The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1929-09-05

ia hay and corn silage as from the
best grain mixtures which he could
mix. This practice should cheaper
dairy feeding considerably here in
the valley.
The tour for the second day
started at the Glencliff farm own
ed by Mr.. Chaffee of Sunnyside
and the herd sires used on the
farm were made a special study
here, bringing out the value of
good sires in the development of
a dairy herd of high production. A
relay milking system with three
cows being MIXED at time with
a capacity og IL, has been recently
installed and this was studied. Mr..
Chaffee has also installed brine
machine, sterilizer and coolers In
his milk house, and it is one of
the best equipped houses in the
valley. 1t is Chaffee's opinion that
it requires 100 head of cows 20
make it profitable to maintain
these features of equipment. Sweet
clover pasture, an important fea-
ture on the Glencliff farm, was al
$50 studied. Chaffee has been secur-
ing very good results from sweet
clover not only as a pasture crop
but as soil builder for the ground
for growing the cash crops.
| The next stop was at the Pres
ton Roger farm at Whitstran,
where a bull pen built according to
the government plans was studied.
This had been built at the approx
innate cost of 500. Every farmer
owning a bull should have some
such pen to allow the bull plen-
ty of exercise and at the same time
to give adequate protection to
those having to handle him.
j The next stop was at the Rags
dale farm northwest of Prosser,
where rotation including wheat and
clover followed by potatoes, the
sweet clover being pastured late
/ in the fall and early spring, is re-
peated three times and then the
field is planted to alfalfa which re-
manned in for six years. This year
oats and wheat were included in
! the grain mixture, Ragsdale secur-
ling yield of approximately 100 bu-
shells to the acre of oats with a
small wheat mixture. The next
stop was at Lorraine Christian
| farm where pressure water sys-
| tenn operated from a well and pro-
viding water for all of the build
ings was observed. This provides
water at a very small cost and It
pays for itself many times over in
the saving of time in doing farm
work. Christian also had a very
good sweet clover pasture of three
acres divided into three fields on
i which he follows rotation sys-
| tenn of pasturing. Thirteen cows
and several calves have been pas
tured on this three acres this year.
He also raises squash as succu-
lent with corn as his silage crop,
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which he puts into pit silo.
The last stop for the day was at
the experiment station where pas
lures including mixed grasses,
sweet clover, white Dutch clover
and Ladino clover was observed.
The Ladino clover is promising
good results as pasture crop al
though it requires a little water.
The mixed grass pasture however,
requires the largest amount of wa
| ter among the permanent pasture
crops. The dairy barn and new
bull pen in the station were studied
and good many farmers were in
terested in the sHinman mixer re-
Gently installed at the station.
The tour in the White Bluffs
community was started at the S.
". flaming farm where the barn
and dairy herd were observed. Fan
ming grows corn as a silage crop
and uses sweet clover as one of
his pasture crops. Tanning is very
strong in his belief that dairymen
cannot afford to omit pasture from
a dairy program.
The next stop was at the George
Chapel farm where a Guernsey
herd featuring some high produc-
ing cows, two of them going well
over the 400 pounds, were obsery-
ed. Chapel is using bull of ex-
cellent breeding on his herd. He
also grows carrots as succulent
crop securing as high as 30 tons
of carrots to the acre. At the Wal
ter Chapel farm herd of Hol-
| cto;nc were observed with three