The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-11-30

Dairy afnOlatiOrs have been - IN
mnaae help o. ne cogntv. Thfy have
moIe fhal anyikin9 else stimulated
the FrpduCfiou ~ fhiik ard hnffef. aa1
haFe 6ecuFef for tks pfofsosr - these
afudfa iouff rates On fhe railroads
dhsn could have begn os-ai1et Ia any
other way C~O1titsfinR lAa smaB size
d these associations he aork arrrz.
piiEhed has been remarEGtie. NsU
few Of the state dairy associations
have o than two or three hundrss
actual members ln soIe caeeE TIE
actual members % not exceed che
hundred There are q great uznF
members that pay uhair yearly Zee ior
the mere FAKE u hsTiHE their EaEsE
on the membershfp roll IN numerous
cases these are sEeztE q dsirF sIppiT
houses butter cClors are cher con
merciai interests conneffa5 more Or
less remotely with eelr1irE Ths
small number q members have how
ever. the support Ct the farming pCpz.
lati0u. They are looked upon a. Hone
thing Of q parliament. where great
policies are discussed and afcpte1
when the Representatives q these a.
Eociations come before The state iegis
latGre. the members Of the le~RaElafurs
realize that these men stand Tor many
thousands Of dalymen fn thefr FtateE
Were this % 50. the National DstV
Union. an association composed q buf
q handful Of mea. could never have
forced the oleomarEsrine Laws through
Congress The Wisconsin DairTmen's
Association. about thirty years zgo.
took Up the matter Of railroad rates
They sent one o. their leading oGcerE
10 Chicago. and he spent Gays in cen.
ferrinE win the men Of the railroads
passing through Wisconsin. He %
tanned q ate which. for lqEneEs VIA
unheard-of In those days BE also %
talned the use o. refrigerator cars for
shipping Wisconsin butter and chess
% Chicago, New YORK and other east.
ern points The results were imme
disteiy felt IN Wisconsin and through
out the entire West il vas the mlh
nols DairyTnenis association that really
created the existing state pure fOos
commission It fought Tor yesu 70
get the bin that created the oomuis
sion through the legislature. The good
work accomplished VIII go on from
year 70 year and from generation 70
generation. Yet IN spite Of the great
work that was done. no convention o;
Illinois daIrymea exceeds a hundred
or 50 of actual members I think the
farmers everywhere should encourages
the formation Of dairy associations.
also believe they should lose no oppor'
tunity in attending the meetings o.
dairy associations II has been q nat
ter Of remark that the farmers living
near The meeting places IN many cases
seem 10 ignore entirely the existence
Of the associations and the holding o.
conventions. even vixen these eonven-
tons have been held in localities notes
for their dairying industry. Sometimes
the audience has been composed q
people from beyond The boundaries o.
the county. with but a sprinklinE O.
fhc local farmers The farmer that
has the opportunity TO attend a dairy
convention almost without expense d
himself can afford 20 sacrifice Two OF
three days Of the tine on his farm toi
the sake az being present az she meet
tngs The amount % Information
that be VIII obtain VII be worth vast
ly more 10 him than the amount o.
work that be can do in the same time
John stiuson. Bureau Co. Ia Ia
Farmers Review.