The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-06
STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION
CLOSES SUCCESSFUL SESSION
Not so Large as Expected,
but Good Work Accomplished
New Officers.

L ne year lJUo, WIFI 1tS MISTAKES, us
successes, its joys and its sorrows, is
gone from us forever, and what of 1904
1t is not given to the intelligence of
man to forsee. The State Dairymen's
convention which has just closed itsla-
bors here has been one of the best ever
held in the state since the formation of
the organization eleven years ago, and
the amount of good this society and the
farmers institutes do to the farmers
and the state at large, is beyond compu.
tation 1t is II self evident truth that
is never denied that when the farmers
are prosperous everyone else and all
lines of business are prosperous.
Orators may talk that when one po-
litical party is in power times are good,
and when the other party is in power
times are poor, prosperity has departed
and the country is going to the devil.
but. aside from all talk for political
effect. this fact remains, the farmers,
and the farming communities are the
foundation stones of all our prosperity,
then here we prove the value beyond
estimate of farmers Institutes, dairy
mems conventions and other kindred or
ganizatoins, to improve and better CON
ditions and practices in all branches of
agricultural industry.
In this convention it is to be greatly
regretted that the farmers and dairymen
of this, one of the most favored valleys
in the state, did not turn out en- masse
to listen to the intellectual feast pre-
pared for them, which tended to show
whereby betterments might be made in
many directions, and it is of vital i'm
portance to them, to their families, to
so adopt Improvements that they can
get the largest measure of profits from
their labors. We are glad to notice
many of our most progressive farmers
and dairymen were present and took an
active interest in all the proceedings,
and as surely as the sun rises they will
have received material benefits.
We give the names of number of
prominent men who were present, who
are making the lettering of agricultural
| conditions. on all lines their life study
and work. and were more than willing
| to give up their store of information
and knowledge to all who desired to lis
ten. There were here from the Pullman
state agricultural college and school of
science, President f. A. Bryan Prof
Z. f. Elliott, DIR. Nelson, state veteri-
nary surgeon, who has risen by his own
unaided efforts from poor, homeless
boy to his present high attainments /;
Prof. +. Fulmer, Prof Thatcher and
Prof. Sumner, a graduate of the Mich
igan school of science, now at Pullman.
Then we had Prof. Major, of the Califor-
mia school at Berkeley, and another good
worker, and an all around talker was
Hon. c. L. Smith, of Minnesota; f. A.
Mcdonald, state dairy and pure food
commissioner, took an active part all
through the session and gave valuable
figures on the output of cheese and but
ter during the year past, and also ex-
planned what measures he has taken to
protect the producer from suffering from
the imposition if impure foods being
| placed on the market in competition
with the pure food of the producer A
significant fact given by the dairy COM
missioner is that the industry is develop
ing more repidly on the west side then
it is this side of the mountains. Next
to King county stands Kittitas in the
output of butter for the year. Thurs
ton county stand next, Spokane and
Yakima counties in about third place
on the list. The creamery industry for
the year showed marked growth in
1902. there were 345 creameries in opera
ton, making 5,SS3,25l pounds of butter.
The number of creameries operating in
the state in 1908 was All, making g.
970992 pounds of butter, and increase
of ,6S7 ,74l over 1902; and still with this
amount of butter made in the state.
yearly, hundreds of tons of butter are
shipped into the state and thousands of
dollars are sent out for the same, To
supply the demand.
At the meeting of the dairy convsr
ton at Ellensburg, about eight or npe
years ago, number of prominent men
flew the danger signal of over-projucS