The Holly chieftain., 1923-03-22
pAIR1na AND BEET GROWING
IN THE ARKANSAS VALLEY

i
It is to be regretted that tn re
are many dairymen in the Arkansas
Valley that are not growing beets
rs tire beet tops and by-prOducts
from beets would give them better
results than the principal of these
by-products In addition to receiving
better results through the milk bue-
ket This will bear thorough inves-
tiGatiOn by the dairymen and taken
advantage of. following you will
find what the most successful dairy
beet growers are doing In territories
are sugar producers. and progress
ing regardless of depressions and
elements,
Johnston big Beet Daily, and pros
porous. Mr.. Letford the father of
this successful community says that
dairymen beet growers in Johnston
do not knon about hard times. only
through repors from the outside
This must be most peaceful con-
dition to be In at the present time
as all We hear is hard luck stories
from farming communities.
Individual Cases Show Results
Allen Erb, Superintendent of the
Mennonite sanitarium Farm locat-
ed Swink. Colorado, and growing
rs acres of beets every year says,
I'VE have never figured the value
Of beet feeds by theoretical analy-
sis or laboratory experiment. but
by pratical demonstration. The re-
suits obtained by pratical exper-
iancelets us to conclude that these
feeds produce amaximum of milk
flow, keep the stock In healthy con
-dition and are the mostecOnOmical
OF feeds in the Mississippi valley.
and the Western States.
They produce maximum OF milk
flow. I have had farmers come into
our deed lot and ask us how we
t.kenf our cows so fat The only ex-
plahstion had was that we be
AeveG It paid to feed beet pulp and
.ors and lllolssses. and they did not
OF course we feed with the pulp
snsilsge. alfalfa and bran and a
little syrup. / am not sure the bran
ration has paid us. IT Is at least
our most expensive item in the bill
Occasionally in August and Septem-
he we have run out Of pulp and
wc never have been able to hold
our COW up in milk flow to where
we had them with the best feed
1ation.
They keep the stock healthy. No
feed Is eaten with greater relish
An animals appetite is the best
conditioner.
They are economical. The tops
sre rastured and gathered both.
No feed fattens our horses and
young cattle quicker than to run
them on beet top pasture. / have
found n much cheaper to winter
stock here in Kansas where We
are dependent on grain and forage,
Herewith we will give few notes
of farmers in the Johnston District:
Sam Crowly started at Johnston IL
years ago doing little team work
and picking up odd jobs and eking
out a LIVING. With the advent OF
the Condensary he commenced
dairying and today Is one OF the
most prosperous farmers in the
Johnston district He owns 81
acres and rents 50 acres from w. E.
Letf6rd. From his farming and dairy
ing operations he netted $4,OO0W
this season, besides his livestock
additions, which are considerable.
He has MIXED an average Of 10 cows
forthe past year and averaged ar-
proximately sl350O per month from
the dairy. He grew 63 acres OF sug-
ar. beets, averaging 16h tons per
acre, and this Is written before the
first additional payment on beets
has been paid. he will swell his
ysars profits $l053.O0 from that
source. In the past six years he has
averaged l7.70 tons per acre. Sam
is 81. years old and has a wife and a
three year old child, SO this Is not
n case of the family doing the work
When Mr.. Crowley began the dairy
business one Of his doubling neigh
borstOld him the banker would have
all OF it In a short time. Sam an
sweged: 1T that happens all l will
lose will be my work, as the bank
er Is furnishing all the money To-
day he is one OF the heaviest de-
positors In that bank.