Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-13
|ONAS DAIRY MEETING
Efforts TO Make Biggest and
Best State Dairy Convention
Ever Held
SILVER CUPS AND MEDALS
In Addition tho Association Offers
Cash Premium Fund of $500, to Be
Divided Pro Rata Among the Ex-
hibtors of Butter Well Known
Speakers on the Program.
Special to Times Republican.

Mason City. Jan. 13--rhe twenty
eighth annual convention of the Iowa
State Dairy Association will be held
| at Mason City February /, 2 and 8 and
arrangements arc being made for one
of the best meetings ever held.
| The program has been arranged and
competent speakers secured with u
view of dealing with all the subjects
pertaining to this Important industry
The officers feel warranted in assuring
| everybody in the state who is engaged
In dairying or contemplates engaging
In 1t, that his time will be well spent
In attending this meeting.
Mason City Is making arrangements
to entertain all who may attend, so
there need be no fear that everybody
will not be accommodated at reason
able rates. They will also furnish 4
part of the musical program from their
very best musical talent for which the
city Is so noted. In addition Jules
I4umbard. who has not failed In TWEEN
ty years to be present and sing ut
lowa's dairy convention. has again
promised to be present. Governor
Cummins has shown himself to be tho
friend of the dairymen. His work In
connection with our agricultural school
has always been in their interest He
addressed the meeting last year and
has consented to do so again this time
on Friday afternoon.
tot Ia
names OF State Dairy Commissioner
Wright who viii address the meeting
the first evening A. w. Trow of Min
ncsota, n member of that states dairy
and food department and a successful
dalrylnnn. will talk on the value of
the silo from years of actual exper-
fence with it. Professor g. ID. Smith
of Michigan agricultural college, who
has probably gone deeper into the
subject of the value of corn feeding
for milk production than any man in
this or any other country, will speak.
and Professor RI. G. Curtiss of Ames.
Is another speaker who needs no In
PRODUCTION. The success he has at
tained In his work at our agricultural
college at Ames has turned the eyes
OF the whole world downward.
w. j. Fraser, of Illinois whose serv-
ices are so eagerly sought after that
1t was with difficulty that he was
secured, talks on breeding Of a dairy
herd.
Professor Mckay will score the but
ter and will afterwards take the boys
thru in classes and instruct them in
the way to improve their product. They
will be given the opportunity of exam
lining their own butter, and comparing
1t with that of other buttermakers:
and ii has been decided to extend the
same privilege to all creamery secre-
taries and creamery managers present.
as 1t Is the aira to interest them in
improving their butter product and
have them work in connection with
their buttermakers to that end
In addition the program offers such
we'll known names as j. p. Nelson, s.
l.. Edwards. W. S. Smarzo. w. b.
Johnson, L. +. Clark, s. w. Laird, G.
Larson and others. Each of these have
acquired a state and national reputa-
ton by the high scores they have
made and the prizes they have won.
They will tell how they did it.
The National Dairy Union, the or
RanlZaJlOn 10 WHICH DelOilSS lHe CIeull
of the present good condition of the
butter industry and the preservation
of dalrying from fraudulent COMPETE
ton, will hold its annual meeting at
this time, and dairymen owe 1t to this
organization alone that they lend their
presence and show appreciation of the
efforts in their behalf.
This is the last big convention OF
the year. More commission men, more
railroad and supply men, more butter
makers and creamery secretaries at
tended the annual meeting than any
meeting held IN the country aside
from the national; and big effort
has been made this year to increase
that attendance. In addition this is the
first scoring In the coming educational
contest that car be made of 80 much
benefit to our state providing proper
support and interest is taken.
The association offers cash prem
ium fund Of $500, in addition to the
prize medals. the fund to be divided
pro rata among the exhibitors of but
ter making the largest ever offered by
any state at any time.