairy game. and cows.
mo region in Idaho is developing
its dairy possibilities faster than is the
Boise valley. with Caldwell the heart
of the project and geographically the
center OF its activities. In Canyon
county now there are 1900 dairy
cows, according to the county tax
rolls. Eight thousand of these cows
are on farms within an eight mile ra-
dius of Caldwell. And the number
is constantly and rapidly increasing.
Holstein, Jersey. Guernsey and few
Ayreshires and Brown Swiss are the
breeds found here. with the Holstein
and Jersey predominating.
Climate and extreme productivity
of soil combine to make this the finest
field for intensive development of the
industry in the United States today.
That this is not an idle fancy needs
no better proof that this statement OF
u. L. Kraft. cheese manufacturer, who
said upon one OF his recent visits to
Idaho:
"Idaho has the greatest possibilities
in the dairy industry of any state in
the Union. In Wisconsin,
10 dairy cows to 100 acres is the rule;
in Idaho three dairy cows to one acre
is the rule.
Markets are at hand in the form OF
creameries and condcnsaries with the
1922 average price of 40 cents per ID.
for butter fat. Dairymen who raise
chickens in connection with the pro-
duction of milk have in Caldwell a
branch OF the Pacific Cooperative
Poultry Producers, an association that
this year will do a million dollars
worth of business and promises to
double that in 1924 at prices consider
ably above other Idaho markets.
Three thousand cows in Canyon
county today are averaging 40 pounds
of buttcrfat production per month.
Judging from tests made by farm bu-
reau COW testing associations. Feed
is cheap with alfalfa the basis Of the
protein ration. selling today at $3.50
per ton. producing easily an average
of S tons per acre. Corn will yield 20
tons Of silage per acre. These pro-
duction figures are conservative.
"Blue grass and white clover pas
lures near Caldwell will sustain three
cows per acre for six months of the
year. Winters are mild with little
snow and temperatures that rarely
90 below zero Cold winds are prac-
tically unknown. There are no cy-
clones. tornadoes or unreasonable vio-
lent storms. Snow fall is light and
never remains long. So mild are the
winters that sleighing is an event OF
decade but for day. and frequently
storage of natural ice is impossible.
Land values today are reasonable.
Boise valley prices were never seri-
ously inflated. Today purchases can
be made at figures that are right with
any reasonable accommodation.
Idaho is a coming dairy state. And
no region in Idaho is more favorable
from every standpoint than the Cald-
well territory in the Boise Valley"