Show rrrr i Edition CachoJYalloy Tho MILK OPERATION GRADE-- A Juno Harold Journal Thursday 1 8' Li 1959 GROWS Mis Dream Becomes A " By MarDrne Sdrrnsen NEWTON Through the cooperation of the Soil Conservation Service the Farmers lloine Administration the ASC office the Cache Valley Breeding laudei-backalioh the dairy Jam ' B Petgrsen in 'NgFt " £' ' ' ' it CuiornU and Jfevada u "eU room Building containing a tank room where the'inilk is stored the washing room 'a breeze way tanlf and j which separates 'the ! washing' rooms from the milking parlor 'ariA the' milking jlgrior The barn id a slxow unit That is six cows can be cared for at one time As three are being milked three more are being grained and washed The 'grain bins through which the cows are fed are located directly above tile milking parlor and are filled ah needed The grain passes through the chutes directly Into the stalls v In the milking parlor the cows are elevated so that no lifting or stooping Is necessary The milkers swing about from the celling so that one does not- find lifting necessary here either Stalls are on the north and south sides with an right foot pit between them Each cow is washed before milking Automatic washers are £ used for the milking equipment and pipeline The floors are washed every day throughout the barn and the milking room is sprayed from top to bottom twice a day The mik goes from the milking parlor through a stainless fteel milk "line & a refrtgerattap k where it is kept at an even tem' perature until pickup time The cows come info the milking z Matt their four olders parlor through- stidng ’ doors conboys are Dennis Bruce trolled by rope Thy are let out Craig and Ronnie and Claudia is their daughter doors and go through directly Into the cemented corral Claude and one of hii boys are able to milk about 35 cows per hour It takes about 45 minutes to wash up and have things ready to pass inspectidir at any time In between milkings the cows arc kept at a 100 foot open loungwatering has ing shed Automatic bcen installed In the corral which heats the water in the winter months The shed ik cleaned daily and fresh straw put in "AITTKe feed for the dairy herd is raised on the farm and Claude and the boys do their own grain chopping and mixing Universal milkers-arused in the barn The never ending job of culling iha herd goes on At the present time there is enough young stork on the farm to completely treplaca the 50 cows j wmmY? - At that lime he built a barn which meets Grade A specifics- - lie worked and started 'buildinjg ' his dairy herd his iarnily and on went As time passes In 1945 when Claude was re- - increased he decided he needed leased from the Naval Air Force a larger place and more cows So his love of the farm directed him his dream of building h Grade A to Cache Valley and his! dairy barn was started! Jn 1956: ' this dream was partly completed oped Into a Grade A act up which is being improved as eacb yeai - -- - MR AND MRS CLAUDE PETERSEN and their six children Mrs Petersen is holding baby Ibis stretch of high lying wheat Mnd near Clifton wlH production next year “IT IS WELL te lie fallow for a while'1 so' wrote the poet and the good farmer of hill land knows the value of a rest for his Control The Consumption of Milk? A study of the biological func-- 1 tion of microbes' in the stomachs of gratihg animals may result In methods of controlling the chemical composition of milk Grazing animals that their own cud IniminaqiY) depend for their existence oh billions of bacteria and other microbes contained in the rumen (first compartment of the ruminant stomach) These microbes produce materials necessary to 'the life of ruminant animals In this way the tiny organisms are in effect a “fluid tissue" and are just as vital to the animal as the tissues of solid organs: le the heart liver and kidneys Once scientists understand (1) 'the roe of this “fluid tissue" In manufacture of milk components and f2t frhat the animal system does with products formed by the rumen bacteria ways of controlling the type o t milk produced by the ruminant may be possible Fo example milk low in fat might be obtainable directly from the cow making mechanical processing to reduce fat content unnecessary This report was given by Dr Raymond N Doctsch of the University of Maryland at the Conference on Radioisotopes in Agriculture The Conference was heldat Oklahoma State UniverDr sity Stillwater Oklahoma Doetsch's paper Is entitled “Polysaccharide Metabolism of Rumen r Microorganisms" Dr Doetsch said the ruminant storage polysaccharide as from rapidly used external energy materials This means the ruminant Is assured of a continuous supply of the fatty acids upon which it depends drates are manufactured and stored by the microbes In the rumen The complex - carbohydrates made by rumen microbes HOUSTON are called polysaccharides constitute a reserve Cotton of the National source of energy- for