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Show f THE BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah Dairy Heifers Deserve Thursday, August 22, 1963 THEY say that operators of some small flocks are actually forfeiting Income by raising sheep uneconomlcally Improve Farm Sheep Flocks when other more re- Economists at Utah State munerative enterpr lsesor university believe that a farm employment are available. an The economist studied farm sheep flock can bewhen flock sheep enterprises rangacceptable enterprise handled correctly. However, ing from 21 to 285 head. Their they note that many owners studies Indicate the following wind up with net returns on changes that need to be made the minus side after all costs In most flocks In order to net can be are deducted from total areturn which a fair wage to considered receipts. Nice people like to be associated with other nice people, just as an insurance company likes to be numbered among other sound and respected insurance companies. Not long ago the Alfred M. Best Company, Inc., the nations leading authority on legal reserve life insurance of the companies, completed a study Ameri1,500 legal reserve companies in ca. Only 300, or received Bests recommendation. Federated Security Insurance Company was one of only three insurance companies commended Proper Herd Training : have a larger number high quality breedto ing ewes; have access past-of all and manage phases ure; on production with an eye efficient performance. operators of and month! there- August after will see a lot of new heifers coming Into Utah milk- ing herds. Unfortunately, unless dalryment take care, some of these will be so mismanaged that potentially heifers Avoid Being will be spolledlnthelr few weeks of milking without having a fair chance first to really prove themselves, warns John Barnard, Utah State university extension dairyman. He says, consider this Its too easy to become over burdened with debt. A. frustrating plight of the poor Fullmer Allred, county agent heifer that doesnt have an says that Is probably the major opportunity to get accustomed disadvantage farmers face to the herd routine until the when buying tractors, trucks, day her calf is bom: She is automobiles or other Items on naturally highly excitable conditional sales contracts about her new calf. Her udder that are commonly used by Is udder Is extended, sensitive dealers. and highly vulnerable to inUsing such contracts abuy-- er jury if she runs or struggles may saddle himself with too while being moved. As she much debt because he usually joins the milking herd she Is gets credit for more of the greeted with bumps and purchase price, pays a higher bruises from the other cows. rate of Interest and has less Cement floors of corrals grace period to make up any and parlors become like deficiencies In fulfilling the skating rinks to her feet contract than he would If he that are as yet unaccustomed was borrowing money from to hard surfaces. She Is suba loaning Institution to buy jected to a new feeding system. the Item. Then to top off her frustrations. She may be mistreated ON THE other hand, the and possibly Injured because sales contract doesmake she doesnt behave right In credit easier to obtain. It also the milking parlor. Barnard points out that from takes less time to save such training experiences" enough cash to make the purchase since a lower down we shouldnt be surprised If paylent Is required. These are a heifer reacts by falling to particular advantages when let her milk down or to milk purchasing the Item earlier as she might have done had may mean increased income. she been given time to However, the county agent gradually adept to so many points out that farm families changes. and others as well should He emphasizes that properly consider carefully the cost managed training of heifer of credit before using it. needs to start two months before she claves. At that time he advises moving her BE FFA Into the herd so she can get acquainted." (If possible, add two or more animals at a time so one doesnt get all the bumps and knocks from The Box Elder chapter of the rest of the herd.) of Farmers Future the America held their annual AFTER she has had a few rodeo Aug. 17 at the Bear to get acquainted, put her days River park. the holding p e n s and Into There weer 25 who attendthrough the mllkparlor ed and participated in steer following the milking herd. In riding and calf roping. Johnthe milking parlor or barn liveny Hardy furnished the gradually accustom her to a stock. routine. There she can be fed, for They are now planning be brushed and eventaully have the Box Elder county fair her udder washed. six will exhibit where they The extension dairyman adhogs, 22 lambs, 21 steers, that such step by step mits breeding stock and crop on the job learning requires time, but he Insists that it saves time and Injuries after the heifer has calved. The Look for a lot of the quiltgreatest reward, he explains ed cottons In the comes from producing a cow come fashions. They that Is properly trained and as jackets vests and skirts Is a pleasure to milk and care In provincial and novelty for. designs, to be scrambled, Finally he warns, Dont try or on older fashion terms, to give your heifer two months mixed and matched. education In a single afternoon. 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