Show m THE OGDEN (UTAH) IOC SUNDAY MORNING STANDARD-EXAMINE- R APRIL 10 195S i i £’'’ " !: ' x V“Wv:i What Ojd Bossy Can Do Is 'Udderly Fantastic' dhches this sur- - years spokesmen assert e a drop of would va The Price of milk recently to°k Pl a wa er at the a drop n pidce while andeYncreadthIffideicy? t h e same time’ feeds and Producing costs have remained high dairy farmer is now compelledThis low margin has forced a tion for if the per capita use to work bn probably the narrowex- of dairy products could be in- - est financial margin in many trend which according to the sev- for perts should continue eral years This trend is toward larger and fewer herds This helps dairy farmers resist the squeeze brought on by steadily increasing production on the one hand and declining consumption on the other Production Is Up Figures released by the U S Department of Agriculture show that the average production per cow each year has increased from 4600 to 5400 pounds in the last 10 years But average consumption per person of milk in all forms has declined from 752 to 689 pounds The department has said too that it would take only 25 ad- ditional swallows of milk per person per year to do away with our milk surplus The U S Extension Service says the muk surplus can also be solved by culling poor £ producers from the dairy ' 4 £t herds Not only will this cut fill the surplus but will mean more ±t zv t for the farmer w J On a statewide scale about i '’£1 1V2 & 933 pounds of milk will be pro- v 4 duced this year for each of the 780000 popula- creased just a trifle like dilemma created by its own By ENSIGN RITCHIE Big-citpeople who have efficiency never seen a cow sometimes However officials are quick have some pretty naive ideas to point out that this could just about the origin of ice cream or as well be called - ’ y however here Out in the jnidst of a sizable dairy industry practically everyone is more sophisticated in that regard They know for instance that the whole array of delicious and nourishing dairy products are traceable to a phenomenal chemical process that takes place in the animal’s innards But it is a safe bet that there are many even here who are not aware of what a and complicated business the dairy industry has become It used to be a simple process of tossing old “Bossy” a few forks full of hay twice a day and then drawing off the results The milking of course w a s' fashion with done in the age-olthe milker seated on a a pail between his knees and dexterous fingers doing the work This is still done to some degree but in the last few years science has been taking over to extent an Business Truly Big bairying now is a mixture of scientific feeding testing culling y mechanized milking - and handling transportation and processing And processing has of course become truly big business with millions of dollars thrown into local trade channels annually and hundreds steadily employed When the consumer picks up a quart of milk nowadays he can be sure it hot only is perfectly safe for any member of the family to drink but contains all the basic goodness for which this type of food is noted t Ironically enough the only major problem still unsolved by the industry is the Frankenstein- far-reachi- d T-sto- ol ever-increasi- ultra-sanitar- - n over-productio- unde-consum- butter - in win ‘ p- mdi-vidu- al J- : milk-consumi- S' - P:- r ' '4' - - t' Jfrs Proven figures released by Bill Farnsworth" assistant Weber County agricultural agent show that 25 cows which produce 200 of butterfat and 5000 of milk in one year will give the owner an income of $1000 after feed costs are de- ducted Seven Can Do the Same On the other hand seven dairy animals which average 413 pounds of butterfat and 2891 pounds of milk or three cows which average 552 pounds of but- terfat and 1656 pounds of milk —and this is being done will the feed farmer after $1000 give costs' are deducted - - ? Xr IT’S SCIENTIFIC— Val Berrett tester for the Weber County Dairy Herd Improvement Assn registers the monthly test of one of the hundreds of animals It is through these tests that farmers determine which cows are paying their — —— — —way —— VVw fos — Mint s IT STARTS HERE— Whether or not a cow is to make money for dairy farmer depends a great deal on her feed Here Harry and Jim Papageorge are shown giving the proper ration to their registered Holstein herd in Farr West It takes more than just hay to make al good producer The culling out of these animals has made a great deal of difference in average production in the county The average for cows on regular test during the past four years has increased from 304 to 372 pounds Some individual herds have shown much more increase than that One herd in Plain City was producing 312 pounds of fat per Cow in 1941 The 1953 average fat production for this same herd was 464 pounds or an increase of 152 pounds per cow Dairy farming always has been one 0f the most confining of all businesses but is also turning out jje one q£ the most dependable Sideline It isn’t just a sideline for the majority these days Many ilies depend almost entirely on the milk check Total farm income in Weber County during 1951 was $9126000n with dairying amounting to 317000 or 254 per cent of the total The following year the entire farm income for the county s dropped to $8008000 while to increased $2238000 ing ing it 281 per cent of the total farm income Only two counties— Cache and Utah —lead Weber in dairying Box Elder County is a close fam-prof- it $2-tio- dairy-pound- mak-poun- ds fourth Snice the financial margin in dairy farming has dropped in the past few years it now takes more cows to make the same profit as five years ago The u s Depart- ment of Agriculture believes it now takes four cows to make the same profit as 2Vfe cows did five ARRIVES CLEAN — Milk is no longer hauled in open trucks from the farm to the plants jj s unioaded on convenient conveyors and when it leaves the dairy it will be in bottles or m il ine lorm of huttpT cottage chrtGSP irp cream or powaerea milk - Most 