Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-12-17
THE DAIRY MOVEMENT
IN HAWKEYE STATE
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old.
Cooperation among dairymen is
marked more than by any other
farmers. The cooperative creamery
is proving very successful and Of the
$40 over 800 are farmers cooper
alive creamery companies. This
brings the profits of good creamery
butter direct to the farmer, who
should receive it. The dairymen
have one of the largest dairymen' s
associations that may be found in
the world. This organization which
is made up of creamerymen, dairy
men and buttermakers, have had
such a great influence and have been
doing such a great deal of good that
four years ago the legislature appro-
priated $4,000 for the purpose of
furthering the industry in an educa-
tional way, and $4,000 in addition
has been appropriated by the follow
ing legislature, and educational
al way throughout the state.
Meetings have been held in every
part of the state, and besides these,
the railroad companies have become
interested in the movement and
have co-operated in furthering the
gospel of good dairying. During the
past four years, eight dairy trains
have been operated which have Wis
tied "a of the 80 counties of the
state. Five hundred and ninety-five
meetings have been held from these
trains and over 100000 interested
people have heard the lectures. In
addition to the dairy trains operat-
ed by this deparement, educational
work has been carried on lin the
county papers and the state jour
mails, calling the attention of the
farmers to seasonal improvements
that can be made on the dairy farm
which will return a great profit with
small investment.
In addition to the educational fea-
lures mentioned, the Iowa State
Dairy association has established in
the state one of the largest dairy
shows in the world. On these show
bgrounds a permanent building has,
been erected at Waterloo for the
purpose of holding dairy cattle
show in conjunction with the an
nual dairymen convention.
The cattle on exhibition come
from the Pacific coast to the Allan
tic coast and from Canada to the
south and represent abont everg
state in the union. This feature
has grown very attractive to every
farmer in the state. The premiums
offered are exceptionally attractive
to- the large breeders as well as the
small, and it is the aim of the man
agement to continue the show with
the idea of getting all the Iowa
breeders to exhibit their cattle as
much as possible. as well as the
breeders of adjoining states. This
show is not only the state in char
acter but it comprises the entire
United States.
Another influence which is grad
ually bringing out the better class
of dairymen throughout the state is
the Iowa dairy cow congress. This
is conducted for the purpose of de-
termining the ?alue of the cows in
the state. w. w. Marsh Of Wat
erloo has been a prominent factor
in getting this organization on its
way and appropriated $1,000 for
the prizes offered in this contest.
Because of the rivalry OF the vari-
Gus herds, created through this con-
test, the state. has been accredited
with two 1000 pound butter cows.
One of these is a Guernsey and the
other a Holstein, the former being
owned by Mr.. Marsh, and the latter
by R. B. Young of Buffalo Center.
who also has large breeding farm.
The dairy and food department,
under the direction of w. b. Bar
ney, state dairy commissioner, Is do
ing a wonderful work in addition to
these other factors. Mr.. Barneys
department has introduced educa-
tional work along with its sinspec-
ton work and during recent years,
this department has had represen-
tatives on the dairy train, operated
by the Iowa State Dairy association
The inspection Of creameries
throughout the state of Iowa is
probably on a firm basis. This de-
partment has also introduced In the
last two years milk inspector
whose duty 1t is to encourage the
production of GOOD, clean, sanitary
milk in the cities.
Dr. o. B. Thompson, of Waterloo,
who has charge of this important
work, is getting results which are
almost unbelievable. Already every
city In the state which has a popula-
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