Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-03-03
BIG DAIRY MEETING
HERE THIS MONTH
GOVERNMENT. STATE AND RAIL-
ROAD EXPERTS TO VISIT
OLYMPIA MARCH IA

OLYMPIA MARCH 10
With e. o. Gibson Of Puyallup. the
representative of the United States
department of agriculture who has
organised cow-testing associations
in all the neighboring districts Of
Southwest Washington this winter,
with representative Of the extern
sion division Of the Pullman State
College and with c. L. ("Farmer')
Smith. agriculturist Of the Union Pa
cihc system, a. the speakers, the
largest and most important dairy
meeting of the winter in Olympia ia
to be held at the Chamber of Com
merce Saturday afternoon, March 18,
according to an announcement made
this week by L. r. Campbell, presi-
dent of the Thurston County Dairy
mems association, and Secretary H.
L. Whiting Of the Chamber Of Com
merce.
Mr.. Gibson is scheduled to spend
several weeks in Thurston county
organising q cow-testing association
here as he did in Lewis county, the
Puyallup and the Wynooche valleys.
in this section of the state, and in
this work he will be assisted by Z
representative Of the state depart
ment Of agriculture and by the ON
cials Of the Dairy association, while
an automobile will be placed at his
disposal by the Olympia Dairy Prod
ucts company. His address at the
meeting March Is will be largely de-
voted to the system Of organisation.
the methods and objects Of cow-test-
ing associations.
Start Campaign Hero.
Farmer" Smith. the Union Pa
cific agriculturist, Is quite veil
known to local farmers, having con-
Quoted meetings in this county ~
fore. With his son. L, G. Smith, 10
Will start in this city . four wee11'
tour Of Southwest Washington TO
assist the farmers Of this section n
their work. The Union Pacific party
II scheduled to spend two days n
Olympia, Friday and Saturday. March
II and Is. and Friday afternoon
Farmer" Smith win talk to the high
school pupils.
That evening he will address :
meeting Of the business men Of
Olympia at the Chamber Of Com
merce and Saturday afternoon win
join in the big dairy meeting. Dur
ing their stay here the son, 4. G.
Smith, who 10 an expert milk tester.
will make free tests for any one.
Testing : Feature.
The Union Pacific's coming cam
paign will be similar to the one con-
Quoted by it last year, though on
larger scale. and the special car car
rying the representatives of the road
will visit 81 towns throughout the
Southwest Washington agricultural
district. Demonstrations Of the
proper methods Of stock raising and
of the Babcock milk test will be .
feature Of the campaign. Farmers
will be invited to bring samples Of
the milk produced by their stock to
be tested 30 that they can secure &C
curate Information regarding the
value of their output of milk.
The towns visited last year will be
included in the itinerary and the ex-
periments suggested on that trip will
be Investigated and the results col
lected for tabulation. A considerable
quantity of corn was planted last sea-
SON at the instigation of the railroad
some in this county by
residents of the Tenino district, and
the results of this corn-growing CAM
paign will be investigated.