The Holly chieftain., 1919-04-10
MORE MILK AT
RE- REDUCED IIIajI COST
Problem To Be Solved by
Local Dairymen.
STANDARD TYPE OF SILAGE
CORN Is NOW ADVOCATED
Holly Cow Club Held Interesting
Session Last Saturday Might.
A. Pierce and County Agent L. n.
Swsitser Speakers Of the Evening.

swsitser Speakers Of the Evening.
The Holly Cow Club held another
of it's interesting get-to-gether meet
ings in the assembly hall at the
Land Company's building last Sat
urday night. The attendance was
up to the capacity of the hall and
included a number of men from La
mar, among whom were representa-
tives from the Helvetia eOndensory.
The dairy industry was of course
the main theme in which J. A.
Pierce and County Agent Sweitzer
were the leading speakers.
Before the speaking, however,
short session was devoted to bust
ness in which c. f. Hampton. the
new cashier of the American Sugar
Beet & Irrigated Land Co, was
elected secretary of the club to fill
the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion of E. Roger Jones some weeks
ago, and who moved to Denver. The
rules were suspended and Mr..
Hampton was elected by acclama-
tion.
1t was reported that the Holly
Elevator Co had generously offered
to sell the farmers seed corn at cost
of getting it in here, and that j. E..
Saunders Il Son were endeavoring
to get in some home grown seed
corn, which is generally consider
ed better than corn not acclimated.
The committee on Raltting up ice
reported that no ice had been put
up during the past winter.
Relative to the annual Cow Club
picnic President Partridge asked
for an expression of opinion as to
the sort of q program desired for
this year. j. A Pierce was enthus-
iastic for rousing old fashioned
picnic this year. G. D. Shul thought
it would be wise to omit the races
this year.
On motion of j. A. Pierce it was
decided to hold the picnic this year
at the Amity Canal Model Dairy
farm, and that the arrangement of
the program be left to the board
of directors of the Cow Club.
President Partridge then an.
nounced that the refreshments of
the evening would include some
fine Wisconsin cheese, such as it was
proposed to make here in Holly at
some future time. He stated that
there was a lot of milk produced by
the south side farmers and dairy
men which it was impossible to
deliver to the cOndensOry at Lamar
now for lack of proper Transports
ton facilities and that eventually q
cheese factory could be operated at
a profit here later on, but that just
now there was a sufficient market
demand for the milk production of
this Immediate territory.
j. A. Pierce then talked briefly on
the dairy outlook and the essential
needs of the dairymen of this Sec
zion. MI. Pierce is one OF the Oldest
ldairymen in this section OF the val
ley as well as the most practical and
successful. He urged that at this
time one of the pressing needs
of the dairyman here Is to be able
TO produce more milk and at low
er cost. This attainment, MIR. Pierce
declared. involved closer attention
in the matter of filling the siiO and
llc ldifoSNA kOA SAAS PoA
pose. He also noted the fact that
whereas few years ago he employ
ed man to pick out the sunf1Owers
while filling his silo that now sun
flowers are considered an important
adjunct or addition to silage.
He declared that he had great
confidence in the country and the
future development of the dairy in
dustry throughout the valley. He
prophesied that some time the La.
mar condensory would not get all
the milk from the Holly district and
that Holly would then have a
creamery and cheese factory or a
eondensory of it's own, but that this
condition was considerably in the
future, as we now have an abundant
market for the milk output of this
section. Mr.. Pierce urged that the
main thing now was to be able to
produce more milk at q lower cost.
County Agent l.. NJ. Sweitzer OF
Lamar followed with the suggestion
that it seemed more advisable for
dairy men to raise their own seed
corn for the reason that the accli-
mated corn seemed to produce bet.
ter and greater tonnage. He con-
CONTINUED on rags .