The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-11-10
A|RY INSTITUTE AR0USES INTEREST
wds Hear Able Addresses by States Adds
to the Value Of the Leefures-Al Phases Of Dairyng
Industry we'll Handled

nj afternoon was a gratifying sue
..ss and as had been hoped by those
,bo arranged the meeting, will
move Of great help in getting the
,alley's newest industry started in
he right groove. While the morn
mo session was not as we'll attended
IS it might have been, the after
mon meeting brought out a large
crowd of interested, attentive listen
pn. which goes to show the very
General interest which is being given
to the new question of dairying in
this valley.
1. w. Hansen, state dairy in
structor, was the first speaker at
the morning session and gave very
snnghtening talk on the dairy busi-
ness iE general, confning himself
b no particular line of thought.
He impressed upon his hearers the
reat natural advantage the dairy
nanof the west has in being able to
grow such luxuriant crops of alfal-
8. and in no section which has
nme under the speakers observa-
ton does the yield of this great
brage crop excel that of the Colum-
da River valley,
Alfalfa hay, containing as it does
ilarge percentage of proteins, or
milk producing properties, is the
best feed known for dairy COWS, and
| he dairyman able to grow large
aops Of this product has the first
cost Of production solved. Through
aut the east, the farmers are just
beginning to realize the high value
| d alfalfa, and are experimenting
Lin its culture, but with little sue
cess as yet..
Mr.. Hansen went on to impress
bis audience with the need of care
nl study of his business by the
|dairyman who hopes to win any
great measure of success. AS in
|ruit culture, likewise in dairying,"
laid the speaker, it is the man
Rho pays the strictest attention to
"details, who wins out; while his
| |neighbor, who operates his herd by
| hit or-miss, rule-o'- thumb methods
i the one who is continually COM
planning that there is no profit in
he dairy business. -
0. G.. Van Houten was the next
peaker, and gave an instructive
alk on Selecting and Building a
Dairy Herd" Mr.. Van Hout-n
quoted from the census reports to
show that of the twelve million
4
dOllars' worth of dairy products con-
nmed yearly within this state, more
than half is produced outside the
state The speaker considers that
|over-productioa of dairy products
10 the northwest is out of the qnes-
ton, and that should the supply be
Idoubled within the next ten years,
Il would still be insufficient to sup
ply the demand for home consump-
ton.
The keynote to Mr.. Van Houten' 5
ak was: TEST your cows-know
That they are doing. - He said
nat he did not wonder that 80 many
armers have formed the opinion
Nat there is nothing in the dairy
asiness when the average record
of COWS coming under the observa-
Fsn OF the state authorities is only
~ pounds of butterfat yearly. He
insiders that the 150-pound COW
hardly worth her keep and the
afme. finding he has COWS in his
sfd testing as low as this amount
a0uld lose no time in dispOsing OF
aem. Then he told of herds in
aas state which are averaging 400
FUNDS and also described the cham
nOn cow, owned in Spokane, with
record of 1913 pounds. While we
sahot all own 99S-pound cham
W. nons, the speaker said, it is not
.u' OF the question for the dairy
ssmer to build up a herd whose
'sfage will run from 800 to 500
~uads' At ANY rate, if the dairy
@'n hopes to build up a profitable