The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-06-09
Guests Of Chamber Of CON-
mGFCe At Luncheon Wed.
SPEECHES TOUCH INDUSTRY
Its Various Phases Being Taken Up BY
Three WeiI-lnformed Men
Work Must Be Done II
Cigar Factory is To
Be Landed

Dairymen from all over the county
assembled in Mt. Vernon Wednesday
as the guests of the local chamber of
commerce and sat down to a dairy
lunch in the headquarters of the or
ganization on West High street. The
combined attendance of the guests and
members represented the largest noon
day luncheon yet held by the cham
Der.
Chairman ]. S. McCrackin arose af-
ter cigars had been passed and made
reference to the opportunity presented
Mt. Vernon to obtain a large branch
cigar factory with only the require
ment that 200 girls he secured to learn
the trade. He stated that the chamber
of commerce has received number of
applications, but urged the necessity of
individual members pushing the prop
osition.
Mr.. McCrackin referred to the fact
that Knox county ranks high in the
state in dairying and explained the
reasons for this. He pointed out that
in dairying lies Knox countys great
opportunity and then presented Hon.
John M. Cunningham as the first
speaker of the afternoon.
In expanding upon the subject,
Feeding AS Related to the Dairy In
dustry," Mr.. Cunningham told of ex-
periments along that line on his own
farm when it was decided to make
dairying feature. A herd of ten COWS
was soon increased to "a and milk
ing machine introduced. Soon it was
found that $400 more butter fat could
be obtained from the same amount of
feed that would be consumed by car
load of steers. Five months later, this
more.
Mr.. Cunningham also spoke of the
advantages which dairying accom-
plishes in the upbuilding of the
grounds. He stated that the time
would soon be reached when herds
can be maintained off the products of
| the farm on which they Craze.
He made mention of the work of the
COW testing association in this coun-
| ty, showing that this consists in bet
| tering dairy products. He cited the
case of farmer in one part of the
county who averaged 253 pounds of
butter fat COW at cost Of 101R cents
and another man, in another part of
the county, who got only las pounds of
fat at a cost of 29 cents. The work
! lies, Mr.. Cunningham stated, in equal
izing this disparity.
A menace exists, Cunningham con-
| tinued, in the regulations which are
constantly being placed on dairymen
and the milk they sell in city markets
Knox countys dairying will only pro
gress, he stated, as these regulations
are not allowed to be too strong. The
speaker was careful to point out that
he did not refer to sanitary regula
tions which, he stated, are very much
to be desired.
The next speaker was j. G. Walker
of Gambler, to whom was assigned
the subject of Breeding" Mr. Walk
er told of the biological history of the
cow and how, by the process of Sc
lection, it had been developed into {
big producer of milk. He spoke o
the prime necessity of a good sire fol
! herd of dairy COWS. He explained
, in detail the difference that exists be
tween dairy COWS and plain "beefs
. Referring to the importatioDs from
Europe of prize cattle for breeding
purposes, he spoke of how an approx
imation of this could be obtained il
Knox county by cooperation anon
dairymen.
c. II. Davis of Newark, associate
with the Licking County Creamer!
gave speech which fairly enthuse
members of the audience who dwelle
on every word uttered by Mr.. Davis.
Marketing and Sanitary Conditions
! was his subject and, in treating thi
he referred to the fact that there al
: % million COWS in the United State
K and 100 million people; that the HI
man population is increasing fastt
# than that of the cows and according
there never will be any danger in owe
crowding the market with dairy pr
ducts.
He spoke of the efforts of dairyme
which have resulted in Ohio's beir
pushed to the front even nationally
dairying and, as an example, state
, that of the % worlds records he
; last year by COWS, IL of these were
the state of Ohio.
How sanitation benefits both produ