The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-03-27
SMALLER HERDS;
| BETTER BREEDING
Experts Say Dairy Farmer
Can Show Profit Despite
Low Butter Price
URGE BETTER FEEDING
Poor Animals in Herd Should
be Carefully Culled Out
Future Not Dark

IudI Ioi ihClS Gall Jake most OF
the pessimism out of the future OF
the DAIRY industry, and bring fol
themselves new cars, new radios
and more profits is the belief of ex.
perts of the University of Minneso.
| ia agricultural extension division.
If dairy farmers will do four
things, they will gain control over
the dairy situation, according tc
F. E. Peck head of the division
These four things recommended as
necessary in the farming policy Of
Northwest dairymen are as fol
lows:
Gull the herds or low producers
as rapidly as possible, partly be-
cause of lower prices for butter
fat and partly because the bee.
price per COW is quite fair on the
market.
Use butter in the farm home
and advocate and advertise high
quality butter in every way posi-
BILE, without knocking the othel
mans product, by giving high
quality and high food value prod
uct and insisting upon the produc
ton of good butter as an invitation
| to greater consumption.
Pay particular attention to {
balanced ration with plans for get
ting as much good roughage ir
the ration as possible. One of the
most important factors in deciding
where dairy products can be pro
duced most economically is that oil
a satisfactory roughage produced
at reasonable cost. BY satisfac
tory roughage is meant alfalfa
sweet clover pasture, clover hay
with careful balancing with grain
Make veal out of calves large
enough at birth to warrant feeding
with milk to Approximately six OF
seven weeks of age. The present
spread of veal prices between the
culled poor variety and the best
quality is four dollars. This means
that calves weighing from 70 to 81
pounds at birth can be made tt
gain so, 60, and 70 pounds by the
use of whole milk with a good re
turn to the producer.
G. L. McNelly, dairy outlook
specialist, in addressing meeting:
described specific instances of the
results gained from the practice o.
Mr.. Peck's recommendations.
The advantage and greater pro
fits of a small high producing hero
is illustrated in the following table
of figures gained from an actua
experimental investigation.
Two farmers, managing farms O.
220 acres each, had herds of dair!
cows. One, believing in size of herds
had "a cows. The other, believing il
quality of animals, had IL cows. TIL,
average butter fat production TO,
each COW in the 24-cow herd wa:
1859 pounds. The average annua
butter fat production for each Gov
in the 12-cow herd was 329 pounds
The total production for year b!
the large herd was 4106 pounds
while the 12-cow herd, but half a.
large, produced 3347 pounds. Thu
farmer with the large herd los
exactly sos in the margin between
/ his butter fat sales and feed costs
The 12-cow herd, however, nettee
it's owner a profit of $845 over feet
costs.
Some will perhaps reply to thi:
argument that large herd of quail
ity cows is the most profitable way
but the ease of caring for a herd
and the most efficient feeding mus
be considered. The small herd O.
good animals will profit more be
J cause it is easier to care for ant