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ROFITABLE DAIRYING B HUGH G. VAN PELT Duiry Exjiert Iowa State Dairy Ansociation What the Dairy Cow Has Been Doing I in lown there are produced annually almost 3.000,<>00 bunliela ot <<>m. The Iowa farmer realizes Hint If each year thia entire crop, together with the otlior fnrm crop* that are raised, were to be shipped out ot the stale entirely In their natural form there would be removed such a lurit*> amount of fertility annually that In th« course of a very few years farm lands would bn so depleted that It would b<> almost Impossible tu raise crops sufficiently large to pay for the expense of mixing them, nnd this Is truu of nil states In the central west. Profiting by tho experience ot the furmers ot Iho eastern part of tie United Htntea. lhe western farmer ha. learned that nlttiough his farms are now rich and fertile and capable of producing extremely Inigo crops, still there Is n possibility of removing ull ot th« avnllublu fertility. The grunt problem confronting all farmers of to day la how io feed the laigu nnd rapid ly growing population. It is necessary but only to continue producing aa large uii amount of toixl upoo the Inins ot the wa nt, but In the future much nioru must be raised per aero of ground farmed Hinn has ever bea n rslseal bet uro If people mu to have ns much to ant and Wear nu they have final In the past This Is due to th» fact that tha- population of the Unit al Htntea la rapidly gtowing and n< w farms of great yla Idlng value are be- coming very scare«. 'bills | h > iui la ex < mplllh-d by the fact that Inst year larger crops wa re rnis> <1 than ever b< lore, ni d with the excenlla n of n few years In history, prices rule er than ever before Intensified Farming. All this points to one g neral namely, that the tai ma of the u rat must bu worked uioru Intensely, and perhaps Insla-ad of one or two cro| a tu-lng rnlaed, mor>< attention must b<* glvau to diversified farming It Is «cry necessary that tbe grant fertility now pros* nt In the aoll must be re tained at l< net, and If there la a pos slblu way of incta-uaalng tho fertility of our farms, attention must be given to this point Rotation of crupa la use fill In holding fertility, but II Is ex tremely doubtful whether thia method alone will suffice to keep tha farms In a profit-producing condition; fur the fnct la very evident that whenever a bushel of corn, wheat, oata or potatoca or a ton of bny la taken away from the farm, all the fertility which is coo tntned In them goes along And 1» thus transferred from the furm on which the crop was rnlacd to some other turm or wasted There was a time when farms In the N a W Eng und stuten were fertile end productive and their owners boasted of the tact that the soil was rich nnd deep and could never be exhaust-d. From year to year large crops were ruined, n large portion of which was eent serosa tlx- water to Europe, and gradually the farms of Europe be< ame Lutter und more productive, but thia was nt the expense ot th« farms in the New England states, for, un a matter ••Matilda’« Lily," Jertey—Produced of fuel, the great fertility which was once to be found on these eastern tarrm< had boon gradually worked out of tho ground. Incorporated In the crops that were raised nnd shipped across the water to Europe, and nl- thoiigli the process was alow It was extensive, nnd tho fertility was trans ferred from the eastern part of the United States to tha farms of Europe "Many Farmers Rob the floil." The western farmer Is acquainted with this fnct and realizes that to con tinually grow corn nnd lo^y nnd other farm crops nnd ship them nwny from his fnrm In the rnw state means to transfer the fertility from his farm to that owned by some other man; the observing have ieeh’thls fact demon strated. In many cases where on one side of the road lived a grain farmer and hie neighbor across the road fed live Stock, gradually—nnd In some In stances quite rnpldly—It could be seen that the stock farmer who waa buying grnln from hie neighboring grain farm er waa carrying across the road the very beat portion of his neighbor's fnrm. As years went by one farm In this case became better by far and <apnbl>- of ruining larger crops from year to year, while tlio other farm be- came poorer, and In the course ot tlmu was useful for vury little except to raise weeds For thia reason the west cm farmer Is an ext.-nalve feeder of live stock, ronrentiattug the product which he sends tu market and retain« h's farm n gr< wier portloll o? irtlllzlng Ingredients. All class«* of farm animals are useful for this purpose, but the dairy cow Is. without doubt, the greatest retainer and build cr of aoll fertility. This is proven by tho fact that u ton of butter, which is now valued at more than )G00. re moves from the farm less tbnn 50 cents worth of fertilising Ingredients It Is true that by the proper system of ro'atlng crops, together With the feeding of grains and g.iissoa raised on th« farm to the dairy cow, selling her product In the form of butter ami returning the by products to the land, the Iowa farm can be made to produce more largely from year to year, and standing by her side has produce/) BOO pounds of butter, making