DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT
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76 crosses have been completed and there
has not been one failure. Alrays ho em
phasized that proved bulls have been used.
Another import on t point brought out :;as
that crosses cannot be made without Pure
breds to cross.
Al'tojvoxplaining vhat had been done by the
Department of Agriculture toward the im
provement of Dairy herds, Dr. Rood told
the farriers that the Department was very
much interested in the development of
dairying in Alaska. Unfortunately •rhen
the survey mas made a year ago, no dairy
specialists mere included as Washington
D.C.'had been misinformed as to the needs
here. Kouever', under the nev program non
being inaugurated, they are prepared'to
do v.'hat they cat for Alaskan farmers. The
Beltsville farm, he stated, has some good
blood available to' the Valley on a loan
Contract. It is possible for the Valley
Dairymen to obtain a couple of proved
bulls that can be kept in the Valley,per
haps at the Experiment fary>, for'the pur
pose of /artificial Insemination. To get
those bulls it v:i 11 be necessary for an
organized group to agree to make use of
this servico' and keep'records. The more
in the group,of course, the cheaper this
■ill be. The cost mill include enough to
cover the cost of feed and care of the
animals. The animals arc not purchased.
In the natter of breeds, Dr. Reed advised
the Red Dane because of the fact that the
Red Danes arc from Denmark, a country
very similar to this in climate and feed,
/mother reason for this selection ras
that records show-'that the average lbs.
of butterfat in'U.S. per cot; is 188$ and
In Denmark 280#. Although their best re
cords are not above ours, thoir poorest
are not"as lorn and the result is a higher
average. 50# 5f the. Danish farmers keep
records and the poorest corns feet needed
out.
Another talking point for the Red Dane
ras that they fatten up faster than most
dairy breeds and make very good meat.
Rcj: Monaghan, chairman of the Dairynen*s
Association, appointed a conmitte of five
to contact all the dairymen, in the Valley
and find out hor many mould be interested
in using Artificial Insemination'in their
herds and hor many cons they had* Those
appointed'to this committee'vroro: Roland
Snodgrass, Frank McAllister, Ernest Har
rington, Victor Falk Tr. and Arvid John
son.
Dr. Reed expects to be back from Komer in
tifce for the Monday night meeting of the
Dairymen at rhich time it is hoped a cen
sus of the cors in the valley rill bo a
vailable. After it is ascertained hor
many dairy farmers are interested in this
program, plans for the procurement of
these proved bulls can be made. Some of
the dairy farmers expressed themselvos as
this WEEKS specials
PRAIRIE SCHD0K2R HOUSE TRAII3R - used
'our monbhs. Priced to sell.
CHICKEN EDJSE CAB pi and dne lot—good
location. • '
STOCK RANCH—240 acres Upland and Hasill
Creek bottom land.’ IrrigatioifpossibiliL
ties-Dairy or Beef. On Sonool Bus Line
41- miles from Palmer. Terns.
TTO 160 acre IIOTBSSTEADS-Patfented land.
Priced to sell. 5 miles from TJasilla—
10 miles from Palmer.
ONE 75 ACRE TRACT with GOOD BUILDINGS
Grade A Bam, 45 acres under cultivation
! Farm machinery. 2~,: miles from Palmer.
CHOICE ACRE TRACTS CIOSE Hi TO PALTER.
TOWN LOPS for Business and Residential
sites.
; 3g0 ACRES PATEHTED HOJ.ESTEAD 6 acres in
| Oat and Pea Hay. Good Log Cabin-Ad joins
c3al reserves affording large acreage
available for leaso,
LIAMIUSAE VALI3Y GRASSLAND'160 acres
near Townsite of Matanuska.
THREE GOOD VEGETABLE FAR,IS
TEC DAIftY FARMS L DAIRY HERDS All priced
to sell, An income awaits your purchase
With every farm sale goes a guarantee
that the land is as represented. The
agent has located more than sixty-five
farmers in uhe Hai/aruska Valley, ky
thirty—two years close association ith
the Valley development aha experience
are yours for the askjng.
H.D. Snodgrass
beliOT&ne this to be a great opportunity
Just uhat breed of bulls uould be
tained uas not decided, but tiro breeds
are available, the Rod Done and the Hol
stein Pr„ roec. assumed thorn that rhich
ever they selected,, tlioy nould be sent’
the very best that Beltsville farm has.