Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-09-08
STATE DAIRYMGN'S;
MEETING


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of facts and practical ideas from his long
experience and extensive observation,
and he was listened TO with much in
tcrc,t The principal object of the
Association, he explained. is 70 benefit
the dairy Interests by largely increasing
the income from tha dnry hcrd without
greatly increasing THE expense. Tie laid
much emphasis ou Tie benefits derived
from local dairy organizations which
might bc formed Zoo every dairyug see
ton, aud. at "a small expense, tire, could
employ ana inspector 10 give valuable and
important instructions i'm D. the hand
ling of milk. - tine care of COW, and
their needs that they may have better
opportunities for production. and for the
enforcement of the dairy and food laws.
which are of benefit TO the honest
farmer and 81 the selection Of COWS
Many farmers are keeping COWS at
loss and he urged the necessity of
scales, testers. etc. 10 determine which
of the herd are not paving for their
keeping The idea of farmer, organic
ing a test association, among those who
OWN "a sufficient number OF COWS, is
good one and would be means Of as
certaiung the cost of feeding and
amount produced from each cow i'm the
herd and then they could test ont the
poor COWS and get rid OF them. thereby
largely increasing the income from the
herd
cur popular t0wusman. lothian Al
len. had assigned 10 him the subject
Progress OF the Dairy Business, in
Gratiot County, and he spoke az length,
for there Is much to say He covered
the subject fully. however. and hvened
it up with number of funny stories
about "leaky" butter, etc An extract
of ms address is given elsewhere in this
issue
"The Duties Of State Dairy In
SpectOr was the subject Of u paper read
by FIX president t. a. Haven. Of Bloom
ingdale, and the meeting was then ad-
journed for dinner to meet again at
80 p m.
The afternoon session was held in the
Opera House. owing TO the downpour of
rain, and the program opened with an
address 10y Floyd w Robinson, State
Analyst. Lansing. on Milk and Its
Products from the Consumers Point of
View" He pointed out the dangers Of
preseryatives in milk and their effect ON
the human system
y. =. Hall, of Dimondale, the farmers
institute man of much prominence, told
OF "Dairying as Business" He said
il is a part of wisdom that the farmers
have business that pays legitimate
profit and quick returns the year around.
In the dairy business there is no spec
ulation and he never saw the time when
a good cow would not pay a good profit
He showed how it would pay TO make IA
business of dairying through the winter
and also cited how il would help out OH
the labor problem Mr. Hall also made
the astonishing statement that after an
investigation lac had found only two or
three men in the vicinity of Alma who
could tell how much il cost to feed their
herd per COW, or how much profit each
cow made for linn. Three things are
necessary to make dairying profitable
First. good COWS: second. feed them
right, and all they can eat; third. give
them good care and keep them warm
and comfortable
Tie next number was not on the pro-
gr I'm. but the hearty applause ;hey
received showed the appreciation of the
audience. II was q quartet'c song by
Mess-s. Rohlan, Fi-hb, ok Demuth and
Fink aud they were compelled 10 sing
two pieces.
Prof. r. s. Shaw. OF the Agricultural
College, spoke next on Modern Stable
Equipment He cited the necessity