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Darytng In tlie Ozarkslit regard tt* darying in tin-' O/arks will s ty that there is a gain of utmost H»o per cent each year. Winn \v%* started this civatnei y, 7 years ago, there Were tfitly t\v»» creatnei ies doing business to amount to anything in this part of the Usoirks. 'The first year we operated we made a lull million pounds ui butter, ami last year we made l/AKMKMJpounds ami ahuut LVMM gallonsof iru cream. There are now something owr 20 creameries operating in the l^aiks. Notall iif llit'ni have been sUrresafut, hoivever, uni! some of themIhave ^tmt down. but the most oi tin in aie making good and in creasing their bu-ines every! year. iThe silo has a lot to do u iih the saccess of the dairy bn si ness, and has helped out won derfully towards its increase. There are owr loo silos aiouud 1Mountain Grove, ami t lie re are ,thousands m ot them seat tore,I :over tlie « ountry. L as of eat ' tie ami hordes have died in thi part on account of poisonous fodder, while if thU fodder had been put in a silu there wouldhave been no danger. One dairyman in thK section lost 7nu worth of stock from this lt;d fodder, when a siluj ’ wlt;aild have cosl only about s’llKr Also. i| they had tilled the silu with enrii and fodder the feed ing value would have been 10 per rent greater as the corn stoc ks will udil that uimh to the value of tin* grain.Another good bed for dairy* men to use is alfalfa, and it candto»ry .j a* it * t*riObe raised very eisily. Therei 1 were several farmers who cut 1 their alfalfa three times during the d ry se rsuns.Also, another good thing to feed is roots, in the way of tur ' nips, sugar beets, rutabagas, and other rout crops whit h arei.»ieis»•ieI:i iivaluable for feeding dairy cows*I1iThe ui.Hl who feeds routs gels ;iit||good results as the man with aji!o.ri’inief*ityhdIbis company has done a *threat deal towards getting a *tpure I,red. registered stoi U shipped into this immediate neighborhood. At our stock 1 shows in the fall wc oth-r large premiums, whuh bring in a better grade of tlairy rattle and en courage in raising the same. There are at least :!uo head of registered stock around this * city. and only a few years ago1 .there uere scarcely any. 1lii'\Ih.e d nsWe also had a tow Testing as sociation last year, which was|»the lirst in the state, and which 1 gave good satisfaction, but lt;»n ikcount of the drouth it hasbeen discontinued fiu the present.\ ; fWe have one of the best dairy countries in the 1‘mted Slates, and the farmers who are in this■ » r - # i • » .• i ■ • 1 , «business are making money, i July a few days ago a man paidIfor u year old Jersey cow| ii that was not even registered,, which shows tint tli»k farmers y tie getLing into the business l.iiind that they want th*.* best lI ’ stoc k.Wisconsin is the best dairy state in the t mou and then* are something like *J5 or ^'o families t from that stab* who are inter e usted in the U'/ii ks and arelt;i planning on comiug down in this [. part to purchase land for dairytLCII ■1a uI.]This company w ill make r*ojoo pounds of butter per week tins 1 summer, and the amount to be 1 paid foi butter fat will reach a ^ half million dollars. I “You rs very ti uly,Mid NTAIN *.\U *VI; t'UKAM EHY COMPANY, byH W. JTCNSBN.
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Mansfield Mirror
Mansfield, Missouri, US
Thu, Jun 24, 1915
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