Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-05
THE cow MEN IN CONGRESS Alabama Dairymen and Stock
 RaiSerS Meet. LARGE DELEGATION PRESENT Object: To Evolute the General Purpose Cow
 Into the Dairy Darling. AND TO GRADE UP THE LIVE STOCK Action in Reference to the Oleomargarine Law-The Constitution of the Asso-ci-
 ation-The Alabama Jersey Cat
 tie Club Organized.
LARGE DELEGATION PRESENT
AND TO GRADE UP THE LIVE STOCK

Montgomery, May 4.-(Special)-At 10 o'clock today, in the recorders court room in this city, the meeting of the dairy men and stock raisers of the state of Alabama was called to order py Hon. Isaac Ross of Opelika, with the following named gentlemen present:
 J. R. Hall James; s. H. McCurdy, Lowndes; w. c. Thomas, Gold Hill; Amos Horton, Pleasant Ridge; w. E. Matthews, Huntsville; F. H. Bates, Hamburg; Isaac Ross, Opelika; M. C. Scott, Montgomery; James Crook, Jacksonville; w. H. Law son, Montgomery; Ross Abercrombie, w. II. Melton, Opelika; Gen. S. H. Moore, Capt Milton Humes Huntsville; M. H. Hall, James; H. w. Padgett, Mobile; T. J. Key Montgomery; c. J. Ross, Troy; A. 5 J. Hawes, c. H. Hawes, T. B. Stubbs, Montgomery H. Mcintyre, LeGrand; Warren $. Reese Montgomery; B. H. Holt, Barachias; Dr. II. L. Stone, Mont gomery.
 MT. Ross nominated MT. M. c. Scott, the Montgomery prize farmer for chair man and MT. H. w. Padgett of Mobile for secretary of the meeting, and they were unanimously elected
 The chairman then called on MT. Ross to state the object of the meeting, which he well did in the following words:
 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: To many of you the objects of this meeting are already known We have met here for the purpose of forming a state dairy association, and, as stated in the call, it is to encourage and build up the live stock and dairy industry of our state, to take counsel together, exchange ideas and experiences, to arouse enthusiasm, to educate and elevate every individual member to progress and move forward until the special dairy COW takes the place of the general purpose cow; the best of feed instead of no feed at all; 5 per cent milk instead Of 2A per cent milk; "gilt-edged" butter in lieu of some of the inferior grades now made; to dis seminate and encourage the reading of the best dairy books and papers. that will inform you of many things that you never dreamed of before. How many of YOU have separators and complete line of dairy apparatus including the Bab- cock milk test? Your dairy papers will tell you what they are and where to buy them.
 The breeding problem of course comes Tn flrSt, as the keeping Ol iHole dlld Oettel live stock is the very foundation stone to progressive and successful agricul- ture; the old adage is here applicable More stock, more manure; more ma nure, more grass; more grass, more mon ey.'' This meeting is the first of its kind ever held in Alabama, and the Alabama Dairy association is destined to become an important factor in the material de- velopment of our state. When call was issued in 1872 for the Wisconsin dairy t1 hlf ci m racnnnda6 They were in earnest, and so are we. One of them is dead, but the other five are still in the field with their faces to the front. Just think how much of the prog ress and prosperity of Wisconsin has hung upon the slender balance of that meeting in 1872. Wisconsin has now 701,- GOO cows, 2500 cheese factories and creameries, 100000 farmers depending on this dairy interest, an investment of $150,000,000 and an annual revenue of nearly $35, 900, ,OOO. So you see we can take courage and not despise our small begin ming. We have the soil and the climate and the very best of water. The dairy belt" is all myth. The day will come when you will see as fine but ter and cheese made In any of Alabama's sixty-six counties as is made in America. Let us ask the aid and cooperation of the Alabama experi- ment station and the department of agri- culture, as they in part belong to us, and
 
 ment of agriculture, which certainly in- cludes the live stock industry and dairy ing. Ask these two departments to wake up; let's all get move on us'' and make our association from its birth live and active one Do this and we will solve for the commissioner of agriculture the vexing question of ''how to raise his cotton" Every herd of thoroughbred cattle, every dairy and cattle barn spire will be monuments to our. industry and enterprise. No immigration agent or Alabama on Wheels can ever accom- plish half so much. They will come with out urging. We have wide and fruitful field to work in and the opportunity is ours if we will only accept it to do grand work for the state of Alabama, at the same time bringing prosperity and happiness to ourselves. The time has come when this organization is a neces- sity. and it is impossible for us to keep pace with our sister states without it. Another object of the meeting which must not be overlooked, is to take some action in regard to the recently enacted anti-oleomargarine law, which reads as follows:
 To prevent deception in the manufacture
 and sale of imitation butter.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Alabama. That no person