Show news of the reservation on IRMA H editor young indian reports successful dairy project editors note E B J diehl extension agent of 0 the uintah and ouray sent us the following explanation and report of a dairy project which has been very successfully carried out by lester chapoose an injian indian of the reservation he asked that th the indians report be printed just as it was written so BO as not to spoil the effect of this excellent bit of work he writes an of the report himself the following is a report from lester chapoose indian on ills his dairy herd purchased last year ilso also is a letter of transmittal these are given in his own words exactly as received by me although the financial report as given may not meet the exacting requirements of an acono most they represent what a booy with very little book learning has bag done toward keep keeping records ls ills his information on the dairy tris iness and keeping has been gleaned from reading of periodicals and asking questions lester was not daunted by a lack of proper record blanks on which to set down the items in the listed columns all cream check stubs were retained and expenditures kept on th back of an old calen lar the final result profits i is ia obviously not cor tile the cows and separator that he still owns been deducted milk alick used at home is also left out in reporting the cream checks atals have been brought forward each month instead of setting town lown the individual amounts to atar abc add up to a total the end benj result has been tile the same howser bowser hower bower er tile the main point braught out in ill the report Is the fact that a boy with handicaps nand leaps wants to better ils con condition diton and is going at it in the only way probable success I 1 can be determined with a reasonable degree ot of accuracy ile he was careful to purchase good cows and the monthly summing up has resulted in better care of the cows T tie e statements about rotation of pastures shows that he has been studying dairy literature I 1 felt that to change and cor hect elect the report to make it meet net rules of bookkeeping NI nouh spoil the effect it is clear enough enouf to be interpreted by anybody so BO desiring and without change hows chows in in his own woi s the wonderful success made by an indian boy in his first attempt at dairying it is worthy of study by mally whites better informed very truly yours youra E J DIEHL extension agent report of mv dairy business I 1 started st artel 1 in the dairy business in march 1935 IP we bought I 1 cream separator costing 80 00 it Is deering separator second I 1 started selecting I 1 milk cows third I 1 chose the jersey breed the reason of 0 this I 1 had in avind the cream I 1 wanted jersey cows because they are easier to milk and give the most cream for or the amount of 0 milk they give fourth was the pasture I 1 have four different tracts of pasture 40 acres of each which grows bif terent ferent kinds of feed grass Is a great pleasure to we lee these cows eat when it is feeding time I 1 drive these cows to a new grass every day so as to rotate t tho he feed that way I 1 think the cow will eat all she wants and water always where they can get water whenever they want a al drink shade Is elea alsa important i all of my pasture land is provid 1 ed with plenty of shade salt is always on hand for these cows these cow are always alway 8 brought sn n to corrals just long enough to be bel milkel filkel mil kel then chev are right back I 1 on to the very best kind of grass this was the summer management of 1935 I 1 started to teed feed dry hay latter part of october during the winter I 1 fed these cows in mangers viree tiree times per lay day water wa tr twice per day by way of darivin driving g them one foulch wile to the canal nal I 1 fed the zeven cows aruty pounds of alfalfa per head per day which amounts to two hun ared pounds of hay per day toi for seven cows also which mean tour four and one fifth totis tons a month I 1 fed the cow cows luring the winter thirty tons of hay at the cost of per ton total expenditures hay 1800 seven cows separator total returns sold 2 calves 1015 10 15 2500 butchered 2 calves 2500 may 1 1936 1935 cream check june 1 cream chieck july 1 cream check august 5 cream check sept 2 cream check oct 5 cream craim cheek check nov 2 cream check dec 1 cream check jan 1 cream check feb 4 cream check march 1 cream check april 2 cream chieck check may 2 cream check june 1 cream check cream checks total calves sold two 2500 calves butchered two 2500 total raised 6 calves at 20 returns sa expenses empens profits krofl tg you may use better w words ani figures laures le ures tills Is the beat I 1 can ilo do respectfully LESTER al CHAPOOSE |