Arizona republican., 1917-10-22
TELL,OE GREAT
 DAIRY PRODUCT
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With fifty dairymen and dairy wom su in attendance. the sixth monthly meeting of the Maricopa County Dairy Association was held at the fair grounds Friday evening. The program was the best that has yet been pre- scented at any meeting. J. H. Collins representative of the United States bu reau of markets, gave an interesting talk on The Volume of Dairy Products and the Cost of Delivery of Same to Manufacturing Plants.
 Mir. Collins stated that the amount of butter fat delivered to Phoenix. cream cries in 1916 was 3,SO0,000 pounds, some in the form of whole milk and the re- mainder in the form of cream. Thirty five to forty trucks are used in gather ing this milk and cream, and the av elage cost per pound of butterfat in gathering was 5% cents for 1916. He brought out the interesting fact that Sg0. 600 of the S295,0O paid for gath cring this product could have been saved by cooperative action on the r~rf If the plants as the trucks of all of the plants cover much of the same territory. one man selling to one plant and the next to another plant.
 inasmuch as this unnecessary addi- tioual cost of gathering milk and cream falls upon the man who milks the cows. il is up to the dairymen as a body to demand of the manufacturers the elim- ination of this useless waste, returning to them this margin which would add materially to the small profits received by the average dairyman.
 Increases Alfalfa Yield
 Another enjoyable and highly inter- esting talk was given by MT Woods, superintendent of the university eXper- imental farm at Mesa. on the subject of alfalfa growing. Mir. Woods stated at the beginning that the problem of the alfalfa grower is to grow F tons of hay to the acre where he has grown l Ion before. and that selection of the right variety, securing a thick and uni form stand and maintaining that stand were the factors of prime importance and these depend upon preparation of the seed bed rate of seeding, germinat- ing power of the seed and the plant ing at the proper time. MT. Woods stated that by actual weight he has se- cured ten tons of hay per acre. where as the average yield per acre for the valley is approximately five tons per acre.
 
 in growing alfalfa, suggesting that a fall grain crop could follow alfalfa with corn or grain sorghum following the grain. The alfalfa should be seeded acne and at the rate Of 15 pounds per acre. this heavy seeding because of the fact that cultural methods are too of len insufficient and the percentage germination of the seed is often low. Many questions were asked the speak CT, showing the interest in the growing of alfalfa by those present.
 The matter of advertising by the daiTymen's association at the state fair Was then discussed and valuable sug seStions given by J. R. Bradshaw, w. W. Bradshaw, Dr. J. C. Norton, Frank Reed Saunders and number of others
 President F.. F. Van Kirk appointed Mir Bradshaw. MT Saunders and MT Geare committee to prepare suitable of milk production and the food value Of milk production and the food value of milk and milk products
 The most filling number on the pro- gram was the luncheon prepared by Mrs. W. A. Wilson.
 Meet Again Nov. ;
 The next meeting of this association will be held November g at the fair grounds and it is hoped that those dsirymen who have in the past missed the meetings. will make an effort to at tend fot the benefit each as an individ- ual will receive. Hoard's Dairyman, in recent editorial, Knowledge is Pow er says. Tt has 9 great power over men, il has great power in war and n every line of human activity in time of peace. Ignorance is weakness. Fatal Is the mistake in any man who thinks he knows all about his own business The wise man has always been the thoughtful Eian the man who had an active mind, who kept his mind from getting rusty. This is especially so in farming When the first farm insti-