The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10
DAIRY TRAIN
AT HARRINGTON
Five Cars With Speakers and Prize
Cattle Making Trip
for Educational
Purposes
STOPS ALONG THE ROUTE
Addresses Made Regarding the cattl
and Dairy Business for
Benefit of the
Farmers.
STOPS ALONG THE ROUTE
Special to The Gate City.l

Special to The Gate City.l
PENNINGTON. Iowa, March To-
For three weeks the Burlington rail
way company. assisted by staff of
experts from the Iowa Dairy associa-
ton and the Iowa Agricultural col
iege, have been giving the people
along the 20" lines a free lecture
course on Dairying in Southern Iowa.
The Burlington is awake to the fact
that northern Iowa is a great dairy
belt and believes that successful dairy
ing in southern Iowa will add materia
prosperity TO the great section of the
state traversed by its lines. For the
purpose of arousing interest in the
milk and butter question, the Burling
ton has equipped special train and
started it out on tour of education
This train was under the special di-
rection of NJ. NJ. Reno, of Burlington
division passenger agent. and carried
the following lecturers: Prof Hugh
G. Van Pelt, state dairy expert: DR..
David Roberts, of Waukesha. Wis,
The worlds greatest cattle expert and
specialist: D. K. Shoemaker. of Water.
loo, managing editor of Kimballs Dai.
ry Farmer; Prof. H. F. Luck, of Ames,
from the Iowa State college extension
department: G. w. Patterson. of Wat
erloo. assistant state dairy expert: ].
NJ Johnson. Bussey Iowa, and F. W.
Bouski, of Chicago
The train was made up of five cars,
palace stock car. carried G. q. Al
lens tFairfield) Jersey bull, 'Luretta
DIS Lad, grandson of "Luretta D,
the latter famous as the worlds cham
pion butter COW at the ST. Louis expo
sition little Guernsey heifer, nine
months old, and owned by Grant M.
Enlow of Fairfield The mother of the
heifer made $50 pounds of butter in
1923 days during 1909, besides raising
her calf. These two animals were on
exhibition for the urpose of illustrat-
ing short and pointed lecture by
Prof. Luck. The baggage car was
given over to milk testing machines,
model silos and literature for distribu-
coach, combination sleeper and diner
and an observation car
Stops were made during the day at
Milton, Cantril, Mt. Sterling, Farming.
ton and Donnellson. Large audiences
of enthusiastic farmers and their
wives greeted the train at all of the
| stopping places AT Pennington the
| train stopped for over an hour, giving
ample time for short lecture by the
experts. The train pulled into Don
nelson for supper and where public
meeting was held at Theroff's hall.
At Pennington. Prof Luck opened
the program with critical explana-
ton of the points to be considered in
selecting cattle for dairy purposes.
He said that proper selection was
necessary both as to dam and sire.
That pure bred sires at $500 per calf
insured money in the pocket. He paid
little attention to beef cattle, but
made this one distinction between
beef and dairy animals: Beef ami
mails should have short nNcks, dairy
animals long necks. Describing the
head characteristics Of dairy cattle,
Prof. Luck said Il don't know of any.
thing worse than a COW without brains
and pig-eyed COW is TO be avoided
as much as a pig-eyed person.
| Using the exhibition animals for the
purpose OF illustrating the good points
necessar~ for God dairy cattle Prof.
Luck laid down these rules.
4 THE size of the muzzle and nos.
trils should be large, indicating feed.
ing ability and constitution.
"A large face which is clean cut
and goes with an ANNA which puts
feed into the milk pail instead of on
its back
@.-Large, clean, placid eyes-rabbit
like-indicating dairy temperatement.
IA long neck goes with long
body.
/ 5.-A long and deep body indicates
capacity for feed. capacity for feed
indicates capacity for production
Six characteristics are necessary
both in sire and dam:
4 Fine wethers go with animals
which put their feed in the milk pail.
Barrel should be long and deep-ribs
well sprung The floor of the chest
should b. wide; the mammary veins
running forward froy the udder should
be long, tortuous and large The milk
wells in the ends of the veins should
| be large The rlmD should he long
because it goes with long udder-
level because it indicates level nd
der. ca draft horse rump on dairy
animal is associated with the udder
that cuts up in the forequarters.) The
thighs should be this and well dished
on the inside so as to give room fol
udder development
Difference in breeds amount to lit
tie Some cows do not pay tbeil
board. Some pay s1.oo in milk for