La Junta tribune., 1917-01-06
STATE DAIRY COMMISSION
This Department During Year
Ending December !, 1916

year ending Dec. /, 1915 The per
sonnet OF the dairy commissioner
G.. Z. Morton; deputy commissioner,
G. +. Marion: deputy commissioner.
Il. Mccain. field man. II. c. NeyIus:
inspector. T.. y. barrow: clerk and
stenographer. Stella NJ. Newell As
the dairying industry promises to
be one OF the greatest factors in the
development OF the Arkansas Valley
a brief summary of what has been
done for the Advancement and fos-
tering OF the dairy industry in the
state during the past year will be
OF interest to our readers. The re-
port in par, Is as follows:
Twenty-Five districts have been
surveyed and meetings held for the
possible extension OF dairying. by
creamery, condenscry. ice cream fac
tory or cheese factory building
, The Creamery Promotion Company
was opposed at one place where
the cream supply was too irregular
and insufficient TO wurrcnt the
building OF creamery. One cheese
| factory and one creamery have been
directly aided IN building, and one
creamery remodelcd and started op-
Grating after a lapse Of seven years
iil"uess.
Two marketing associations formed
FOR the purpose OF staudardizing and
improving the products Of local
creameries and marketing Of the
surplus butter made
Personal work has been done
among farmers and crcameries for
Improvement OF the quality. as well
as well as increased and standardized
| production 4 large portion OF this
work Was carried on among the local
creameries. At the same time. meth
DDS Of management, oyor-run, and
gaining confidence OF patrons. was
given special attention
Increasing the production Of cheese
. in the state has been encouraged hy
working for better quality Five new
cheese factories have been started IN
tho last year.
tn" commission supervised the Sc
lection and placing Of eight car
loads Of good dairy COWS among far
mers. also placed a number OF bulls
/ Tor grading up herds
The commission CAV" aid among
farmers Of the southeastern end.
western parts Of the state on 1Ilu
building. dairy barn. and milk house
construction.
one hundred and -in,y--Ix meet.
Ings uore held with a total attend
auco of eight thousand eight hundred
and eight
The organization OF one o0w-tes'
Ing association has been completed
while another is sim under way.
Three hundred and thIrty-oiEhr
station Inspections have been made
Tor ~" purpose Of improving the
quality Of cream received. improving
and requiring proper methods of
handling cream. and checking the
testing work done by OPERATOR. So aa
90 insure square dealing among au
concerned.
Two hundred diaries have been In
spcrt"d for protection 81 rollahl,
dairymeu against the unfair compel.
tion % sloyrnly and unreliable
dairymeu. and for Increased prnHur.
tion. herd Improvement and up 90
dat" car" and management
Ol"omarEariue sales have been
looked after. on proper sealing of
package by manufacturers, and cor.
rect stamping and labelling by ro.
iailcrs and wholesalers.
Process butter has also been kept
IN line by seeing that all sales made
have been under label and stamp
one hundred and four tests of
dairyman's milk have been made
Tests include analysis FOR butter
fat specify gravity, sediment. and
authorizations
\ large number 81 butterfat tests
have been made on churniuF cream.
both In lHbratory and field.
one hundred and fourteen checks
on testing done by station OPERATOR
s"vcnty.four checks on icstinFs done
by oroamorios
S"youtyselght Inspections of
croamories and eleven Of cheese fac
tories have been made
Two cases on Illegal juggling Of
tests. one on operating without o.
conso, and one ease on using other
cream cans. have been brought 10
the attention Of the court and tho Oh.
stlnatc offenders convicted Ia each