0f the feeding is done in the summer and giving -- them a ents per acre which is common C°Unty’ fork full of hay during the season with many Weber County pas- sheds open-fron- t 6600 dairy cows produce an aver- - ye?rsafu4ll' It single item which has g tures Mr Farnsworth said more age of 290 pounds of butterfat caused the trend toward larger now must Tbe feed farmer The following year manurs This isn’t very high but at the and fewer herds Farmers who dairymen are making improvehe is to if make same time is 10 pounds above the previously had rather large herds ments so they can sell grade “A” scientifically and phosphate were added and state average had to increase to make the same milk and money Agricultural experimental the TDN content went up to 4111 predicted that in a few tes°endchhmohnthd't!erouSghbei!f ‘Tiny "oThose with only grade 'A" milk will stations re constantly trying new pounds per acre Then the next small e accepted This is the practice mixtures in an effort to come up year better grasses and legume Weber County Dairy Herd Im- - number of Snimals were forced m some with still better and cheaper dairy were states at present t panted and the TDN con- provement Assn show a 378- - to get out of the business since A v ho sell feed grade Dairymen went tent weren’t it their making up to 5466 pounds profits pound average which AU however k ae required to clean their research past have also given proof tests Thc while worth hefpGetthj that testing cows does ting individual records will show $2000000 a Year cheaplnd betteTfeedthan' good th?f prperly managed pasture which cows are not paying their $2does more than Health Department pasture The farmer must be par- - AugustsMhey will in May and IJfjt only each received year by ticular with his pasture and give a£ Tested Mr Farnsworth said even the Weber County dairy farmers add DroDer irrigation and fertilizer an The inspections are made in it best dairy expert cannot look at a great deal to the economy of fa!inieLS and uge Lroper grass mixtures t Health the with high quality feeding US accordance eedI“g an animal or the milk she pro- the area but between 359 and Tests have shown a properly a of test the include and Service rougage duces and determines if she is 400 persons work the year round rasture contains as The Extension Service also rewater used to wash milking uten- - manaced 0£ tota making or losing money for the in plants processing the milk 85 a cent Der mucj The nine local dairies bottle sils Samples of the milk are also nutrjent renuired for a heavy c?mmends that farmers feed corn farmer alfalfa silage with “In' a day of strict competition milk and cream process ice taken and tested cow producing home-growwith along The law requires that these grains— dairy farmers must get rid of low cream powdered milk cheddar or bats be made Experimental Flatting tests and barley butcheese and cheese inspection if cottage producers they are going to stay In some cases it has been And to show how important on all farms which produce grade ter exfound that farmers were over-is the of in sold Milk bottled in Ogden is dis- “A” milk to be pasture Ogden takingcare an a also has station feeding protein — the expensive planted perimental changed tributed to eastern Nevada Feeding to a plot of part of concentrated feed During 1953 — figures aren’t western Wyoming - and southern great deal during the past 20 ordinary grass mix available for last year— more than Idaho in addition to throughout years The feeding of the dairy ground low in ‘ fertility This One study found that one farm- 120 cows were culled out of the Utah Ice cream processed in herd no longer consists of just ground then produced 2921 er was losing $5 per animal per- 1000 animals tested through the Ogden also goes into those three turning them into a pasture in pounds of total digestible nutri- - ‘ month by feeding excess protein ‘ DHIA because of low production states disease or injury Probably the most widely exStimated j - ' V ' ' v ’ ISnwItiSSSegeVcfSr M- - jr I ’ ' i I t tv' high-qualit- y n i jo' READY FOR THE HOME— After being processed in clean modern dairies the milk is now ready to be delivered to the door-ste- p or to the neighborhood market ported dairy product processed in Ogden is powdered milk This L-- is product goes throughout the entire Intermountain area for use in ice cream mix and bread All this processing is done in the most plants found Stainin the country anywhere less steel equipment is kept shined like a mirror And dairy operators said all these modern plants were not installed if they didn't expect dairying here to be a permanent industry ' They believe that as the population grows here the industry will become even soundup-tfr-da- ’ "T w‘ V ' f ' lM 44 gfTr “ T 1 NMM Hi I : s s ' sir?-? s iy Vs - x s J 'v‘ S A V : - v & JPr-- “ 'll ' x A jr s fF j te er N They said there is a good steady supply of milk here with a quality that can’t be beat One of the big changes in the dairy industry has been in the barns where milking is done and where milk is stored before being transported to the dairy Clean as a Kitchen Milking “parlors” are now kept nearly as clean as the kitchen in the home They are repeatedly painted white and are scrubbed each day In some instances “pipe-line- ” milkers convey the milk directly from the cow to cans in the cooling room This way it can be cooled to a temperature or less in a matter of seconds Then too milking facilities are not installed tor each cow in a large herd Most milk houses will house from three to eight animals jj t v IF'' 50-degr- ee IT’S KEPT SPOTLESS—This is a portion of one of the local dairy plants where milk is processed kept clean and metal parts usually shine The supply-o- f 'milk locally-i- s All equipment is with a "can’t be beat” that' steady quality -- x -- milked and be given a ration of grain LATEST — Henry Wolthuis takes care of the milking chore at the Wolthuis plant on south Harrison Blvd Milk is taken froml the cow and passes through tubes directly tb the cooler |