The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-02-24
THAT SPECIAL
DAIRY TRAIN
College on Wheels Passing Through
Southern Iowa.
FIRST OF ITS KIND IN IOWA
Large, Enthusiastic and Interested
Crowd Listens to Lectures and
Stock Judging, Though the
!. Weather was unfavorabie. /.

| The Special Dairy Train, "A dairy
college ON wheels for the farmers and
The dairy people of Southern Iowa,
was in Oskaloosa Monday morning.
The weather conditions were not fav-
orable, being cold and threatening
and this fact interfered to some extent
with the attendance of those from a
distance. The hour of opening, nine
thirty also was against the attend
ance of those who would have been
in the crowd had the hour been. later.
The dairy interests Of the vicinity
were WE'LL represented, however, and
about 200 men gathered to hear the
lectures. s.- ..
The special train which consists of
two large day coaches for the lecture
rooms, a baggage car, an Arms Pal
ace Stock car in which are housed the
four animals that form part of the
exhibit and a sleeping car for the use
of those travelling with the train. The
exhibits are of the utensils and appa-
ratus for farm and dairy. These are
carried in the baggage car.
| Literature concerning dairy sub
jects, feeding, the care Of animals, tu-
berculosis in cattle dairy breeds, the
best methods to make dairy products
pay. and other kindred topics, is car
ried on the train and is distributed by
those connected with the train.
Train First of Its Kind.
The train is the first of the kind
that has been sent through southern
Iowa. Ut is for the purpose Of awak-
ening the country to the importance
Of the dairy industry where no better
conditions for the business exist any
where in the land. The Southern
Iowa farmers and people are not
aware of the great opportunities that
are in their midst. The lectures are
for the purpose of awakening the
country to the possibilities of the
dairy business.
The animals exhibited on the train
are the property of DR.. H. l.. Madison
of Burlington. There are two fine
Jersey bulls, Jersey iheifer and one
Holstein. The animals attracted
much attention and were closely ex
lamined. ...z-r ..IH ... .. -.
The plan of the train is to have the
lectures in progress and the animals
on show all at one time. The lectures
are repeated to whatever extent is al
lowed by the schedule of the train.
The Start Of Train.
OF the $50,0O0,000 annual dairy pro
duct in Iowa. threefourths is from
the north half of the state. This fact
directed the attention of the State
Dairy Association to the need of some
missionary work on The Reserva
ton" They applied to the c., B.
Q. people to help out with special
train that they might put a college
on wheels and send it over southern
Iowa. They responded favorably and
on Saturday, Feb. 10, left Burlington
in charge of Division Passenger Agent
Pelt, dairy expert for the Iowa Dairy
Association. They had with then
several other gentlemen who were tC
assist in the work,-Dr David Roberts
V. s., of Waukesha, Wis; G. w. Pat
Iterson, assistant to Prof. Van PeN
J.. w. Johnson, Bussey, Iowa, who re
ports for the Herald Register and
Leader and Chicago Tribune; II. +
Colby, editor OF Kimball's Dairy Far
mer, Waterloo; J. Hill, OF the Iowa
Capital.
From The very start it was a sur
prise to see the interest taken by the
people for whom this enterprise was
undertaken. Stops were made al
Danville, New London, Mt. Pleasant
Lockridge, Fairfield, Batavia and AL
bia. q 70 .. 's',. e. ...
.- The Lecturers.
DIR. Roberts talks on Bovine Tuber
culosis and is an authority for he has
been state veterinarian in Wisconsin
for many years and has given specia
attention to this important subject
He claims without reserve that the
tpberculin test will discover the dis
ease and that once it is stamped out
our cattle will be more valuable ant
our people more healthy than they are
now. However, he is not so sure
that the malady can be communicated
to people, though in some cases Il
may be. aEtr
ftProf. Van PeH is rapid, fluent
speaker and talks on a variety o.
topics, pertaining to the great Sub
ject OF dairying. He contends that
the cows we milk in Iowa today are
no better on the average than q
years ago. The waste in Iowa in
poor COWS, slough lands and foul fencs
corners is enough TO feed our entire
population On the Island Of Jerse,
they produce $500 per acre each year
It would hurry us to do one-tenth a:
Iwen. What folly 1t is to milk cows
that do not yield profit