The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-29

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citation was organized and differed
mainly by private dairymen and has
never failed to give that branch of
daryl ing proper attention, while at the
same time it has been equally careful
to give associated dairying a place IN
all the meetings it has ever held. Tnis
Society, the Vermont D airy Associa-
ton, was organized mainly through
the efforts of o. 8. Blias, Of Georgia.
Vermont, who is still living and who
can come nearer writing the history OF
improvement in dairying in this coun
try, and writing it from personal 90
serva ion and knowledge, than any
man living, if we except 7. d GURUS
who is in such feeble health that he Is
not now able to do literary Work u
any kind.
But the above is somewhat OF AL
gression, and to return to IL VIII say
that what seems to be need is naClohal
organization, q sort of parent society
with its membership drawn from as
many States and Territories as possible
and ali of it's members having a speclal
direct or indirect interest in private
dairying.
Then let the national OF parent or
g~anization charter State societies Let
tie latter organize county societies.
And f1nally let all work together for
tne interest of private dairying.
OF course the above is but an out line
and before any plan could be perfected
all the details would need to be thought
out and carefully worked up into a
practical system.
Just think what a means Of good
such a system properly managed and
worked would become. National, State
and county meetings, for the discussion
of dairy and kindred topics would be
among the possibilities. Through such
meetings and by other means a great
amount OF information to dairying
could be disseminating. Not only in
formation relating TO means and meth
OOS ONB " LAO . 0AN OoAC4 A4ooSOOAC
of interest to farmers as we'll
At the present time some commits
sion men refuse private dairy products
and others do not encourage the con-
signment of them. This, they say, is
because the creamery men do not want
them TO handle private dairy products.
What is needed, is for the State IS
sociaIions, when organized, to arrange
with one good commission man in each
Of the large cities in each State, to re
ceive and sell she products of members
Of the organization.
All members engaged in butter max
ing should be educated up to and re
quired to make a good article, put il
up in attractive package or form and
then stamp it with a registered trade
mark of the organization.
There will always be many kinds Of
information shat car be given to the
members that will be of value to them.
To illustrate: Suppose such system
mad been in operation the past ter
years. during which time hundreds o.
thousands of dollars have been swindIeG
out of the farmers of this country by
creamery sharks" then such swind
ling would have been prevented. Fol
as s Don as the creamery sharks had be.
gan getting In their work the facp
would have been reported to the ma
tional organization, and by it to the
State societies, and by them to the
county societies
With such a system we'll sustained
and managed great good could be &C
complished in many ways. OF courst
but a few of the many good uses Il
which it could be put have been men
toned, but it's opportunities would bt
great at the start and constantly In
creasing,
The writer would be pleased to SCI
expressions of thought ON the abov,
subject in the agricultural and dair,
papers, not only from editors, bu
farmers and others interested. RI,
would also be glad TO receive communi
cations direct fr1m any and all VIII
may care to address him
T. W. MosELEY.
Clinton, Iowa.