Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-03-03
new DAIRY FARM
IN OPERATION
N. G. Mutt and M. j. Nield
Getting a Good Dairy
Herd Together
BOYS WILL MILK
ABOUT FIFTY COWS
New Cow Barns Being Built
and Other Improvements

1t is very gratifying to know that
men who know the game are being
attracted to the Mountain Home
tract to engage in the dairy business
Messrs. N. G. Mutt and M. j. Nield
Of Portland, Ore. have taken over
the old Lawrence ranch owned by c.
o. Johnson, of Portland, about seven
miles south of town and are turn
ing It into an up-to-date dairy ranch.
They are milking twenty one cows
now and have contracted for enough
more to build up their herd to fifty
cows in the near future.
Both of these gentlemen have had
plenty of experience in the dairy
business. Mr.. Mutt was raised on a
large dairy farm in Minnesota before
going to Oregon
Although these energetic gentle
men have only been in charge of
their present location a few months,
they have made a great many inn
provements including a large con-
crete cistern for watering purposes
and a modern COW barn thirty-six
by forty-four feet.
This barn constitutes the first
unit of a series of buildings which
will include a large hay barn next
to the present COW barn. and another
COW barn the same size of the first
one will be added and so situated
that the feeding barn will be be-
tween the two COW barns.
A large power separator is being
Installed on a concrete foundation
one end of the first COW barn
which will be enclosed for milk
room.
The dairy ranch comprises one
hundred and sixty acres all in al
falfa of which thirty five acres will
be turned into pasture this spring.
There is a large comfortable two
story dwelling on the ranch besides
a large horse barn which has under
gone needed repairs.
Both Mr.. Mutt and Mr.. Nield and
their wives are very enthusiastic
over the possibilities of this climate
and general conditions for their
chosen profession, and are going
right after their work with their
sleeves rolled up for business.
The fact that they know their
business and are not embarking on
a new venture is sufficient evidence
that they will make good here and
heir success will be great factor
IN getting many other ranehers on
he tract to turn their attention to
he dairy business on profitable
.cale.
Mr.. Mutt, when interviewed by a
representative of the Republican
tated that after a very careful in
they found that this part
# Idaho has numerous advantages
,yer most western states for the
larry businessI The quantity and
Iuality of the alfalfa grown together
With the reasonable price makes it
possible for dairymen to milk more
ows than they can produce hay for
N their own places, as II is profit
bile when necessary to buy hay from
he local market.
When asked what breed OF cows
we're best for their business, Mr..
yutt stated that their present herd
yhich they shipped in here from
'ortland consisted of Jersey, Hol-
tein, Gurnsey and Durham strains
ut that their experience in Min
esota proved to their satisfaction
hat the short horn milking strain
more hardy than any of these
reeds and proved more profitable
] the long run.
However, there is not so much
ifference in the breed as there is in
ie way they are handled, and that
ny COW that averaged 800 pounds
{ butter fat per year would make
profit for the owner, but cows fall
lg below that average would show
loss
When asked which they would
refer in Mountain Home, cheese
lctory or creamery. they stated
ght off bat. that they preferred
'eamery as they found It more