rumen mic- Council said today there is a robes' chance that total cotton sales It was found that this storage will move up d or more The forecast came from Rhea polysaccharide Is chemically identical regardless of which of the Blake Memphis Tenn executive various species of microbes are vice president of the Cotton Involved 1A' its production And Council He spoke to a meeting — fatty of the Texas Cottonseed Crushthe same acids — are formed from the ers Association Coifon Sales '"(UPD-wAn-nf-fici- one-thir- fTfet's what f call ON THE e Is dependent upon a supply of fatty ' acids for Its existence These acids are the fermentation end products of carbohydrates which are taken' into the animal system In the form of food Some complex' carbohy- IfoSF -- DEUlmYl now in use Clauds who is son of Air and j Mrs Parley Petersen is married j to the former Yvonne Garrett of j Corpus Christ! Texas They are the parents nf five sons and a daughter: Dennis- Bruce Craig Ronald Claudia- and Mate The two oldest boys Dennis and Bruce with the help of Craig are able to do the milking alone if their father ii called 'away on church duties j I THE THREE OLDEST Petersen boys Dennis 'Bruce and Craig ara a big help to their father on their Newton farm andcan take entire charge of the milking of the 50 cows on the place — M Ini inudeh” '" “ unel?r n Ice and the semen from the finest ward bishopric has bulls at a reasonable cost some wrved on the gnilthfield stake of the Curtiss technicians earn1 Sunday School board In the! as much as 610000 a year after j YMMIA presidency and at the member of the graduating from the Otto Schncer- - ' Present tim council In stake Smithfield high jn gchool By a judicious wtarttonCaehe rl?er the constant care of the bulls '“‘"I " onorry ° and the arirnlific testing of their'' the Curtis farm has lhe S®1 Conservation District and 1Pien mmltfreman for the ASC succeeded in adding progenies to! the average farmer1 cows'whlchv CC- have resulted In a considerable increase of the milk production the Curtiss bulls have earned and of the' general valtfe of the more than' 500 championships and farmer's herds For instance one) 1500 blue ribbons in internation- hull at Cary Curtiss Candy In- - jal national state and local produced 6527 register- - petitions The farm’s proud rele-r- d of Its tenth anniversary daughters by artificial d semination In the past 10 years js Curtiss Stud Service Had I : Beginning 10 Years Ago '' In the past OR ON THE ! years the num- cations! artificial breeding In ber of dairy fanners in this coun- stitutions ! and Since its inception 10 years ago try dropped considerably the cow population last year was the farm strongly maintains Ihe the lowest since 1951 Yet our private enterprise philosophy for which its founder was a staunch farmers though comprising less proponent Its artificial breeding than one per cent of the world’s program Is privately owned and of ia d population produce operated through private disthe world's milk and the milk tributorships ss contrasted to coproduction per row reached the operative s The set-u- p ia highest peak ever— 179 lbs daily most successful For example United in the to each person while the farmer gets expert serv- States The answer to this seeming paradox Is selective breeding by artificial inaemination and the initiative or private enterprise Back in 1943 the late Otto BEST Schncering then the president of ihe Curtiss Candy Company established 'a farm at Cary Ill' inois with the object of conducting research in dairy herd 'Improvement On the basis of this experithorough research and SHIP TO mentation in artificial Insemination the farm known as the Curtiss Improved " Stud Service launched a national artificial breeding program in 1949 Since then the fanix's selected herd oi bulls has serviced more than Association SOOOOUO the cows throughout' country Today the farm is represented by more than 1100 tech- -' intensively nicians w ho were trained in a special school UNION STOCK YARDS Instituted by the founder ' Last year alone these technicians assisted dairy’ farmers practically w in every state with amour 640000 “"PRODUCERS HVfSTOe'K first artificial - inseminations of their cows feature The most rrmarkablc fact that il is: of the farm 10 one-thir- set-up- FOR THE nd“7 Phono us for prompt dsDvsry of SINCLAIR ' LUBRICANTS' GREASES TRACTOR FUELS GASOLINES MOTOR OILS KEROSENES j j com-vincib- le well-earne- SERVICE AND HIGHEST PRICES PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK MARKETING "Believe me this new Sinclair Power-is the finest gasoline 1 ever handled It tunes up your engine automatically every time you drive by eliminating harmful engine deposits 1 recommend it for new cars WESTERN LIVESTOCK ORDER BUYERS J OGDEN UTAH a by woman Power up Mh SINCLAIR Olio Mrs Schncering who is now president Stud of the Curtiss Improved took! 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