Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-25

the handling of dairy cattle ana dairy
products,
md. Dairy cows which produce
dairy products economically.
3rd. \ market for cream and
dairy products.
4th. Crcamorics which manufac-
turc into butter the surplus cream
produced in the community.
In discussing the Improvement Of
the duriy COW, Prof. Potts recon-
mcnded the organization of commun-
Ity breeding associations. As a basis
for these organizations he said that
60 COWS were considered the proper
number for a unit and that an assoc
iation may include from one to four
or more units. Each unit should
purchase pure bred sire for use by
the members of the unit Each unit
would purchase sire of the same
breed ana each year the sires are
transferred or exchanged from one
unit to another The cost to the in
diVldual farmers for the use of pure
bred dairy sire would De less than
whore each farmer tried to maintain
sire ON his farm The community
breeding association would greatly re-
duce the number Of scrub sires OF
miNed breeding ana greatly improve
/ the quality of heifcrs produced.
Markets for Dairy Products.
A permanent and profitable market
he declared important for profitable
| dairyiug. The necessity of crcamcries
, for the greatest development of the
dairy industry in state and greatest
! profits for the cream producer, is
| acknowledged by all leading dairy
men. The farmer can patroniZe n
! creamery either by selling his cream
to cream station agents, by organlz-
! ing cream shipping associations or
| joining with his ncighbors and build
! ing a local creamery. Much empha-
/ sis was laid on the importance OF the
farmers organising cream shipping
1 associations through which they
could market their dairy and poultry
products
! I'm discussing local creamerics Prof
| Potts stated that the way for orga-
nl2ing which has proved best for the
| farmers who are interested to come
! together in a meeting and electing
temporary officers, also selecting a
committee to obtain data ON such i'm
! portant matters as the number Of
cows in the community, number OF
cream scparators and amount Of
cream produced. This committee
also would look into the costs OF
| creamery, including all equipment. A
| canvass should also be made to de-
termine the number of shares at
! $500 each which can De sold. At n
later meeting the Information obtain
ed by these committees is consider
the establishing of local creamery
a permanent company is organized,
charter obtained and details Of the or
| ganiZation considered,
Cooperative butter market associ-
ations, he said, would follow as a logi-
cal and necessary association for the
| marketing of the butter manufacture
ed i'm cooperative creamcries. At the
| college creamery at saltwater dur
ing the past seven years over quar-
ter of a million dollars have been paid
one million pounds of butter manufac-
tured The college creamery has
demonstrated that dairying is profit
able in oklahoma and any community
desiring information in regard to the
costs and operation Of creamery or
any dairy farmer desiring information
in regard to the producing and hand
ling of dairy products can obtain au-
lucrative information by addressing
the Dairy Department, oklahoma a.
4 NJ. college.
or special interest to the live stock
man was the discussion by Professor
l.. l.. Lewis of the oklahoma Agri-
cultural college Of the subject "The
| Protection OF Live Stock from Con-
! tapiouS Diseases" Some of the points
he brought out follow:
Climatic and other conditions are
as favorable to stock farming in Ok
lahoma as in any of the nechborng
states. Statistics recently published
10y the United states Department Of
Agriculture are by way of comparison
very favorable To oklahoma as stock
raising state. In group of eight of
the south central states the loss Of
horses. cattle sheep and swine in
oklahoma for the year ending March
3lst. 1913 is in every case less than
the average for this group Of states.
Some of the diseases that are es-
pecially severe in the best stock rails
ing states Of the north do not cause
tho same percentage Of loss here and
the losses from Texas fever is not so
great as in states further south Hogs
and cattle are the two classes Of live
stock suffering the greatest loss from
disease. not only in actual value. but
the percentage loss is greater than
with other farm stock.
Most of the diseases Of live stock
that cause serious losses are capable
of being controlled to a great extent.
/ Proper feeding and care constitute
| the first essential step in protecting
| the health Of farm stock. However
| there are certain diseases as blackleg
and hog cholera that may at times at
/ tex nd kill stock regardless Of che
good care that they may have recelv-
| ed.
Prevention l. the Thing.
The prevention Of animal diseases