Show ANOTHER COW STORY two weeks ago we gave a lengthy effusion on the accomplishments of the champion jersey cow of the world with comments on tho the kind of 0 cows that prevail in this community and throughout the county generally we vo have another good story which was clipped from the logan journal of recent dae date which Is another argument along the same line as that offered in these columns two weeks ago read head and profit by it big price for holsteins coming the nelson brothers of richmond sold to R A parks and company of hyde park an eight months old male calf for last week the mother of this calf took the sweepstakes at the fair last fall she also traveled all over the west on the demonstration train she has a record of 20 pounds of butter in seven days and is undoubtedly the best cow in the state tb the e sire to this calf was imported by the nelson brothers three years ago they paid for him and the wise ones said at the time they would never get their money back they paid no attention but went light on and later paid tor for the mother another case case of a foot fool and his money easily parted said the same wise ones but today nelson bros are bringing more money into this community from the increase of their twenty registered cows than Is brought into the community from grade cows two years ago some of our dairy enthusiasts at one of our dairy meetings predicted that in five years it if we would follow out certain methods we would be selling sires air castles said the wise ones but today less than two years not five nelson bros are turning down options of for the first male calf from the recently imported 1200 sire and the sweep stake cow above mentioned tor for a male calf is a big price but its just 20 times less than the price the wisconsin farmer refused for the eight months old male calf from calantha fth johanna so even nelson bros have got to grow twenty times bigger bebe before re they are up to the best of the eastern men yes dairying Is war our hobby it is aljo the safest agricultural industry in the west no we ne LIC 0 fraid the country will overdo over do the pure bood dairy cow business because most men will become enthused many will figure themselves rich and start in with a vim but bill only a few will successfully operate the business so it wont be over all we fear ear is that oe of all who start in too few will endure to the end so dont bo be afraid the prices will go down what this valley needs today badly is more nelson brothers Dr others |