*
PALMER
SURPLUS & 2nd HRE10 SHOP
VflLLEy & ELECTRIC
fOR YOUR
BUILDinG HEEDS
HUERIOR DECOIMIIIG
mRTERIOLS
WALL PAPER
PAIN T 5
■ IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES Of
NORTHWEST COOPERATORS
Jerry Voorhis, executive Secretary of the
Cooperative League of the USA, sees the
most important objectives of the Northuost
cooperators as:
"The most important developments and ob
jectives for the immediate future:
It Pacific Supply Cooperative^ drive for
capital to enablo its members to uon their
om sources of necessary rar materials and
natural resources;
2* Formation and development of a federa
tion of cooperatives in the Seattle area
for darrying on educational and promotional
work, the raising of neodod capital and tho
encouragement of joint purchasing and im
proved business practices;
3# Achievement of greater and greater co
ordination of action and unity of purpose
among all types and kins of cooperatives in
the Northwest;
4# Continued growth of $roup Health Cooper
atives of Puget Sound and perfection and
expansion of its program#M
GENTLE TREATMENT OF DAIRY
COWS IMPORTANT
Farm magazines toll us that the amount of
butterfat tost for a herd of Driry cors
can be affbeted by the ray tho cors are
handled*
Tho manner of milking the cor is definitely
important# Any rough handling, excitement,
or carelessness in the milking may reduce 1
both the amount of milk she gives and the
butterfat tost. Experts say—find out rhat
is aggravating both the cors and the milker
and change tho conditions#
The condition of tho cor at calving time
can also affect the butterfat test of tho
milk she gives# The cor should be fed r&ll
and be in good condition be fore the calf
arrives, Grain rations help her get back
into good flesh after a lactation period,
say the experts.
ART me IAL BREEDING PA YS
Six sires of the Walla Walla Valley Arti
ficial Breeding association have, in a
daughter-dam comparison of 66 of their off
spring, increased average productivity of
the daughters * by 24 pounds of butterfat
more per year, according to the assistant
extension dairymen of Walla Walla.
The dams averaged 9664 pounds of milk and
425 pounds of butterfat. The six sires,
representing 75 per cent of tho sires used
by the Association, upped that average in
the daughters to 9987 pounds of milk and
449 pounds of butterfat,.
.Artificial breeding has been on an organized .
basis in the state for about seven years,
This year eppooximeboly 23,000 ccrs rill
be bred that nay according to tho Assistant
''?!xtens icn Baliymon
One specialist s.r/n that improving the abil
ity of dairy acres cc produce is the only
of beaxir.g high feed and labor costs,