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dairy to make 50 (the original number). Last year, by the use 

 of cane tops and home grown feeds, $300 was saved on feed and 

 more butter fat was produced than the year before from the same 

 number of cows. When the record began at that dairy the aver- 

 age butter fat production per cow per year was about 170 lbs. 

 At present the average is about 240 lbs., and at the end of this 

 year all cows not making 250 lbs. of butter fat will be sold. By 

 systematic feeding, business methods, and home grown feeds, this 

 man has saved $300 per year on feed ; at the same time has in- 

 creased the butter fat production per cow 70 lbs. per year. This 

 is an increase of about $30 per cow or on 50 cows this record 

 work has been worth $1,500 to this man. This is not the only 

 improvement he has made; he has increased the fertility of 

 his soil until other farmers around him are commenting on the 

 excellent crops on his farm. 



This work of record keeping is being carried on with several 

 other farmers with excellent results. One dairyman at Monroe. 

 La., last week found that three of his cows were making more 

 profit than the other nine. It is essential, with the high price of 

 feed, that the dairyman feed only cows that are capable of turn- 

 ing that feed into butterfat and leave a profit. With the ad- 

 vancing prices of dairy feeds it is fast becoming necessary for 

 the dairy farmer to "weed out" all unprofitable cows or else he 

 will find the dairy on the wrong side of the ledger. Many dairy- 

 men are planning on more home grown feed than they have 

 ever raised before. They are very wise to do this under the 

 present outlook. Some of the dairymen who have been raising 

 their own feed are setting the pace in the dairy business for the 

 rest of the farmers. One man on the cut-over lands has been 

 in the dairy business for about five years and each year he has 

 increased the amount of home grown feed. Last year he built 

 a silo and raised corn for 50 tons of silage ; in addition he has 

 sufficient soy beans and pea-vine hay to feed all the stock 

 through the year. All the grain he had to buy was a little cot- 

 tonseed meal to help balance up the ration. This dairyman is 

 one of the most prosperous men in that portion of the state. 

 This year he is planning on building a new house with the sav- 

 ings from the cream checks (and he saved a little each month 

 because he did not have to swop his cream checks for feed). 

 This man used his land to help feed his dairy and he used his 

 dairy to help feed his land. The two are working well together, 



Three Cows 

 Worth More 

 Than Nine 



