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the kinds of live stock that are best 

 adapted to the fruit farm. A few horses 

 ■will always be kept, but many orchard- 

 ists question the advisability of trying 

 to breed horses in connection with an 

 orchard plant. Beef cattle are produced 

 most successfully and profitably where 

 there is ample room and cheap grass. 



In a similar way sheep have, in past 

 years, been regarded as better adapted 

 to cheaper lands that are devoted 

 largely to grazing purposes. In the past 

 two or three years, however, hundreds 

 of small flocks of slieep have been 

 bought by the farmer and it will only 

 be a short time, if the present tendency 



prevails, when sheep on the Western 

 farms will be as conmion as they have 

 for years been on the farms of Oliio 

 and Indiima. There is a jjossibility of 

 using a small band of sheep in connec- 

 tion with the orchard. l'"or the average 

 man engaged in fruit growing, however, 

 the dairy cow and the brood sow lend 

 themselves tietter to his needs. These 

 two classes of animals fit well together 

 on the farm and make a splendid com- 

 bination for use in connection with the 

 orchard. 



Those who are keeping in touch with 

 dairy conditions of today feel that the 

 time is not far distant when dairymen 

 are to be paid well for their work in 

 producing milk and butter fat. Prices 

 have not been adeeiuale and the dairy- 

 man lias been losing money for many 

 months. The result lias been the selling 

 of a large number of dairy cattle and 

 we will unquestionably soon be face to 

 face witli a condition in regard to milk 

 and butter-fat production that will 

 mean one of two things — the dairyman 

 will be well paid or the consumer will 

 do without dairy products. I am 

 familiar with one of the well-known 

 irrigated districts of the West where 

 many of tlie farmers have made a 

 specialty of dairying. Two of the very 

 best herds of that tract that have been 

 tested and liave a wide reputation for 

 high production are now offered for 

 sale. When the best of dairymen are 

 thinking of quitting the business it is 

 well for us to think seriously of the 

 future. It is my opinion, confirmed by 

 many experienced men witli whom I 

 liave talked, that now is a mighty good 

 time to get into the dairy business. 

 Good cattle are being sold in many sec- 

 tions at quite reasonable prices and, as 

 before indicated, there can be no other 

 outcome than such prices for dairy 

 products of all kinds as will enable the 

 dairyman to meet all costs of keeping 

 the herd and have a reasonable profit 

 for his efforts. 



In the orchard may be produced corn, 

 peas and oats, and other crops for 

 silage. The production of legume hays 

 such as clover and alfalfa fit in well 

 with the fertilization of the orchard 

 and give the orchard dairyman the very 

 best roughages for milk production. If 

 the silo is not advisable, root crops can 

 be grown between the tree rows to 

 wonderful advantage. Grains may be 

 purchased or may be grown in connec- 

 tion with the orchard. The combina- 

 tion of legume hay for roughage, of 

 either silage or root crop for suc- 

 culence, and of our Western-grown 

 grains for concentrates, gives exactly 

 the right kind of ration for heavy milk 

 and butter-fat production. The grains 

 that are needed are barley and oats, in 

 addition to bran, which is now one of 

 the relatively cheapest feeds that can 

 be bought in the market. 



The dairy cow, therefore, fits in with 

 the orchard plan for between-the-row 

 crops and not only furnishes the family 

 with highly-nutritious foodstuffs, but 

 in addition gives the fruit grower a 

 week by week or month by month cash 

 income to supplement the income from 

 fruit production. . 



