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Show THURS. SESSION p INTERESTING TO THE DAIRYMEN i Somo four hundred and fifty far- , in era assembled to hear various dairy questions discussed at the Thursday tl afternoon session of tho Farmers' 3 Round-up. Prof. George B. Cnlno of H the Animal Husbandry department of the U. A. C. discussed tho factors that go to make dairying profitable. "If you have the right kind of cow," said Prof. Calne, "You do not need to worry about tho present high price of feed. Tho trouble In Utah is that we are feeding too many in forlor cows. Fully one-third of tho dairy cows In Utah aro losing money for their owners. If wo should cull out this unproductive third and feed nil of our feed to the two remaining thirds, wo should Increase our production pro-duction of milk and butter fat by one-half." Prof. Caino stated that Utah needs moro cow testing associations associa-tions to aid In tho determination of tho poor cow's ration and It was emphasized em-phasized that alfalfa hay is the king of dairy foods. Prof. E. V. Ellington, Western Dairy Division, with headquarters In Salt Lako City, stated that for tho pa3t twenty years tho lncreaso In population had been greater than the increase In dairy products production. produc-tion. In tho past ten years there has been an lncreaso of 33 1-3 per cent in tho production of dairy products pro-ducts strictly for market purposes. During tho same period the center of the butter and cheeso Industry has been moving westward until now It is west of Chicago. Tho co-operative spirit among farmers Is moro developed devel-oped In Utah than In any other western west-ern state, said Mr. Ellington, but 5 thero is still much room-tor advan-w advan-w l ' Jt' cement In Utah. In productlng dairy products tho co-operation that causes ono community to breed one typo of animal 13 good becauso that community com-munity becomes known by its specialty. spec-ialty. Prof. Hen It. Eldredgo, dairy export ex-port of tho Extension staff of the Utah Agricultural College, Impressed' upon tho farmers tho immense value of silage In tho ration of their dairy cows. Silage Is nn excollont supplement to alfalfa, ho declared, and tho cheapest form of succulent feed for winter feeding. Tho best sllago crop Is corn, when It can bo grown successfully, suc-cessfully, but sorghum and kajr corn also mako good silage crops. Cooperation Co-operation is a practical moans for roduclng tho cost of harvesting tho crop nnd filling tho silo, ho stated. Tho avorago cow should have about 40 pounds of sllago each day. In building permanent silos cement or concrete should bo used. Tho diameter diam-eter of tho silo should be small enough 30 that"a depth of two lnch-, lnch-, cs p'r sllago may bo fed from tho top each day. At tho goneral session of tho Housekeepers' Conferenco Thursday afternoon a demonstration of applied cfectrlclty In tho homo was given by4 Miss Edith Cliff. ' Following this Miss. Sara Huntsman, professor of dramatic expression at tho Utah Agricultural Ag-ricultural Collego, talked to tho women on tho pageant as nn expression expres-sion of community llfo. Miss Huntsman's Hunts-man's nddross was illustrated with colored slides. Last evening tho f armors, and 'housowivco wero tho guests of tho collego nt a vaudeville held In tho Smart gymnasium. From 8 until . 10:30 a musical and dramatic pro gram entertained tho guests, after which thero was dancing. Hofresh-j- 8.A ments wero served. Prof. F. A. Ar-w'jrr Ar-w'jrr nold and Mrs. Georgia Johnson had charge of tho evening's cntertaln- jnent. |
