Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-06

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Edna c. F'uiarton, Secretary.
farm products. OF this amount lows
OF one cent per pound. this money I'd
be spent for the employing Of an OK
pert to do everything in his power fox
the assistance OF the patrons and foI
the upbuilding of dairyings in that
community.
Now. experience tells W. exactly
what will be the result Tho farmers
Of this organization will dispose O. the
improbable cows. They will keep the
good COWS and during the next year,
although they do not produce 30 large
an amount Of milk and butter fat, the
labor OH the farm with the cows will
be less. feed will be saved and the
net profits will be far greater. Then.'
and not until then, does the farmer
become really interested IN the buslj
nees OF milking cows. Then it Is that
he sees the manner In which real
profit can be made from his herd. His
eyes have been opened to some really
wonderful facts. He has found that
where one COW was producing 100
pounds OF butter in year and barely
paid for her keeping. another cow
standing by her side has produced 500
pounds OF butter. making for him
profit Of from SIS to $50 even after
considering the value Of the skim milk
and the manure from the standpoint
Of its fertilizing value. With this fact
In mind and more interested In the
business, he is not satisfied at dis
posing OF the poor COWS alone. so he
begins at once to build up his herd.
Then it is that he seeks knowledge
relative to the proper points to be
observed in the selection, breeding.
feeding and the caring for cows. and
tten 1t is that it becomes possible for
the experts hired by the Iowa State
Dairymens association to be of as
ststance to him. The spirit OF am-
provement has reached farther than
the legislature and the Dairymen's as.
ISOLATION. SO that at the present time
much good is being done by public
spirited men along this same line al
improvement
Iowa Cow Culture Club. :
Probably no one has excited 50
much interest in dairying during the
past year as has Mr.. w. w. Marsh
of Waterloo, Iowa. During this tims
he has made two or three trips to
the island Of Guernsey and imported
from there, regardless of cost, nearly
100 head Of the very finest Guernsey
cattle that money could buy. He was
the organizer of the Iowa Cow Culture
club and put up $1,000 In cash to be
divided as prizes among the IL cows
producing the most butter in Iowa.
After he had started the game many
others followed. The Iowa State Ag
ricultural college at Ames agreed to
make official the records Of these
cows by sending tester to the home
Of each COW once n month. BY so
doing. when the years test has been
completed each COW will have an Off.
cial record Of the exact amount Of
milk and butter that she has produced
during the year and there will be no
guesswork about it.
Hon. J. ]. Richardson Of Davenport.
Iowa, than whom there is no more in
fluential man connected with the
American Jersey Cattle club OF New
York city. ct once set about to induce
the Cattle club to duplicate Mr..
Marsh's prizes for Jersey cattle that
might enter the contest and win
w. B. Barney of Hampton, Iowa, pres
ident Of the Iowa Dairymen's associa-
ton and likewise influential with the
Holstein-Friesian association Of Amer
lea, induced his association to dupli-
cate the prizes to the extent OF $500
for Holstein cows that might be win
ners Of a portion of Mr.. Marsh's
money. and then it was that everyone
seemed anxious to put up, prizes for
the good Of this cause and seven or
eight pure bred dairy bull calves were
offered as prizes to competitors own
ing common grade cows. Dairy sepa-
rators, milking machines and prizes
Of all kinds were offered, until finally
the prize list amounted to between
four and five thousand dollars, and
then it was that the farmers Of Iowa
began entering their COWS until ct the
time when the date for entry closed
there were found to be competing In
the one large association 100 cows and
surprising are the facts that have
been revealed from month to month. A,
large number Of the COWS have been
producing from 10 TO 100 pounds Of
butter per month and. on the other
hand, q large number Of them have
been producing from 10 to Is pounds
of butter month; or, in other words,
some Of the cows in the test are tho
equal in milk and butter productions
and, in the end, in the production OF
profits to their owners. Of eight. on
ten of the cows on the other end.
. This yearly contest will be finished
by the first Of August. 1910. and the
yearly production Of 160 cows can
then be figured up. At that time it is
planned to duplicate the test and al
ready much prize money has been Of
fered for the cows that win enter for
another such race.
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