534 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



out of them all they will bring for veal. In view of the fact that 

 there is a great shortage of dairy cows, this is to be deplored. 

 The following clipping shows to what an alarming extent the 

 slaughter of calves is practiced. 



"The advocates of the proposed legislation to protect calves 

 estimated that about 9,000,000 calves are slaughtered in the 

 United States each year, and that if these calves were allowed to 

 reach an age of three or four years before being slaughtered the 

 supply of beef would be increased 9,000,000,000 pounds and the 

 leather supply augmented by 279,000,000 feet. These are consid- 

 erations worth taking into account." 



As a good high grade dairy cow at the age of three or four 

 years is worth from $100 to $135 or as much as a good steer, this 

 would apply to the dairy breeds as well as the beef. 



The practice of slaughtering the calves was begun several years 

 ago when on account of cows selling from $35 to $60 it hardly 

 paid to raise the calf. Now, you cannot afford to kill them, and 

 we predict that unless something is done in the near future 

 toward creating sentiment against this woeful waste, the legis- 

 latures of the different states will have to take the matter in 

 hand. With our population increasing rapidly, we sho.uld not be 

 at all surprised to see good grade dairy cows sell as high as $300 

 within the next five years. It will pay you to save all of your 

 choice heifer calves. 



INCREASE IN NUMBER OF CREAMERIES. 



A number of new creameries have been started within the last 

 year and several that had been closed have reopened. The 

 creamery promoters have not been quite as active as in the past 

 as many of our people have learned that if their community has 

 reached a point where a creamery will be supported and they wish 

 to organize and build they can save anywhere from $1,000 to $2,000 

 by taking the matter up with this department or the dairy de- 

 partment of the Iowa State College at Ames. The college has 

 only recently issued a bulletin on creamery construction from 

 which you can get plans for almost any priced building desired. 



