Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-02

motives. because it means more mon
ey to her than any other method of
farming, because the market for
dairy products is everlasting and
never satisfied and because the man
who diaries intelligently makes his
money and leaves land richer than
he found it. want to give you all
fair warning. This dairy spirit Is
catching. s Its spreading and will
continue to spread all over this state.
l grant YOU that Iowa today is TWEEN
ty years behind where she should he /,
in the dairy business.
! am telling you the following from
my own, practical experience. j have
seen countries where the farmers
kept, on twenty acres of land, as
many cows as you people do on one
hundred and sixty acres. These cow
were of the right kind of dairy stock,
fed and kept properly and they pro-
duced more butterfat than you are
producing on one hundred and sixty
acres and yet Iowa has done re-
markably well to have achieved so
much with SO little help from TIE
state.
Denmark is the most successful
country in the world in the produc-
ton of butter-fat. They have Cow
Testing Associations which if car
ried on in this country in the same
way would be of much benefit. In
ten years from the same number of
cows they have gained on an aver
age of As pounds of sbutter-fat per
COW. If we have 100000 Improbable
cows in this State we should re-
place them with profitable ones and
this means a production of 100000
pounds more butter-fat annually. In
order to get these results, it is alb
solutely necessary to organize Cow
Testing Association under the follow
ing rules: ! Twenty-six neighbor farm
ers should organize an Association
and elect a Board OF Directors. These
In turn should elect a President, Sec
rotary and Treasurer. Each farmer
pays into the treasury one dollar for
each cow owned by him. This fund
enables the management to employ
4 a competent dairy student from Iowa
State College. His duty is to visit
each dairy farm once leach month,
testing each individual Cow on num-
Der Of pounds of milk and butter-fat.
He will figure the cost Of the ra-
ton and keep asrecord Oft. With
this method you will know which
are your. profitable and, which are
i your Improbable COWS and we are
, sure you will kieep only the ones
} which shoY good results. This dairy
student will help you to get the sys-
tenn in your breeding which is very
Important. You should arrange to
lget the largest flow of milk in the
winter because at that season you re.
ceiye the highest price for your
product. BY doing this you can af.
ford to buy even the highest priced
! feed iflyou use it right because you
will hayealarge returns from your in.
vestment. You know as we'll as do
when the feed is high the butter
brings good price.
4 We are here this afternoon fol
: the purpose of organizing a Cow
q Testing Association. AS said be
fore, you do not now realize the i'm
n portance of these associations.
e know the Importance of them ant
4 nave seen the benefit derived from
i the work. Il will gladly assist you tt
d get the right ideas of properly cor
/ Quoted dairy farm and this can bt
z done only by having Cow Testing
! Association. You cannot afford t,
y think any longer or run your dair.
s farm one more season without know
i. Ing what you are doing. Get RICH
e down to work for your own benefit
s Do not hesitate. The little expens,
{ attached to this will bring you SO,
' per cent profit or more. 1t just de
ponds on, how many robbers yo,
v have. To explain what / mean b.
e robbers is, If you have in your her;
8 some COWS which are not producin;
J. enough butter-fat to pay for thei
y iced, they are taking from you NOR,
e than they are entitled to.
Y Just figure One Dollar for COW
I a small expense to prevent havin,
h COWS like that They take from 70,
y In one month more than that. DON
you see how necessary 1t is to have
h this association and have it right
g We are here to help you to get i
: right. There are very few countries
where the farmers have the help of
t fered to them as you have. 1t is t.
o your own interest and also ours. You
u success in dairying is not only (;
o help to you but to the creameriei
q and the country at large. The gov
: eminent, the state, the colleges ant
i all the prominent dairymen will tel
d you the same thing and you are con
il fident that they know what they ar,
talking about. All of these people
s are trying their best to improve o1
0 the methods of your dairying. They
k know how and they give you theil
y best ideas regardless of expense ant
s time and we are anxious to make 70,
!. understand how very important il
g is not only to keep in your mind ev
. cry point We say but for you to work
them out. It cost us years of exper
tence and lots of hard work to gel
$ this knowledge. We save you these
Z troubles by giving you the benefit OF
our experience, But some of you re
5 mind us of an old York State farmer
years ago who said, Il am willing ia
a be convinced that I am wrone Int