Show THE QUESTION OF DIARY FARMING editor tribune tho the question why the different counte ter and states slates referred berred to in my previous i loiters letters have alyn alard ld to develop dalry dairy turning farming in their midst furnish q 0 a keynote key koy note noto to the dairy industry the rho answer undoubtedly Is that it was found to bo be a profitable business but vav profitable tile subject here chides into several al hoad first property properly conducted dairying return larger profits for the samo saino outlay than any other oilier line of 0 farm aim work second it removes but a small portion of the fertility or plant food front from the soil third the cot cont of 0 marketing the product Is less fourth I 1 it t calls for the development ot of the big hest intelligence on the part ot the tat tanner in oh As an this thia li is an important part of 0 the subject heroic before its ench each at 0 the ideas will be elaborated to make them as aa clear 09 possible and then a practical application made to 1 it conditions as u they exist here flint does doea dairing return larger profits lor for the iho some outlay than any other line ot of farm arm work the answer of many Is 19 that it does not but it la Is because in their management the 1 phrase arase property properly on ducted does not apply A good dalry dairy cow should produce to pounds or of butter in a year or during her milking season aca aoi of ton tell flinn months tits such stroll cows arc am the product of intelligence and careful management A ration compo composed eed of ft beigh teen pounds pound s clover v r Iti cerne lour four poun pounds d 8 bran and four pounds out oat meet meal with till all the salaw they will eat cat la in ourn u ailment amt for abow a cow of 1000 pounds for foil one day and with prices as they are at I 1 ioann hlll ili coit but 10 cents a day with such it a ration a a dairy cow should produce ono alto pound of butter a do day y worth 21 2 ce cents n is per pound one man iman should ili rood foed milk and care for twenty cows cowa and 4 cents per pound shaula make and put the butter into the market at leaving J 20 for the iho farmers pay every day during the cinter besides kin at his own far faun in a market price tor for his produce how many farmers in utah this M inter with practically nothing to do would not to EAGERLY SEIZE the otter offer of making 2 2 per day and how many are arc making tire nee of the opportunities port unities eight at hand he nd T the above Is for tile winter I 1 bior or tile tho a summer uj lunce how crvich does docs it cost to pa pasture st ure a cow it 11 month the reader kno knows hotter belter than ican I 1 can toll tell him cows T nearly starly always do their host best on oil frh gross fir rasa so eo the profits may be reckoned accordingly I 1 have illustrated farming as 84 an nil fill year job and so it should be and as aa regards profitable dairying so it haa kot to lie ile does a af merchant make enough lit in six alx lx months to enable hint him to close big hl bjorg tor for the other MX months of the 5 ear or the average man enough during the summer to allow him to rest all winter no the iho men ot of our cities continue business busl neNi twelve month i in the year and so in fit this ago age must the successful hui bandman B but u t the profits of the intelligent dairyman dalrym in does not end lit in selling citing ills ilia produce to hi his cows at its market value and re belting good pay for lili its worl work th the 0 products byproducts by returned by the low cow are re it IL nery ery important item in tho the transaction first thero there Is pounds of selm milk and buttermilk from each cow per year worth when red frd with a grain I 1 ration ati 20 cents per pounds or to 10 or air tor car a herd of twenty vows rows secondly while ahn LOW cow cats twenty five to thirty pounds of f fodder 0 ider a day somo some of the very vc ry valuable port of that she returns to 0 o us as ni mani anure iry very useful no n plant fond with avith such a ration gla ai a i m mentioned e n tinned two above 1 vo new york experiment p elation atlon at coanell says the ma little Is worth 8 c ants per day from a 1000 pound animal for utah divide by two and WP we have 4 cents per lay day for one bear car 11 and for twenty cows in a hard 20 thus we have a 1 total value for byproducts of 40 0 por per year yar for twenty cows which bears out the statement tit