The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1912-01-09
THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION.
.Dalrymen of State Hold Fourth in Twin
Falls For Three Days
Officers for the Ensuing Year. Twin Falls Man Hon
cred With the Presidency. Many Valuable Lectures

The annual convention of the Idaho
State Dairy Association was held in
Twin Falls January ga, 1912. There
was the best attendance at these meet
ings of any that has been held in Ida
no. Great interest was shown through
out the meetings which were instruc-
tive and entertaining
The meeting was opened Wednes-
day morning, January 3, at 1920 a. m.
with an invocation by Rev. W. S.
woodruff, pastor of the Methodist
church Of Twin Falls. d. r. Hubbard,
president of the association, then took
charge of the meeting and introduced
'Gustave Kunze of Buhl, who spoke on
the subject of Marketing Hay
Through the Cheese Factory He
spoke of the futility of shipping out
hay at prices little above the cost of
production and shipping in dairy pro-
ducts at a prohibitive price when the
hay could just as we'll be fed to stock
here and thus save the expense of
this double shipping and keep the hay
on the farm, thus building up the fer
tility of the soil.
Prof. A. K. Risser was then intro
duced and addressed the audience on
the subject of 'Silage and the Silo.''
Mr.. Riser called attention to the fact
that the alfalfa that was raised on the
tract was an excellent feed, but it is
so rich in protein that something else
is needed to furnish the carbo hy-
drates and thus make a balanced ra-
tlon. He says grain is good but even
this is not sufficient as some substitute
for the succulence that is furnished by
the grasses during the summer. Sill
OF "a iy1rc ic thc hoc -
this deficiency The cost of the silo
need not be SO great. The farmer can
do the work himself and the material
used will be the bulk of the expense
He thinks cement is the best and
cheapest material, and by cooperation
among the farmers the cost of a cut
ter and the labor necessary for put
ting up the ensilage can be reduced to
"a minimum.
The afternoon meeting was opened
with an interesting address by Prof.
G. E. Provert of the University of
Idaho on 'The Relation of Creamery
men and Patron" He pointed out the
advantages and disadvantages of the
different ways of marketing the butter
fat that is produced on the farm. He
said, Perhaps the most common me-
thod is selling the butter fat to the
creamery in the form of cream or
selling it to~dealers il. the form of but
ter | think making butter on the
farm is preferable to selling cream to
the creamery If the farmer is prepar-
ed to do this. But there are many
things to consider and as the most of
the farmers are not in position to
properly take care of the butter it will
probably be better for you to take
your cream to the creamery if there is
one within reasonable distance. Then
another thing to consider is the quail
lty. When we come to investigate the
butter that is being sold in the mar
ket we find great deal of rancid but
ter which is selling from five to ten
cents a pound less than the market
price" BY the use of the blackboard,
Mr.. Provert gave some interesting sta
tistics showing the difference between
butter and butter fat, there being
certain percent of moisture, salt, ETC.,
in butter besides the butter fat pro-
per Another method of marketing
kFdtter fat which he spoke Of was that
sSf selling cream or milk to city pa
irons. In this method he urged the
necessity of using unusual care in
keeping the product clean and sweet,
and have the same richness from day
to day. He touched upon the subject
of making cheese of the whole milk,
skim milk and buttermilk.
He spoke of the benefits to be gained
by the cooperation of the creamery
man and producer. The creameryman
should be interested in improving the
farmers dairy herd and should assist
in bettering the sanitary condition on
the farm. A creameryman cannot make
good butter out of rancid cream and
the farmer cannot expect good prices
for his products unless the product is
good
A. P. Scritchfield, cashier Payette
National bank was the next speaker
and he interested his hearers with an /
other side of the dairy business
DAIRY Husbandry Viewed from the
Bankers Standpoint" Mr.. Scritch-
field was at one time a farmer and an |
important part of the work of the in !
stitutfon with which he is connected is
that of educating the farmer in better |
farming and better dairying. They in i
',fte the farmers to come in and get |
literature to read and study He says
that banker desires an account that
is regular and the dairyman is the one
Who can supply these accounts The
dniryman has his money coming in re-
gularly and not all at certain time OF