The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-09
ALL now READY
FOR DA|RYMEN
PROGRAM COMPLETED FOR GATH
ERING TO DE HELD HERE
JANUARY 1917.
WONDERFUL INCREASE
VIRGINIA DAIRY PRODUCTS LAST
YEAR AGGREGATED TWO
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN VALUE.

Secretary W. d. Saunders, of the
State Dairymcn's Association, is this
week sending ott several thousand
-proErams for the annual meeting OF
the association here on January 10
and IT. as we'll as some two thous-
and Invitations to the meeting. Along
with the invitations cards are sent
asking those who expect to be pres
ent to indicate such intention. AL
ready quite a few of these cards have
been received. and there is now little
doubt that the convention will be
far greater than any ever yet held In
Virginia for this purpose.
There Ia great and growing inter-
est in the dairy business. From re-
ports from the office of State Dairy
and Food Commissioner II is shown
that not only has the number of
dairymen been increasing during the
past year. but the value of produc-
ton has enormously increased. only
a few years ago there were propd-
bly, not over 500 dairymen in the
State Of Virginia: now the dairymen
number over 1900, with over a mil
lion dollars worth of COWS, whose
production during the year 1911
brought nearly two millions of dol
lars.
While this production may look
srnaii compared to a great dairy State
like Wisconsin, which produces Sfe,-
100000 worth of dairy products In
year, when 1T t. considered that the
business In Virginia Is matter OF
only a few years growth. the condt-
ton OF the industry In Virginia is
extremely gratifying. probably show
ing greater proportionate increase or
production than any other State
The program for the meeting OF
the dairymen is well calculated to
arouse enthusiasm, as we'll as to i'm
press practical truths. 1t follows:
Morning Session, January is.
$50 to 10 o'clock-Presidents ad-
dress, James Bellwood.
1880 to fo.45 oieieek-Seeretafy' 8
report. William D. Saunders,
1o:45 to 1890 o'clock-Report of
board of directors. appointment Of
committees.
Intermission.
2:l5 TO 2:45 o'clock--Value of Ma
nure as Soil Improver, George W.
koiner, Commissioner of Agriculture.
2:45 to 3:15 o'eioek--What Has
the Dairy and Food Division Done for
Virginia Farmers In the Matter of
Feed Control? Benjamin L. Purcell.
Deputy Dairy and Food Commission
err.
3:ls to 4 o'clock-Dairy as a Bus
mess, n. p. Hull. Dimondale. Mich.
president Of American Dairy Farm
ers' Association, master Michigan
State Grange. ., A.
to 430 o'eiock-The Tubercuffn
Test, Or. ]. G. Ferneyhough, State
Veterinarian. Burkevfile, Va
Night Session. January f6.
1870 to o'clock-The Dairy Cow,
Joseph A. Turner. ex-president State
Dairymen's Association, Hollins, Va
to s:45 Notwithstanding and
Breeding for Dairy Quality, n. p.
Hull. Dimondale. Mich.
GAS o(clock--Business session.
Afternoon Session, Wednesday. jan
nary II.
to 3:I5 o'clock-How I Built Up
Ny Herd, r. 0. Sandy. State direc-
tor of Farm Demonstration Work.
3:I5 to 3:+5 o'clock-The Farmer
of TOMORROW, Professor y. z. Hun.
Dimondale. Mich.
3:45 to AIS o'cIock-The State
Law and Tuberculin Test, William D..
Saunders. State Dairy and Food Com
missioner.
AIS to 4:45 o'clock--Some of the
Most Common Diseases to Be Found
In Our Dairy Herds. DIR. n. s. Maya.
professor veterinary science and ami
NAL industry. V. p. ].
Night Session.
T:36 to sis o'ciock-Vaiue of Co.
operative Cow Testing Associations.
Helmer Ribald, in charge of Dairy
Farming Investigation. United States
Bureau of AniuAl Industry, Wash
ington, u. C..
s.15 o'clock-Feeding and Care OF
Dairy Cows. n. +. Hull. Dimondale,
Mich.