The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 10, 1987 Page: 25 of 51
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The dairy farmers and their families who
live and work around our community
deserve a great deal of thanks. Their
stability helps our community remain
stabte and healthy. Their insistence on
offering only the highest quality milk and
dairy products sets an example for us all
and improves the quality of our lives. We
congratulate them now, during Dairy Month,
and thank them for their contributions.
June is
Dairy Month
DUBLIN
CHAMBER of COMMERCE
Small dairy farmer must
make changes for survival
Times change throughout the years, and
this makes business change. The dairy in-
dustry is one business that has undergone
change. The small dairy farmer has had to
keep up with the changes in order to survive.
“We are now producing more milk. We
have to produce more milk on a whole and
produce more milk per cow to survive,” said
Delton Moon, owner, with his son Ricky
Moon, of a small dairy in Lingleville.
Now Moan milks 110 cows. He used to milk
80. This next year be will have 59 heifers to
calve and in two years, he will have 60 heifers
to calve.
“We are growing bigger. We artificially
breed. That’s the reason we raise our own
calves,” said Moon.
Moon said the main change now is
everybody is having to get bigger. He recent-
ly dunged a 1200 gallon tank to a 2500 gallon
tank and also purchased weigh jugs.
“The weigh jugs weigh the cows’ milk so we
will know exactly what they’re giving. We are
trying to make business more efficient,” said
Moon.
One problem that Moon believes may affect
all fanners is the immigration program.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen in ‘88
when all labor goes back to Mexico. We cal
hire labor anymore because no one wants to
be a farmer unless they grew up on a farm,"
said Moon.
Moon believes that produce will probably
be higher and harder to get since it has to all
be picked by hand.
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The Dublin Progress (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 3, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 10, 1987, newspaper, June 10, 1987; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth778437/m1/25/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.