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Show Caine Advise Farmers ToK Keep The Cows Don't sell your cows, George D. Caine, dairyman for the U tan State Agricultural college Extension Exten-sion Service advised Utah dairymen dairy-men this week as farmers continue con-tinue to ship cows to the bucher and out of the state. "This shipping and selling ot cows is a very serious situation and if continued is bound to permanently per-manently affect our food production produc-tion effort," Dairyman Caine explained. ex-plained. 'It takes two years from the time the heifer is born to produce pro-duce a quart of milk. There are no shortcuts to this production and when the cows are destroyed the replacement is very uncertain. uncer-tain. It must be admitted that the price paid for dairy cows is high both for meat and as milkers, milk-ers, but in contrast to that the price of butter fat is also high and figures indicate that the price will stay up high for some time-" j j The dairyman reminded farmers farm-ers of the immediate need for a recored milk production not only for lend-lease shipments but for domestic consumption as well. Statistics show that during dur-ing these war months Utahns are consuming from 10 to 17 percent more milk than during normal months. August, September and October Octo-ber are always periods of low production of milk around the market milk areas, Professor Cairte stated. This year the supply sup-ply is much shorter than normal however. The influx of .workers into the state has helped to create cre-ate the shortage. 'Good dairy cows with their milks production for human con I sumption and manure for soli building are the backbone of the i most intensive type of agricul- t ture known in America, "Exten" sionist Caine said. " |