The Klickitat County Agriculturist, Goldendale, WA., October 14, 1911, page 6
“Klickitat Intelligence”

     A copy of The Farmstead, a Minneapolis Journal, has an interesting article by W. A. Alloway, Trout Lake, telling some of the merits of that part of Klickitat county.  Says Mr. Alloway: Trout Lake Valley is located at the foot of Mt. Adams in Klickitat county.  Hay and grains are raised almost exclusively.  The very best kind of clover is produced, the second crop being considered superior for cows.  There is no rain during hay season and for this reason the crop is of a most excellent quality.  It is well cured in the shock it retains its color.  Since we are about 30 miles from the railroad it does not pay to feed mill stuff.  This is what I have been told, but I am going to try it as an experiment.  Dairy cows are fed as much clover as they will eat up clean.  Good dairy animals require about four tons of hay per year.  This will bring the cost of feed up to $40, with an average profit per cow of something like $20 per year.  To me this is a very poor showing and I believe great improvement can be made.  I have been getting 27 cents for butter fat at the local creamery.  The average variation in prices for the year runs from 20 to 43 cents.  Native cattle are generally kept on the farms here because there is very little call for well-bred Jerseys.  I like the Jersey breed because the quality of milk is superior to that of the native scrubs.  There is a great deal of satisfaction in handling well-bred animals.  I follow the practice of keeping my herd up at night in the stall and let them run loose during the day.  Native pasture of bunch grass affords an abundance of feed during the summer months.  From my experience, it seems to me that there are many in the dairy business to fail, because these farmers do not give enough attention to each individual in the herd.