The Columbus journal., 1910-01-19

Maintaining that Iowa land is be-
can afford to feed an animal thu is
not making him a profit. Gov. ID F.
Carroll gave an address before the
state dairymen's convention at Cedar
RAPIDS that gained warm place for
lowa's first official in the hearts of
everyone present-particularl the
dairymen. 1t was an eloquent appeal
for better methods On the farm, and
likewise better profits. better living
SO the boys and girls will want to
stay at home and for better roads
the latter being proposition in
which the governor is especially in
tereStcd. 1t was an address that car
ried with il conviction
Gov. Carroll assured the dairymer
that the state is intensely interested
In the industry in which they are en-
Gagged. and spoke of the splendid les
son taught by the exhibits. particu-
larly the cattle in the basement. and
felt that the men would get great
benefit from it. He stated that il was
rather an unusual thing Tor the state
TO make al appropriation and Put the
money in.o the hands OF an assoc.a-
ton or TIE officers OF an dissertation
where these officers are not directed
by the state and by the laws of the
state. although they have for some
time been making approT riations for
county agricultural stations and for
the carrying on OF institute work.
Whether the legislature will feel
like repeating that appropriation"
said the governor. will. OF course. de
pend on yourselves and how you have
used the appropriation and the tenor
of my remarks at the legislature will,
of course. depend upon your report.
The dairy interest is one of the
greatest of the state. Mr.. Wright. our
food and dairy commissioner, has inst
filed with me his annual report, and |
have been studying it little. There
are some things in that report which
i feel ought TO bring to your a.ten-
ton. We have something like 1000,
1863 mich COWS in the state, and
! don't know whether the number is
increasing or decreasing. His report
shows that the creameries turned out
about 02.U0o000 pounds of butter last
year: the total butter production was
about l7e.oco.Ooo pounds. or about 21s
pounds of butter per COW per week If
by producing the amount OF butter per
animal that is now produced renders
us any profit whatever. practically
every pound you can add to that is
clear gain. IL may take little extra
feeding. bit it is practically all profit.
If it could be brought up to six pounds
per week think at least 2h pounds
would be clear profit. Is it not pos
Sible to improve our dairy herds SO
as to get more butter from our cows
81 am not in position to criticize
yoxr methods but I often wonder il
YOU are looking at this question in a
broad enough light. Last year we
produced more than 100000. $50 bush
els of corn in the state OF Iowa. 1t
Is a great compliment to the soil of
this state, but ! am not sure it shows
the greatest wisdom. May We not be
running too much in one rut? Are
NE rot paying too much attention to
the raising Of corL? 1t is not the
greatest thing to say We raised more
bushels of corn this year than last
wear unless We raised it on less
ground. The business of dairying
serves to keep the things which i'm.
rroye the soil in the soil.
Il am glad that the man who just