The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-07-30
Dairy Possibility
On The Project
California Records Can
Be Duplicated; Care
of Local Hay

An article published recently in
the San Francisco Chronicle states
that Kings county, Calf. has 5000
dairy cows and that the farmers re.
eeive daily s3,Se0 for their milk and
cream. The article further states
that by-products valued at $1,000
per month are sold from the dairy
farms In that section.
The usefulness of the COW testing
association is certified to by the
same authority and it reveals the
fact that 700 dairies with $500 cows
are in the culling and boarder test
ing. The increase per COW in four
years has been better than so
pounds.
All of the above can be success
fully applied to the dairy interests
of this valley. The usefulness of the
local testing association has proven
one of the most beneficial in the
state, and instead of decreasing fol-
years service, the association has
added TO its membership. At the
present time an official tester has
been added to the staff, which will
tend to make even better efficiency.
The weevil quarantine, which has
been set up against this section, will
in the end have the result of forcing
home feeding as embargo in ordinary
years and under usual conditions
will automatically prevent the export
Of hay This should result in add
tional dairy herds over the entire
project.
On practically fifty per cent of the
farms the habit has been to produce
hay for export or local sale In many
instances no COWS are kept, even for
home use, and in such instances the
farmers will have to look toward
dairy COWS to take care of the alfalfa
hay that will be produced in the
future
During the past two or three years,
or since there was the fear of the
weeyil iu this section, the federal
griculturist has been extending ev-
cry influence toward more dairy
stock. Some excellent results have
followed in the wake of Mr.. Cline S
work and the best proof is the better
grade of dairy stock now on the prof.
ect and steady increasing numbers.
Had the old plan of hay shipments
been relied on without this fore
thought this valley would today have
been hard hit. AS it stands today the
Lahontan valley is far in the lead Oh
dairy stock and in some instances
other sections are looking this way
for breeding stock for dairy estab
iishments.
In the instance of Kings county
Calf, there is no such stock as will
be found on this project The tuber-
tular tests show this valley practical
ly free of reactors. Importations are
row made only following tests and
the run that the disease did have
here came from stock from the Cali
sornia sections.
Mr. Cline is In receipt of numerous
inquiries from dairy people in other
sections who would locate in this
valley providing they could transfer
theil herds. In practically every in
stance the stock has been found in
fected and they have been denied
admission.
This valley can safely support 25,
900 head of dairy stock and even
more when provision is made There
is approximately one-quarter that
number of dairy cows now on the
Project and with the natural increase
that follows in the business it is the
belief that within the next three
wears that the $4,000 mark will BE-
equalled if not exceeded
As was stated in another issue the
expectation of cream is not what
Should be. Every pound of cream
should be treated within this city.
as 1t is an industry that makes work,
pays taxes and keeps the profits at
home. Where one carload of butter
is shipped per month from the local
plant 1t should be several times that
number. There is no necessity of
the importation of butter for local
consumption, as is noted on the mar
ket, rs the locally made product Is
equal to the best on any market, as
is testified to when it reaches the
coast markets.
Dairying, while 1t has a firm foot
hold in this valley, will have to be
expanded, as pastures are being add
ed. additional hay acreage has gona
in and the future for the hay market
Is going to be limited under the
quarantine provisions that have been
imposed by California, the largest
outlet for this product.