The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-01-01

still more rouSing and instructive
convention of the next meeting, about
year hence. The Ranch gives a
very full report of the proceedings, to-
gether with a number of the papers
and addresses delivered on the floor
of the convention. These papers and
addresses contain chunks of invalu-
able information for the dairymen OF
the northwest, and the editor Of The
Ranch commends them to the careful
perusal of every reader who has the
least interest in the COW. TO READ
these papers carefully and thought
fully will have it's beneficial influences,
but to have been present at the con-
vention and listened to the reading OF
papers and to the innumerable discus
sios made by the members would have
done a world of good. While the at
tendance was very good, it is to be re-
GREETED that more men who own COWS
did not appreciate the convention sur
ficiently to be there. These annual
meetings are for the dairymen OF the
state, and every one ought to live up
to the purpose for which 1t was organ
lied. i. e., the instruction of the dairy
man by giving him an opportunity to
come in contact with his fellow dairy
men and exchanging Ideas, exper-
fences, etc.
Those hard working members VINO
are the backbone of the association
realize that to increase the attendance
at each succeeding convention vast
amount of educational work must be
done before the end aimed at is at
tanned. The stay-at-home dairyman
must know how much good he will re-
ceive by being personally present be-
fore he can be induced to attend the
meetings. But to carry on this edu-
cational work the association needs
more money than is today to be found
in it's exchequer. With limited funds
the work must necessarily be limited.
The organization is capable of doing
much good to all it's members, anu
the greater the benefits that accrue,
the greater will be the upbuilding OF
the dairy industry, hence the larger
the benefits to the state directly.
Therefore, the state ought to lend
helping hand to the dalrymen's assocl-
alton by setting aside sum OF money
annually to be used in diffusing dairy
literature among the dairymen and in
helping the association defray It's
numerous expenses. In other states
the legislature usually allows the
dairy association an annual approprl-
alton. with the result that the industry
of dairying is rapidly attaining I'M
mense proportions There is no rea-
son why we should not demand the
same treatment from our own legisla-
ture.
It is source Of pleasure to see
that the committee on resolutions
made their views plain on this point,
by demanding from our state leg1sla-
ture a sufficient appropriation to de-
fray the expenses of publishing the
annual reports of the association.
The Ranch believes, however, that the
committee should have gone further
and demanded that the appropriation
be large enough to also defray the ex-
penses of issuing dairy literature in
the form of bulletins at regular inter
walls, postage for sending these out to
all who might apply, and variety OF
minor expenses that will always arise
in the conduct of the associations
business. In short, we believe that
the state ought to make the dairy
mems association an institution of the
commonwealth, with power placed in
the hands of it's officers to assume
certain duties that are now expected
of the dairy and pure food commission
but which, for lack of proper financial
inc nj hn1n
be performed. There should be an
intimate connection between the dairy
mems association and the state dairy