The Holly chieftain., 1919-11-27
100 Holly District People
Visit Upper Valley.
LUNCH SERVED AT THE
AlQTY CANAL HEAD0ATE.
Dam Has Been Raised and Thou
sands Of Dollars Worth Of I'm
provsmsnts Made-Holly Dairy.
men A Advanced ~ Neighbors.

ley Tuesday of this week by the
dairy men of the Holly district was
greatly enjoyed by those who par
ticipated and was a great success in
every way, despite the fact that the
weather was somewhat threatening
and the temperature throughout
the day not altogether warm.
President w. 5. Partridge of the
Holly Cow club as well as all the
dairymen of the district are decided
ly enthusiastic over the general re-
suits of the trip.
A caravan of 20 automobiles left
Holly right on schedule at O'clock
and arrived at the appointed time
at every point. visited and left in
of pep and snap from start to fin
ish.
The Holly dairymen in visiting
the dairy farms Of the west end OF
the county, including the May Val
ley, Wiley and Lamar districts.
were surprised and quite pleased
to note that on the whole the up
per valley folks were not more pro-
gressive or up-tO-date than they of
the Holly district. In sone parti
cular features of course dairyman
here and there was found to be in
advance of his fellows, and these
points were noted with interest.
At the Dinius farm near Wiley
the party found splendid pure
bred HOlstein cow which was yield
ing its owner a profit OF $500 a year
in cold cash. Mr. Partridge, man
ager of the A. V. Land Co. OF course,
wanted to buy this COW for the
company's' Model Dairy Farm here
at Holly, but Mr.. Dinius would not
put price on her.
The dairymen all along the line
were full of the spirit of the tour
and gladly showed the visitors
their dairies, their cows and told of
their methods They were most
courteous and were much impressed
with the value of these tours and
most of them expressed the belief
that the tours should be more fire.
quent.
The itinerary of the trip includ-
ed a visit to the headgates of the
Amity canal above Lamar, where
the dam has been raised, the head
gate changed and several thousand
dollars worth of general improve
ments made. AL. Wilson was the
host at this point and from the
land cOmpany's house at that place
served hot coffee and warmed the
100 guests up in fine shape
w. r. Rockwell of this city with
a crew of men who have been busy
the past summer in making the
improvements at the dam, finished
up last week and Mr.. Rockwell re
turned home last Thursday. A re-
markable feature noted at the
headgates was the fact that the up
per ditch is now, for the first time
in the history of the canal, free
from sand This was a matter of
interest to the farmers who fully
realize that it means more water
during the irrigating season next
year.
The tour ended at Lamar at 4
o'clock Many from Hartman and
Bristol had Joined the party along
the way, and but for the threaten,
ing morning there would doubtless
have been more.
All in ALL however, the first an
nual fall dairy tour of the upper
valley was great success and is
bound to give impetus to greater
effort and advancement in the
dairy industry in the Holly dis
trict, which is one of the country's
most important natural resources.
President Partridge of the Cow
Club is more than pleased with the
trip and the interest and enthus.
iasm manifested. The ladies who
Joined the tour also greatly enjoyed
the day.