of nearly till nil successful diry dary farmers that tile the byproducts by products from the cows cowa pays tor for their care and also the manufacture of the butter dut but I 1 am encroaching on the second part of my subject that dairying retains the fertility of the soil BOIL it if the ilia question was acid any ot of the farmers of utah tor for what purpose were they working ilia hie answer an awer undoubtedly would be to til make money 1 I or perhaps haps more modestly to MAKE BLAKE A LIVING fa for r himself and family unit that lie he nay may enjoy the comforts and perchance wine of tit ahr luiu of 0 lite life but how does docs ho he expect to get eel those things directly or indirectly from the plants grown upon ilia farm those plants planta get their sustenance partly front from the air and partly front from the soil boll the air Is free from the fresh r ah breezes hafting wafting over them every day fit llin plants breathe in sustenance lle life and digor eor the ur air also supplies the water with thirst it drinks up tip the mighty olean and alien autu nature re sleeps wrapped in lier ter icy mantle on the wings of the wind the snow mow dentals ire are deposited in the moun wins those choso aty reservoirs slid and when the file summer skies refuse tire the genila i oer the mountains abend abundantly tribly supply y our nied ni im ed from the soil kill the plant obtains a small between 4 2 and 3 per lent of 0 dry matter but absolutely essential portion of 0 its lt food if of all the iho poll could be used trued by the plant to OK ex hatel tile tho sou BOIL would be out ot of the question qu elon but 4 11 us thal thai only about 1 14 pounds in pounds of even a fertility lit soll soil Is or of special value to ta the plant the ahr MV pounds Is but it a medium lit in whai 1 ilia I plant my may grov por and a his plant fend end we thereto a 0 trait the nce of 0 tok tak ng cari car of this valuable alu ablo able gorlion lit in many y alaci A s in th the e unu 1 l states the amr it fl in f b aming aft impoverished the th crolia lic iii ernly om in I 1 smaller ahli IB 19 particularly so IKI in the et east but the vest if it also alno beginning to ulah mah not excepted in the C older ider st states A te 8 commercial are being uel tn til rr rp p i a w what h a t the h e crop h have a r removed e T a V c 1 i find t n d coca careless re 1 esi r methods n will 11 av be 0 bringing h r 1 9 that expense nearer to na its nil all to illustrate how bow much does the average form farm crop remove front from tho the soil boll what would we have to pay for those ants no as fertilizers in worth of the article hers frees is in tile sal lower clover hay sold rold at 1 5 mr der tow ton wo we sell mall W so or of plant food wheat alil at ill cents arnts per bushel we no sell of plant food 0 other t her courve courie grains firra lnA about the name bame ellk sold mid tit at 75 cents per pounds we ive 6 bell 1333 33 of plant too food eglit 01 bold at ID 10 cents pr per pound we nell bell I 1 61 of plant toon food floor far sold at 4 cents per r pound wo we uell it U 9 or r plant i eat fool food rock fat 1 fold at 3 cents per pound WA w 4 of plant food butter sold at ai 25 cents cent per pound we sell 20 cents ot of plant food reckoning koning nitrogen a at IT 17 cents fice round pound sold add at 6 and pettish at ia cents the figures clearly show the tolly folly of selling the coarse ot of tile iho farm and tho the wisdon wisdom n of feeding them and ami producing only the iho more concentrated article this plant food Is the farmers capital in just na true it A sense an aa money or stock Is flip h bunkers capital cap lial or hla his goods a merchants capital the man v vrho ho la 13 selling grain off t hla big farm Is selling belling out its ills firm farm by the bushel he Is throwing awny away his capital put nut the man who foods those coarse products to chiq animals which return giom 80 to DO 90 per cent rf the he plant food fra takes good care of that manure ind and puts it 11 out on tho the land lit fon owing out the ho gra brand a d ideal in the handling of 0 capi capita lail keeping it in eircil circulation aaion capital lockerd up tip in ili a 0 afe or looked ur up jn in a faim Is or oc no use to any person but put in circulation handled intelligently wisely and well yearly brings Us its pr ollita to the owner onner THE COST or OF MARKETING the I 1 dairy to 1 ry produce ico compared to