Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-26
Lecture on the Dairy Cow De.
livered to Small Audience
in Coach
FRED RASMUSSEN IS SPEAKER
state College Extension Movement for
tho 5etterment Of tho Dairy Herd
and Products, Received Here by Only
Small crowd--stop at Melbourne the
Only Other Ono Made in tho County.

AS SOOu UuIlcl SPSCAealb SSIAs W.
by the department of college extern
sions Of Iowa State College, Ames, In
the interest OF lettering the dairy
herds and improving and increasing
the dairy products Of the state, was in
the city for almost two hours today
While the train stood on the Great
Western siding, near the station, a
talk on the general subject OF dairying
was given by Mr.. Fred Rasmussen OF
the dairy department OF the college.
An audience OF not more than fifty
a number OF whom were from this city
attended the talk. Only one Of the
cars Of the train was used by the
speaker for his address, as 1t was suf-
fciently large to accommodate the
audience.
Mr. Rasmussen spoke for almost
three quarters Of an hour. He told
of the possibilities OF Iowa as a dairy
ing state, and how far below It's possi-
bilities. both as to quantity and quality
1t fell In the butter IT produced. This
demand, he said, was constantly in
creasing. This demand Is not only FOL
more butter. but butter OF better
quality. Because OF this demand 1t 1.
good business policy for the keeper Of
dairy herds to see to 1t that their pro.
duction OF milk is increased and mad.
richer in butter fat.
The first and most essential act, Mr.
Rasmussen said was to eliminate the
poor cows. This can be done by
weighing and testing the milk. The
tests can be made by either the Bah
cock test or by some system Of weigh
Ing the milk from each COW. either
once each day, once q week, or at reg
ular intervals, that will give an average
Of the amount given by the COW. B,
these methods only can the keeper Of
milch cows find out the cows that arr
profitable and those that are unprofit-
able. That 1t was matter OF good
business sense in the management OF
herd Mr.. Rasmussen proved by 9
few statistics.
He then took up and discussed the
feeding and pasturing OF COWS. The
food, he said, was the raw material
which was turned into the manufac-
turing plant of the COW, and was re-
turned as milk. Glover. or alfalfa hay
and corn, with by-products of bran, lin
seed meal. gluten feed. cottonseed meal
ETC., to balance up the corn ration. Is
the proper milk producing ration
Cows, he said, should be fed according
to their capacity to produce.
Party With Tho Special. 81
The special arrived in the city over
the Great Western at 1880 o'clock this
morning, and remained here until 1: 80
O'clock It started from Des Moinee
this morning and made stops at Bon-
durarlt, Baxter and Melbourne. The
first stop. after leaving here was al
Gladbrook. then Berlin, Reinbeck, Hud-
son and Waterloo. The train goes
north over the Great Western Wedfies-
day, then to Davenport and back t.
SDes Moines.
d The party which was with the car
today was composed Of Professor G. l.
Mckay, head of the dairying depart
sment OF Iowa State College, Ames:
d, H. Van Pelt, OF the animal hus-
sbandry department.; Fred Rasmussen,
Scf the dairying department; J. C.
Guthrie, in charge Of the dairy work
OF the department. Of college extension;
r. X. Bliss, Of the department of ami
mai tusbandry OF the college extension
work; Will Longwell, a student OF the
college, and Editor Colby, Of KimbalPs
Dairy Farmer, Of Waterloo.