The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-12
NOTES ON DAIRY SHOW.

! I'm Chicago afforded an opportunity 10
the people Of this country, for educating
themselves in the dairy business. There
has never been anything exactly like
it before in this country. The writer had
the pleasure of Visiting this show and
| from 1t gathered much valuable inform
alton. II is TO be greatly regretted that
more of the dsirymen, especially begin
ners in dairsing could not attend this
show The exhibits were the best ever
gathered together for show of its kind
| All the up to date devices for carrying
on the dairy and creamery business we're
shown
One of the most striking features was
! the great number of hand cream separa-
tors. The manufacturers of cream separa-
tors are keeping pace with the times and
| ahead of the demand for such goods not
| wthstanding the fact that the demand
for hand separators is increasing rapid
~ and thousands are now being sold.
| where only a few years ago but few were
in use. Each machine seems to have been
| made with the idea that 1t must be the
best, While all are made with an eye
| to neatness, attractiveness. simplicity,
durability and ease of operation. At the
same time the machine must be so con-
| strueted SO as to do its work perfectly.
The machine that will pass today must
take out all the cream, economy and
profits being the watehwords
We cannot take time here to mention
| each exhibitor OF cream separators or Of
| the special claims of each, for these
were too many. Not only WAS the United
States represented by this class of goods,
but there were also exhibits from Sweden.
| Denmark. and Germany. Both the foreign
| and domestic exhibitors had on a full
line of the larger separators that must
| be operated by greater power than with
| the hand. The exhibits for this work
| ranged from the dog or sheep tread power
up to the gasoline and steam engines.
Other Exhibits on Hand
The exhibitors of other dairy and cream
! cry appliances were in great evidence.
| There were the manufacturers of the
| latest improved milk cans for carrying
cream to town in perfect condition. But
| ter workers. bottle filters, coolers, in fact.
| everything that is needed in the dairy or
| creamery was on exhibition. The con-
| sumption of ice cream has become so
! great, that large quantities are made and
| shipped, some of which has long pas
! sage. One exhibitor had a line of cans
! for carrying ice cream and for keeping
| it in perfect condition until wanted for
use. The manufacturers of pure salt for
| dairy purposes were also on hand with
| their goods.
| The exhibit of butter and cheese was
something wonderful Butter tubs and
butter prints of all kinds were in EVIL
| dence. Wisconsin was on hand with her
display of cheese and she boasts that
she produces IS per cent of all the cheese
made in this country and that in 1905
she produced 1OOOOO,O0O pounds of cheese.
The greatest feature of this was that
| one may commence with the soil and
| follow the educational features from the
soil to the finished product. The ex-
hibitors with machinery or implements
for soil preparation, the manure spread
ers the practical treatise given on how
to manage manure so as to secure the
best results-these were also prominent
features of this show. Here the student
| could be taught to prepare the soil for
growing the feeds that go to make up q
| balance ration for the milk COW, as well
i as for all other stock, and he is taught,
too. this can be done without exhaust
ing and wearing out the soil. After the
feeds are produced. he could here learn
how to prepare and balance them SO as
to get best results.
SiIo Exhibit.
The sllo manufacturers were here to
teach the building and management of
the slo. as we'll as to give Instructions
on growing and management of feeds
best adapted for silage There is a large
exhibit of machinery for preparing and
filing the silos.
/ In fact, the educational features of this
show are something wonderful. for, as
stated before, the student can commence
right in the beginning of dairying and
follow Il up from soil preparation. feed
preparation. and up to the golden butter
or the perfect cheeses and from these
/ to the golden dollars that fill the pock-
cts of every intelligent dairyman.
While looking over all these things and
thinking of the great improvements and
advantages that our farmers have, an
other thought came up which is. how
| much have the farmers contributed to
this great result? There are two sides to
this question, but there is no doubt but
that the inventors and manufacturers
| have been leaders in these great I'M
provements. They have anticipated the
needs of the farmer and have set their
brains to work out and perfect just such
| things as the farmer most needs. The
farmers, on the other hand. have been
| in many cases close observers. They
| have been experimenting and learning
| what will make life more pleasant. more
endurable and more profitable on their
farms. This class of farmers are nearly
| always ready to show by experiment
| whether or not the machine Or irnple-
meht that they are using meets with
their requirements or is giving the best
results If it is not doing so they go for
the manufacturer and together with in
teliigent suggestions change Is made
and the machine Is improved to meet the
| demands of the farmer. Such cooper
alton as this. no doubt. brought out much
OF the improved dairy and creamery APP
planes we saw exhibited in this great
show This Is an age of improvement
and the things we see here today and
regard as almost perfect may be entirely
discarded In few years. We repeat that
we regret that thousands of our farmers,
especially our southern farmers. could
not have attended this great educational
| school
Mich Cows a Feature.
The exhibit of mich cows was also a
great feature, for here the student was
taught how to milk. how to feed and
how to keep the cows clean Various
breeds OF cows were exhibited. There
we're Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrshires, Hol-
stems. Shorthorns and Red Polled. Each
exhibitor. of course, claimed or set forth
the particular merits Of his breed of cat
tie
But one striking thing with all of them
was that every COW was in good flesh
and In clean healthy condition. Hero
the cows were MIXED ana the milk test
ed Various tests were used, fthe feeds
were all weighed and a record was made
of each test From results thus obtained
M dottbt a very interesting report will
| he made Manufacturers Of milking ma
chimes were on hand, but I did not see
Iany NJ these in use. The best, perhaps,
that can he said OF the milking machine
Ia that 1T is vet In the experimental
| stage the same as the cotton picking
| aud etorl< nea picking machines. We