Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-04-21

or six days while the opportunity /.
presented than do the real college stu.
dents. who feel that their opportuni.
ties for education are to last for a
period of four years instead Of for one
short week
The Iowa State Dairy association
also furnishes lecturers for farmers
institutes. one of which is held In
every county in Iowa. supported to an
extent by the appropriation from the
state. In the past there has been
very little encouragement to the far.
mer. who attended the institutes,
along lines of dairying because the
available lecturers were few, but now
that the state has come to the assist
ance of the State Dairymens associa-
ton it Is possible for the latter insti-
tuition to supply speakers. free Of cost
except for their travelling expenses to
every farmers institute in tho state
that signifies its interest in the real
business of dairying.
Probably one of the best opportuni
ties to do good is found at the an.
nual meetings of the patrons Of the
500 creameries located in Iowa. At
this time the treasurer reports to the
patrons-numbering from so to 500
what the financial condition Of their
creamery is and what the profits have
been during the past year. On such
an occasion more interest is displayed
than at any other time, because the
patron feels that the business is large.
ly his--which is fact. II 1t is pos.
sibie. and usually 1t is. to show him
where his organization can be more
successful and pay larger prices to
the patrons for their butter fat during
the coming year. he feels that it is
TO his advantage to grasp the opportu-
nifty and in this way much good re-
suits to the patrons in the community.
Probably the best manner of assisting
these creamerymen is to form associ-
atoms and already in Worth county
the North Iowa Dairy Improvement
association has been organized with
ten creameries cooperating. The but
ter made by these ten creameries is |
taxed by the organization one-tenth
produces in her creameries over 1,000,-
600 pounds of butter, and in this re-
spect leads, as rule. all other states |
in the Union. Judging from this but
ter income, together with the income |
from the city milk supplies and from
other by-products OF the dairy COW. 1t |
has been carefully estimated that the |
dairy business of Iowa means an an
nual income OF s60,0OO.OOO. and it 10
a fact that the chief factory to be
found in nearly 500 towns in the state
is the factory where the cream pro-
luced on the farm is manufactured in
butter and shipped to market
Possibilities Of the iowa Cow.
Owing to the fact that great por.
ion of the butter produced in Iowa
8 shipped out of the state. the butter
represents one Of the chief
sources of income and wealth to the
tate Of Iowa. The production of but.
er and the wealth therefrom. how.
'ver. is not a thing that the Iowa
armer is often found Boosting about,
because he realizes that large as the
production of butter is and large as
8 the income at present, it Is only q
mall indication Of the real possibili-
les of the Iowa COW. To produce this
mount of butter nearly million and
half cows are being MIXED and their
verage production is in the neighbor-
lood of only lao pounds Of butter per
ear. One can only realize the small.
ess of this production by comparing