The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09

| the year as is the case with the grain
1armer. He urged the farmers to make
a confident OF their banker and show
him what they could do and the bank
er would be willing to cooperate with
him and aid him in every way that
! was reasonable.
Perhaps one of the most interesting
addresses of the afternoon was that of
}. 5. Stlnson of Nampa. His subject
was The Preparation of Land and
Growing of Corn for Silage." The
farmers seem to be very much inter-
esred in the silo and Mr.. Stinson told
of his experiences in raising corn on
land that his neighbors said wasn't fit
to raise anything but sunflowers in an
interesting and convincing manner.
He told the story of that crop from the
time OF plowing the ground to the har-
vestlng OF the crop and filling the silo.
Many practical questions were asked
and answered at the close of his ad..
dress. The meeting was then adjourn
ed till $3.50.
The evening session was opened
| with song and d. j. Ostrander deliv-
oled the address of welcome to which
| D. r, Hubbard, president of the asso-
citation, responded Mr.. Hubbard said
| Twin Falls was a popular city, not on
ly in Idaho, but all over the United
| States. He gave as a reason for this
widespread popularity, the good boos-
ters and good country to back up
| these boosters.
The rather unique subject of "ThA
One Cow Dairy" was discussed by A.
E. Gipson of Caldwell Mr.. Gipson is
editor of the live agricultural paper,
The Gem State Rural, but he finds time
to do a little farming while thinking
up editorials. According to his re-
marks, he runs his one COW dairy for
financial gains and the paper mostly
for accommodation.
Common Cow Diseases was the
subject of the remarks made by ]. H.
Weber, state veterinarian, of Boise
tuberculosis was discussed thorough
ly. This dread disease is calamity
to the cattle industry as we'll as to hui
manity and it is for the prevention of
the spreading of the disease that Mr..
Weber is working. According to sta
tistics given by Mr. Weber Idaho has a
small percentage of cattle affected
with this disease as compared with the
eastern and middle western states. He
called attention to a proclamation is
oetSo W tIiC SoSCl llOI lue
shipment of cattle into the state with
out their having passed the test for tu-
berculosis. Blackleg in cattle was dis
cussed briefly and in answer to ques-
tions asked, Mr.. Weber said that the
state did not furnish medicines of any
kind, but that blackleg vaccine could
be obtained either from the U. S. de-
partment of agriculture or from H. e.
PinkertOn Pendleton Ore
Mr.. Weber's remarks closed the pro-
gram for the day and the meeting was
adjourned till Thursday morning
Prof. G. H. Maughn of the Academy
OF Idaho at POcatello, was the first
speaker Thursday morning, address,
ing his hearers on THE Care of Milk
on the Farm" Sanitation was the
point be brought out in his discussion
He urged the farmers to be careful
about letting dirt get into the milk as
much of the dirt that gets into the
milk contains germs, SO small that mill
lions of them together cannot be seen
with the naked eye. He cited as the
cause of many unsanitary methods in
milk production the carelessness of
the farmers, while some feared the ex-
pense of building new buildings and
getting new utensils. But he says that
tn1s is unnecessary in most cases as
the old ones can be cleaned up and
made just as sanitary as new ones.
The use of plenty of bedding is one
method OF fighting dirt which all farm
ers could use and which is sadly neg
lected by many. Ventilation was an
other point he brought out, recon-
mending the King system whereby the
air is taken in at the bottom and car
ried up between the walls and the inn
pure air dispelled at the top. Then
the mixers themselves should be clean |
and wear clean clothing while milking
and the practice of dipping the fingers
In the milk and rubbing on the udder |
to soften it should be discouraged. Mr.
Maughn spoke of the separator as be-
ing badly neglected by many farmers.
He says it should be washed every
time after using and should be left in
the sun as much as possible as the
sun is the best disinfectant that can
be found. The necessity of state in
spector who would not only inspect
the dairies, but one who would know
enough about dairying to give the
farmers some instructions, was urged
by Prof. Maughn
w. e. Boulton OF Caldwell, gave the
address that closed the morning ses-
sion, his subject being Some Exper-
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