Show Sanpete Dairymen Hear Specialists Two hundred dairymen of the county county coun COWl ty attended the seven different meetings meetings meetings meet meet- ings held in various communities a as ae reported by County Agent Russel lR Keetch At these meetings Lyman H. H Rich Extension Service dairyman from the U. U S. S A A. C C. at Logan discussed dairy herd improvement through breeding and testing G. G Alvin Carpenter Carpenter Carpenter Car Car- penter presented dairy outlook for 1947 and nd time long-time forecasting He also discussed cooperative marketing principles Mr Rich said Sanpete County ranked fifth in the state in total dairy products produced Inventorying the dairy business would show about one and one-half one million dollars in cattle equipment etc Mr Rich also said the best investment investment investment invest invest- ment dairymen could make is to hire hiro the test tester r to do the work of k keeping ping records and then applying this Information information information mation to building up the herd by considering individual cows as the unit for increased production which means increased income With cows properly managed I and products marketed at the highest prices prices prices ces Mr Rich told dairymen each cow should bring dairymen to per year at present dairy prices of per pound of butterfat fat Mr Carpenter said the demand for dairy products has been steadily increasing in increasing increasing in- in creasing because of the increased population population population pop pop- in this state and other western states As the state develops industrially industrially industrially ally there will be more people coming in therefore causing greater demand for dairy products Mr Carpenter also stated there was more stability in the dairy products and more opportunities for expanding in number of cows than in any other agricultural enterprise w wit within i t h i in n the county He said the outlook for 1948 i is encouraging in the production tion of all agricultural commodities but dairymen dairy dairy- men were cautioned to watch costs such as prices paid for feed and other management costs The best means of getting more net income from dairy business is to get high unit production that is cows with good production will mean more net income to the dairymen Mr Carpenter also told the group that the difference in prices paid for Grade C and Grade A milk has paid for building Grade A setups in one years year's operation n |