The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-06
Association to Hold Meeting at the Courthouse
 Wednesday Night
REPORT OF SPECIAL
 COMMITTEE BE MADE
Dr. Stuart Tells Dairymen to Sell Clean Milk or Sur render Their Diaries to
 Honest Men

The Jefferson County Dairymens asso- citation will meet in Judge Pugh's court room Wednesday night to hear the report of the special committee, which appeared before the city commission recently.
 Other features on the programme will be address. The Dairymen's Asso- citation; Our Appreciation and Cooper ation," by Mrs. J. o. Hannum, represen- tative from the Housewives league.
 Proper Feeding" E. Wilkinson, presi- dent Western Grain company.
 Dairymen are asked to bring their wives to hear Mrs. Hannum. At a recent meeting of the association, Dr. George R. Stuart addressed the members and said in part;
 T appear before you not as a preacher, but as a man, not to talk on morals, but on milk.
 'I was for many years a farmer, or rather, agriculturist. I worked for 1iv- ing and farmed for fun. On my farm l devoted myself largely to experiments, testing out theories. I ran a dairy, not primarily for money, but for the interest I had in working out certain problems in reference to cows and their product. think I made some interesting discov- cries. which may be of some profit to you.
 T discovered that it was better to pay an exorbitant price for good COW than to have generous friend give you a poor one; that the same feed and atten- tion given to poor producer would take care of a good producer. I discovered that the dairyman who kept correct record of every COW, tabulating her food and milk every month of the year, cutting out the poor producers, and retaining the good producers, is the dairyman that will succeed.
 MOOD OF COWS 'I discovered that the mood of a COW was almost as important as the food of the cow When a COW is fretted, an-
 noyed, scared and in any wise uncom-
 fortable, the glands that secrete the milk
 become rigid and she does not. as the mikman says, give down her milk. The flow is diminished and the COW fails as a milk producer. To avoid this she should be kept in the same stall, handled by the same parties, handled without noise or sticks or clubs and kept and handled in such quiet way IS not to excite, fright en or make her in any wise uneasy. If kept clean and sprayed and freed from the annoyance of flies and other insects and kept in a quiet, peaceful mood the quantity of milk will be notably in- creased
 T discovered that the time element
 was an important factor in cows pro-
 ductiveness. If milked regularly, even 1 to the minute, results could be noticed. If a COW is milked at the same time in the same place. by the same party in the | same way every day, and another COW is milked at a different time, in different | place. by different party, the results -I. ..I. ..l,~ |, 4t.- q 1 be the better producer
 PROPER NATIONS 'I learned that a proper ration given | in proper quantity was money maker l for the dairyman. The dairyman who does not study the balanced ration of the food market will certainly lose out in
 competition with a man who keeps up with food values.
 Again, l learned that unclean milk produces disease; that clean milk gives
 health. I convinced myself that a man