The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-05-29
PUT FOREIGN DAIRY .s.,.
MEN. IN OZARkS
Commissioner Bennett Declares Dis
.ict Could BE Made 10 Yield
Millions

sict Gould lie MADE 10 1ield
Millions
The settlement of the Ozark re.
gion by thrifty Danes, Swiss, Swedes
and families of other nationalities
was urged by State Dairy Commits.
sioner +. G. Bennett yesterday in the
City Club at session of the Execu.
tive Committee of the Federation OF
Missouri Commercial Clubs as a
means of developing the dairying
possibilities of that district.
He pointed out such migration as
one of the surest methods by which
much of the virgin cXpanse of the
territory might be made to yield mil
lions of dollars of wealth from dairy
products and at the same time build
up and enrich the soil.
Bennett is the father Of State
wide movement toward cooperative
dairying breed Improvement, feed
care and dairy equipment, which,
he says, if worked out will return an
increase of $50, 100000 in the dairy
productions Of Missouri. The State
at present he says, is far behind 9TH
er states with even less natural ad-
vantages for dairying than Missouri.
The cooperative idea is catching on
in this state, he says, Jasper, Newton,
Polk, Bates and Henry counties al
ready having associations.
He calls attention to the vast
growth of Wisconsin's dairy industry
and the enormous yields cooperative
dairying has returned to its partici-
pants not only in dollars but in inn
proved breeds of mich cows, better
dairying facilities and soil value ac-
creation.
Favors Cooperative Dairying
He urges cooperative dairying in
Missouri through the agency of the
commercial clubs over the state, in
teresting these organizations by dem
onstrating to them the economic and
business side of such systematic CO.
operation. He cites the figures of the
cooperative dairy associations of
Wisconsin, which have yielded pro-
ducers nine cents or more per pound
for butter than has been realized by
producers in Missouri.
Missouri's dairy production totals
less than $40 100000 a year. he states,
while Wisconsins industry returns
about $l00, 100000 annually. Wiscon-
sins cooperating dairymen have a.
bout 1000 creamerics, he states, and
1000 cheese factories, while Missouri
has only siXty-tive creameries and
one cheese factory
Missouri's advantages on the con-
trary, Bennett points out, are super
Tor TO Northern states,f there mich
cows have to be wintered inside often
as long as seven months in the year,
while in Missouri they may run free
nearly all winter. Missouri abounds
in blue grass and natural cattle feed
has splendid water and market IA
cilities, making it ideal for the dairy
industry, he cites.
Would Improve Mich Cows
One of the chief primary results
Of cooperative dairying, he says,
would be Improvement of the breed
of the mich herds. This would mean
"A greater yield of butter fat a yeal
and a consequent increase in dairy
wealth interest in dairying and an
added incentive toward better dairy
ing facilities, such as slos, concrete
floors, self-cleaning hangers, litter
and food carriers and milking mach
i'tos 40 SoOll dh ylIR 10 Idktil
up in the right manner, the Commits
aioncr saws, its sure yields and its
profits are seen, its sOil-buiding val
ue is realized and the dairyman de-
votes deeper, more earnest interest
and determination to the industry.
Many communities are now pur-
chasing pure-bred bulls, he says. to
increase the worth of their herds
and to better their productiveness
He says that Denmark increased the
hutter fat yield of its mich herds
lao pounds year by good breeding
proper care of feed and stock and
better dairyino equipment.
He says that if the annual butter
fat Yield of the 100000 cows of Mis-
souri, could be increased 100 pounds
year it would mean, ut the prevail
ing prices of 30 cents a pound, all ad.
dition OF $30,000,O00 year over the
present returns. Such increase in
yield, he states, can be accomplished
by cooperative dariying, improving
the breed, caring for the cows. giving
good feed and supplying the proper
equipment. 1t is this purpose that
the movement he has launched over
the state for cooperative dariying
more dairying in the undeveloped re.
\ gions and wider interest in this i'm.
nnrtant industry ic dayntad