The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-27
FINE PROGRAM FOR EDIFICATT0N
or FARMERS.
DIR. Carey, Mr. Dow, Professor Gray
and Others Address an Inter-
ested Audience ON . ~
Lave Subject. y

Auburn, July Especial. Prompt
at o'clock this morning DR.. c.. A.
Cary started the dairy program OF the
farmers institute, by calling on dairy
men and others present to deserfbe the
essential points In a good dairy cow.
s. d. Dow gave a report on the dairy
conditions as he has observed them
In his periodic visitations to all the
prominent sdairies In Alabama. He
says there 10 room for more clean san
ftary dairies In Alabama. Good milk.
good. pure butter and cheese, will al
ways find profitable sale In Alabama.
Too much money 10 sent out OF Ala
part Of the dairy products that are
consumed In Alabama Dairy farm
ing Increases the fertility of, the land.
1t is the best and cheapest way of
buying and baking fertilizer for the
farm. eti ~, u. arfs
Prof. Dan r. Gray Of Auburn gave
discourse on the principles to be
used In feeding dairy cattle. He
claims that Alabama farmers and dairy
men can produce pastures and feed as
cheap as anywhere In the world. He
advised dairymen who wish to raise
their calves not TO feed too much cot
tonseed meal by itself or with cotton
seed huils for too long a time 1t is
safer and better to feed silase. hay.
Anu ,0tneF 6TOWn PFOuuCtb
Prof. l. N. Duncan told the dairy
men how to make a permanent pas
ture with Bermuda and Burr clover.
How to have green forage in spring.
summer. and fall. He gave crops that
could be grown and Keep growing in
succession. giving green forage during
the entire year
NJ W. Hall, Jr.. OF James, dairy
man, gave his method OF raising dairy
Hna xeAr
full In raising calves: losing less than
two per cent. OF calves born In his
dairy. This is one OF the best rec
ords made IN Alabama and far better
than the average "a any state.
w. M. Hardle, Of Alexandria. an Au-
burn graduate. who runs a dairy. gave
his ideas of Keeping records. He claims
that 1t pays and telis him what cows
are paying him and what cows are
costing him more to feed them than
they pay him In milk aud butter.
DR.. George W. Whitaker of tho
dairy division OF the Department of
Agriculture. gave talk on pure milk.
telling how to produce. The whole 10
embraced in really keeping the milk
clean In every way. Free Of dirt, Of
germs. and OF ali foreign matters,
keeping It and marketing II In that
way, making II safe for all people, es-
pecialiy for infants. Dairy barns
should be SO clean that no one could
find fault with their condition: clean
enough to live In.
Following the talk Of DR.. George M.
Whitaker. DR.. Cary described the
anatomy Of the cows udder and then
told how the more common diseases OF
the udder may be prevented and treat
ed
Professor Ridgway then gave = DEM
onstration at the dairy laboratory and
Prof Gray, Ridgway and Mr.. Dow con-
Quoted a judging contest with dairy
cows.
At the night session DIR. Geo. NJ.
Whitaker of Washington, gave q very
instructive and interesting stereopti-
con lecture on marketing clean milk.
The following resolution was unan-
imously adopted by the state Dairy AS.
ISOLATION
Resolved, That the Ala5ama Dairy
mans Association unanimously request
the Legislature, now about to convene
in extra session, to include in the pure
food law the regulation and control
tured butter and aduItereted diary pro.
ducts.
Tuesday will be Horticultural day
and the program is az follows:
Morning session, o'clock, Home
Grounds and GardenE--P. r. williams,
Auburn.
Tomatoes and Irish Potatees---0. r.
McQuarie, Florida.
Fruit Insects-Dr. w. e. Kinds. Au-
burn.
Fruit Diseases--Prof. r. e. Lloyd,
Auburn. .A<
Eleven N'clock.
Pecans-C. u. Pabst, Mississippi.
Afternoon Session.
Peaches in 19O9--D. c. Turnipeeed,
FIoralG.
horticultural education for girls
Prof. C. L. Chestnut, Montevalio.
Methods Of propaGating nuFserv trees
n. 8. Macintosh.
Spraying demonstrations
stereOptican lecture ut Langdon
Hall at night.