The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-02-01
Recommends Breeding Better
Stock, Raising Better ST.
lage, Better Feed.
By LEVERN JOHNSON, Mgr.
Kraft Cheese Plant

Kraft Cheese Plant
Ashe county and the surround
ing territory in Western North
Carolina have made wonderful
progress during the past few
years. The future holds promise
of even brighter and better de-
velopment.
We of the Kraft Cheese Com
pany of West Jefferson are CRATE
full for having the opportunity
to play even a small part in this
development.
The opening to the public of
the Scenic highway in our coun-
ty has attracted not only state
wide but national attention. Each
year will find thousands of 'visi-
tors here who have never been
here before, thereby giving us
an opportunity to display and sell
the various farm commodities for
which this section can be made
famous, advertising to the whole
nation what a great productive
and beautiful state we have here.
This will cause an increasing
demand for our farm products.
With the increased volume of
business, naturally we all are in
tereSted in the amount of profit
for ourselves as individuals.
In order to obtain the most
profit from our endeavors we
need to spend more time in SER
ious thinking, whereby we can
all work together on a balanced
program that will be of bene-
fit to us and the generations to
come.
Our community is blessed with
climatic and soil conditions that
can we'll be envied by people of
other states.
Naturally with our wonder
full grazing lands this is an ideal
livestock country, either beef or
dairy types, each having their
place in the future development
of this community.
Develop Best Breed
The large landowner will no
doubt Craze beef cattle, while
more and more of the small
sized farms will turn to the dali
ry cow.
Regardless of which type of
farming we engage in, we should
set up certain goals to strive for.
If we are going to keep dairy
cows let us grow and develop the
best breeds adapted to our To-
cality, so that we might obtain
the highest milk production pos
sible on our farms.
The same is true of the man
who keeps beef cattle. Keep only
the best animals that you can Sc
cure fer your foundation animals
that you might make the great
est number of pounds growth or
gain over certain period.
We can never make much pro-
gress as long as we continue to
cross-breed these two types OF
cattle.
After having made our deci-
sion as to which breed of cattle
we are going to keep, then stay
with that breed.
Feeds Are Important
Profit from any breed or type
of cattle can come only when we
grow an abundance of home
grown feeds on our own farms
SO that we can feed our cattle
all that they will eat.
Results from the Soil Conser-
vaticn Program has demonstra-
ted that by following their meth
DDS old pastures can be rebuilt
without breaking them and run
ming the risk of having our fields
wash away. Good pasture is the
source of the cheapest production
! to be had on our farms.
Our biggest problem we have
! to contend with is our winter
feeding. Too often during a win
ter such as this we find that we
do not have enough roughage tC
! feed our cattle all they want and
then try to supplement their ra-
! ton with high protein grains Of
feed which by their high price
make them prohibitive so far as
I profit is concerned.
We know that it takes a GER
tain amount of protein, carbohy,
drates and fat to make a gallon
Of milk It stands to reason thai
if we can grow these plant foods
on our own farm they will cos
a lot less than when we have tt
buy them.
1t has been proven and borne