The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-01

on December II to Is, inclusive, and
had both an interesting session and a
good time. The meetings were held
in the Moorish room of the Hotel
Spokane, and there was a fair attend
ance. At the same time the members
of the Washington Livestock associa-
ton met in convention in Spokane and
members of the two associations in
termingled and gained valuable points
from listening to each others adj
dresses. The deliberations of the
dairymen were presided over by the
president of the dairy association, d.
S. Troy, of Chimacum, and Secre-
tary Whitney looked after the duties
of his office in person. The attend
ance was not what it should have been
"a fact that annually presents itself
at these conventions and proves a
perpleXing subject to the officers.
AS was the case at Bellingham in
1905, it was impossible to carry out
the program fully, as printed, owing
to the failure of many on the program
to be on hand when their turn came.
However. the president had antlcl-
pated such a contingency and made
arrangements to have other prominent
gentlemen give imprOmptu addresses.
1t is we'll known that, for business or
financial reasons, many dairymen can
ill afford to travel the length of the
state and back again, to attend the
meetings, yet there ought, to be more
interest taken in these conventions
and this interest should be shown by
each member on the program having
ready carefully prepared paper IN
authorization of his inability to attend.
This parer he should send to the
president or secretary, or, ii he pre-
ferred to some member, who would
read it in it's proper order on the pro
gram, should the author happen to
be absent. Another way to show
ones interest in the work Of the dairy
association is to send in the member
shin dues, whether able to be present
or not; or you might send to the sec
retarv a number of questions for dis
cussion and gain the benefit of this dis
cussion by reading the report OF the
proceedings
Some of the Speakers.
The sneakers at the Spokane con-
vention were men prominent in dairy
ing and kindred work in the state or
Washington. President e. A. Bryan
of the State College at Pullman, was
there and took leading part in the
program. as were also Prof. e. e. Ell
lott. Prof. w. A. Linklater, DR.. S. b.
Nelson. Prof Geo. Severance and Sec
rotary |. b. Whitney, all from the state
College. President Bryan spoke at
the opening session on the place held
by the small farmer in dairying. He
expressed the opinion that dalrylng
on a small scale is the most profitable.
He said that although he was hrmly
convinced that the dairy business was,
lust as much as any other business,
CAPABLE of being carried on adVan-
tageously upon a large scale and IN
lust as practical a manner, he also
believed that the dairy business was
one in which the small farmer could
proftably engage Notwithstanding
the fact that large amounts of capital
could be invested in this business, re-
ouiring the most careful supervision,
he thought it still possible for small
producer to go into this work WIN
nroft. provided he used good Judg-
ment in the conduct of the business.
The next speaker was }. u. howe
who had a paper on "A system LOT
Grading Gathered Cream" in. which
the speaker dwelt upon the necessity
of absolute cleanliness and sanitary
precautions in the creameries He
also referred to the need OF law
making il a misdemeanor for cream
cries to accept any but the best grades
of cream.
The creamery promoter, with his
sharp practices, was shown up III ms
true light by Prof. e. e. Elliott, VINO
has been giving this subject a great
deal of research and has establlshed
the fact that few communities Wnlcn