The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-02
HO[D.CONFERENCE
TO HELP DA|RY|NG.
Agricultural Agencies Will Meet
at Governors Office Next
Week.
WILL ATTEMPT COOPERATION
Departments Now Play Lone
Hand, and Will Try to Work
Together.
WILL ATTEMPT COOPERATION

For the purpose OF bringing about
cooperative effort among the several
agencies working for the development
of the dairying industry in Virginia q
conference OF officials will be held Sat
urday. May 10. i'm the office of Gov
ernor Mann. who will preside il he is
well enough to be at the meeting.
PLANS will be discussed looking to
united effort for the upbuilding OF an
almost neglected and profitable branch
Of farming.
w. D. Saunders, State Dairy and
Food Commissioner; Peyton Rowe.
deputy commissioner, having special
charge of dairy inspection; DR.. j. G..
Ferneyhough. State Veterinarians; T. O.
Sandy. chief demonstration agent for
Virginia, United States Department of
Agriculture; ]. d. Eggleston. as presi-
dent-elect OF the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, and Il. II. Rawl, dairy expert
with the department In Washington.
will take part in the conference. The
Governor has signitied his interest in
the proceedings.
Good Dairying State.
Virginia is said to produce not more
than 10 per cent of the dairy products
she consumes, and SO sends 30 per
cent of the money out of the State. A
speaker at the recent Conference for
Education in the South quoted Sena.
tor knute Nelson. OF Minnesota. one
l..
as saying that Virginia Is naturally
the best dairy State In the Union. She
is much closer to the Eastern market
and has longer summer season. Yet
the industry has in past years been
almost entirely neglected. OF late eff
forts have been made by the various
agencies to build it up
Mr. Rowe has realized the fact that
the work done is disorganized. each
department going 1t blindly. Much of
1T overlaps, and there is waste in go
ing over the same ground twice where
ii could be done once by united effort
So 1t occurred to him 1t would be best
to bring together the leaders in each
department and have them consider
some method of working together so
that everything done would count In
this he has received the hearty co-ope-
ration of Mr.. Eggleston, and they have
invited the other agencies that are
willing to join hands in such a move
mcnt
Studied MILK Testing.
During the agricultural course re-
Gently taken at the Virginia Polytcch-
mic Institute by the farm demonstra-
ton agents, they made n special study
OF milk testing. Each man went
through with the Babcock system, and
kept 1t up until he understood it. Com
missioner Saunders has agreed to
finance the distribution of testers
among the demonstration agents. and
VIII supply each man with one of the
machines. to be carried over the coun-
ties in the agents buggies. When these
opponents of modern farm methods call
at home. tho tester will be at the
farmers service. for the purpose OF
discovering the value OF the product
of each COW. SO as to determine what
animals are producing milk proftably
to the owner.
AT present the Blacksburg school Is
doing independent work. So are the
demonstration agents. SO is DR.. Fer
neyhough. So is the Dairy and Food
department So is the dairy division
of the Department of Agriculture in
Washington. 1t is hoped to bring them
together and to evolve plans whereby
there Will be no waste OF effort and by
which the farmers OF the State can be
encouraged 10 take up dairying