Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-02
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ton WILL BE FORMED
DAlRYMEh IN THIS Vlcihl1Y BE.
COME INTERESTED IN sciEn.
TlFIc METHODS.
STATE TO GIVE ITS AID

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Interesting Paper Read BY. Paul sohr
on the Ways and Means Of
+ Getting Better Results.
A number of .dairymen met in the
court house last Wednesday after
noon and took the initial steps
toward forming Cow Testing Associ-
atoms in Delaware county. These as
sociations are really neighborhood CO.
operative societies, the. members of
which put their cows to a scientific
test as to their productiveness, cost
of keeping and ultimate net. profit
The records of each association are
to keep together and ito be regularly
inspected by an expert who points
out wherein particular cows are
showing a loss to their owners.
The idea has been taken up by the
state and Mr.. Merrill of the state
agricultural college was present at
the meeting and made some very in
teresting remarks on the subject. He
said the three fundamental rules to
be followed in lettering the dairy
herd were: better breeding, p
Better Feeding, s-Better Selection.
Toaaccomplish this betterment with
certainty, he considered the cow
testing methods a necessity.
Mrs. Lettie Andrews read a paper
on dairying in which she took the
poston that the daiiiry end of the
farm is the best paying branch for
the farmer when properly looked at
ter. And thatin addition to its be-
ing the most profitable 1t is the
most convenient for the farmer be-
cause he gets, prompt return in
money all the time.s She urged the
necessity of more, silos and better
care for the COW.
After Mr.. sohr's paper, which we
print below Inc full, number of
those present engaged in an informal
discussion of,the proposition of form
ing Cow Testing Associations. 1T
was decided to hold another meeting
later when, an effort will be made to
organize, one of these associations
under the Danish plan.
The following Is the full text OF
Mr.. sohrs7 paper as read before the
meeting:
Mt. Chairman, Ladies', Gentlemen ant
Fellow Dairymen:
We are pleased to see you herr
this afternoon as it shows tina
some Of you are Interested in better
Ing yourselves by coming here t.
help organize Cow Testing Associ
alton.
am satisfied that If you realize,
the Importance OF this meeting thi
room would not be lfrge enough t
hold you.
If you DairymeE will look back t
the past, over the work you hav'
done. the work you are doing an,
then could take lcols into the fu
ture and sec what kind of work coul'
be done, you would open your eyes.
am going to tell you the same thin
over again that ssou have heard hun
dreds Of times. that we could pro
duce from 4hessame number Of COW
millions Of dollars -sorth more butte
fat annually. Do you think that w
are trying to make you believe athi
| Il 1t can not be done? To prove tina
/ we are rght..I will give you a few
examples.
AS am a;graduate from the dair.
college of Switzerland, will Civ
you a. few examples of the condition
In that country. AS you know Swift
zerland is all mountains and the.
have no fertile prairies like we hav
here. They raise only grass or ha,
and they hayestoo buy all the rest o
their feed. They buy the corn whicl
you raise here. pay the freight, dut'
and at the. same time make a goo'
profit. What is the matter witt
Iowa? l had the pleasure of visitinl
some of your dairy. farmers and look
ed over the manner of producing mil
and cream. Some of you admit tina
you are not doing what you ought Il
do. You know it, yet you are still
practicing wrong methods. To d
wrong, II you. do not know 1t. Is an Il
wrong. if.you do notknowit, is an in
dication, that you are. not as wei
posted on the business as you shoul'
be. but we, are here now to. show yol
the way.
Wake up people! Open your eye
to the possibilities that are open t,
you. Did you. ever stop to thinl
about the money you are losing b.
not doing scientific work? Here 4
a chance for you to better yourself
1 (
| II a businesa man buys something, h
knows. what the article cost hin
and he will sell it at a prfoit to pa.
for his work and investment, blu
you buy. keep. feed and milk cow
and lose money on some of them CIV
cry day without knowing IT.
I Don't you think when the year Il
around and You; look back over you
hard years. work you should have
good results to show for it? We. arr
sure you will have If you have sys
tenn In your work. Without system
you might exist or might do well
but you do not do what you could do
We are all Of us working for our. ~
ture. The. question istnot how grea'
and prosperous we are today but how
i great and r,rosDerOlIs we will he five