for him a profit of from 173 to 190 even after considering tha valus of the skim tnflk ami the manure from the standpoint of Its fertilizing value. With this fact tn mind and more Interested In the business, lie la not rntlsfled at die posing of the poor cows alone, so he begins nt once to build up his herd Then U le that he seeks knowledg« relative to tbe pro;,er points to lx observed In the selection breeding feedlog und the curing for cows, sn-' tt ■ n It I» that It berotnea possible foi the experts lilted by the town Htflt- Dairymen's association to be of a* atstsnee to him Tbe spirit of Im provement has reached farther thsi the legislature ajjd the Dalrvm'ji'^JD’ soclatlou, so that at ti e prs-’enî tlm much rood is being done by publf spirited men along this same line o: Improvement. When She "Primps." ■he walks In beauty like the nfgnt, ns some romantic singer said; her eyes give forth a starry light, her lips are of a cherry red; » tom the floor she seems to float; she seems to ms beyond compare a being perfect—til) I note the wuy she ban done up her Lair Blie must have tolled through half a day to build that large, un wleldy mass; she must have used a bale of hay, and strips of tin, and wire of brass; ber sisters muni have hel|-ed to braid, her mother wrought and tin kered there, and butler, cook and chumbermaid all helped to wrest)» with her hair. And after all tbe grinding toll, and ail tbe braiding and ti e fu n, the one effect is just to spoil J>er bcjjty ung maky other people cuss Hhe walks in beauty like ths night where nights are most serenely fair; but. Julius Caesar! she’s a night, when she's got on ber Hun-lay b !r! Iowa Cow Culture Club. Probably no one hns excited »' much Interest In dsiry'aiig during th past year us hns Mr W W Mural of Waterloo, Iowa During this time he bus mads two or thru» trips tr the Island of Ouern. ey and Imported from there, regardless of coat, near I 100 fiend of the very finest Guernsey rattle that ni'inry cQjjid b'iy H? wa, tbe organizer of the Tows < ua Cultur« ultur- club and put up 11,000 In cash to b- divided as prizes among the 12 : cow! producing the moat butter tn Iowa After he had atarted the gamu many others followed The Iowa State Ag rlcultural college at Ames agreed to make official tho records of these cows by saniding a tester to the home The Secret of Health is well known to users of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. They know from exper ience that it not only makes health but pre ““'03 it as well. Surely, serves then, lhe Bitters is the medicine you need to re store your api>etite, tone the stomach, correct bili ous spells and make life a pleasure, It Is abo excel lent in éascsof Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Co'ds & Grippe. OSTETTER’ —J ® ® Our two complet« 1911 Catalogs will illus- traf xa uní! i<vrJuin tkio m€*nv an r .orior rwiinta trate and explain the many superior points of excellence of the to nplete high-grade lines of Dairy and Creamery Machinery and Supplies and Gasoline Engines which =a we carry. These valuable books are com plete guides and are sent postpaid free of charge upon receipt of name and address. Send in your request now. State whether you wish Dairy or Creamery Catalog. Monroe & Crisell PORTLAND, ORfGON DAIRY MACHINERY and SUPPLIES Cannelon of Beef Chop the remains of yesterday's beef, mix with 14 of a pound of minced bam, season with pepper, salt, grated lemon pee) and a little onion; moisten with yesterday's gravy with a little flour stirred tn and bind with a beaten egg or two; make some pie paste or such as you would use for dumplings, roll into an oblong sheet, put the beef mince In the middle and make the pastry into a long roll, tn closing the meat; close at ends with round caps of pastry, the edges plncb ed well together; lay in a dripping pan, the Joined side of the roll down ward and bake to a good brown. e- flense of Superiority. z "Bllgglns seems exceedingly Mit confident." “Yes, be baa Just bought an ency ciopedla and feels that It he doesn'i know more than any of the rest O' -an whenever he chooses" $5.00 AN ACRE CELEBRATED STCMACH BITTER O d Acquaintances. "Mrs. Von Queer says thut In a pre vlous existence she wm- a stray cat In a medieval alley” "That's funny. I wonder If she recalls the gentleman | in the purple velvet doublet who opened the casement In the castle tower and flung a bootjack at her? That was me!” A Cow and Her Three Daughters That Will Each Yield 600 Pounds of But- ter in a Ysar. each gr-wrntton that tills the soli will leave tbe farm to the next generation In even butter condition tbau they themarlvoa inherited It. Dairy Cow Most Economical Producer. of each cow’ cnce a month. Dy so doing, when the year's test has been completed each cow will have an offi cial record of the exact amount of u-llk and butter that she has produced during the year and there will bs no guesswork about IL Tills is not the only distinct ad- 'vantage the dairy cow baa. tor she is Hon. J. J Richardson of Davenport lurlht rmore recognised as the most economical producer of food nutrients Iowa, than whom there Is no more in Extensive uxpurliuuuta carried on by fluential man connected with ths Messrs. Law and Gilberts