The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-19
DAIRY DAY VOTED GREAT SUCCESSBY
 VISITING FARMERS
Delegation From Walker County, With Jefferson County Farmers, Shown
 Dairy Methods

Dairy day was voted great success by
 the 100 or more Walker county farmers
 and their brothers from Jefferson county,
 who joined them as guests of the Cham
 Der of Commerce committee on agricul-
 ture and marketing yesterday.
 They arrived in the city shortly after Q
 o'clock, were met by committed. who 1 took them to the Chamber of Commerce,
 where they gos acquainted with the mem | bers of the agriculture and marketing committee and officials of the Chamber of Commerce, made an inspection trip to the | Hollywood creamery on Seventeenth
 street, had lunch at the Hillman hotel,
 listened to several very interesting talks, visited the W. D. Baker dairy, and then returned to their homes feeling well paid
 for their days outing
 l About 75 Birmingham business men were
 at the luncheon, fraternizing and getting acquainted with the farmers, and all ex- ] pressed the opinion that much good would result from the visit of the Walker and Jefferson county agricuiturists.
 MET AT TERMINAL STATION ] The visitors were met aL the Terminal l station in automobiles by q committee
 headed by Kelly B. Spencer and taken
 to the Chamber of Commerce. where they
 were welcomed tc the city by President R. A. Brown, of the Chamber of Com
 merce, Chairman ]. D. Moore of the com
 pittee on agriculture and marketing and
 members of thas committee.
 l At the Hollywood creamery they were
 shown the pasteurizing plant and given
 a demonstration of creamery work.
 | Seed dealers and manufacturers or
 dairy machinery ,and equipment had eX- hibits set up in the ballroom of the Hiii-
 man hotel, which were explained by rep lresentatives of the exhibiting concerns and the merits of each pointed out. The w. M. Cosby Flour and Grain company, the Cor man-Gammill Seed company, the Interna- l tional Harvester comp!any, and others displayed and explained their special
 wares, and T. P. Hay, Jr.. secretary Of l the agricultural committee, and County Agent II. l.. Brown exhibited charts show 1 ing the profitableness of diversified crops
 and da.rying.
 PRESIDENT BROWN TALKS | President B.cwn of the Chamber or 1 Commerce, in 8 short talk at the lunch con, discussics farm conditions In the state, called attention to the change from one crop to a diversification of crops III the state, citing figures to show the value of such as potatoes. peanuts, hay, veiVet beans, soy beans and others.
 Chairman J. T.. Moore of the agricultural 1 committee told why the city man is in- terested in farming. He illustrated ms remarks by comparing the whole country to the human body, each branch pelng member of that body, and stating that when one is diseased, or in bad conditloh. the whole body suffers.
 The city man, he said is dependent upon the farmer for what he eats and wears, the farmer being the producer, and the farmer, he added, is equally interested m the city man because he must have
 market for what he produces.
 LIST OF VISITORS
 Among the visitors and the local men at inc luncheon were: Ralph Knox. T. L.
 Whitaker, J. J smith, Robert EgelhoIf'
 R. c. Carmon, Garrett Bibb, H. M. Beck,
 all of Eirmingham; Rev. J. B. Wages, E'
 P. Alexander, Frank Tendon. J. o. Wep- ster. Mrs Ben H. Wright, Alfred Sides Ben H. Wright, Clay Brasher. D \, Mie- kelley. S. A. Lee, w. O. West. R. F. Mc- Manus. !. b Snow D. H. Mrashers J. Thomas Cheatham, J. M. Stovall, all or Carbon Hill; II M. Vines, Ira Hancock, Murray Hancock, of Short Creek; w. w. sh1Ibert. J. H. Barton, c. l.. Alexander, lof Cordova; James Vann of Ketona ". N- Meyers, R. B. Kecton. Brownell kelton' IL, D. King, l.. l. McCuilar, +. W. Stach- man. Rufus B. Harbin, w. Arthur Jones, W. Fl. Harbin, Cary F. Harbin, w M My CTS all of Nauvoo; Herbert Wyatt or TIuffnoan. w J. Ellis, J. J. Grace, G. H. Rutledge. Hubert Taylor, G. w. Posey, John Sherer, all of Oakman: Robert | Troulias of Pratt City, J. w. Nichols or Saragossa Vernon Robb, R. E. Thoma- son. both of Gardendale; F. B. Shepherc' Attalla: Willie sartain of Parrish; Geddes Self of Lewisburg. Samuel F. Smith, I Demsy Hughes, Robert Mulvehill, all oI Warrior: E. R. Bohse, J. M. Sherer. C. Q. Ramev of Jasper, Hamlin L. Brown of 1 Birmingham, w. H. Williams, Jasper E. ! Dowdy, Walter Barton, J. J. Davis, Itm
 Brown. J. A. TKilgore, Joe E. Sherer, N. E. Sherer, ". TT. Brown, James c. Daniel, V. 1T Tubb, Tom Poe, J. w. Sartain, J. A. Rallengal. Martin O. Rear, ]. E. Ferguson. 1 "A. Mack Black, B. L. Cain, R. NJ. Hewlng, R. D. Tuhl, H. A.~Roberts. J. B. Green. 1 [, Tom Romiue, H. N. Davis George W. King. R. D. Argo. !. l.. Wright. Malcolm D. Banks. Maca D. Banks, D. A. Stacks, Samuel Snoddy. Elijah D. St. John, B. Il. Banks. Buh Sherer, l.. c. Sherer, J. w. snoddy, Lee Palmer. Byrd T. Myert, w. w. Milford, l.. D. Sherbert. Henry Mo Lain. | H. Nunrelly, all of Jasper; Grady Howard, Ensley; Rufus Sewell Ensley; c. A Kropp, Carbon Hill; s. A. Forl, Ensley; H. B. Reynolds, Ensley: Fl D. Pruitt, Bessemer; T. J. Jordon. Bessemer; . l A~