Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
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s#.:TAINs LARGE CROWD AT
SECOND ANNUAL
X s..t EVENT.
q (Hopkinton Leader.)
The people Of Delhi acted as hosts
to a large crowd of friends yesterday
at their second annual dairy day.
The weather man was kind and tenn
pered the atmosphere with an OBJ
scured sun aud inst enough promise
Of moisture to cause everyone to feel
happy over the prospect. The visitors
came from all parts and Delhi en-
tertained one of the largest crowds
in many years. And everyone en-
joyed it. 1t was a great layout. fur
nishing something for every person
present. The program was carried out
to- the letter. The stock exhibit
was / good one; the visit to the
creamery was an instructive one; the
dinner served by the ladies beat q
Waldorf Astoria menu out of sight,
the musical program and afternoon
addresses were educational and In
teresting; the ball game was excit-
| ing, and the evening dancing rounded
out the day without q single incident
to mar it. N "a:
The dairymen exhibited fourteen
jhead OF cate, which furnished a sub
l,ect for an instructive lecture on the
/ part Of F. s. Estel, the well known
|expert. In judging he used the AMI
mails to illustrate his points and q
:llarge number of farmers absorbed
IL fund OF scientific knowledge that
Will be Of valuable use in their bust
ness. The exhibitors were Henry
Eichacker, Dan schnittjer, I. 9. Mil
: Ter, H. A., Durham, Art Billings, p.
Ii Porter, Dan Jones and E. E. Reed.
The premiums were. won by the fol-
lowing: Henry Eichaker, LIST on cow,
SO; I'd on bull, S.; I'd on heifer, 81;
Dan schnittjer. I'd on COW, IS; Art
. Billings, LIST on bull, $40; E. p. Reed
list ON heifer, Sc; LIST on young bull
Sc. The animals exhibited were
splendid types of the dairy strains
and were greatly admired by all who
saw them. III ja f3s
II The afternoon lectures were valu
able from an educational standpoint
and exceedingly interesting to those
who are not actively engaged In thu
!, dairy business. R. r. WEIGH, repre-
sentative of the u. S. Department O
Agriculture, cut short his talk be
cause of threatening shower, but
lhe impaired some valuable informa'
ton. Tests have shown that, e
fourth Of the cows are not paying
8 their way either for milk or beet, II
single herd the cost Of production
varied iroln &c to zoe pound foi
butter, and these ,nditicns wer te
found all over the col,"t.Iv. Test III,
! COWS and feed rations that will pro
duce results. . lie silo is an absolute
necessity and will increase the but 7:
ter. "A; 5's .5.s 55s,s5 1
The talk by w. B. Barney, STATE
q Dairy and Food Commissioner M was
full OF valuable facts. He demon
strated that land values where thu
Icreameries are located are from 81
, Ito $40 per acre higher than in those
sections Of the state where thtt
creameries are absent and the. cen
Itralizers fix the price; he showed
also that the price Of butter is &c Z
1Oc higher in the creamery sections
HE urged a eloyal support OF tht
FARMER cooperative creameries al
the best asset that the farmer car
Ihaye. He demonstrated how thu
farmers Of Iowa can increase the but
Il tier production by SO lbs. per COW
\ OF more than IS million dollars II
revenue. and then yet another In
crease that would increase the to-
ltal revenues by five times the pres
lent sum. The first will be accom-.
plished by testing the cows. and
wedding out the poor ones, and the
4 second by using pure bred sires
There should be several COW testing
4 associations in this county, though
the result can be obtained by each
dairyman adopting the Babcock test
| for himself. The results will be sur
prising. Mr.. Barney gave forth some
valuable testimony on the silo and
| its merits. He spoke from an exper-
Iience Of "a years. The silo conserves
the full 100 per cent Of the corn
crop, while the man who husks the
/ corn and leaves the stalks In the
field has saved only 60 per cent of
hts crop. The difference In favor of
the silo is obvious. Our space is too
limited to give a really comprehen-
sive abstract of Mr.. Barrey's con-
yincing lecture, but those farmers
who heard him took away valuable
information that cannot but profit
them, and it will lead all OF them
to serious consideration Of improv-,
ing the diaries and increasing the
profits. 3.
The musical program was a most
delightful one. The Monticello band
rendered a concert that was great
ly enjoyed. The organization shows
musical talent Of a high order under
leader who. is thorough musician.
A solo by Miss Burton was de-