Show DAIRY AS foundation one never failing moneymaking money making resource on dry farm new settler who takes herd of milking cows with him can start steady cash income with first day in his new home ICs II 11 1 COTTRELLO dairy is abe one never falling moneymaking resource in dry land farming or the family with little capital the native wild grass is a dependable dairy feed and sorghum when given good treatment never fail to produce teed crops these sure feed crops make good silage and for ten dollars artlay and his labor the dry land farm can built a pit silo buyers of ream pay cash at the time of each purchase the dry land farmer with i herd of good dairy cows receives a cash income every week through the var v ar whether the season Is wet or dry the new settler in a dry land coun try who takes a herd of milking cowl with him can gd out the farat morning he is in bis new home and milk the bows sows while his wife is getting break fast he can separate the cream and begin a steady cash income with tho first day in his new home the regu lar weekly return from the sale of team enables the new settler to pay sash for his household supplies and he need not have store bills the skim milk fed to bens and pigs adds to the profits the countless losses and failures la dry land farming in the southwest have come from attempts to make a living from exclusive grain alarming and no stock A careful dry land farmer in eastern colorado raised six profitable crops of grain in 18 the 1914 grain crop Is heavy through out the panhandle the last generally good grain crop in that district was in 1908 the man who depends entirely upon raising grain finds the wait between crops too long it is barly bard when the new settler comes at the beginning of a period of dry years where the main income is fur alshel by the dairy s the dry land farmer lives comfortably every year he bows sows grain only in those seasons when there Is ample moisture and the money that the grain brings Is a surplus hat can be used for investment when the dry land farmer has suf capital and Is not to have a weekly or monthly income beet cattle horses and mules are money makers beef cattle can be finished to top the market on silage made from kafar or sorghum fed with kafar or allo grain and cottonseed meal the gains are more rapid than the usual gains made in the corn belt when you think of dry land farm ing think ot dairying when you move to a dry land farm fake ten lo 10 twenty good dairy cows with you make your main crops feed crops for the dairy cows store the surplus in cheap pit silos take good care of the cows and of the cream you will prosper |