Show LOCAL DAIRY MEN SHOULD FOLLOW EXAMPLE OF OTHERS in as aa much as we have no dairy heri herd improvement associations in this county or in the uintah basin it Is advisable that we notice some come of the results obtained in sections elm similar liar the wellsville college ward iward dairy herd improvement association sum thair years work from june 1 1 1928 1 tomay t 0 M a y 1 1929 as aa follows T this h a association ss oc 1 ata 0 n completed its ath year may alay 31 1929 with cows the average butterfat production per cow was pounds with an average milk production per cow of pounds thero there were five cows in the association that had over pounds of 0 fat and 61 64 cows that produced between 40 0 a and nd pounds ot of fat and cows that produced to pounds of fat last year there were cow years with an average butterfat production of pounds and pounds ot of milk there were six c cows 0 we in the association that year with over pounds of fat and 60 00 cows that produced bs twi tween and pounds and ca cow B that produced between and pounds of tat fat the biason reason that the year just closed has a lower production than the previous year Is due to the way it has been figured every cove cow in the association that has given milk ihas has een figured into the record tor for the last year which cuts the average low WEN the year before cows that had not been in milk five months were mot counted the feed cost to produce one pound of butterfat butter tat was 22 cents cente mad ana the teed feed cost to td produce pounds of milk was wag 79 cents this thia la Is feed cost only and does not include other items such as labor equipment ditc itc etc the united states state s department of agriculture under date of august 21 2 1 says plans for fall marketing by the range stockmen stoc kmen will be influenced largely langeli by cattle prices and supplies 0 of f tange feed and other teeda feeds during the next 90 days high cattle prices will probably result in heavy movements from several areas sections where range and feed supplies are short may ship heavily aa there will be little tendency to stand heavy teed feed expenses contina ed d dry weather may result in more serious teed feed shortages short agea than mow dow anticipated and cause heavier than expected la in general there to Is little re stocking with a tendency to take advantage of good prices but to maintain breeding breading herds at about the present lev leel high prices tor for breeding stock hive have tended to limit expansion by new new operators while the prospective demand for feeder and stocker cattle in the corn cerii belt states is indicated as being about tho the came as last fall plans dla US 08 to purchases this tall fill were much less certain augusta august 1 than on the same date in 1928 as the outcome of the th corn crop was more uncertain certain an at that date thia year than last development of the corn crop and prices for both fat and feeding cattle during the next 60 days will be Import important ani in determining corn belt purchases of feeder cattle this year according to reports of af fee feeders ders the demand this fall all as lastell last will be centered largely on calves and aad yearnings yearlings year lings with boms lac increase reaze in the demund demand for ja we and heifers heffers and a n decrease for heavy feeding steers steer sj |