The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-17
STATE DA|RYMEN
NOT UP TO Times
WISCONSIN WITH FEWER ADvAN-
rAGEs FAR ExCELs VIRGINIA
IN OUTPUT.
CONVENTION ASSEMBLE:
ASSOCIATION WILL ASK PASSAGE
-- or BILL, GIVING 10 DAIRY
MAN THE RIGHT OF
----- APPEAL,
That Virginia dairymen have no,

! That virginia dafrymen have not
taken advantage of the excellent OPP
| portunlties afforded by their State for
! the advancement of the dairy industry
| and that Wisconsin with its poorer
facilities has DAIRY output yearly or
| $70,UOO.000 against the $2,00V,000 of
| Virginia, was the statement made yes
| terday by o. a. Thomas, IL dairyman,
| OF Remington, Va. at the Fifth An
nual Convention oil the Virginia State
! Dairymen's Association which OPEN
/ ed yesterday In the Hotel jefferson
| auditorium.
! MIR. Thomas who lived for some time
| in Wisconsin and knows of the dairy
| conditions there, said the output of
| that State was mostly butter and
| cheese, and that Virginia dairymen
could APPROXIMATE that output by max
| ing cheese. In referring TO complaint
that have been made by dairvmen OF
| the small pront made from their cows.
| Mr.. Thomas said that II 1t cost II
! dairyman thirty cents to produce n
pound Of butter fat for which he only
received thirty cents at the creamery.
| there was something wrong with the
| educational features of the dairy bus
J mess.
Z He then cited an example of two
! men. one with a herd of ten TO thir-
! teen cows. and another with IA herd of
! twenty-five cows. The man with the
! small herd would make twice as much
! money as the man with the larger
| herd, thereby presenting a problem
! which has confronted datrymen all
| over the country.
There are probably dairymen in the
neighlorhood of the man with the lar
I ger herd who will pick out twelve cows
| from the twenty-five that will make
more profit than the entire herd said
Mir. Thomas. The reason for this, he
said would be- found in the feeding of
the cows and also in their selection.
Convention at Work.
The convention opened at .: so e'eloe
The convention opened at 930
| o'clock yesterday morning with an ad-
dress by Preeident James Beilwood, OF
| Chesterfield, and following the report
| Of Secretary William d. Saunders, the
report of the Board Of Directors and
the appointment Of com ittses. an In
tertnisston- WAS taken for lunch.
ing.
The afternoon session opened with
an address by George w. koiner. COM
missioner of agriculture on the Value
of Manure as Soil Improver." Com
missioner koiner said that manure
| when used properly, was far superior
to commercial fertilizer In improving
soil and recommended to the dairymen
that the manure being placed on the
soil as soon az posi- BILE instead Of AL
lowing 1t to remain piled against
stayles. which Is usually the case.
| When manure Is allowed to remain
in that condition, 1t loses the consti-
tuents that make 1t valuable a. a soil
| improyer.
Tho Tubcrculin Test.
Dr. J. q. Ferneyhough, State vet
erinarian. Of Burkeville, Va. ad-
dressed the convention on the tuber-
culin test DR.. Ferneyhough prefaced
his address by stating that Chester
held county was now out of quaran-
tine and that SO far as he knew there
was but one farm that was under the
tuberculosis ban, and that there were
! only five farms in the entire state In
quarantine. He also stated that
! there were AZ States out OF the ~
that had laws providing that ali cat
tie entering the State for breeding or
datrying purposes must be accom-
panied by veterinarians certificate.
Regarding the tubercultn test Dl.
Ferneyhough said: II believe / can
say without any fear Of contradiction
| that tuberculosis as one of the mosa
| serious diseases and In my opinion the
most destructive to which dairy cat
tie are subject. This Is 90 because
the disease creeps into the herd ike
thief in the night and before we
know 1t, starts q true consumption of
theherd. which will surely consume II
X the owner or some other outside
agent does not take UP the active fight
against 1t.
Before we can successfully fight
the disease We must have some means
OF recognising the trouble before IL
has developed to that dangerous stage
which 1t necessarily reaches before we
can observe any -hystcal symptoms OF
It's existence. However We have n test
which does no harm to the healthy an
imal. but detects the disease withou,
fail. This is the tuberculin test Ac
cording to the United States Bureau
OF Animal Industry. where the sub
stance 10 made, tuberculin In duto
containing the products of the tubee-
cule germ without the germs them
selves. Experience has esta blished the
fact that tuberculin does not harm
the healthy cattle even in large doses.
but on diseased animals 1t produces
q marked effect. This IL indicated by
feverish attack which comes on
about eight or ten hours after the
tuberculin Is injected. lasts q few
hours and then subsidies. This tenn
porary fever Is called reaction. The
value OF the test lies In tho fact that
diseased animals react. while healthy
animals DO net. SIS -. $500
THE records OF . large number Of
tests made by the United States gov
ernment show that with certain pre-
cautions the tuberculin test 10 ac-
curAte IN 80 per cent. OF animals
which have reacted and then been
xlRughtAred and inspected. DR.. Fer.
neyhongh gave q detailed explanation
of-~how the stuberculin- tost. 10 ap-
piicd and what ths value OF II II To
the dairyman.
Prevents Hull's Coming.
A telegram WAS received during the
afternoon session from N. p. Hull,
OF Dfmondale. Mich, president Of the
American Farmers Association. and
master of the Michigan State Grange.
The telegram was dated Kenton, O..
and stated that Mr.. Hull had been
seriously injured In = wreck on the
Rig Four railroad near Carey. O., sus-
tanning . bruised head ana broken
RIB Mr.. Hull was 70 have addressed
the convention on pairytng = Z
Business" He had besn advised BY
the Invitation COMMITTEES @ 10 what
train to take to reach here in time
for the afternoon session and was en-
route when the train was wrecked.
nifty passengers being injured.
During the absence Of benjamin. L.
PURCELL. deputy dairy and food com.