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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER Alfalfa Most Excellent Underslung Wheelbarrow Useful to Handle Cans Feed for All Dairy Cows Anyone who has tried to carry a large filled milk can or to push it in an ordinary wheelbarrow, will appre- ciate the usefulness of the underslung wheelbarrow shown in the drawing. The frame of an ordinary wheelDAIRYING tising of dairy products will deliver barrow Is used, but the regular body Is lectures. The course will cover every phase removed. A platform is suspended unin its is infancy really of dairy manufacturing, from the der the frame, by means of flat brackDairying There is a production of clean milk to the mar- ets, so that it comes to within a few In the Uintah Basin. judging of all dairy pro- inches of the ground. The rear brackmarket for every ipound of cream keting and A complete program is beducts. secets are made in two pieces, and slotin this that can be produced ' ing (printed for free distribution. ted as indicated, so that the platform What are your experiences This may be had by writing to the tion. and suggestions for the increasing Dairy Department, Utah Agricultural of the dairy herds of the Uintah College, Logan, Utah. Basin? Dairying has an all the around pay roll our only Inyear dustry that has. Dairy Fanners Made Money During Depression Figures of the State Department of Agriculture for the year ending June 30, 1923, show that the whole- sale value of dairy products for California amounted to $104,327,- 522, an increase of approximately over the previous year, Notwithstanding a steady increase in the dairy industry, production is not yet up to consumption within the confines of the state. In addition, there is a growing demand for California butter for distribution in other states of the Union. It is an intersting circumstance that those counties in the state which lead in dairy (production showed a more rapid growth and greater percentage in increase of population between the government census of 1910 and that of 1920 than any of the other counties. It is also notable that during the recent depression in other farm products the dairy farmers continued to make money. Unlike many other farming industries, the dairy industry is not seasonal; it is a steady producer and for that reason alone is an "extremely valuable asset to any rural community. Utah Imports Much Cheese Each Year Utah imports' 2,500,000 pounds of cheese each year and exports only 625,000 pounds, leaving an. import balance of 1,875,000 pounds. This condition is all wrong, says Professor Gustav Wilster of the de-- ; partment of dairy maunfacturing of the Utah Agricultural College, who says that Utah can produce cheese as good as the best and that she ought to be a cheese exporting and not an importing state. Professor Wilster urges a standardization of Utah dairy products and the intro- duction of correct methods of mar- keting. WILL OFFER DAIRY SHORT COURSE JAN. 21 TO 30 U. A. C. A short, intensive course in the manufacturing and selling of dairy products will be given by the Dairy department of the Utah Agricultural college, Logan, Utah, from January 21 to 30, inclusive. This course will be of special interest to all cheesemakers, butter makers, dairy and creamery operators and managers, cream station operators and testers of the country. Experts from the United States Dairy Division office will with the regular faculty of the de- partment of dairying at the college In addition, in offering the course. In the experts marketing and edver- inter-mounta- in co-oper- X,V Dairy SlF6 Is Important tO Breeders Cooling Cream Promptly After Separated Is Best ChoOSing The selection of the right bull has many times been the real beginning of a successful dairy farm, says A. C. Baer, professor of dairying at homa A. and M. college, Stillwater. Thousands of farmers still make use of a scrub or grade sire on account of a mistaken economy in the cost of the animal. Such farmers or dairymen would be more successful and would make more money and get more pleasure out of the business if they paid more money for a good pure bred bull, one which would be certain to transmit desirable qualities. Some of the important factors to consider in the wise selection of a herd bull or a community bull are as follows: First The bull selected must be pure bred of the same breed as the cows. If It be used with a grade herd the breed best suited for the purpose intended should be chosen. Second The pure bred bull should have a pedigree which shows official production records. For a grade herd, the dam and granddam of the bull should have at least a record of 9,000 t. pounds of milk or 400 pounds of For a pure bred herd a bull with dams of 500 to 600 pounds of should be selected. The better the class of cows, the better the bull chosen for the herd should be. Third The bull selected should have good conformation, strong vitality and constitution, and should show An anigood breed characteristics. mal showing male characteristics (strong masculinity) generally always proves to be a good sire. Fourth The sire chosen should be as a rule large In size. An undesirable animal or one which seems to lack vigor is not as desirable as a fairly large, vigorous animal, , bull should be pure . product.on record of ancestors; should have good conformation; should be fairly large in size and show strong vitality and constitution. Whether to buy an old bull or to select a young animal Is still an unsettled question. Sometimes on old bull may be purchased from a breeder who has no further use for him. In such case, a valuable sire can be secured for a small sum. In America, the average dairyman prefers to select a young animal, mostly because a young one is handled easier and shipped more easily than an old one, and also because he can be used for a longer time on the herd. Okla-$7,0'00,0- The necessity o,f cooling milk Immediately after It is drawn is pretty thoroughly understood by most dairymen. Too often, however, the farmer selling cream fails to realize that An Underslung Wheelbarrow Enables there would be a corresponding imFilled Milk Cans to Bo Transported provement in his cream If it were Easily. cooled promptly after separating. The can be adjusted to suit the height of most efficient cooling can be obtained the user. The platform Itself is made by use of a surface cooler, over which h of boards held on each side the cream Is passed in a thin film, water is circulated through the by lengths of angle iron. The center while inside. Ordinarily the volume of can so low that the load of gravity is be easily balanced to prevent spilling. cream Is Insufficient to justify the use of such a cooler. In that case it should Popular Mechanics Magazine. be put in a tall, cylindrical can of the shotgun type and set in a cooler unFew people get what they want til thoroughly cooled. until they first earn what they get. One Pertinent Question. there a farmer that does not need Is People often praise their own or could not use profitably more or goodness in the hope that some one better cows? will believe them. one-inc- Bigger and Better Than Ever but-terfa- but-terf- f The year 1924 comes with the promise of continued improvement in the material (prosperity of the farmer, and the farmer continues to be the material and spiritual back- bone of the nation. at The farmers are indeed fortunate to have at their disposal the alfalfa crop. Of all the rations which are fed to dairy cows, alfalfa hay heads the list from the standpoint of value. Its feeding value is due to its high protein content and to its palatabilily. In the West, alfalfa is our cheapest roughage and for this reason some farmers are Inclined to feed it alone to dairy cows. This is expecting too much from this great feed, says B. W. Fairbanks of the Colorado Agricultural college. When fed alone It makes an unbalanced ration as it is loo high in protein and too low In net feeding nutrients. The animals cannot be kept up in health and vigor and they will fall off in production when limited to alfalfa for feed. Add to 3lfalfa a variety of grain, and during the winter a succulent feed for an excellent dairy ration. The National Western Stock Show Denver, Colorado, Jan. 19 to 26, 1924 SPECIAL RATES TO DENVER and RETURN i Via DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN Tickets will be on sale January 17 to 21 At Rate Of $28.80 From Mack, Colo. FINAL LIMIT, JANUARY 29, 1924 STOCK SHOW FEATURES Shorthorn Purebred Sale, 10:30 a . m., Wed. Jan. 23 Hereford Purebred Sale, 2:00 p. m., Wed. Jan. 23 Aberdeen-Angu- s Purebred Sale, 10:30 a. m., Friday, Jan. 25. Brilliant Horse Show Every Night. Matinees: Thursday, Friday and Saturday THEATRICAL ATTRACTIONS Blossom Time Broadway Theatre, Denham Theatre, Bird of Paradise Vaudeville Orpheum Theatre, Vaudeville .... 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