The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-01
DklRYMEN MEET IN GRIFFIN.
IMPORTANT ADDHEssEs MADE ny
PROMINENT MEN.

Cultivation 81 the COW Urged ~ fRri
of the scheme for the Divrrstncn-
tion Of Crops-l-N-GoN. Northen
Presented some interesting Ideas.
President HeddinR'~ Annual Al
drcss-I.ntrrtnininE speech Made
~ EH-GoV. Hoard ct Wisconsin.
Grimm Ca. Ort 81 Tho Georgia state
Dnirymen's Association met here to-day
and will d. 90 session for two days There
IRE about tu delegates present and they
are composed - Go, representative dairy
men 81 lh, state.
The association was called 90 order This
mofuur at 90 O'Clock hy President r. j.
No4due aud Han Davla } Bailey Oh
behalf 81 me CITY Council aud citizens
welcomed thcm 10 the city.
Tho RESPONSE was made hy cx-Gov
Northern. who stated that Tho association
WINS gIad 20 meet 80 Grimm. where seven
years ago it was organized. aud that Boo
was also glad 20 be here during the cone
vsn,ion of those notable women that COM
pose the Federation OF Womeus Clubs of
Georgia Tic paid them "a slowing tribute
and stated that no project thar wa indus
triol could Doe O. practical success without
the aid 81 women He spoke 81 the im-
portance or dairyipe ana rho necessity OF
having more than ono crop under the oN-
is,ing conditions. and how the people Of
Griffin were meeting these conditions hy
their interest m daigine llo deplorel
the continued almos. exclusive. cultivation
Of cotton by some On Gcorr, ana hailed
with delight the turning ~ attention 90
growing grain. raising % cattle and the
upbulldiug OF ,he soil His idea was that
the prosperity 90 the entire st1te now de-
pended on thc farmer and that he. 20 Dee
fully equal 70 the emergency, must pay
more attention fo iiversifyiug crops The
COW he SAID. offered o gou solution.
Presidents Address
President T. ReddIne then delivered
MS annual address 90 the association col.
Redlinr' address aside from iis merit.
possessed Tue grace 81 being clothed 90
language that was easily uuderstood. ana
was delivered Boz his inlmitable manner
Even dry details We're interesting. IL there
were any. Among other things he said
II did not expect that the farmers 81
Georgia would rush pel-mdl into dairy
ing. nor was it desirable that they snould
do 60 on an extensive scale. Great re-
forms and great enterprises. especially AK
rlculturI. develop from small beginning
and Slow bat steady uufollines ami
growth"
BE said that tho unit Of the dairy in
dustry To- Georgia was the cow and d
was "mtcy' poor man who could rot so
in the dairy business 60 that extent lie
showed how from small beginnings the
farmer could gradually work up TO a large
herd 81 COWS by carcfulness and economy
ana his example will be- watched and en- /
uiated. Then comes. iu the natural order
Of development the creamery and the
cheese factory The beginner. continued /
the president must remember that he can
make 70 real or satisfactory progress IN
his business without careful study and
painstaking attention to details he SPOKE |
al length upon the results 81 the inVestl- /
cation 81 science upon dflryiur. ana said |
that u o. -uccsssfu. 90 required constant
study und TO he kept wen informed
Advantage OF Science.
u hove often wondered h. said how
any owner at even Nucie COW or e sim
gle horse. or even dog much more the
owner ~ "a dozen cows or haf dozen
horses or mules. con get along ithous "a
eingle book or journal teaching how 20
handle such animals and how 10 treat
the ailments and accidents 20 which they
are subject"
Tie touched upon thc subject Of green
soiling among others and said that the
Indications are thar 90 the near future we
shall rely more ou soiIug than We have
been accustomed 20 in the pass To regard
70 pasture. grasses and for meadows whll. I
not seeking 90 discourage. he thought
that Bermuda grass must be the present
standby for pastures, supplemented hy
seeding NJ II.