Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-10
GOOD MEETING HELD At CoUN.
Gil BLUFFS MONDAY
NIGHT.
VAN PElr SHOWS COW
THAT WILL BUY AN AUTO
Will outiast Machine and Make
Enough Money to Purchase a New
ons-sis Crowds At All Towns
Visited on Misunderstanding Over
Wabash Today.

Council Bluffs, Jan. 1O.-Ihe dairy
special which has been travelling thru
the state spent Monday night in Coun-
ell Bluffs and entertained a large num-
Der of people from the city and sur
rounding country with lectures on sub
jects Of interest to dairymen. This
was the close Of an especially success
ful day, in running thru southwest
Iowa the people of the small towns
Along the route turning out in large
numbers to hear the lectures and TO
see the model modern dairy apparatus
with which the special is fitted out.
The Bluffs Meeting.
The coaches were backed into the
Great Western yards, near the pas
senger station, on South Main street
and the interested people were invited
Into the coaches The speakers of the
evening were Prof H G. Van Pelt, state
dairy expert, Of Waterloo, Iowa; G. w.
Patterson, north Iowa dairy expert. and
E S. Es,el, assistant dairy expert. They
spoke Of the effort that is being made
to increase the milk giving ability OF
dairy stock of the state and endeavored
to make it plain that it is possible to
make an Improbable dairy successful!
and profitable.
As an illustration Of the work that
has been done along this line and also
of the profitableness Of the good dairy
cows, Prof. Van Pelt, who is in charge
of the work being done on the special.
has dairy barn right along With him.
In one Of the cars. a palace stock car.
there are several cows which have state
records for milk and butter fat. One Of
these, a Holstein COW. IS years old.
owned by c. A. Nelson, OF Waverly, has
/ yielded enough profit in butter tat in
five years to purchase her owner a
$4,000 automobile. Mr.. Nelson says,
said Professor Van Pelc. that II the
next FIVE years, Il his auto IS worn out
he will still have the COW and she viii
have earned him enough in rha. time
TO buy him another" This COW gave
1900 pounds Of milk last year alone.
A Cow With a Record.
One Of the cows carried on the spe-
cial is a Jersey COW. belonging TO E.
Shoemaker. Of Waterloo She is the
granddaughter of Flying Fox bull
imported from the Jersey Islands by
Thomas Lawson. Flying Fox was pu--
chased by Mr.. Lawson al pubic aue-
ton for $500. One OF the other ami
mails is Holste.n bull, Buffalo Sky
lark Ames." He IS the property OF Il.
III. Schroderneir OF Waverly. Iowa
This animal won the first prize as a
calf and junior champion prize at the
National Dairy show al Mi!wa ukee and
first prize yearlins and junior cham
pion at the Iowa state dairy show
held at Waterloo last October. The
mother Of this bull produced 40 pounds
of butter last year There is also a .
year old heifeT among the stock which
was imported from the Guernsey isles
by W. w. Marsh last year She is
considered an especially valuable ami
NAL.
The addresses covered the following
ponies: Testing dairy cows to deter
mine the productive ones and 20 weed
out the unproductive silos and Stage
and the different methods of providins
feed prevalent IN May and June during
the winter months. and supplemental
this with home grown protein feeds
such as clover and alfalfa: barn vent;-
iation, for the purpose of controling
tubercuiar and other germ diseases and
selection OF dairy stock. thereby in
creasing the productiveness OF the
herd.
The Day in Iowa.
When the train stopped at Botna
Monday morning. there was twenty
five present; at Kirkman. fifty; Harlan
Eeventy-Hve: Tenant, fifty; McGiu
100:. Minden. 900: Bentley, seventy
five; McClelland. 100. The farmers all
along the line are much interested in
the work. The women are also taking
interest. At Mc6ill nearly as many
women as men came to hear the lee
ture on the cream separator The ,,ao-
pie Of the state are taking advanta ga
OF the benefit to be derived by TIL:
special and ask questions right ana !ef;
OF the experts regarding points OF spe-
cial interest The speakers OF the dag
were Professor Van Pelt. G. H Teller
e. s. Sstel and G. w Patterson.
The special left over the waba 81
early this morning for Silver City. The
itinerary for the day is as follows. Sill
yer City. a. M; Malvern, 10: Stra han
11:17; 1mogene. 1890: Shenandoah
$50: Coin. s:o5; Blanchard. 4:17 Con-
ception, 1880.
Hardin County Doctors Elect.
Special to Times Republican,