The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-02-05
Creamery Meeting
The Local Creamery Association Holds
Annual Meeting with Good
Attendance and Elects
Directors

The members and friends Of
the Grant County Creamery
Association enjoyed q good time
at their annual meeting last
Saturday, the officers Of the
association having provided .
fine lunch of coffee. sandwiches,
weinerwurst, doughnuts, and
fruit for the midday meal, and
the spread was thoroughly ap.
preciated by some forty or fifty
patrons Of the creamery, who
came in to attend the gathering,
which was held at the court
house.
Shortly after the dinner hour
the stockholders meeting was
called to order by the President,
George Mitchell, and Secretary
F. B. Roberts read the report of
the years business, which shows
an improvement over the pre-.
vious year. Treasurer .Chas.
Foss also submitted his report
and the both reports were ac-
cepted and ordered filed.
On motion the board of direc.
tors as at present constituted
was unanimously reelected,
and the board latter reelected
officers as follows:
President Geo. T. Mitchell
Sec - F. B. Roberts
Treas Chas. Foss
The creamery is increasing in
the amount of work it is doing,
but if it could secure all the
milk and cream it could handle
the profit to the patrons would
be much greater and wonld re.
suit in all around benefit to the
creamery and community.
After the business had been
transacted Prof. Larson, a prac.
tical dairyman from the state
college was introduced and gave
a very profitable talk on darying
He stated that while dairying
had not become a community in.
terest at any place in South Oak
ota, nevertheless in his several
visits to Milbank he was pleased
to note growing interest in
these matters, and the increas
ing price of land would eventually
compel the farmers of Dakota TO
abandon the extensive system
of farming, that consisted in
seeing how many acres they
could SOW to grain, to system Of
intensive farming, in which the
dairy herd would play an i'm
portant part. He advocated the
silo and winter dairying
with the cows coming fresh in
the fall, so that the farmer would
have a winter income, and the
cows for this purpose would go
out to the pastures in the spring
in good condition to continue CIV
ing a good flow of milk, and
would come dry in the hot fly
weather. He advocated mixed
farming with dairy herd as the
foundation, but said that the
cows should not be turned out
in the cold to drink icy water
and then expect the best results.
The silo, q balanced ration and
plenty of food would make of the
COW q milk producing machine
that would turn the farmers pro-
duce into money quicker than
any other thing. He said ac-
cording to Investigations q dairy
COW will recover for human
food about 25 per cent of the
dry digestible matter consumed;
q hog about Is per cent; and the
steer about3 per cent. This,
together with the facts that a
good dairy COW will return 81
worth Of produce for every 81
worth Of feed consumed, should
cause farmers working expen-
sive land and raising expensive
feeds to carefully study the
various phases of the work Of
the dairy COW.
The profits Of dairy cow can
be anticipated and realized with
a greater degree of surety than
in any other one phase of farm
ing. A mature crop of grain
and a high price for it may be
anticipated, but seasons and
conditions of market may be
unfavorable. Feed for COWS, and
a good, steady market, are as
sure AS anything can be in this
world of production.
The returns are also quick.
Tho food NOV ho fo1 RI tho cow