Duchesne Courier | 1929-09-20 | Page 4 | Butter Production Solves Hay Transportation Costs

i 1 HITTER PRODI CTION SOLVES HAY TRANSPORTATION COSTS About 15 years ago farmers of the Nswlands Reclamation Project in western Nevada fouud transportation transporta-tion costs too high to market their alfalfa profitably. Although their f ields were particularly adapted to j production of heavy crops of alfalfa, transportation charges on the crop often amounted to as much as the market price of the hay. They turned to dairying, L. E. Cline relates in the Yearbook of. the United States Department of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. Freight on a carload of alfal- jfa might amount to $30, but if the hay were fed to dairy cows the trans- jportatlon charge for the butter pro- duced might be as little as $7.50. jThe dairyman saved the $72.50, found a market for his labor, and retained re-tained for his land much of the fer- 'tility which would otherwise be lost. ' With increase of dairying the settler? set-tler? were wise in keeping their herds free from tuberculosis. Now they have developed another profitable side line in the production of 3Ur-' 3lu3 dairy stock which is regarded highly in the market because the hrds are disease free. Breeding stock also brings prices which enable en-able producers to win fair profits in 6p:t? of the handicap of expensive I transportation and relative isolation jfrom the markers.