Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-18
Dougherty Creamery
Company Pays 6
Per Cent Dividend

Dougherty, Feb. IS. - The annual
meeting Of the stockholders Of the
iDougherty Creamery Company and the
special dairy institute which was held
in Connection, was very we'll attended
about 800 being pr esent. The business
meeting was held at p. m. Reports
for the year We're read and officers Sc
lected, the old board of directors being
reelected. The reports showed that
the company's finances were In first
class condition and that the business
had increased considerably over that Of
1914 President McManus gave a short
talk on the report and complimented
the patrons and stockholders Of the
creamery for their loyal support. He
also complimented the manager and
buttermaker, r. H. Foutz, on his excel
lent work in keeping the expense Of
the plant as low as possible and the
good quality of butter that he put out
which commands top prices at all time.
Six Per Cent Dividend.
After paying 6 per cent dividend
on the stock of the company there was
a balance Of $500 In the treasury. 1t
was voted that $500 of this amount be
set aside for depreciation fund for
"
which will become necessary as the
machinery that they now have wears
out. 1t is intended that a certain
amount shall be added to this fund
each year and when new machinery is
required it will not be necessary to
charge the whole amount to that years
business.
If each and every farmer who milks
will guard against losses in the future,
which they will have if the local
creamery does not receive the proper
support, by sticking to their home
creamery, there will be no chance to
say that there is no money in the dairy
business, in the future After the BUSH
ness meeting Mr.. Noble, who is with
the extension department of the college
at Ames. gave short talk on calf rails
ing, feeding, ETC.. after which a short
discussion was held and several i'm
portant subjects pertaining to feeding
were discussed.
a The Dairy Cow.
After Mr.. Mobiles talk Mr., e, e.
Estel, state dairy expert, gave a very
interesting lecture which was illus
trated with stereoscopic Slides He gave
some very useful information on how
to tell good dairy COW and gave some
reports from various COW testing as
sociations of the state which showed
very plainly that no farmer can afford
to milk cows without testing them
out and checking up his profit and loss
any more than any business man can
afford to run his business without
books and balancing up his books. He
also explained why it paid to feed the
proper feeds for milk production: also
to know Just what feeds contained the
most milk producing elements and
which was the cheapest feed for re-
suits. He gave some useful SUCCESS
ton in ventilation and construction Of
the dairy barn and explained the value
of sufficient light and proper ventila-
ton. He also spoke briefly on silos
and xilage, alfalfa raising and it's feed
value to the dairy industry, the pure
bred dairy sire and the necessity OF
having pure bred dairy sire to make
the dairy herd profitable.
Praises Oougherty Creamery.
Slides were shown that spoke for
themselves on the practice of shipping
cream and all who saw them could
see plainly that the farmer was the one
who would suffer greatly by this prac-
tice which is carried on in so many
parts Of this state and other states as
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He compimented the people of this
community very highly on being able
to have creamery like the one at
Dougherty, he stated that it was the
best appearing, neatest cleanes:
creamery that he had been in except
Ing none, and credited Mr.. Foutz with
being one Of the few who were able
to keep a creamery in the condition
that the Dougherty creamery is in.
After the lecture the local cow show
was held. Owing to the slippery condi-
ton of the roads, there were only few
COWS exhibited, these were judged by
Mr.. Noble who showed by his demon
STATIONS and explanations that he was
an expert on this line and those who
attended had the opportunity of learn
ing some very important facts on jude-
ing dairy cow. Prizes were awarded
the exhibitors. =
Miss T3nsils: Would you like to hear
me sing "All Thru. the Night?
Mr.. Lobrough; I'm going to beat it
about 10 Observation-Disclosures Bulle-
tin.