The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-09-05
HARD TO BEAT AS A
REAL DAIRY SECTION

Those who attended the dairy
last week felt that Benton county
and crops tour held in the county
would be a hard place to beat as a
dairy section especially if the good
practices seen on the tour all
adopted on the same farm. With
corn producing 80 tons of silage
per acre or 70 to 80 bushel of ear
corn to the acre which could be
ground into corn and cob meal
right on the farm, and from which
one farmer stated that he had able
to get as good results by way of
milk production as the best grain
mixture that he could buy. mixed
according to his own formula; with
sweet clover providing pasturage
for cows at the rate of three or
four cows per acre; with squash
producing Is tons of succulent
feed, available until the first of
the year and carrots producing 80
tons of succulent feed available
when stored in pits throughout the
winter until May; and with alfal-
ia producing 6 and z tons per
acre where good rotations have
been followed, it would look as
though farmers of Benton county
are in section where it is diff
cult to produce dairy products
economical. Added to this, the
cows seen at these places, some of
them promising to go well over
500 pounds of fat in the year and
a number of them over 400 pounds,
it would seem as though we have
. good start toward a good dairy
program.
The tours for the county started
with the Richland- Kennewick tour
| on Thursday the 2Sth. The first
stop was at the Jens Sorense1
farm, Richland where the farm
herd, barn, silo, a crop Of turnips
following an early potato crop and
alfalfa and s;lage were observed.
So cnsen has a very good herd
although small and with his crop
ping system he is realizing nice
acreage. His corn crop was excel
lent.
The next stop was the Henry
Hartung farm at Richland where
effects Of breeding programs were
shown. Three cows producing 307,
80, and 333 pounds of fat in the
first SIX months on test were OBJ
served here. Hartung also had a
splendid field of squash and one of
corn which was of real interest to
dairymen present.
The next stop was made at the
Rowland e. Leonard farm in East
Kennewick where the only herd of
Ayrshires in the country were OBJ
served. This is splndid herd with
some very good foundation stock
and the herd with their milking
system was the main thing OBJ
served here. This farm will be
heard from within the next few
years by way of production records
and real herd.
The next stop was made at the
Ted Reese farm in East Kennewick
where five head of cows were OBJ
srved pasturing on approximately
ga of an acre of sweet clover.
This was seeded the last of March
and the cattle turned into it the
middle of May. Another pasture to
which the cattle had access, about
an acre in extent, was also avail
able but for the last six or eight
weeks cattle have pastured very
little on this lot, going entirely to
the new seeding. This was GER
tainly a splendid demonstration of
good sweet clover pasture.
The next stop was at the C. G..
Campbell farm in East Kennewick
where blue grass and alfalfa as
a permanent pasture was observed.
This had made a splendid pasture
crop for Campbell. His pastures
are divided into five fields. Camp
bell also had a wonderful crop of
silage corn which without any
question would go 80 tons to the
acre or better. Campbell also grows
turnips as a fall succulent food.
A manure pit was also shown here,
the only one having been noticed
in the county. Campbell feels that
this is decided help in his fertil-
ity program and for the small
cost of equipment on farms here,
we believe it is very much worth
while.
The last stop for the day was
made at the "a. ]. Thompson farm
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