Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-03
COMMISSIONER BARNEY TELLS
SHORT COURSE STUDENTS OF
POSSIBILITIES.
BREMER COUNTY LEADS
ALL OTHERS OF STATE
Output of Iowa Would Be Worth $685.
213,195 if Other Counties EquaIed
ransement Between Fathers and
Sons in Order to Keep Boys on Farms
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Republican.
Des Moines. Feb. 3.-If every county
in Iowa produced as much butter as
Bremen county the butter output OF
the state would be worth 1925. 213.1 s5
annually. w. B. Barney, state dairy
and food commissioner, told the short
course students in an address made
there today. And If the methods now
in use by the best dairymen were fol-
lowed it would be easy 10 add fifty
pounds to the average production OF
! each COW in Bremen county and on that
basis the state of Iowa would produce
each year 32,601,6 36 pounds of butter,
worth at 80 cents a pound 1853, $780,
490.So.
Commissioner Barney's address was
on THE Future OF Dairyins in Iowa.
He said in part.
7 think we all realize that this is
a broad and comprehensive subject. AS
to the future of dairying in Iowa,
whatever may be said is largely spec
ulative or a matter of opinion. Start
ing out with this in mind, let us con-
slider at this time what influence the
the dairy work in Iowa may have on
the future. Are We in the prime OF
life doing what we can 10 keep the best
and most Intelligent boys on the farm
for the uplift OF the business? I con-
slider this one OF the most important
factors. Are You, If a retired farmer,
giving the sons or Son-in-law that you
left on the farm proper announcement
SO that he may make the place profit
able to him and a source of income to
you. If you have not left the farm,
are you doing what you can to i'm
press on your sons mind the fact that
there is no more dignified or respect
able calling than that OF a successful
dairy farmer, and that there is no
other that will put a greater premium
on brains?"
Development on Progressive Lines.
Commissioner Barney then declared
that to keep the boy on the farm some
sort of partnership arrangement should
be made with him and that the treat
ment he receives has much to do with
his making a choice of vocation. Con-
state he continued:
THE future Of Iowa as a dairy state
depends on the proper development Of
line, We are pelased to note the in
! terest manifested in dairying in south
err Iowa By reference to a map
shown in my last report you will no.
tiee that out OF the 473 creameries IN
the state, less than 100 are located in
the southern third. There is no reason
why they should not be as numerous
in that section as in the northern part.
In many ways southern Iowa has the
advantage over the northern section
OF the state. The winters are several
weeks shorter affording pasture earlier
in the spring and later in the fall!
Clover does as well and alfalfa Is more
easily grown. as the soil appears to
be better adapted to this plant. Land
values range from s15 to $50 per acre
less than in the northern section
Commissioner Barney declared that
the man who by the use of the pure
bred dairy sire increases the produc-
ton of the herd from 80 10 80 per
cent becomes as much of a benefacIor
as the producer Of an increased crop
of grain or grass.
ITO begin with the success or fail
ure in dairy work depends entirely on
the old COW. She is the keystone to
the entire superstructure. We know
that Is MIXED upon the average farm
of our country is not yielding a profit
to the farmer. That is, If she were
charged with her feed and labor and
credited with her product she would
show little, If any profit. Better cows
and more intelligent feeding would
change all this. The dairy work over
a great share OF our state is considered
too much as a side line and does not
receive the attention that it should for
its proper development. It is our OBJ
servation that sections Of this state
that have given the dairy business the
attention it deserves have been re-
warded in that the people have better
homes, more home comforts, better
barns, and other farm improvements,
larger bank accounts, and general in
dications OF prosperity are evident
I'VE know from statistics already at
hand that during the last ten years
there has been better showing made
in the number Of dairy cows as COM
pared with the total number of cattle
upon the farms thruout the country
and we believe this condition has been
brought about and is a direct evidence
of the work done and the enthusiasm
developed by the dairy and food de-
partnent assisted by the Iowa State
College at Ames and the State Dairy
Association
Iowa Has Great Future.
A careful study of results covering
a period Of ten years would indicate
that Iowa has a great future as a dairy
state. Figures obtained from twenty
one creameries in Fayette county in