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Show I 1 THE IJINTAH BASIN FARMER We have the experience of many" companies and the government who new three has champion have constructed storage reservoirs. Utah butter producing Hostein cows, ac- The experience of all combined cording to an announcement made by should help us so that storage resthe advanced registry department of Association of ervoirs for the Uintah Basin could the Hostein-Friesia- n America. be built in the most economical way 1 Lomondview Colantha Bancstine for a maximum capacity. is now the states leading cow for things if I had time. one years production as a junior Can the storekeeper afford to run ld with a record of Squalling is splendid for babies. It his business without keeping books? 485.44 and milk pounds pounds gives them lung room. Yet that is what many farmers are butterfat equal to 606.8 pounds doing. She is owned by C. S. Potbutter. dairy-Eac- h Working in of ter Ogden. Uintah Meadows Dairy Ass'n men can obtain the benefits of busi-th- e For ten months production as a cost small a at ness methods very Andrews Farm Increases of senior through cooperation. T. Quayle herd of J. the Queen Ruby from $10 to $15 and in some cases at the states holds highest Logan much higher in the annual profits record with 9,994.2 pounds milk from each dairy cow have resulted and 357.17 pounds butterfat equivalent to 446.4 pounds butter. Sara Ann Duplicate, also owned Neola, Utah is Mr. record the Potter, highest by cow for seven days production as a NEW UTAH BUTTER CHAMPIONS ' I I Cow-testi- I ng COW TESTING is proving to be the means of plugging up ore of the big- gest leaks in the dairy business. It enables the dairyman to determine definitely the unprofitable cows. cow must make a profit over cost of feed, and this can be de- termined only by weighing her milk and the feed she consumes. No dairy is better than its average production, If this is too low, the herd is not 1 i A up-to-da- te 12,-3S9- .8 two-year-o- three-year-o- junior ld Her record 6 four-year-ol- d. is 537.8 pounds milk and 32.04 pounds butter. The extra water storage reservoirs would give for the late irrigation each year in times of plenty, would increase the yield at least $3.00 per acre, and save the crops when a shortage threatens. "i ( 3 THE FARMER LIFE ? The farmer leads a cheerful life. He quits his bed at four oclock To split the kindling for his wife And start the fire and feed the stock. At five- - or six he milks the cows. At seven perhaps he hoes the corn. At eight he takes the field and plows Til mother blows the dinner horn. At one maybe he plows some more Or roofs the barn or mends the r I i Stand the Test fence i Or straightens up the barnroom floor. And then his other tasks com- t ' Calders Beverages I No test is too severe for CALDERS Beverage. For purity, tastiness and qualities it is unexcelled. - Get it by the case and youll know youre amply provided for. mence. At six he has a bit to eat. But there is still an hour of light. And so he labors with the wheat Or gives the coops a coat of white. And yet the city man declares Most every evening to his wife, in his tester at work shows the farmer what animals herd he should discard. Every community should own a tester and dairy passed from farm to farm each month and bring up the average production. paying a profit. Business principles through testing each cows milk, must, therefore, be applied to low- Testing the milk of every cow in er the cost of milk production, for the Uintah Basin will be the determ-efficienis as much of a necessity ing factor in building up our dairy on the farm as in the factory. industry to a profitable basis. Few men feed their cows In pro- Where a farmer has kept accur-portio- n to the quantity of milk pro- - ate accounts of the amounts and duced, say dairy specialists. With cost of feed consumed by each cow, little regard for her needs, feed is the quantity produced, these 6ta-pbefore the cow in plenty if it tistics usually reveal the fact that is cheap and a less quantity if the some cows are not producing enough The average cow to pay for their keep, while ethers price is high. uses about 60 per cent merely to are highy profitabe. Acting on this keep her body working,, and it is information the owner of the cows the quantity that is fed above this disposes of the least desirable of his fixed necessity that furnishes the animals and makes up his herd exSome dairy- - clusively of those that produce a material for the milk. men may say, I would do all the considerable profit. A good cow cy i ' ut 4 t IT PAYS TO CONTINUE TESTING OF DAIRY COWS As a result of the study of recg associations in ords of all parts of the country, the United States Department of Agriculture ashas shown that in sociations there is a gain in the average yearly production of cows from In other words, evyear to year. en though the poor cows are culled out at first, it pays to keep everlastingly at it, as there is always an pounds of fat than the first year. 40 cents a pound this amounts $27.20 a head, and for a herd of cows the increased value would $544 a year. At to 20 be cow-testin- well-manag- ed opportunity for profitable improvement. To illustrate this, figures of production for three associations, one each in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, show that for the first year the average per cow was 237 pounds, for the second year it was 255 pounds, for the third year 278, for the fourth year 292, and for the fifth year 305 pounds. The last jrear in the series showed an average production of 68 more but-terf- at i i pep-givi- ng A serious shortage of water this year, which is now threatened, will decrease Uintah Basin farm crops enough in money value to have paid for a splendid storage system. A city man who went to work on a farm was awakened the first morning about 3 oclock. "Roll out! said the farmer. Whats the matter; is the house on fire? asked the city man, with a yawn. No; its time to go to work, replied the farmer. What kind of work can you do this time of day? Milk the cows, answered the 'farmer, his anger arising. Well, you dont have to sneak up on em in the dark, do you? asked the exasperated city man. Im tired of all the days affairs, I wish I had the farmers life. Late snows in the mountain do not store up sufficient wlater to prevent a water shortage. The years 1919 and 1924 have proven this to be a fact. Calder Brothers Creamery Co. 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