There are reasons to believe in magic cows
, DEBBIE CLAYTON
Asst. Agricultural
Editor
University of Dela.
;WARK, Del. - Do you
>mber “brown cows?
made them by adding
cream to your favorite
drink. Some people
>d them black cows but
either case they made a
ty beverage.
iday a drink similar m
- e being promoted by
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the American Dairy
Association is called a
“magic cow.” More than
just the updatmg of an
image, this renaming of an
old standby makes a com
ment about the dairy in
dustry as a whole...you may
not have noticed but cows
have gone from ordinary to
magical in just a short half
century.
Consider that there are
now less than half the
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number of dairy cows in
Delaware than there were 50
years ago-when the dairy
industry reached its zenith in
the First State. Then con
sider that these cows
produce more than twice the
amount of milk that their
grandmothers produced. .
that’s equivalent to a
quadruple in production or a
300 per cent mcrease per
cow.
Now do you believe in
magic cows?
The reason for the
dramatic increases in milk
production in the past 50
years is of course due not to
witchcraft or sorcery but to
the scientific wizardry of the
Atomic age: improvements
in animals nutrition and
health, the development of
antibiotics and the growing
is enough to give even the
staunchest nonbeliever a
httle faith in the national
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which most of these im
provements were developed.
But the cow is not the only
component of the dairy farm
that has been magically
transformed by progress.
The dairyman of today is a
better manager of labor,
capital, time, animals and,
ultimately, himself. Con
sequently, there aren’t as
many of them around
anymore either.
Many of the Delaware
dairymen who have per
servered through the
changes in the industry are
located in Kent County.
According to Kent County
Extension agent Dave
Woodward, a former
dairyman himself, this is
due largely to historical
reasons but also because this
county is a good halfway
point between rural Sussex
County, which has a smaller
market for the milk, and
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urban New Castle County,
which has fewer farms.
“I still get plenty of phone
calls from people wanting to
get into the dairy business,”
says Woodward. “But
anyone who gets into the
business without prior ex
perience is only fooling
himself. And then again, it’s
an occupation that is so
confining that you’re more
or-less married to it. ”
Not only does he farmer’s
lifestyle have to be tightly
meshed with his occupation
HARRISBURG -- A
resolution seeking high
priority funding for detailed
groundwater studies will be
prepared by the Department
of Environmental
Resources’ Water Resources
Policy Advisory Committee
for presentation to the
General Assembly.
At its June 1 meeting the
Committee selected a group
of its members to draft the
resolution and present it at
the Agust 3 meeting for
approval.
Committee members said
there is a pressing need for
detailed groundwater
management data and plans
and noted that the Depart
ment of Environmental
Resources has been unable
to do such work to date for
lack of sufficient budget
appropriations.
The Committee spent
much of the June 1 meeting
considermg issues involved
in water supply and
allocation and what steps
should be taken to prepare
for another major drought.
After much discussion, it
was generally agreed that
the Commonwealth needs to
consider a law covering
in-
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Funding sought for
groundwater studies
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in dairying, but getting into
the business involves a
higher initial investment
than other types of fanning.
Added to the land and
equipment costs of regular
farming are the costs of the
animals and milking
equipment. “With
dairying,” says Woodward,
“there’s more of an in
vestment which doesn’t
increase your net worth...but
there’s also more of a cash
flow all of the time once
you’ve established your
self.”
water allocation and with
drawal which would look at
both surface and ground
water and would have ap
plicability throughout the
state rather than in just the
two areas - Delaware River
and Monongahela River -
where the most pressing
problems now exist.
At its August 3 meeting the
committee is expected to
continue this discussion and
develop in more detail a
recommendation for this
new legislation which could
then be forwarded to the
General Assembly.
Committee members also
will vote on leadership for
the group at the August 3
meeting, choosing from
among candidates who
represent the Pennsylvania
Bar Association, Council of
Farm Organizations and
League of Women Voters.
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