show that American Jersey Cattle club of New the cow giving daily ten quarts of York city, at once set about to Induce milk produces six times as much min the Cattle club to duplicate eral matter, six limes aa much nitro- Marsh's prires for Jersey cattle gvuoua material, and an amount of fat might enter the contest and equal to the steer that gains tu live W. 11. Barney of Hampton. Iowa, pre»- weight 15 pounds of beuf per week A Ident of the Iowa Dairymen's associa good dairy cow, too. will accomplish tion and likewise Influential with the thia end by lhe consumption of cheap Holsteln-Frlealan association of Amer er foods than will the steer, for the ica. Induced bis association to dupli food of the dairy OOW Is made up cate the prizes to tbe extent of |500 largely of roughage, which Is a cheap for Holstein cows that might be wln- <r kind of food, with a small amount ners of a portion of Mr. Marsh's of concentrates, while the ration of money, and then it was that everyone the steer Is made up largely of con M-eiLid anxious to put up prizes for centrates. with n comparatively small the good of this cause and seven or I nmount of roughagu. eight pure bred dairy bull calves were offered as prize» to competitors own ing common grade cows Dairy sepa rators. milking machines and prizes uf all kinds were offered, until finally the prize list amounted to between four and five thousand dollars, and then it was that the farmers of Iowa begun entering their cows until at the time when the date for entry closed there were found to be competing In the one large association 160 cows and surprising are the facts that have been revealed from month to month A I large number ot the cows have been | producing from 40 to 100 pounds of I butter per month nnd. on the other hand, a large number of them have been producing from 10 to 15 pounds of butter u month; or. In other words, some of the cows In the test are the equal In milk nnd butter production and. in the end. iu the production of profits to their owners, of eight or ten of the cows on the other end. This yearly contest will be finished by the first of August. 1910, and the 565 Pounds of Butter in One Year. yearly production of 160 cows can then be figured up. At that time ft Is Tho nnnuni production of dairy prod planned to duplicate the test and al ucts in tho United States returns an ready much prize money has been of Income of IRUU.OOD.UOO, w filch is equal fered for the cows that will cuter tor to one ninth of the entire value of all another such race. farm products. Of this amount Iowa Now, the value of such a contest Is ot one cent per pound, this money to be spent for the employing of an ex not In the prize which the owner of a pert to do everything in his power for cow may win, because this really Is a the assistance of the patrons und for small portion of the real good, but It the upbuilding of dairying In that Is surprising as well as very gratifying to And how Intense the Interest of the community. owner of the cow becomes when she Now. experience tells us exactly begins her race in a public conteat. what will be the result. The farmers He at once wishes to learn the very of this organization will dispose of the best ways of feeding and caring fur unprofitable cows. They will k -ep the her and there Is an Impulse which good cows and during the next year, leads him on to Increasing his edu although they do not produce so large cation along lines that will better the an amount of milk and butter fat, the conditions in the dairy for all time labor on the farm with the cows will to come. This growth of Interest be less, feed will be saved and the brings questions from farmers, dairy net profits will be far greater. Then, men and ‘breeders nil over the state and not until then, does -the farmer regarding the building up and caring become really interested In the busi for the dairy herd. Many are antici ness ot milking cows. Then It Is that pating going Into the dairy business he sees the manner In which real and others who have been In the dairy pr.cflL.gAn be made from his herd. His business are anticipating making eyes have been opened to some really their business one of less drudgery, wouderful facts. He has found that shorter hours of confinement and'a where one cow was producing 100 business of profit with less of the pounds of butter in a year and barely heavy work and care than In most paid for her keeping, another cow any other line of farming COLDS CURED IN ONE DAY Their Task. Tn a sketch about Josej h Fols, the English multimillionaire, who makes soap and naphtha and other thing«, Lincoln Steffens, writing In the Amer ican Magazine, relates the following anecdote concerning him: "Once, when Fels had been stating his propo sition at length a listener, who waa Impressed by the genial humor, the profound kindness and the serene wisdom of this little Jew, turned to him quietly and said. 'Fels, the Jews call themselves the chosen people; the world has acknowledged the title, and I, for example, am willing now, In yuur presence, to admit that they are Indeed the chosen. But what are they chosen fort ‘The Jews,' said Fels, with a careless wave of his arm. 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