The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-25
OPERATING DAIRY
INSTRUCTION. CAR

Realizing the. need of the South for
more and better dairies and the large
profits which can be made by dairy
men Who will fill the great demand OF
the cities for dairy products, the
Southern Railway Company, following
it's custom OF furt5ering In every way
the growth and development of it's
territory, equipped n special dairy,
instruction car" which since FebTu-
ary ], 1912. has been touring the
length and breadth of this great sys-
tem, spreading the doctrine of more
and better dairies and by means of
lectures, demonstrations and exhibits
doing; everything possible to develop
and improve, dairy industry along its
lines in the Southeastern States.
Hundreds of communities through
out the state of Virginia. North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Tennessee, ILL.,
nois and Indiana have been visited by
the car, a stop of an entire day de-
voLed 10 lecture and demonstration
work being made at each point AS
result of the action of the Southern
Railway in carrying practical infor-
nation in this manner to the doors of
the people along its lines, the most
intense interest has been aroused in
dairying throughout the South, and
10 follow up the work effectively, the
late President Finley enlarged the
scope OF the company's efforts to de-
velop dairying In the Southeast by
appointing agents under DR.. c.. NJ,
Morgan to sd9. personal work in the
held among dairymen and farmers.
The dairy instruction car Is q COM
70 .lai, t..
on board all the ,apparatus necessary
to the economical production .of milk.
cream and butter. together with inter-
esting exhibits and chartsshowing the
worlds best dairy animals and giving
valuable information on feeding and
breeding dairy cattle and the proper
methods to use In handling milk and
making butter. The 70 dairy equip
ment includes q separator, clidfns OF
various types, testers, sterilizers, Pas
teurizing apparatus and exhibits OF
various kinds OF improved machinery
for dairying. On the walls. of the
car are charts and large views deal
ing with dairy subjects. showing the
fundamental principles of breeding
dairy types, feeding animals, the care
of dairy cattle and ipictuI es OF famous
dairy cows. No feature has been
omitted for INSTRUCTION in better dairy
ing The car carries stereopticon lam
tern and slides. permitting illustrated
lectures at the various stops by the
corps of expert d9irymeA who accom-
.pany tile can9 9fEeS testing of milk
brought TO Sbsef Sefi iaf III is an another 81 I'M
portant feature Of the work by means
of Nrhich pfacties lsadviee based. oEtact-.
tiIel l-c01 Ions lean. .ihe giren aacn
man. lqoGs aFei Rx3Ffin y and Srs.t
.gortedtdn and Rbfruetteka. as to their.
care sss;l1s sIysS; |, IA
.senting the Southern Railway. the car.
is accompanied from State to State
s'ss &c s M /; s YEA afiIthe variopaI
.s SsEtsn tsisSt leSiSrgr7 GepdFJIn EMS or 2ag-,
ricpi itnre and from the various agri-
gslltjffabb 8e0lI esesa ids egtension de-.
partiheRts. the Vpia an being to have the
utmost cooperation OF all forces for
the eaInp8i gnGw1 iAh sillpineVifably .e-I
suit III 'farger pfofifs and increased
prosperity for southern dairymen
throush2d 5etter6 znowledg bf, their
special problems land how to meet
them .