its value vain c la IF less ICES this point lit IB possibly self evident though the extent of the loss loa occasioned by the shipping ot of tho the bulky products is s apeldorn thought of to the farmer himself locally to take a load ot of hay luc lucerna ernp to market say two tons ill cost 3 at tho the ord ordinary inary value of 0 time it sells bolls tor for alo 10 to clean and take to nullet a bowl of 0 wheat seventy bushels 14 worth S d andl and it soils far or 28 to take lake a load of 0 cheese two tons ton to market niia east cost 3 and it sells 13 tor for alm A load ot of butler two tons to take to market will cost coat V 1 ond and it sells for foe 1000 or to place them on it a common basils to get IOU for hay will cost coal W 30 to get ett tor for wheat will avill cost 1714 for cheese cli erac and for butter butler 60 cents lot let its im cat cany y the idea farther these fertile valleys of utah are arc ennoble capable of pro ing much moro more than the necessities a or 0 the people and wh whan on we do 10 lo this 11 we a 0 mutt ran I 1 look for or an outside to ship 11 wheat to san francisco cc costa its 37 cents per pei pounds pound or we ave have to pay 37 to got worth orth ot of wheat to that market to ship chese cheese che se or hutter butter th thre re costs 10 LM per pounds or we have to pay for shipping 15 for worth ot of cheese and but 3 4 tor for worth of butter to chicago the prices tor for shipping are arc for worth of wheat SO 80 algo worth of 0 choose cheese 21 and worth of butter 1060 the above prices are for carload lots some santa say the railroads charge too loo much on the grain but lt lot us see for carrying 1 MOO 2000 worth of wheat wheal will take tak a ton ten old standard cars 2000 worth wr rth of cheese will ill require one czir car and 2000 worth of butter one hall half a car the rall railroad road companies cannot build equip man mail imd and run ten cars for or the price of one car therefore if we compel them to carry bulky products tor tar us we must bear the punishment that the ilia folly brina again the dairy calls for or skill 1 I a developed practical exper kince to produce a cow that will yield pounds of butter a year requires intelligence practically applied to MAINTAIN SUCH A STANDARD bv selection care and feed demands demand a clear and discriminating judgment the market price of the product nearly always shows the null or the lack of it in the produce A case in point I 1 quote from air address by cx governor hoard of wisconsin the town of watertown la Is twelve rulles from the town of koshkonong Koshko nong in Te fferson county wis the town of bat watertown ito has hall tho the best land and overath everything to its hand in the ilia way of marketa mar ketil in it produced pounds of butter which because of lack of skill in ili the production sold at an average price of 1 12 1 cents per pound the town ton of produced that year pounds of oc butter which by virtue of better skill sold gold tot for 21 cents per pell pound an inar increase ease of 9 cents per pound what one got the other could have got but they ic fused to pay the price of success they paid mi ito attention alien llon to skill they had gone to the expense of producing pounds of nf butter and lott lost 9 tents enta a pound which sa amounted mounted to 7 or 3 71 11 f 0 or r a every v pry mart mail woman and child in tile the town or once arid and a half more than all their taxes there was wag not a farmer in that town but would lieve cono cone from home borne to watertown iown a dozen times to save his taxes yet for the lack or of a little intelligent judgment and understanding put into the manufacture or of that pounds of butter tho the result Is as you see aee the same Is ia true tr of utah today to day it if not of different townships it Is of individuals butte V Is sold in logan to daiy diy at 25 cents per pound it is being sold at halt tm that fiure flure and the merchant do dos 9 not net k kenw new what to do with it to realize lit his own cull the buttor butler globules glo bules in thi the milk as drawn from the cow were nere practically the same tit in both cases but in one carelessness cor and slipshod methods produced a 12 cent cant article which meant loss and in the other intelligence produced it a 23 25 cent article profit to the producer produce r an and d satisfaction to the deale and colls consumer I 1 iler F B D agricultural college logan utah febuary 7 |